Past Events

Sharepoint Open Hours

Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 14:00
B646

Sharepoint Open Hours

9/18/2019

14:00-15:00

B646

Presidential Lecture

Presidential Lecture-"The Molecular Circadian Clock and its impact on Health and Disease" by Professor Fred Turek

Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 13:30
Sydney Brenner Lecture Theatre (B250)

Charles E. & Emma H. Morrison Professor of Biology Departments of Neurobiology & Neurology Director, Center for Sleep & Circadian Biology Northwestern University

Seminar

[Seminar] "The development of the information-theoretical method for the classification of texts and its application to the definition of authorship" by Dr. Nadezhda Savina

Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 10:00 to 11:00
Lab1 C016

Dr. Nadezhda Savina, Leading Researcher, Novosibirsk State University

Seminar

Seminar by Prof. Fred W. Turek "Mechanisms Linking Circadian Clocks to Sleep, Feeding Cycles, Seasonal Rhythms, and the Impact of Artificial Light at Night on Human Rhythms"

Tuesday, September 17, 2019 - 13:30 to 15:30
C209, Center Building

Seminar/Discussion by Prof. Fed W. Turek on " Mechanisms Linking Circadian Clocks to Sleep, Feeding Cycles, Seasonal Rhythms, and the Impact of Artificial Light at Night on Human Rhythms "

Seminar

[Seminar] "Time-universal data compression and prediction” by Prof. Boris Ryabko

Tuesday, September 17, 2019 - 10:30 to 11:30
Lab3 C700

Prof. Boris Ryabko, Head of Laboratory of data protection, ICT, Siberian Branch of RAS.

Seminar

[Seminar] "New Trends in D-Amino acid Biocatalysis" by Prof. Loredano Pollegioni

Tuesday, September 17, 2019 - 10:30 to 11:30
C016, Lab1

Prof. Loredano Pollegioni, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

Holiday

Respect-for-the-Aged Day 2019

Monday, September 16, 2019 - 00:00

National holiday

Seminar

Theoretical Physics Seminar: Han Yan

Friday, September 13, 2019 - 14:00
Lab 1, D014

Theoretical Physics Seminar. Speaker: Han Yan (Quantum Matter). Title: "Three types of phases".

Seminar

Seminar "Conversion of Photon Energy based on Molecular Self-assemblies" by Prof. Nobuo Kimizuka

Thursday, September 12, 2019 - 16:00 to 17:00
C209, Level C, Centre Bldg

Prof. Nobuo Kimizuka, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University

Workshop

“QuickFix: Using LinkedIn to achieve your goals”

Thursday, September 12, 2019 - 12:00 to 13:00

“QuickFix”- learn how to use LinedIn in an interactive and a time-efficient manner!

To register CLICK HERE Post-workshop survey SUMMARY
Culture

Pakistani Butter Chicken

Saturday, September 7, 2019 - 18:00
Community Kitchen Village Center

https://groups.oist.jp/foodies/signup-0

Seminar

[Seminar]"Deep Turning Point" by Dr. Danilo Vasconcellos Vargas

Tuesday, September 3, 2019 - 14:00 to 15:00
Meeting Room C016, Lab1

Speaker: Dr. Danilo Vasconcellos Vargas, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University

Graduate School

CEC Meeting

Monday, September 2, 2019 - 15:00
C209, Ctr Bldg

September 2019 CEC Meeting Information

Graduate School

Welcome to Class of 2019 New Students

Monday, September 2, 2019 - 10:30
OIST Auditorium

Welcome Ceremony for Class of 2019 New Students

Seminar

Theoretical Physics Seminar: Slava Lysov

Friday, August 30, 2019 - 14:00
Lab 1, B503

Theoretical Physics Seminar. Speaker: Slava Lysov (Quantum Gravity). Title: "Topological Quantum Field Theories".

Workshop

“QuickFix: Developing LinkedIn profile”

Thursday, August 29, 2019 - 12:00 to 13:00
For RSVP only

“QuickFix”- improve your on-line LinkedIn profile in an interactive and a time-efficient manner!

