Past Events
Seminar
"X-ray Dark-Field Imaging: Its Details and BioMedical Applications - Progress Overview since 2000 -"
Friday, March 4, 2016 - 11:00 to 12:00
C210
"X-ray Dark-Field Imaging: Its Details and BioMedical Applications - Progress Overview since 2000 -" Prof. Masami Ando , Research Institute of Science and Engineering, Tokyo University of Science Date and Time: March 4 (Fri.) 11:00 - 12:00 Place: C210
Seminar
“Dynamic sensory representations in auditory cortex” Dr. Hiroyuki Kato
Thursday, March 3, 2016 - 09:30 to 10:30
C209, Center Building
Dr. Hiroyuki Kato, Assistant Project Scientist, University of California, San Diego
Workshop
OIST Mini Symposium "Rydberg Atoms for Quantum Technologies"
Thursday, March 3, 2016 - 09:00 to Saturday, March 5, 2016 - 17:00
OIST Seaside House
OIST Mini Symposium - Open to all OIST members - For non-OIST members: Please contact the organizers for information on how to participate
[HEART] Stage 2 Training -Hands-on Session- @Lab3 B717
Thursday, March 3, 2016 - 00:00
Lab3, B717
[HEART] Stage 2 Training -Hands-on Session- @Lab3 B717
Seminar
Seminar "Signaling by WW Domain Proteins in Hippo-YAP Tumor Suppressor Pathway, Mechanotransduction and a Genetic Disorder of the Brain"
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 13:00 to 14:00
C015, Lab 1
Seminar "Signaling by WW Domain Proteins in Hippo-YAP Tumor Suppressor Pathway, Mechanotransduction and a Genetic Disorder of the Brain" Prof. Marius Sudol.
Seminar
"Identification and design of cancer immunotherapy agents" Prof. Su-Ying Wu
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 13:00 to 14:00
Seminar Room C210, Center Bldg
Prof Su-Ying Wu, Investigator, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan (Institute of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Research)
Seminar
"Genetic Dissection of Entorhinal-Hippocampal Neural Circuits Underlying Learning and Memory" Dr. Takashi Kitamura
Tuesday, March 1, 2016 - 11:00 to 12:00
C209, Center Building
Dr. Takashi Kitamura, Research Scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Seminar
Seminar 'Development of DNAi-mediated gene knockdown and analysis of maternal factors using DNAi screening in the appendicularian Oikopleura dioica.'
Tuesday, March 1, 2016 - 11:00
C015, Lab1
Seminar: 'Development of DNAi-mediated gene knockdown and analysis of maternal factors using DNAi screening in the appendicularian Oikopleura dioica.' by Dr. Tatsuya Omotezako ---------------------------------------------------------- Date : Tuesday, March 1st 2016 Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm Venue: C015 (Level C, Lab1) ----------------------------------------------------------
Seminar
"Nonclassical laser interferometry for precision metrology and gravitational wave astronomy" Dr. Michèle Heurs
Tuesday, March 1, 2016 - 09:30 to 10:30
C209, Center Building
Dr. Michèle Heurs, Junior Professor at Leibniz Universität Hannover
Seminar
Seminar "Formalism of spin and thermal transport in high-dimensional antiferromagnets" by Yurika Kubo
Monday, February 29, 2016 - 13:30 to 14:30
C016, Lab1
Seminar by Yurika Kubo (Waseda University), Mon. Feb 29th @ 1:30pm in C016, Lab1.
Seminar
Prof. Jason Ellis - Sleep Health: An opportunity for action
Monday, February 29, 2016 - 13:00
B250
Wellbeing Matters: Sleep Professor Jason Ellis, Director of Sleep Studies at Northumbria University will give a presentation entitled Sleep Health : An Opportunity for Action
Seminar
Seminar by Dr. Eisuke Abe "Spins in various semiconductor systems: Coherence, entanglement, and applications"
Monday, February 29, 2016 - 10:00 to 11:00
Lab1, D015 seminar room
Dr. Eisuke Abe, School of Fundamental Science and Technology, Keio University English.
Culture
HIROE YAMADA KOTO RECITAL
Saturday, February 27, 2016 - 14:00 to 16:00
OIST Auditorium
Japanese Traditional Music by Hiroe Yamada, Satomi Kurosu, Masaya Hasegawa Admission free. Registration required.
