Past Events

Seminar

OIST Innovation Showcase Celebrating RAM

Friday, October 25, 2024 - 16:00 to 17:00
Center Building C210

In celebration of Researcher Appreciation Month, OIST Innovation is proud to shine a spotlight on innovators from our POC Program and Startup Accelerator Program! Friday, 25 October 2024 | 4:00PM-5:00PM | Center Bldg C210 | Followed by pizza networking

Campus

Onna no Eki (Fruits and Vegetables)

Friday, October 25, 2024 - 12:30
Lab 1 parking lot

Onna no Eki is coming to OIST every Friday, 12:30-13:30

Seminar

[Seminar] Geometric PDE and Applied Analysis Seminar

Thursday, October 24, 2024 - 15:00 to 17:15
L4F01

Talk 1: 15:00-16:00

Speaker: Prof. Jun-ichi Segata (Kyushu University)

Title: Scattering problem for the generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation

Talk 2: 16:15-17:15

Speaker: Prof. Takashi Kagaya (Muroran Institute of Technology)

Title: Sharp interface limit for a large deviation rate function

Lecture

TSVP+RAM Talk: "Artistic Mathematics: Truth and Beauty" by Henry Segerman (online)

Thursday, October 24, 2024 - 11:00 to 12:00
L5D23 and zoom

TSVP Talk Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: General audience / everyone at OIST and beyond. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).

Seminar

QG Seminar: K27 as a symmetry of strings and branes

Wednesday, October 23, 2024 - 13:00
Lab 4, E01

QG Seminar Speaker: Keith Glennon

Title: K27 as a symmetry of strings and branes

Campus Service

Medix Exhibitions on October 23rd

Wednesday, October 23, 2024 - 13:00 to 17:00
Center Building B503

Okinawa Medix will hold exhibitions collaborating with Merck, FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical and SPT Labtech on October 23rd at Center building B503.

Seminar

[Seminar] "Skillful cell behavior in the construction of testate amoebae shells" by Prof. Mami Nomura

Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 14:00 to 15:00
L4F01, Lab4

Dr. Mami Nomura, Assistant Professor, Yamagata University

Seminar

[Seminar]MLDS Unit Seminar 2024-10 by Prof. Fumihiko Ishikawa (RIKEN/ Institute of Science TOKYO)

Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 13:30 to 14:30
Seminar Room D23, Lab5

Speaker: Prof. Fumihio Ishikawa (RIKEN/Institute of Science TOKYO)

Title: Humanized Mice: Understanding human stem cell, immunity and diseases

Seminar

Understanding Long Non-Coding RNA Function: Current Knowledge and Challenges Ahead

Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 13:00
L3C700

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are predicted to have diverse functions, though experimental validation is still limited. The talk will explore insights into lncRNA functions gained from the previous work of the FANTOM Genomic Consortium and show preliminary results and potential research directions focusing on dendritic cell differentiation and immune responses.

Culture

【Opening Ceremony】 CYCLE Exhibition 2024

Monday, October 21, 2024 - 16:00 to 16:40
OIST Tunnel Gallery

CYCLE Exhibition 2024~Cycle Energy for Creation~

OIST Workshops

Quantum Extreme Universe: Matter, Information and Gravity 2024

Monday, October 21, 2024 (All day) to Friday, October 25, 2024 (All day)
Main Campus, Seminar Room B250 (Center Building)

Website | OIST organizer: Philip Höhn (Qubits and Spacetime Unit) | ExU Organizer: Tadashi Takayanagi ( Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Please show your OIST badge when entering the venue.

Seminar

[Joint Seminar] "Luminescence induced optical force"

Sunday, October 20, 2024 - 14:00 to Monday, October 21, 2024 - 11:20
Seminar Room C210

This seminar will focus on new methods of optical manipulation using the force generated by luminescence and related phenomena. This seminar will include progress reports from members of Pr. Ishihara's Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) project and feature talks from guest researchers.

Seminar

RAM2024 Lunch seminar with Alumni Dr. Konstantin Khalturin

Friday, October 18, 2024 - 12:00 to 13:00
Lab5 stairway platform

Research seminar by Dr. Konstantin Khalturin: " Jellyfish and other cnidarians as model systems ".

Professional Development

RAM2024 Alumni Stories Mixer

Thursday, October 17, 2024 - 16:00 to 17:00
Lab4 E48

As part of Researcher Appreciation Month (RAM), join us for a dynamic and friendly session where OIST alumni share honest, insightful, and perheps unconventional perspectives on life after OIST.

Seminar

Seminars by Prof. Zhanglin Guo and Dr. Tianhao Wu

Thursday, October 17, 2024 - 14:00 to 15:00
Seminar Room L5D23 (Lab5)

"Perovskite Photovoltaics for Outdoor and Indoor Applications", by Prof. Zhanglin Guo

"Metal halide perovskite solar cells: stability issue and lead-free devices", by Dr. Tianhao Wu

Lecture

RAM+TSVP Talk: "Running a University Lab in Japan as a Foreigner" by Jamie Kass

Thursday, October 17, 2024 - 13:00 to 14:05
L4E48 and zoom

TSVP Talk Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: General audience / everyone at OIST and beyond. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).

