Target Group: OIST Researchers; 3 workshops during Dec. 8-10; Venue: Central Building - SR C210; Instructor: Alyssa Swanson, Intensive Program Manager, University of Pennsylvania's English Language Programs, USA. Registration deadline: Tuesday, Dec. 6th. To register and read more about the event, go to https://groups.oist.jp/pcda

The Perils of Perfectionism by Prof. Roz Shafran, University College London, UK

Wednesday 7 ^th December 2016 5pm - 6.30pm, Room C209 Centre Building

Open to the whole OIST Community: Please register by following the link

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

Dr. Benoit Girard, ISIR, UPMC/CNRS in France.　Registration: NOT required.

Dr. Benoit Girard, ISIR, UPMC/CNRS in France

Registration: NOT required.

Seminar: 'Transcriptome analysis, from bulk to single cells and single molecules' by Dr. Charles Plessy, RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies Division of Genomic Technologies

Internal Seminar : Clive Darwell, Postdoctoral Researcher, Biodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit (Evan Economo)

Title : Biodiversity studies: into the omics era

Internal Seminar : Chris Roome, Postdoctoral Researcher, Optical Neuroimaging Unit (Bernd Kuhn)

Prof. Jonathan Roiser, Neuroscience and Mental Health at the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (ICN), London. Registration: NOT required.

Amira Sminar By Matthieu NIKLAUS, Product Marketing Engineer FEI Japan

Various Science Programs. Admission Free. Open to the public. No Reservation.

http://www.oist.jp/science-festival

Prof. Eugene Kroll, Research Associate Professor, University of Montana, Missoula

Dr. Alexander Revzin, Professor, Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering Mayo Clinic, USA

Dr. Vincent Daria, Leader of the Neurophotonics Research Group, John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU, Australia

Many situations in a research environment can cause a large amount of stress and impact our daily lives. Some of us are able to deal with it easily, others have a harder time doing so. Come to the OIST cafeteria, Level B at 4 pm on November 24 to discuss with your colleagues and Ganjuu and get insightful tips and tricks on how to deal with stress and anxiety in both the workplace and at home!

All this while enjoying free coffee, tea and snacks!

Dr. Hitoshi Kitaguchi, Deputy Director, Research Center for Functional Materials/ National Institute for Materials Science.

Next roundtable: Lab Leadership; Guest Expert: Nick Luscombe, Adjunct Professor at OIST; Who: ALL are welcome, although OIST Scientists are strongly encouraged to join/attend; When: noon - 1 pm on Thursday, Nov. 24; Where: Ctr Bldg - SR B503; Coordinator: Dr. Garth Ilsley, Sience and Technology Group, OIST; To get more info about the Club and the event, please go to https://groups.oist.jp/pcda

Professor Yoshiyuki Asai, Yamaguchi University

Professror Akira Funahashi, Keio University

This event is open to all. Event in English (no interpretation). For details contact organizers.

Internal Seminar: Carlos Gutierrez, Postdoctoral Researcher, Neural Computation Unit (Kenji Doya)

Dr. Daisuke Umeno, Associate Professor at Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, Japan , PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Japan E-mail address: umeno@faculty.chiba-u.jp

Speaker: Bret Grasse, Aquarist, Monterey Bay Aquarium

When: 15:45-17:30 on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016; Where: Lab 3, Seminar Room C700; Whom: OIST Postdoctoral Scholars and Scientists are strongly encouraged to attend; Instructors: Dr. Natalie Lundsteen, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, USA; Registration: is required. Please fill out the form below; Registration deadline: Monday, Nov. 14; To register and read more about the workshop please go to https://groups.oist.jp/pcda/workshops-and-seminars

Working in a Japanese company, Kaisha ( 会社 ) , as a foreigner is a very scary process that only few have attempted so far. Both the daunting hierarchy and bewildering Keigo ( 敬語 ) frighten most people away. On the other hand, Japanese companies are also famous in their generosity to provide a full range of career trainings and supports to their employees. To know how to get a entry ticket from Kaisha and how to survive in it, we invite you to join with us!!

*** The poster says B600 for the location but it is a typo, the location is B700, Lab3 ***

When: 13:30-15:30 on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016; Where: Lab 3, Seminar Room C700; Whom: OIST Postdoctoral Scholars and Scientists are strongly encouraged to attend; Instructors: Dr. Natalie Lundsteen, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, USA; Registration: is required. Please fill out the form below; Registration deadline: Tuesday, Nov. 15; To register and read more about the workshop please go to https://groups.oist.jp/pcda/workshops-and-seminars

Members of the Indian community at OIST invite you all on the auspicious occasion of Diwali . Come, join hands and overwhelm yourself in a vibrant synergy of traditional Indian music, dance and sport. Rediscover the exotic taste of Indian food and switch your mind for some frivolous Bollywood action!

