Past Events
Seminar: Rapid Pathway Prototyping for Novel Bio-Based Chemicals
Dr. Massimo Merighi Associate Head of Metabolic Engineering, Ginkgo Bioworks (Boston, MA, USA)
Rapid pathway prototyping for novel bio-based chemicals: Case Studies from Ginkgo Bioworks
Seminar: "Rapid pathway prototyping for novel bio-based chemicals: Ginkgo case studies"
In this Innovation Forum hosted talk, Ginkgo Bioworks Associate Head of Metabolic Engineering, Dr. Massimo Merighi, will discuss several case studies of pathways developed by Ginkgo, in particular one involving the engineering of a substrate co-feed in Escherichia coli , including a history of how this design cycle has evolved over time to take advantage of new technological developments.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME!
Journal club seminar: A modular toolkit for bulk reconstruction
Discussion of the recent article by T. Faulkner, M. Li and H. Wang "A modular toolkit for bulk reconstruction" by Sudip Ghosh.
Innovation Seminar: Dr. Massimo Merighi, Ginkgo Bioworks
Ginkgo Bioworks and the challenges of making biology easier to engineer
How an MIT spin-off company founded by 4 graduate students designs microbes for the fragrance, food, agriculture, and pharmceutical industries
Seminar: "Large-scale grain-boundary-free copper films for nanoplasmonics" & "Single-shot intensity-corrected phase tagging for weak carrier-envelope-phase effects" by Dr. Soo Hoon Chew
Seminar: "Large-scale grain-boundary-free copper films for nanoplasmonics" & "Single-shot intensity-corrected phase tagging for weak carrier-envelope-phase effects" by Dr. Soo Hoon Chew, Pusan National University
Seminar: "Interferometric time-resolved photoemission electron microscopy of few-femtosecond nanoplasmonic dynamics" by Dr. Alexander Gliserin
Seminar: " Interferometric time-resolved photoemission electron microscopy of few-femtosecond nanoplasmonic dynamics" by Dr. Alexander Gliserin, Pusan National University
[Seminar] The mouth, the anus and the blastopore. Their questionable developmental and evolutionary relationships and the origin of the animal gut by Prof. Andreas Hejnol
Title: The mouth, the anus and the blastopore. Their questionable developmental and evolutionary relationships and the origin of the animal gut
Speaker: Prof. Andreas Hejnol
Affiliation: Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, Norway. Research Group Leader “Comparative Developmental Biology of Animals”
Thursday Teatime @ 4pm - A toast to the New Year!
Join us for the last Teatime of 2018! Come for the usual tea, coffee and snacks, stay to discuss New Year's Resolutions that we may or may not keep. In any case, maybe the mid-afternoon caffeine boost will inspire some big plans for the year ahead.
Have a safe holiday season everyone, and we'll see you at the next Teatime on January 10!
[Seminar] ECM1 promotes differentiation of follicular helper T cells by antagonizing IL-2-STAT5 pathway by Prof. Bing Sun
Title: ECM1 promotes differentiation of follicular helper T cells by antagonizing IL-2-STAT5 pathway
Speaker: Professor Bing Sun
Affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
[Seminar] Experimental and Translational MRI of Brain Reorganization after Stroke by Professor Rick Dijkhuizen
Title: Experimental and Translational MRI of Brain Reorganization after Stroke by Professor
Speaker: Professor Rick Dijkhuizen
Affiliation: University Medical Center Utrecht
[Seminar] High-resolution Rodent fMRI at Ultrahigh Fields by Professor Seong-Gi Kim
Title: High-resolution Rodent fMRI at Ultrahigh Fields
Speaker: Professor Seong-Gi Kim
Affiliation: Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research, Institute for Basic Science, Suwon, Korea; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea
Interactive Session: "Speaking about Science and Making it Count"
This interactive presentation suggests tools and examples to help scientists communicate in ways that resonate with people outside of their field about what they do and why it matters. The seesion will cover general principles in how to craft clear and conversational statements, and engage with your audience.
