A special guided tour of the AI Art and Aesthetic Exhibition in English by the main artists on 12/1 (Fri) at 12:30.

Prof. Dr. Nicole Dubilier, Director, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

Head of the Symbiosis Department from Bremen, Germany will give a talk.

Zhaocai (Joe) Zhou, Ph.D Professor, Principal Investigator State Key Laboratory of Cell Biology CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences Web: http://www.sibcb.ac.cn/ePI.asp?id=121

Dr. Jihwan Myung, Senior Research Fellow, Taipei Medical University. Language: English

Learn how to publish in high impact journals and to maximise your impact in the field with Nature Research Academies interactive 1/2 day workshop.

"PhD Women:Work in Progress" is a LeanIn circle that promotes women in leadership by creating a safe and supportive environment where women can get inspired, learn and grow.

Speaker: Prof. Rolf Pfeifer Dr. sc. techn. ETH, Scientific Advisor, “Living with Robots” Inc. Visiting Professor, Dept. of Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Professor. em. University of Zurich

OIST Mini Symposium - Open to all OIST members - For non-OIST members: Please contact the organizers for information on how to participate.

B.S. in Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry (the University of Tokyo) in 2005. Ph.D. in Department of Computational Biology (the University of Tokyo) in 2009. Assistant Professor at Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo since 2011. Associate Professor at Department of Biological Sciences, the University of Tokyo since 2014. Currently the Vice President of Japanese Society for Bioinformatics, a Board Member of International Society for Computational Biology, Councilor of Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology, Associate Member of Science Council of Japan, and Member of Global Young Academy. Major in bioinformatics, especially areas related to genomics, evolution, ecology, and ethology.

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

Admission Free. For information about the exhibit, concerts, and symposia, visit the Artificial Intelligence Art and Aesthetics Exhibition (AIAEE) website.

Admission Free. For information about the exhibit, concerts, and symposia, visit the Artificial Intelligence Art and Aesthetics Exhibition (AIAEE) website.

Internal Seminar, Nicolas Moreno (Mathematics, Mechanics, and Materials Unit)

Internal Seminar: Shohei Takaoka, PhD Student, Cell Signal Unit (Yamamoto Unit). Language: English, no interpretation

Update Session on Health and Safety 2017

General - mandatory for all

Special - mandatory for wet lab members

Online training will be available in due time.

Dr. Beverly Goodman, Faculty member, University of Haifa, Leon Chrney School, Department of Marine Geosciences

Visit the registration website for further details on how to attend: http://www.iciibms.org/registration.html

National Holiday.

"Planning Your Scientific Journey" series is great for anybody who is working on developing an impactful and answerable scientific question and/or designing a research program for current and future positions.

Prof. Dr. Dan Tchernov, Director, Department of Marine Biology, Leon Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa

The Topology and Geometry Seminar aims to introduce current mathematical research topics starting from the very basics. Anyone interested in mathematics is welcome to attend.

This week, Dr Tirasan Khandhawit (postdoc in the Tsvietkova Unit) will speak on "Manifolds: topology and geometry in dimension 3 and higher".

Dr. Milind V Purohit is Professor and Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.

Titile: Surface Science Study of Perovskite Solar Cells: Spiro-MeOTAD Hole Transport Material and Perovskite Absorber

Speaker: Zafer Hawash

Affiliation: PhD Student - Energy Materials and Surface Sciences Unit (Qi Unit)

QG group meeting Speaker: Shailesh Dhasmana Title: "Unruh effect and finite temperature field theory"

OIST Science Festival 2017 Contents: Science demonstrations, lectures * More detail will be announced later.

OISTサイエンスフェスタ2017 内容：科学実験、講演会など ※プログラムの詳細は、決まり次第ご案内いたします。 　 今しばらくお待ちください。

On Friday November 17th, the third talk of the series of monthly talks featuring OIST scientists from Okinawa will be held. The speaker this time is Dr. Yuimaru Kubo. The series will be continued until February 2018, every third Friday night from 18:30-19:30 at the Junku-do Book Store in Naha (1-19-29 Makishi, Naha-city). *The talks are in Japanese only.

Registration required. Language: Japanese with English interpretation. Audience: People interested in Japanese school education system, parents, and teachers.

Lecturer: Shun Shirai is a Director in charge of Curriculum Planning Office, School curriculum Division, Elementary and Secondary Education Bureau, MEXT

Prof. Konrad Banaszek, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw

Teatime at 16:00, Level B Center Building

If you have any questions or concerns about SciFinder or you want to see a demo, this is a good opportunity to talk to Mr. Yasuhiro Chiba (JAICI Marketing Group) at the Help Desk.

Join Dr. Yasha Neiman, Assistant Professor at OIST, for a very informal and fun talk about his experience with academic job research and transition to a faculty position.

Everyone is welcome! To REGISTER Click here.

Speaker: Justin C. Feng Research Affiliate, The University of Texas at Austin Date : Tuesday, November 14, 2017 Time : 3:30pm-4:30pm

The Topology and Geometry Seminar aims to introduce current mathematical research topics starting from the very basics. Anyone interested in mathematics is welcome to attend.

This is the final talk in a series of 3 lectures on "Knots: From application to theory" by Dr Nick Owad (postdoc in the Tsvietkova Unit).

RNA Biology Woorkshop "Cutting Edge Developments in RNA Biology for the Control of Gene Expression"

Dr. Jeffrey White

========================== Date: Monday, November 13, 2017 Time:16:00-17:00 Venue: C016, Lab 1 ==========================

Memorial Lecture of our colleague, Dr. Shohei Suzuki

Lecturer: Dr. Noriyuki Satoh, Professor, Marine Genomics Unit, OIST.

Title: Coral Reefs: A Paradise of Marine Biologists

Language: English, with simultaneous interpretation.

Dr. Joel Carpenter, School of IT & Electrical Engineering (ITEE), The University of Queensland. Language: English

OIST Workshop - Application Deadline: June 30, 2017 - OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions - Website: https://groups.oist.jp/rnabiology

Admission Free. For information about the exhibit, concerts, and symposia, visit the Artificial Intelligence Art and Aesthetics Exhibition (AIAEE) website.

Admission Free. For information about the exhibit, concerts, and symposia, visit the Artificial Intelligence Art and Aesthetics Exhibition (AIAEE) website.

Admission Free. For information about the exhibit, concerts, and symposia, visit the Artificial Intelligence Art and Aesthetics Exhibition (AIAEE) website.

This interactive and invigorating seminar will blend theory, practice, reflection and prescription to present concepts of employee well-being as applied to professionals in general and to academics in particular. Everyone is welcome!

セミナー： HLAを中心に据えて、免疫システムに学ぶ

Introduction of COMSOL Multiphysics® and Release Highlights of Version 5.3

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

Seminar "HLA, ImmSune Response and Disease" by Prof. Takehiko Saszuki

The Topology and Geometry Seminar aims to introduce current mathematical research topics starting from the very basics. Anyone interested in mathematics is welcome to attend.

This is the second talk in a series of 3 lectures on "Knots: From application to theory" by Dr Nick Owad (postdoc in the Tsvietkova Unit).

OIST Mini Symposium - Open to all OIST members - For non-OIST members: Please contact the organizers for information on how to participate.

Intended for all parents and teachers. English with simultaneous interpretation. Register at https://groups.oist.jp/adhd/public-talk

QG group meeting Speaker: Yasha Neiman Title: Twistor-space quantization for the dS causal patch