To register CLICK HERE Post-workshop survey SUMMARY
Seminar

Seminar “Quantum rifling: how to protect a qubit from unwanted collapse” Prof. Arkady Fedorov

Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - 11:00 to 12:00
C016, Lab1 Level C

Prof.Arkady Fedorov, Associate Professor, Chief Investigator and Node Manager, ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQuS), School of Mathematics and Physics, the University of Queensland, Australia

Seminar

Mathematical Physics seminar: Chern-Simons theory 9

Friday, August 23, 2019 - 15:00 to 17:00
B 712, Lab 3

Joint Math and Theoretical physics seminar on Chern-Simons theory, Knot invariants and Volume conjecture. Vyacheslav Lysov will be leading the discussion.

Research

ORC Assembly

Thursday, August 22, 2019 - 12:00 to 13:00
Seminar Room C700

This month, our guest will be Felix Rehnberg (R&D Cluster Programs Section) who will tak about an exciting new OIST business development program.

Research

[Seminar]"Propagating waves in brain cortex: Cloud computing?" by Prof. Jian-young Wu

Thursday, August 22, 2019 - 10:00 to 11:00
C700, Lab3 Level C

Seminar

Seminar

OIST-NTHU Joint Seminar: Accelerating Research Towards Applications in the Life Sciences

Wednesday, August 21, 2019 - 14:00 to 17:30
C209

Joint Seminar featuring faculty and researchers from OIST and National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) in Taiwan to discuss research advances for applications in the life sciences. Open to all.

Seminar

Fireside Chat: Building a Dream Team for University Startups

Wednesday, August 21, 2019 - 12:00 to 13:30
C700 Lab 3 Level C

Lunchtime "fireside chat" about starting up a company based on university research. Featuring: Professor Margaret Dah-Tsyr Chang from National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan.

Research

[PhD Thesis Presentation] ‐ Mr. Neil Dalphin -"Functional Voltage Imaging of Mouse Super-Granular Layers, in Vivo"

Wednesday, August 21, 2019 - 09:00 to 10:00
Center Building, 209

public presentation

Culture

Hawaiian Hula Workshop

Tuesday, August 20, 2019 - 19:00 to 20:30
Village Center Meeting Room

Hawaiian Dance Hula Worskshop taught by Kuma Hula Manaiakalani Kalua who resides in Hilo, Hawaii will provide OIST and the Okinawan community with a Hula Workshop.

When: Tuesday, August 20th

Time: 7:00pm-8:30pm

Location: Village Center Meeting Room

Cost: 4,000 JPY per person - please register by August 9th via the QR code on the advertisement.

Sharepoint Open Hours

Tuesday, August 20, 2019 - 14:00
B648

Sharepoint Open Hours

Time: 14:00-15:00

Location: B648

Seminar

Science Digest Chalk Talk: "Error-speed correlations in biopolymer synthesis"

Tuesday, August 20, 2019 - 12:00 to 13:00
Seminar Room C210 (Central Building, Level C)

Davide Chiuchiu (Postdoc at Pigolotti Unit)

Public Lecture

The Art of Storytelling Through Hula - Hawaiian Cultural Lecture

Monday, August 19, 2019 - 19:00 to 21:00
OIST Auditorium

OIST members and the local Okinawan community are invited to a lecture on The Art of Storytelling Through Hula and performances by three local Okinawan Hula studios.

Speaker: Manaiakalani Kalua

Performances by: Kalehua Hula Studio, Kailua Hula Studio, and Hālau Hula Uʻi Hula Studio

Monday, August 19th at 7pm in the OIST auditorium. The event will be translated from English to Japanese.

Seminar

Seminar "Characterisation and modelling of wall turbulence with strong heat transfer" by Prof. Rene Pecnik

Monday, August 19, 2019 - 17:00 to 18:00
Lab1 C016

[Speaker] Prof. Rene Pecnik, Process and Energy Department , Delft University of Technology

Presidential Lecture

Presidential Lecture by Professor Jim Smith "Making a Human: Lessons from the First Ten Hours in the Life of a Frog"

Monday, August 19, 2019 - 13:30
B250

"The first ten hours in the life of a frog"

Seminar

Theoretical Physics Seminar: Sudip Ghosh

Friday, August 16, 2019 - 14:00
Lab 1, B503

Theoretical Physics Seminar. Speaker: Sudip Ghosh (Quantum Gravity). Title: "Web of Dualities in Quantum Field Theory and String Theory".

