TQM unit is pleased to invite everyone to a seminar.

Thesis Public Presentation

Presenter: Nilupaer Abudukeyoumu

Title: Cholinergic interneurons in striatal microcircuit dynamics studied with anatomical, and behaviora l methods

Date&Time: January 22nd, 13:00-14:00

Venue: C209, Level C, Ctr Bldg

Speaker: Dr. Jinseop Kim, Korea Brain Research Institute

Speaker: Dr. Kea Joo Lee, Korea Brain Research Institute

Discussion on recent articles by D. Harlow and H. Ooguri "Symmetries in quantum field theory and quantum gravity" and "Constraints on symmetry from holography" with Linqing Chen leading the discussion.

Seminar Language: English

Dr. Vania Cao: Commercial Programs Lead at Inscopix Inc. Language: English

The Tokuyasu cryo-sectioning method is a well-established technique in Cell Biology for the localisation of macromoleculs by immuno-gold labelling. We will teach the essentials like chemical fixation and its impact on the cellular ultrastructure, how to judge the quality of antibodies and to do immunolabelling.

Cooking Competition

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute https://www.mbari.org/bessho_manabu/

Title: Age-related changes in brain function and connectivity in relation to motor behavior

Speaker: Dr. Stephan P. Swinnen

Affiliation: Movement Control & Neuroplasticity Research Group, KU Leuven, Belgium

“QuickFix”- improve your application materials in an interactive and a time-efficient manner!

Title: Neurodegeneration and drug discovery in C. elegans

Speaker: Dr. Alexander Parker

Affiliation: CRCHUM - Université de Montréal

Abstract: In this talk, I will explain basics of the Seiberg-Witten equations and applications to topology. I will also mention about recent progress in the Seiberg-Witten Floer theory.

Seminar by Prof. Tuan Tran,School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Speaker: Prof. Jean-Jacques Slotine Massachusetts Institute of Technology Title: Adaptive nonlinear control and learning dynamics with spiking networks

Thesis Public Presentation

Presenter: Masakazu Igarashi

Title: The role of interhemispheric cortico-corticalconnections in bimanual coordination in the rats

Date&Time: January 16th, 14:00-15:00

Venue: C210, Level C, Ctr Bldg

"Dr. Mutsuhiro Takekawa, Professor, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo. Language: English, no interpretation."

Title: Undulatory locomotion and its control in C. : models and experiments

Speaker: Dr. Netta Cohen

Affiliation: University of Leeds

Title: Regulation of the Heat Shock Response and Proteostasis Networks in Aging and Disease

Speaker: Dr. Richard Morimoto

Affiliation: Northwestern University

Mr. Sajid Ali, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Universiry of Technology, Sydney

Title: Functional compression at the C. elegans motor circuit

Speaker: Dr. Mei Zhen

Affiliation: University of Toronto

Speaker: Prof. Jean-Jacques Slotine Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. Jhon González, Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC-UPV/EHU)-Material Physics Center (MPC)

Seminar

Thesis Public Presentation

Presenter: Kazuto Kawamura

Title: Forward genetic screen for Caenorhabditis elegans mutants with a progressive decline in adult locomotor function

Date&Time: January 15th, 14:00-15:00

Venue: C210, Level C, Ctr Bldg

Speaker: Dr. Lei-Han Tang, Department of Physics, Hong Kong Baptist University, Complex Systems Division, Beijing Computational Science Research Center

Speaker: Prof. Chao Tang, Center for Quantitative Biology, Peking University

Speaker: Prof. X.C. Xie, International Center for Quantum Materials and School of Physics, Peking University

Title: The functional organization and plasticity of rodent motor cortex

Speaker: Dr. Gordon Teskey

Affiliation: University of Calgary

Speaker: Prof. Enge Wang, International Center for Quantum Materials and School of Physics, Peking University & Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Thesis Public Presentation

Presenter: Tosif Ahamed

Title: Capturing the nonlinear dynamics of animal behavior with Applications to the Nematode C. elegans

Date&Time: January 15th, 9:00-10:00

Venue: C210, Level C, Ctr Bldg

OIST Jointly-funded Symposium organized by OIST (Marine Biophysics Unit) and Scripps Institution of Oceonography | All scientific sessions open to OIST members (working meals are closed sessions) | For non-OIST members: Please contact the organizers for information on how to participate.

National holiday

那覇のジュンク堂書店にて行われている、OISTの研究者らによるサイエンストークシリーズ「衣食住」。

第4回目となる1月は、G0細胞ユニットの佐二木健一研究員が、科学技術が発展する世界に「やちむん」が教えてくれること　について講演を行う予定です。

Kenji Katayama, Department of Applied Chemistry, Chuo University

Discussion of the recent articles: "Holographic quantum error-correcting codes: Toy models for the bulk/boundary correspondence" and "Holographic duality from random tensor networks" led by Han Yan.

Researchers and professors from universities as well as renowned energy companies from all over Japan come together to discuss their recent projects. All OIST members are welcome to attend. Presentations on Friday will be held in English, presentations on Saturday in Japanese.

Seminar by Prof. Matsueda, Vice President, NIT Sendai

The new issue of Kuroshio Magazine is out -- and available in print at today’s Teatime! Swing by Grano at 4pm to grab some tea, coffee and snacks and read up on the Current of OIST!

The recent developments in quantum science and technology now allow us to control systems at the quantum level, and we have began to see the quantum world in ways we have never imagine before. In this workshop, co-organized by KAKENHI program " Science of Hybrid Quantum Systems " in Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (新学術領域, Shin-Gakujutsu-Ryouiki), international experts on various hybrid quantum systems will gather to discuss the recent developments as well as future perspectives.

National holiday.

National holiday.

Katoori Chaat

Title: Maintenance of regulatory T cell stability by ubiquitin E3 ligases deltex1 and XIAP

Speaker: Professor Ming-Zong Lai

Affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sincia

[Seminar]

Title: Electrokinetics and Plasmonics at NanoScale Singularities: Designing Next-Generation Molecular Diagnostics

Speaker: Professor Hsueh-Chia Chang

Institution: University of Notre Dame, USA

Title: Building Robots that Teach

Speaker: Brian Scassellati

Affiliation: Yale University

Prof. Gordon Berman, Emory University

Host: Stephens unit

When developing a drug, biomarker, or treatment approach, how will it actually work in patients, and how will it change the decisions that are made during treatment? Doctors, patients, and other stake holders each have different concerns about the costs/benefits at each stage of a medical treatment, and these concerns are not always effectively met. We focus on these issues in a teaching setting at Brown University (USA) as a lot of the tools for translating research into healthcare are generally relevant to how we do collaborative research.