Past Events

Seminar

The Perils of Perfectionism

Wednesday, December 7, 2016 - 17:00 to 18:30
C209 Centre Building 5pm -6.30 pm

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

Training

Final Successfail lunchtime discussion group

Wednesday, December 7, 2016 - 12:00
Lab 1 C016
Our final meeting to celebrate what we have shared
External Events

Joint Workshop of 2nd JST-SICORP Workshop & 6th Investigative Commission of Ortho – Organogenesis

Wednesday, December 7, 2016 (All day) to Friday, December 9, 2016 (All day)
Dec 7: Rizzan Sea-Park Hotel; Dec 8 & 9 OIST: Seaside House

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

Seminar

[Seminar] "Saccadic eye movements" Dr. Benoît GIRARD

Tuesday, December 6, 2016 - 10:00 to 12:00
Meeting Room D015 - L1 Bldg

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

Seminar

[Seminar] "Action Selection & Reinforcement Learning in animals & robots" Dr. Benoît GIRARD

Monday, December 5, 2016 - 15:30 to 17:30
Meeting Room D015 - L1 Bldg

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

Registration: NOT required.

Seminar

'Transcriptome analysis, from bulk to single cells and single molecules'

Monday, December 5, 2016 - 14:00 to 15:00
C210, Center Bldg.

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

Seminar

Biodiversity studies: into the omics era

Friday, December 2, 2016 - 17:30 to 18:00
C700

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

Title : Biodiversity studies: into the omics era

Seminar

In’s and Out’s of Neuronal Computation: Simultaneous Dendritic Voltage and Calcium Imaging and Somatic Recording from Purkinje Neurons in Awake Mice.

Friday, December 2, 2016 - 17:00 to 17:30

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

Training

Successfail lunchtime discussion group

Wednesday, November 30, 2016 - 12:00
Lab 1, C016
6-week lunchtime group to examine how stories of success and failure are socially-constructed.
Seminar

[Seminar] "Is depression caused by a hyperactive habenula?", Prof. Jonathan Roiser

Tuesday, November 29, 2016 - 11:00 to 12:00
Meeting Room D015 - L1 Bldg

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

Seminar

[Software] Amira Seminar

Monday, November 28, 2016 (All day) to Tuesday, November 29, 2016 (All day)
Lab3 LevelC C700

Amira Sminar By Matthieu NIKLAUS, Product Marketing Engineer FEI Japan

OIST Science Festival 2016 - Open Campus

Sunday, November 27, 2016 - 10:00 to 16:00
OIST Main Campus

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

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

Seminar

Seminar "Genomic evolution driven by environmental stress." by Prof. Eugene Kroll

Friday, November 25, 2016 - 15:00 to 16:00
Seminar Room C015, Lab1

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

Seminar

Seminar: Microsystems for Shaping and Sensing Cellular Interactions

Friday, November 25, 2016 - 14:00 to 15:00

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

Seminar

Seminar: Light and nanotechnology tools for understanding the brain

Friday, November 25, 2016 - 10:00 to 11:00
Center Building C210

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

Graduate School

How to deal with stress and anxiety - Teatime and discussion session

Thursday, November 24, 2016 - 16:00
OIST Cafeteria, Level B

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!

Seminar

Seminar: Progress in Bi-2223 high-Tc superconductor (HTS) development

Thursday, November 24, 2016 - 15:00 to 16:00
C016, Lab1

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

Training

Science Careers Journal Club: Lab Leadership

Thursday, November 24, 2016 - 12:00 to 13:00
Ctr Bldg - SR B503

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

Holiday

Labor Thanksgiving Day 2016

Wednesday, November 23, 2016 - 00:00
National Holiday.
Seminar

[Seminar] "Standalone Simulator and Cloud Service for Multilevel Physiological Model Simulations" - Prof. Asai, Yamaguchi University

Tuesday, November 22, 2016 - 15:00 to 16:00
Lab3 C700

Professor Yoshiyuki Asai, Yamaguchi University

Seminar

[Seminar] "Design and Implementation of High Performance Biochemical Simulator" - Prof. Funahashi, Keio University

Tuesday, November 22, 2016 - 14:00 to 15:00
Lab3 C700

Professror Akira Funahashi, Keio University

Seminar

Okinawa Underwater Photographic Society Meeting in November

Friday, November 18, 2016 - 19:00 to 21:00
OIST Main Campus, Seminar Room B250

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

Seminar

Community Detection and Mean Field Approximation for Dimension Reduction of Spiking Network Models

Friday, November 18, 2016 - 17:00 to 17:30
C700

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

Seminar

Seminar: Evolutionary Design of biosynthetic pathways and regulatory networks

Friday, November 18, 2016 - 11:00 to 12:00
C209, Ctr Bldg, Level C

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

Seminar

Seminar by Bret Grasse “A look into the deep: Collecting and keeping deep-sea cephalopods in public aquaria”

