Prof. B. Sriram Shastry, Distinguished Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz Restricted to OIST members.

2 OIST teams join the race. Everyone is welcome to cheer for the race.

June Admissions Workshop for 2016 entry students

Speaker: Prof. Masashi Yamanaka

Professor at KEK (KEK, the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization), Director of the Mechanical Engineering Center at KEK

Language: English

Roundtable: "Positions in Industry; PhD Scientists' Perspectives" - 12:30-14:00 on May 31st - Venue: SR C210 - Speakers: Dr. Alan Maigne, Dr. Guido Klingbeil, Dr. Mikas Remeika and Dr. Panagiotis Grammatikopoulos - Registration is NOT required. All OIST Community are welcome!

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

Symposium on food and science (registration required, English simultaneous interpretation provided) and open-air food bazaar (registration NOT required)

Mindfulness for Wellbeing & Peak Performance

Workshop: “ Understanding Cultural Intelligence and its relevance for scientists ” - Target Group: OIST Researchers - May 27 (Friday) 13:00 – 14:00 SR-B503 - Facilitators: Experts from Ganjuu Wellbeing Service - Click HERE to register

Seminar by Prof. Susumu Fukatsu, Unv. of Tokyo on May 25th, Wednesday at 11am.

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

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

Please join us for our last Internal Seminar of the spring session on Friday May 20, from 17:00 to 18:00 in C700 (Lab3). This seminar features the Chemistry and Chemical Bioengineering Unit (Fujie Tanaka) and the Marine Biophysics Unit (Satoshi Mitarai).

Grant Peer Support (GPS) will have a kick-off meeting to discuss what OIST researchers can do to help one another in writing a successful grant application. 12:00-13:00, May 20 (Fri) - Lab 3, C700 - All OIST Scientists are welcome! CLICK HERE for more info

Pro.f Yoshihiko Takano, MANA, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Language English

Katsuhiko Ariga WPI-MANA, Natl. Inst. Mater. Sci. 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan E-mail: ARIGA.Katsuhiko@nims.go.jp

Frontiers in fast, low-light imaging, microscopy and data visualization. Registration needed!

Ishigaki Blue Opening Ceremony

Date: 5/18 (Wed)

Time: 18:30 - 18:50

Venue: Tunnel Gallery

Program:

1. Opening Remarks by Dr. Torsten Wiesel

2. Short speech by Mr. Haruhiko Kaneko, Master of Ishigakiyaki Pottery Studio

3. Closing remarks

Exhibition is also open on weekends and holidays

Venue: Tunnel Gallery, OIST Main Campus

Admission: Free

Host: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) /

Ishigaki-yaki Pottery Studio

Contact: OIST Community Relations Section

TEL: 098-966-2184 (9:00-17:00 Weekdays)

Please address inquiries to the President's Office.

Please address inquiries to the President's Office.

OIST Workshop - Application Deadline: March 25, 2016 - OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions - website: https://groups.oist.jp/nsca

IT Coffee vol.6

Dr. Peter Klohen, MRC Prion Unit and Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London.​

DATE: Monday, May 9th

TIME: 13:00 – 14:00

VENUE: D015 Meeting Room, Level D, Lab 1

SPEAKER: Ms Wen-Yi Wu, Department of Life Science, National Taiwan University

TITLE: Shared response neurons in anterior cingulate and insular cortices engage in empathy-like behaviors of the rat

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

Prof. Robert Feil,

Institute of Molecular Genetics (IGMM), CNRS and University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France;

Medical Institute of Bioregulation (MIB), Kyushu University, Fukuoka.

​ Roundtable: "Postdoc Positions; to do's and don'ts"

The Graduate School would like to invite you to a seminar by Pei-Yuan Qian , from Division of Life Science and Environmental Science Programs, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) . This talk will be introduced by Prof. Satoh Noriyuki from Marine Genomics Unit.

Seminar by Ricardo Flores, from the Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (CSIC-UPV), Valencia, Spain . This talk will be introduced by Prof. Saze Hidetoshi from Plant Epigenetics Unit.

A seminar by Carl Petersen, from Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) . This talk will be introduced by Prof. Kuhn Bernd from Optical Neuroimaging Unit.

Meet us at 18:00 at Seaside House Parking. Please carpool if you can.

Speaker:Mr.Daisuke Takahashi, Graduate student OIST.

Language: English

Open seminar

Seminar by Dr. Tokuro Shimokawa, Osaka University on April 21st (Thu) at 1:30pm in C016, Lab1. Look forward to seeing many of you !

Majority of OIST researchers would like to develop and pursue successful careers in academia. This month, we will have two informal sessions focusing on the following two themes and exploring how they relate to this commonly shared aspiration. 1. Why do you keep applying for grants? (and what will happen if you do not?) 2. What are your goals?