Seminar

"Neural encoding and decoding of auditory cortex during perceptual decision making" Dr. Funamizu

Thursday, August 15, 2019 - 13:00 to 14:00
Meeting Room D015 -L1 Bldg

SEMINAR by Dr. Akihiro Funamizu, Postdoctoral Fellow, Zador Laboratory - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Research

[Seminar] "Rheology of dense ellipsoidal grains" by Prof. Ben Nadler

Thursday, August 15, 2019 - 10:00 to 11:00
C700, Level C, Lab 3

Title : Rheology of dense ellipsoidal grains

Speaker: Prof. Ben Nadler

Affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

Seminar

Cover Letter Writing for Scientists

Wednesday, August 14, 2019 - 14:30 to 16:00
c600B (English Classroom)

Learn about writing an English cover letter for academic science positions.

Target audience: interns, Ph.D students and Post Docs who are interested in continuing their career in academia.

Speaker: Margaret Howell (Language Education Section, OIST)

Seminar

Seminar "Illuminating Complex Fluid Flow" Peter Gilbert

Wednesday, August 14, 2019 - 11:00
C015 (Level C, Lab1)

Language: English

Seminar

Seminar "Despicable Mites: Recent Findings in the Study of Two Honey Bee Parasites"

Tuesday, August 13, 2019 - 14:00 to 15:00
C210, Center Building

Dr. Samuel Ramsey, USDA-ARS Bee Research Lab

Seminar

[Seminar] "Can I talk to a squid? Cephalopod behavioral ecology as a comparative model for understanding visual communication"

Tuesday, August 13, 2019 - 14:00 to 15:00
C700, Lab3

Speaker: Ryuta Nakajima, Associate Professor, Department of Art and Design, University of Minnesota Duluth

Sharepoint Open Hours

Tuesday, August 13, 2019 - 14:00

Sharepoint Open Hours

Time: 14:00-15:00

Location: B648

Holiday

Mountain Day 2019 Observed

Monday, August 12, 2019 - 00:00

National holiday

Holiday

Mountain Day 2019

Sunday, August 11, 2019 - 00:00

National holiday

Culture

OIST Summer Festival

Saturday, August 10, 2019 - 18:00 to 21:00
OIST Campus

Everyone is welcome.

Seminar

Esther Lai, Inputs to Neurons in Layer 1 of Mouse Cerebral Cortex

Friday, August 9, 2019 - 16:30 to 17:00
Lab3 C700

Internal Seminar Series

Speaker: Esther Lai, Brain Mechanisms for Behaviour (Arbuthnott) Unit

Title: Inputs to neurons in layer 1 of mouse cerebral cortex

Abstract: In rodents, a major output from the basal ganglia arrives in layer 1 (L1) of frontal cortex. Neocortical L1, the most superficial layer of cerebral cortex, is composed of...

Seminar

Alexandru Mihai, Capillarity, Geometry, and Surface Tension

Friday, August 9, 2019 - 16:00 to 16:30
Lab3 C700

Internal Seminar Series

Culture

Language Exchange Potluck

Friday, August 9, 2019 - 12:00 to 13:00
c600A, B (Language Classrooms)

Did you just finish a language course this semester? Are you interested in practicing English or Japanese but don't have time to take a class?

Come to the potluck this Friday from 12-1 PM and meet a new language exchange partner! We ask that you bring a dish to share (main dish, appetizer, snack, dessert or drink are all OK) and come prepared to chat.

Presidential Lecture

Presidential Lecture- "Advancing Nanophotonics for New Optical Technologies" by Prof. Pavel Belov

Thursday, August 8, 2019 - 13:00
B250

Pavel Belov, ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia

Sharepoint Open Hours

Tuesday, August 6, 2019 - 14:00
B646

Sharepoint Open Hours

Time: 14:00-15:00

Location: B646

External Events

Work Seminar "Creating a good work environment"

Tuesday, August 6, 2019 - 13:30 to 15:30
OIST Conference Center - Meeting Room 1

This is an externally organized event. For more information contact the organizers.

Seminar

Seminar "Investigating granule cell functionality using automated olfactory conditioning" by Janine Reinert

Tuesday, August 6, 2019 - 13:00
D014 (Lab 1)

Dr Janine Reinert (University of Heidelberg)

In English

Hosted by Sensory and Behavioural Neuroscience Unit

External Events

Career-up Seminar for Women

Tuesday, August 6, 2019 - 10:00 to 12:00
OIST Conference Center - Meeting Room 1

This is an externally organized event. For more information contact the organizers.

Sharepoint Open Hours

Friday, August 2, 2019 - 14:00
B646

Sharepoint Open Hours

14:00-15:00

B646

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