To register CLICK HERE Post-workshop survey SUMMARYSeminar "Disorder Engineering: Nature's Way" by Nitin Upadhyaya
Dr. Nitin Upadhyaya, Assistant Professor, Flame University.
[PhD Thesis Presentation] -Hiroaki Hamada- Serotonergic Control of Brain-Wide Dynamic
Thesis Public Presentation
Presenter: Hiroaki Hamada
Title: Serotonergic Control of Brain-Wide Dynamic
Date&Time: December, 9:00am
Venue: B250, LevelB, Ctr Bldg
[Seminar] "How simple peptides enhance RNA polymerase ribozyme function" by Dr. Shunsuke Tagami
Dr. Shunsuke Tagami, Unit Leader, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
SCORE! Science in Okinawa: Research for Enterprise Science Fair
Science Presentation Competition for High School Students in Okinawa
[Seminar] "Exploring Gridworlds with State Complexes" by Tom Burns
Tom Burns, currently a rotation student in the Topology and Geometry of Manifolds (Tsvietkova) Unit, will present a talk on a research project done as part of his lab rotation. The title is "Exploring Gridworlds with State Complexes".
All are welcome.
Internal Seminar: Sander Lindeman, Sensory and Behavioural Neuroscience Unit
Internal Seminar, 4-5 pm, Friday, December 7, C700
Internal Seminar: Saahil Acharya, Membrane Cooperativity Unit
Internal Seminar, 4-5 pm, Friday, December 7, C700
[Seminar] "Counting vesicular release events in simple synapse recordings" by Dr. Alain Marty
Dr. Marty Alain, CNRS and Paris Descartes University
Introduction to Intellectual Property
Mr. Chris Tanner, Intellectual Property Attorney, FYPA, PLLC
Language: English
Open to all OIST community
[Topology and Geometry Seminar] "Ribbon and string representations of finite subgroups of SU(2)" by Professor Scott Carter
[Seminar] "Flow equation, conformal symmetry and AdS geometries" by Dr. Shuichi Yokoyama
Speaker: Dr. Shuichi Yokoyama, Kyoto University
Tracing the origins and evolution of human microbiome investigations: from pursuit of earth’s earliest life forms to the etiology of Pouchitis
Tracing the origins and evolution of human microbiome investigations: from pursuit of earth’s earliest life forms to the etiology of Pouchitis
Speaker: Mitchell L. Sogin Ph.D.
Distinguished Scientist
The Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole
Innovation Forum Okinawa
A launch event of Innovation Forum Okinawa will take place Monday, December 3rd in Room C209 from 5:00pm - 8:00pm, where we will be presenting the new Innovation Forum branch in Okinawa.
QG Group Meeting: Boundary<->Horizon maps for classical higher-spin gravity in de Sitter space
Quantum Gravity Group Meeting
Title: Boundary<->Horizon maps for classical higher-spin gravity in de Sitter space.
Speaker : Yasha Neiman, Quantum Gravity Unit (Neiman)
Polycomb in gene activation
"Dr. Haruhiko Koseki, Team Leader, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences. Language: English, no interpretation."
Expansion of Job Categories and Career Development - Seminar for People with Developmental Disabilities
This is an externally organized event. For more information contact the organizers.
The Fourth English & Cross-culture Seminar
This is an externally organized event. For more information contact the organizers.
Photonics Workshop
This is an externally organized event. For more information contact the organizers.
Presidential Lecture - "Is There a Perfect Cipher?" by Prof. Artur Ekert
Speaker: Prof. Artur Ekert
Professor of Quantum Physics at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, UK.