Friday, November 18, 2016 - 10:00 to 11:00
Meeting Room #1, Conference Center

Speaker: Bret Grasse, Aquarist, Monterey Bay Aquarium

Training

Workshop: "Identify and Leverage your Skills and Strengths: Part 2 – Using Your Strengths"

Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 15:45 to 17:30

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

Graduate School

HOW TO SURVIVE IN 会社 (JAPANESE COMPANY)

Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 14:00 to 16:00
B700, Lab 3

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 ***

Training

Workshop: "Identify and leverage your skills and strengths: Part 1 - Transferable Skills"

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 - 13:30 to 15:30

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

Training

Successfail lunchtime discussion group

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 - 12:00
Lab 1, C016
6-week lunchtime group to examine how stories of success and failure are socially-constructed.
OIST Workshops

22nd International Congress of Zoology (ICZ) "Animal evolution: genomics, genes, development and physiology"

Monday, November 14, 2016 (All day) to Wednesday, November 16, 2016 (All day)
OIST Conference Center, Seminar Rooms C209, C210 & B250, Restaurant Floor
Jointly-organized symposium - All OIST members are welcome to attend the scientific sessions - Application Deadline: TBA - website: http://www.zoology.or.jp/2016-jointmeeting/
Culture

Diwali event: Special dinner and dancing

Sunday, November 13, 2016 - 18:00 to 22:00
Center Court

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 .

Culture

Diwali event: Cricket match

Saturday, November 12, 2016 - 09:00 to 13:00
Yomitan Baseball Park

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 .

Culture

Diwali event: Bollywood Movie

Friday, November 11, 2016 - 20:00 to 22:00
B250

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.

Seminar

Seminar: DNA polymerases that defend genomes against double-strand breaks

Friday, November 11, 2016 - 11:00
C015, Lab 1, Level C

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

Training

Successfail lunchtime discussion group

Wednesday, November 9, 2016 - 12:00
Lab 1, C016
6-week lunchtime group to examine how stories of success and failure are socially-constructed.
Seminar

Percolating Cluster Devices: Possible Neuromorphic Applications

Tuesday, November 8, 2016 - 14:00 to 15:00
C015, Lab1

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...

Seminar

“Symmetry-protected topological phases in SU(N) cold fermion systems” Keisuke Totsuka (YITP, Kyoto University)

Tuesday, November 8, 2016 - 14:00 to 15:00
D015, Lab1

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

Campus

Memorial Service for Laboratory Animals 実験動物慰霊祭のご案内

Tuesday, November 8, 2016 - 13:00 to 13:30
Animal Memorial Monument (Center Court) / 動物慰霊碑前

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.​

Training

Grant Peer Support Group - 6th meeting

Monday, November 7, 2016 - 12:30 to 14:00
Lab 3, SR C700

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

Training

Bootcamp: "Building Communication Skills for Lab Leadership"

Saturday, November 5, 2016 - 10:00 to 13:00
Ctr Bldg - Seminar Room C210

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

External Events

JavaOne 2016 Debrief Meeting in Okinawa

Saturday, November 5, 2016 - 00:00
OIST Auditorium

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

Seminar

"The First Gene Functional Study on Corals Gives Insight into Evolution" -- Dr. Yuuri Yasuoka

Friday, November 4, 2016 - 17:30 to 18:00
C700

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

Seminar

"Using historical collections to understand the evolutionary response of bees to an emergent parasite" -- Dr. Alexander Mikheyev

Friday, November 4, 2016 - 17:00 to 17:30
C700

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

Seminar

Seminar!:"Magnetic Imaging by Lorentz TEM and electron holography by Prof. Hyun Soon Park"

Friday, November 4, 2016 - 14:00 to 15:00
D015, Lab1, Lavel D

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...

Training

Workshop: Brief Description of “Negotiating Your Faculty Start-up Package”

Friday, November 4, 2016 - 12:30 to 14:00
Ctr Bldg - Seminar Room C210

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

Training

Workshop: " Launching Your Academic Job Search and Preparing Your Application Materials"

Friday, November 4, 2016 - 10:00 to 11:30
Ctr Bldg - Seminar Room C210

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

Holiday

Culture Day 2016

Thursday, November 3, 2016 - 00:00
National Holiday.
OIST Workshops

OIST-JST Presto Joint Symposium on Frontiers in Optics and Photonics

Monday, October 31, 2016 - 00:00
C210

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

Seminar "Targeted approaches for studying ecology important microbial eukaryotes" by Prof. Karla Heidelberg

Friday, October 28, 2016 - 14:00 to 15:00
Meeting Room C015, Lab1 LevelC

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...

Training

Workshop: "Put your PhD to work: Planning for a successful career in science"

Friday, October 28, 2016 - 13:30 to 15:30
Lab 3, SR C700

Workshop: "Put your PhD to work: Planning for a successful career in science" - 13:30-15:30 on Friday, October 28 - Ctr Bldg, SR C210 - Instructor: Dr. Philip Clifford, University of Illinois, USA - Registration required on groups.oist.jp/pcda - Registration deadline: Tuesday, October 25

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