Graduate School
Workshop 3: How to prepare an effective CV for positions in "industry"
Friday, February 26, 2016 - 14:00
Lab 3 Seminar Room C700
Workshop series on "How to prepare an effective CV and/or Résumé for jobs in academia and industry!"
Seminar
"Results of Hayabusa asteroid mission and future Japanese small-body missions" by Prof. Hirdy Miyamoto
Friday, February 26, 2016 - 11:00 to 12:00
C209 seminar room
Prof. Hirdy Miyamoto, University of Tokyo
Campus
Teatime!
Thursday, February 25, 2016 - 16:00 to 17:00
Restaurant
Teatime is back to its normal time.
Seminar
Seminar by Prof Johannes Hecker Denschlag 'Reactions in the ultracold'
Thursday, February 25, 2016 - 14:30 to 15:30
C209, level C, Centre building
Speaker: Dr. Johannes Hecker Denschlag, Professor, Institut für Quantenmaterie, Universität Ulm, Germany. Target audience: Researchers, technicians, students.
Seminar
"Evolution of mercury resistance genes in Bacilli: vertical divergence,convergence and horizontal gene transfer" Prof. Simon Silver
Thursday, February 25, 2016 - 14:00 to 15:00
Meeting Room C015, Lab1
Professor Simon Silver, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois, Chicago. Language: English. Registration: No Need.
Seminar
'Commencing the domestic production of lead glazed bricks- Analytical studies of excavated ceramics from the 7-8th century' Dr. Junko Furihata
Thursday, February 25, 2016 - 11:00
D015, Lab1
Dr. Junko Furihata, Senior Conservator at the Conservation Science Laboratory of the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
Seminar
"Exploring the Nanoscale Dynamics of Molecular Systems" Dr. Frank Vollmer
Thursday, February 25, 2016 - 11:00 to 12:00
C209, Center Building
Dr. Frank Vollmer, MPRG Independent Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
Seminar
"From electric to thermoelectric transport properties of atomic and molecular junctions" Prof. Fabian Pauly
Thursday, February 25, 2016 - 09:30 to 10:30
C209, Center Building
Prof. Fabian Pauly, Junior Professor, Department of Physics, University of Konstanz
Seminar
"Discrete Exterior Calculus Discretization of Navier-Stokes Equations on Surface Meshes"
Wednesday, February 24, 2016 - 14:00 to 15:00
C016 - L1 Bldg
Professor Anil Hirani, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Seminar
"Abnormal activation of transcription factor NF-kB by oncoprotein of Human T cell leukemia Virus 1 (HTLV-1)"
Wednesday, February 24, 2016 - 13:00 to 14:00
C015, Lab 1
Abnormal activation of transcription factor NF-kB by oncoprotein of Human T cell leukemia Virus 1 (HTLV-1), Prof. Junichi INOUE. The University of Tokyo.
Seminar
"Regional heterogeneity of dopamine neuron transmission in the striatum" Dr. Nao Chuhma
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 11:00 to 12:00
C209, Center Building
Dr. Nao Chuhma: Associate Research Scientist/ Research Scientist; Psychiatry/ Molecular Therapeutics; Columbia University/ New York State Psychiatric Institute
Seminar
OIST Seminar "We Want to Know"
Monday, February 22, 2016 - 14:00 to 15:30
OIST Main Campus, Seminar Room B250
OIST Seminar by Prof. Ryugo Hayano, University of Tokyo - Language: English and Japanese with simultaneous interpretation - No registration required
Seminar
"Discretizations of Exterior Calculus"
Monday, February 22, 2016 - 14:00 to 15:00
C016 - L1 Bldg
Professor Anil Hirani, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Seminar
Seminar by Prof. Thomas W. Holstein -"Molecular Mechanisms of Hydra Regeneration"
Monday, February 22, 2016 - 10:30 to 11:30
C210 (Center Building, Level C)
Speaker: Prof. Thomas W. Holstein Molecular Evolution and Genomics, Centre for Organismal Studies (COS) Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, Germany
Graduate School
OIST-APU Joint Symposium "FUTURE WATCH: Governing the Speed of Change"
Sunday, February 21, 2016 - 14:00 to 16:30
OIST Auditorium
Students of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) and Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) discuss their views and ideas about the future of the world. Admissions free. Reservations required. In English and Japanese, with simultaneous interpretation.