[Seminar] Active THz metamaterial photonics: From all-dielectrics to superconductors by Professor Ranjan Singh
[Seminar]
Title: Active THz metamaterial photonics: From all-dielectrics to superconductors
Speaker: Professor. Ranjan Singh
Institution: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
[Seminar] Genomics of uncultivable bacteria deciphers multilayered symbiotic system in the termite gut by Professor Yuichi Hongoh
Titile : Genomics of uncultivable bacteria deciphers multilayered symbiotic system in the termite gut
Speaker: Professor Yuichi Hongoh
Institution: School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Seminar: "High-power synchronized dual-channel laser enabling fast 2- and 3-photon in vivo brain imaging"
Seminar: "High-power synchronized dual-channel laser enabling fast 2- and 3-photon in vivo brain imaging" by Dr. Robert Riedel and Dr. Jan Heye Buss
[Seminar] Estimation of neural connections from partially observed neural spikes by Professor Noboru Murata
[Seminar]
Title: Estimation of neural connections from partially observed neural spikes
Speaker: Professor Noboru Murata
Institution: Waseda University, Japan
QuickFix: Cover Letter
“QuickFix”- improve your application materials in an interactive and a time-efficient manner!
To register CLICK HERE Post-workshop survey SUMMARY[PhD Thesis Presentation] -Jessica Verena Schulze- Spatial and Modular Regularization in Effective Connectivity Inference from Neural Activity Data
Thesis Public Presentation
Presenter: Jessica Verena Schulze
Title: Spatial and Modular Regularization in Effective Connectivity Inference from Neural Activity Data
Date&Time: November 26th, 4:00pm
Venue: C209, C tr Bldg
Kyoto/NTU/OIST Fundamental Theory Workshop
Joint High Energy Theory workshop between Kyoto University, National Taiwan University and OIST. Additional external speakers are Song He, Eugene Skvortsov, Julian Sonner and Kazuya Yonekura. Program & Schedule in attached PDF.
[Seminar] Establishment of body axes: Animal-vegetal and left-right axis specification in ascidian eggs and embryos by Hiroki Nishida
[Seminar]
Title: Establishment of body axes: Animal-vegetal and left-right axis specification in ascidian eggs and embryos
Speaker: Professor. Hiroki Nishida
Institution: Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
"Graphene Nanoribbons as a New Family of Semiconductors," Dr. Klaus Müllen
Klaus Müllen, Director and Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany
[Seminar] Alternative RNAs in the brain by Pedro Miura
[Seminar]
Title: Alternative RNAs in the brain
Speaker: Professor. Pedro Miura
Institution: University of Nevada
Presidential Lecture - "Is the Future Black ?" by Prof. Klaus Müllen
Speaker: Prof. Klaus Müllen
Director of the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
The 5th Asian Conference on Safety and Education in Laboratories
This is an externally organized event. For more information contact the organizers.
ACSEL2018: The 5th Asian Conference on Safety and Education in Laboratory
The 5th Asian Conference on Safety and Education in Laboratory "Promoting Innovation and Adcanced Interdisciplinarity through Environmental Safety Science"
[Seminar] Genetic and functional dissection of neural circuits formation in the zebrafish visual system by Del Bene Filippo
[Seminar]
Title: Genetic and functional dissection of neural circuits formation in the zebrafish visual system
Speaker: Professor. Del Bene Filippo
Institution: INSERM/Institut Curie
[Seminar] Image and Shape Analysis of Biological Specimens by Daniel Baum
[Seminar]
Title: Image and Shape Analysis of Biological Specimens
Speaker: Professor. Daniel Baum
Institution: Zuse Institute Berlin, Germany
[Seminar] Ultrafast Dynamics and Control in Quantum Materials by Richard Averitt
[Seminar]
Title: Ultrafast Dynamics and Control in Quantum Materials
Speaker: Professor. Richard Averitt
Institution: UC San Diego
3-day Leadership and Management Skills Course for Researchers
3-day Science Leadership and Management course provided by highly sought after trainers from hfp consulting . A course Certificate is available upon completion.
Post-course survey SUMMARY