Seminar

Public Speech Seminar: The Elevator Speech

Thursday, October 17, 2024 - 10:00 to 11:30
Online (Zoom)

This webinar concentrates on the delivery aspects of scientific work. Content focuses on the main components of mindful communication and Elevator Speech development through lecture, discussion, and interactive exercises. We will also cover delivery techniques, storytelling narrative, enthusiasm, eye contact, camera presence for remote presentations, voice and diction.

Seminar

Horizon Europe Info Session

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 - 13:00 to 14:00
C209

Learn about opportunities from Horizon Europe

Seminar

RAM2024 Lunch seminar with Alumni Dr. Panagiotis Grammatikopoulos

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 - 12:00 to 13:00
Lab5 stairway platform

Research seminar by Prof. Panagiotis Grammatikopoulos: "From Nanoparticles by Design to Design by Nanoparticles".

Seminar

Public Speech Seminar: Speaking about Science

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 - 10:00 to 11:30
Online (Zoom)

This webinar is adapted from Speaking about Science written by Scott Morgan and covers the structure, organization, and delivery of talks to academic peers as well as the external community.

Seminar

[Seminar] Hot and Cold seminar by Rui Seabra

Tuesday, October 15, 2024 - 16:30 to 17:30
L4F01, Lab4

Dr. Rui Seabra, Researcher at CIBIO-BIOPOLIS, University of Porto

Seminar

OIST Representation Theory Seminar

Tuesday, October 15, 2024 - 15:00 to 16:00
L4F01 and online on Zoom
Kai Meng Tan, National University of Singapore Title: Cores and core blocks of Ariki-Koike algebras
Seminar

RAM2024 Alumni research seminar

Tuesday, October 15, 2024 - 13:00 to 14:00
Lab5 D23

Research seminar by Dr. Yi-Jyun Luo “ Exploring animal evolution through chromosome-level comparative genomics ”.

Industry Relations

Industry-Science Talk: Introducing the "Quantum Rocket"

Tuesday, October 15, 2024 - 11:00 to 12:00
Lab 5, Level D, Seminar Room D23

OIST Innovation and Applied Cryptography Unit invite the OIST community to join an insightful talk by Mark Medum Bundgaard, Chief Product Officer of Partisia . Partisia is a global leader in the field, specializing in secure computing technology and Multiparty Computation, and has been providing solutions since 2008, initially for high-stakes auctions. Today, their technology supports various applications, including data security. Mark will explore how their technology helps protect data today to ensure its security in the future. He will also discuss the exciting potential of building "the Quantum Rocket" together and present Partisia's innovative solutions that create real impact in the digital world.

Seminar

【Analysis and Partial Differential Equations Seminar】Regularity Results for Double Phase Problems on Metric Measure Spaces

Tuesday, October 15, 2024 - 10:30 to 11:30
L4E48

Speaker: Dr. Cintia Pacchiano ( Calgary University)

Holiday

スポーツの日 Sports Day

Monday, October 14, 2024 (All day)

National holiday

Public

RAM2024 Core Facilities Appreciation Research Talks

Friday, October 11, 2024 - 13:00 to 15:00
Sydney Brenner Lecture Theater (B250)

Join us for an engaging Research Talks session showcasing how OIST's Core Facilities are driving groundbreaking research, with topics ranging from nanotechnology and laser-written nanochannels to metabolic vulnerabilities in breast cancer and animal behavior studies. Networking cafe after the talks!

Seminar

【Analysis and Partial Differential Equations Seminar】Recent progress on collisional kinetic PDEs

Friday, October 11, 2024 - 10:30 to 11:30
L4E48

Speaker: Prof. Raphael Winter (Cardiff University)

Seminar

[ONOS Seminar Series] Professor. Kara Marshall: Under Pressure: the role of PIEZO ion channels in interoception

Friday, October 11, 2024 - 10:00 to 11:30
ZOOM

Abstract: Our internal organs are often moving during their normal functions: hearts beat, lungs expand, and bladders fill. The mechanical forces generated by these movements are actively detected by the nervous system to drive physiology. Force detection in mammals is accomplished through mechanosensory PIEZO ion channels, which are critical for several internal sensory processes, including baroreception and the detection of bladder filling. We use PIEZO ion channels as molecular handles to understand how mechanosensory information is detected, and how it influences important physiological processes in the urinary and gastrointestinal tracts.

You can join the seminar via this ZOOM link

Seminar

[Seminar] "Cell type-specific omics in neuron-glia co-cultures" by Prof. Indrek Koppel

Friday, October 11, 2024 - 10:00 to 11:00
Lab5D23 (Seminar Room)

[Seminar] "Cell type-specific omics in neuron-glia co-cultures" by Prof. Indrek Koppel, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech, Estonia)

Public

RAM2024 Lab Tours

Friday, October 11, 2024 (All day)
Campus

Join RAM2024 Lab Tours and see how labs operate!

