Anonymous survey to inform concrete policy changes to enhance the range of common equipment and services available to researchers.

Professor Martin Weitz, Institut fur Angewandte Physik, Universitat Bonn

Dr. Izumi Fukunaga, Career Development Fellow at the Francis Crick Institute, UK

Dr. Simone Pigolotti, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya at Ramon y Cajal researcher

Join us for this year's very first Internal Seminars Series (!) on January 29, from 17:00 to 18:00 in C700 (Lab3). This seminar features the Dean's Research Unit and Mathematical Soft Matter Unit (Eliot Fried).

Comparing yourself to others does not lead to happiness

Come to Teatime to talk to friend of OIST and departing Acting President Dr. Albert Wagner.

Seminar by Dr. Alexey Andreanov (Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon, Korea), 28th Jan (Thu) @ 2:30-3:30pm in C016, Lab1.

Come celebrate Ken Peach's contribution to OIST

Dr. Yejun Feng (1) X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439 (2) The James Franck Institute and Department of Physics, The University of Chicago, IL 60637

OIST Workshop - Application Deadline: October 5, 2015 - OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions - URL: https://groups.oist.jp/isfm2016

Externally organized event by Okinawa Public Schools Women's Leaders Association.

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

Weekly discussion group facilitated by Ganjuu Wellbeing service to support and apply learning from the Coursera course 'A Life of Happiness and Fulfillment' Friday 4-5pm

Dr. Ciprian Plostinar, an accelerator physicist at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK

Tea, coffee, snacks, and good company -- the perfect ingredients for a short break

Dr Yun-Feng Xiao, Associate Professor, State Key Laboratory for Artificial MicroStructre and Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Peking University

Prof. Shihoko Ishii, Graduate School of Mathematical Science, University of Tokyo

Krener Assistant Professor, Mathematics, University of California, Davis

Dr. Scott Brown, Scientist-Entrepreneur, will speak about his experiences in commercializing university discoveries and partnering with Asian companies. This event is restricted to OIST employees and students.

Opening ceremony to the exhibition.

Weekly teatime with a photo twist: have a cup of tea or coffee and enjoy gorgeous artwork

HEART All User Meeting ① January 13th (Wed) 9:30-12:00 @Lab3, C700 ② January 14th (Thur) 13:30-16:00 @Lab3, C700

The next Researcher Meeting will be held on Thursday January 14th from 12:00 to 13:00 in seminar room C209 center building. This meeting is intended for postdoctoral scholars and staff scientists.

Prof. Junko Ohkanda, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Kyoto University

Amazing photo exhibition of underwater creatures and hermit crabs with trash homes.

Prof. Takashi Suzuki, Professor, Osaka University

HEART All User Meeting ① January 13th (Wed) 9:30-12:00 @Lab3, C700 ② January 14th (Thur) 13:30-16:00 @Lab3, C700

Dr. Tomoko Ohyama, Postdoctoral fellow, Janelia Research Campus, HHMI

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

National Holiday.

Prof Tim Hunt (2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine), Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute

Prof. Ray-Kuang Lee, Institute of Photonics Technologies, National Tsing-Hua University, China

Jointly-organzied workshop - OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions - website: https://groups.oist.jp/aws

National Holiday.

Language:English

National Holiday.

This is an externally organized event. For further information, please contact the organizers directly.

OIST students are invited to the 2nd Okinawa Student Summit, sponsored by Okinawa University Consortium.

English Workshop "Give a Killer Presentation" on Dec 18th 10:00-12:00 @B503 Language: English Registration required. Go to https://groups.oist.jp/hrtraining/give-killer-presentation

Professor Brian Seguin, Assistant Professor, Loyola University Chicago. Language: English.

Stop by to see the demontration

Professor Gwynn Elfring, Assistant Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of British Columbia

Seminar by Prof. Susumu Yanagisawa "First-principles investigation on the electronic states of the organic single-crystals and the organic-metal interfaces: importance of accurate prediction of the crystal and the interface structures"

Associate Professor Taizo Hanai, Laboratory for Bioinformatics, Graduate School of Systems Life Science, Kyushu University

Ryukyu traditional performing arts by Nomura Ryu.

This is an externally organized event. Please contact the organizers for further information

SCORE! is designed to promote senior high school students’ hands-on science education and interest in entrepreneurship, as well as support the approach for English-Oriented Prefecture Okinawa.

Join us for this years last Internal Seminars Series on December 11, from 17:00 to 18:00 in C700 (Lab3). This seminar features the Micro/Bio/Nanofluidics Unit (Amy Shen) and Quantum Wave Microscopy Unit (Tsumoru Shintake).

Professor Akemi Tomoda, Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui will be giving a talk on "Adverse sensory input of the abuse modified by early experience". (in English)