***Tickets for this event are 2000 JPY. Tickets are limited***

This is one of mulitple Diwali events this week. For more information, visit the website .

Members of the Indian community at OIST invite you all on the auspicious occasion of Diwali . Come, join hands and overwhelm yourself in a vibrant synergy of traditional Indian music, dance and sport. Rediscover the exotic taste of Indian food and switch your mind for some frivolous Bollywood action! This is one of mulitple Diwali events this week. For more information, visit the website .

Members of the Indian community at OIST invite you all on the auspicious occasion of Diwali. Come, join hands and overwhelm yourself in a vibrant synergy of traditional Indian music, dance and sport. Rediscover the exotic taste of Indian food and switch your mind for some frivolous Bollywood action! This is one of mulitple Diwali events this week.

Dr. Richard D. Wood, Professor The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis The Virginia Harris Cockrell Cancer Research Center https://gsbs.uth.edu/faculty/faculty-directory/faculty-profiles.htm?id=1347028

Seminar by Prof. Keisuke Totsuka (YITP, Kyoto U), Tue 8th Nov 2-3PM at D015.

Nanoparticles by Design Unit (Sowwan Unit) would like to announce a seminar by Prof. Simon Brown

Speaker : Prof. Simon Brown, The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, 8140, Christchurch, New Zealand

Title : Percolating Cluster Devices: Possible Neuromorphic Applications

Abstract :

When clusters (nanoparticles) are randomly deposited on a surface they produce percolating films which have remarkable electrical properties. [1] Here we will focus on devices that contain percolating films of Sn clusters, and especially those that are deliberately constructed so as to guarantee that the film is close to the percolation threshold (onset of conduction). In these devices quantum mechanical tunnelling...

Animal Resources Section cordially invites researchers involved in laboratory animal experiment as well as other members to attend the annual memorial service for laboratory animals.​

Time: 12:30-14:00, Monday - Nov 7, 2016; Venue: Lab 3, SR C700; Coordinator: Dr. Cecilia Lu, Group Leader, Van Vactor Unit, OIST; To register and read more about the event, go to https://groups.oist.jp/pcda

10:00 am - 1:00 pm on Saturday, November 5th; Ctr Bldg - Seminar Room C210; Instructor: Bill Lindstaedt; Assistant Vice Chancellor, Career Advancement, International and Postdoctoral Services (CAIPS); University of California, San Francisco, USA; Please register on https://groups.oist.jp/pcda by Friday, October 28th

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

Internal Seminar: Yuuri Yasuoka, Postdoctoral Researcher, Marine Genomics Unit (Satoh Unit)

Internal Seminar: Alexander Mikheyev, Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolution Unit (Mikheyev Unit)

Title: "Magnetic Imaging by Lorentz TEM and electron holography"

Speaker: Prof. Hyun Soon Park

Affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea

Abstract:

Observing and characterizing the magnetic microstructures on a nanometer scale are of vital importance for understanding material property and its application to engineering. Among the repertoire of so-called “magnetic imaging” methods, imaging techniques in transmission electron microscope (TEM) are Lorentz microscopy and electron holography, which can be implemented in a standard TEM. These techniques have been widely utilized to image magnetic microstructures and the magnetization process in situ. In the Fresnel (out-of-focus) method of Lorentz microscopy, domain walls (DWs), vortices and skyrmions (nanoscale spin...

12:30 - 2 pm on Friday, November 4th; Ctr Bldg - Seminar Room C210; Instructor: Bill Lindstaedt; Assistant Vice Chancellor, Career Advancement, International and Postdoctoral Services (CAIPS); University of California, San Francisco, USA; Please register on https://groups.oist.jp/pcda by Wednesday, November 2nd

10:00 - 11:30 am on Friday, November 4th; Ctr Bldg - Seminar Room C210; Instructor: Bill Lindstaedt; Assistant Vice Chancellor, Career Advancement, International and Postdoctoral Services (CAIPS); University of California, San Francisco, USA; Please register on https://groups.oist.jp/pcda by Wednesday, November 2nd

As OIST is encouraging researchers to obtain external funding, this is a unique occasion for JST, the second biggest funding agency in Japan, and OIST, to get to know each other. This meeting is open to ALL OIST RESEARCHERS and MEMBERS of the OIST community.

Seminar "Targeted approaches for studying ecology important microbial eukaryotes"

Speaker: Prof. Karla Heidelberg

Affiliation: University of Southern California

Abstract: Microbes represent the single largest source of evolutionary and biochemical diversity on the planet. They are the major agents for cycling carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and other elements through ecosystems. Most attention for studying environmental microbes has focused on the bacteria, and to a lesser extent on the archaea and viruses, because of the relative ease with which these assemblages can be analyzed and studied genetically. In contrast, single-celled, eukaryotic microbes (the protists) have received much less attention, in part due to large and complex genomes and comparatively sparse public databases of known genes. In this talk I will...