Lecture

TSVP+RAM Talk: "A Structural Journey With Viruses and Core Facilities" by Sarah Butcher

Thursday, October 10, 2024 - 15:00
L5D23 and zoom

TSVP Talk Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: General audience / everyone at OIST and beyond. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).

Presidential Lecture

Presidential Lecture by Prof. Lars Hultman

Thursday, October 10, 2024 - 10:00
L4E48

Presidential Lecture by Prof. Lars Hultman

Campus

RAM2024 Lab Tours

Thursday, October 10, 2024 (All day)
Seminar

[Seminar] Professor Kazushi Aoyama "Chiral symmetry breaking and spin dynamics in zero-field breathing-Kagome antiferromagnets"

Wednesday, October 9, 2024 - 14:00 to 15:00
B503, Zoom

Join Zoom link

Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field. Language: English

Seminar

QG Seminar: The Stochastic Thermodynamics of Music

Wednesday, October 9, 2024 - 13:00
Lab 1, C015

QG Seminar

Speaker: Maxfield Linus Hartley

Title: The Stochastic Thermodynamics of Music

Seminar

Special Lecture: "To Carve Science at Its Joints," Followed by a Panel Discussion

Wednesday, October 9, 2024 - 10:20 to 12:00
L4E48

Special Lecture by Professor Torbjörn Lundh followed by panel discussion

Public

RAM2024 Lab Tours

Wednesday, October 9, 2024 (All day)
Campus

RAM will take you on seven unique Lab Tours , thoughtfully designed by your friends and colleagues. Don't miss the opportunity to sign up for one or more tours and see how the labs operate.

Campus

RAM2024 Lab Tours

Tuesday, October 8, 2024 (All day)
Campus

This week, from 7th to 11th, RAM will take you on seven unique Lab Tours , thoughtfully designed by your friends and colleagues. Good news — there are still spots available! Don't miss the opportunity to sign up for one or more tours and see how the labs operate.

Seminar

Introduction to Gravity Wave Detection at Tokyo Tech

Monday, October 7, 2024 - 14:00 to 15:00
Seminar Room C209 - Center Bldg

Prof. Kentaro Somiya - Associate Profesor, Tokyo Tech

Campus

RAM2024 Lab Tours

Monday, October 7, 2024 - 11:00 to 11:30
OIST Workshops

EMBO Workshop "Axonal Degeneration and Regeneration"

Sunday, October 6, 2024 (All day) to Thursday, October 10, 2024 (All day)
Main Campus, Seminar Room B250 (Center Building)

EMBO Workshop | Co-funded by OIST | Main organizer: Marco Terenzio ( Molecular Neuroscience Unit ) | Website |

Professional Development

Unlock the Power of Sentence Stress

Friday, October 4, 2024 - 15:00 to 16:00
C600b

Unlock the Power of Sentence Stress!

Join us for an engaging seminar on Stressing Keywords in a Sentence .

Date: October 4th Time: 3:00 PM Location: Lab 2, Room C600B

Discover how to make your speech more dynamic and impactful by learning the art of sentence stress. Avoid the monotone trap by emphasizing the right words and enhancing your communication skills.

Professional Development

Boost Your English Pronunciation: /r/ and /l/ Seminar - 英語の発音を上達させる: /r/ と /l/ セミナー

Friday, October 4, 2024 - 14:00 to 15:00
c600b

Date: September 27th Time: 2 PM

Learn effective techniques to:

Pronounce /r/ and /l/ clearly and confidently Avoid common pronunciation mistakes Improve your overall English fluency

Limited spots available! Secure your place today: https://forms.office.com/r/zJKnAR29Yj

Research

RAM2024 Blitz Talks

Friday, October 4, 2024 - 13:00 to 14:00
Sydney Brenner Lecture Theater (B250)

All OIST staff are invited to attend a friendly competition for students and researchers to present their research projects in 3-minute Blitz talks . Bring your coffee mug and attend a Networking Cafe after the talks.

Prospective Students

OIST NetCafé Online Information Session in October 2024

Friday, October 4, 2024 - 10:00
Online

OIST Café is a casual science information session to introduce the OIST PhD program, Research Internship, and other workshops.

October 4, 2024, 10:00 - 11:30 (JST UTC+9), Online(Zoom), Language: English, Target: Prospective students

Culture

Community Cooking Series [Registrations] - Anmaanu tiianda

Friday, October 4, 2024 - 09:00 to Friday, October 18, 2024 - 15:00
Onna Fureai Center (Room #3 Ryukyu Cooking Room)

The Community Cooking Series aims to bring the OIST community and residents of Okinawa closer through a shared love of food. Each session has thus far been different, featuring cuisine from different cultures and taught by a different instructor.

Research

RAM2024 Poster presentations and Art in Science display

Thursday, October 3, 2024 - 16:00 to 17:30
Lab 5 Atrium

RAM2024 Kickoff with Poster presentations, Art in Science display and Networking Cafe.

Lecture

TSVP Talk: "Mathematical Modelling Across Scales: From Microscopic to Macroscopic" by Havva Yoldas

Thursday, October 3, 2024 - 15:00 to 16:00
L5D23 and zoom

TSVP Talk Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: General audience / everyone at OIST and beyond. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).

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