External Events
IB Symposium@Okinawa on MYP and DP Research
Saturday, February 20, 2016 - 11:00 to 17:00
OIST Conference Center, Auditorium
This is an externally organized event. For more information contact the organizers.
Graduate School
Student Research Presentations 4-5pm C700
Friday, February 19, 2016 - 16:00
C700 Lab 3
OIST Students to present on their thesis research topic every second Friday from 4-5pm in C700 Lab 3
Graduate School
Workshop 2: How to prepare an effective CV for "Faculty" positions
Friday, February 19, 2016 - 14:00
Lab 3 Seminar Room C700
Workshop series on "How to prepare an effective CV and/or Résumé for jobs in academia and industry!"
Seminar
Seminar by Prof. Kyoko Nozaki -"Development of New Catalysts toward Utilization of Renewable Resources"
Friday, February 19, 2016 - 10:30 to 11:30
C700 (Lab 3, Level C)
Speaker: Professor Kyoko Nozaki, Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo
Campus
Late Start Teatime
Thursday, February 18, 2016 - 16:30 to 17:30
Restaurant
Teatime will start at 16:30 this week, as we will be joined by the 50 students that are visiting for the Admissions Workshop.
Seminar
"Lattices, disorder and quasi-particles in Faraday waves: understanding fluid particle motion in surface waves" by Prof. Michael Shats
Thursday, February 18, 2016 - 14:00 to 15:00
C015 (Lab1, Level C)
Professor Michael Shats Head, Centre for Plasmas and Fluids Research School of Physics and Engineering The Australian National University
The 14th Board of Governors Meeting
Thursday, February 18, 2016 - 00:00
OIST Campus
Please address inquiries to the President's Office.
Seminar
/Location Changed/Lecture Series: “Theory of Open Quantum Systems” Ilya Sinayskiy-3
Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 10:30 to 11:30
B712, Level B, Lab 3
Lecture 3: Projection operator approach to the description of open quantum systems. Time local and time non-local quantum master equations. Examples of exactly solvable Open Quantum Systems.
Seminar
"Lagrangian statistics and particle dispersion in two-dimensional turbulence" by Prof. Michael Shats
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 14:00 to 15:00
D015 (Lab1, Level D)
Professor Michael Shats Head, Centre for Plasmas and Fluids Research School of Physics and Engineering The Australian National University
Graduate School
Admissions Workshop for 2016
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 (All day) to Thursday, February 18, 2016 (All day)
Onna Main Campus
February Admissions Workshop for 2016 entry students
Seminar
/Location Changed/Lecture Series: “Theory of Open Quantum Systems” Ilya Sinayskiy-2
Monday, February 15, 2016 - 15:00 to 16:00
B712, Level B, Lab 3
Lecture 2: Coherent states for bosonic and spin systems. Glauber-Sudarshan P representation for dissipative dynamics of bosonic and spin systems. Fokker-Planck equation and its solution.
Workshop
Amphipol Symposium 2016
Monday, February 15, 2016 - 09:00 to Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 17:00
OIST Seaside House & Main Campus (Teaching Lab)
OIST Mini Symposium - Open to all OIST members - For non-OIST members: Please contact the organizers for information on how to participate.
Seminar
Internal Seminar: Computational Neuroscience Unit
Friday, February 12, 2016 - 17:30 to 18:00
C700
Join us for this month's first Internal Seminars Series on February 12, from 17:30 to 18:00 in C700 (Lab3). This seminar features the Computational Neuroscience Unit (Erik De Schutter).
Graduate School
Workshop 1: How to prepare an effective CV for "Postdoctoral" positions!
Friday, February 12, 2016 - 14:00
Lab 3 Seminar Room C700
Workshop series on "How to prepare an effective CV and/or Résumé for jobs in academia and industry!"
Seminar
Open Seminar: Promotion of Research Integrity 公開セミナー:研究公正の推進に向けて
Friday, February 12, 2016 - 14:00 to 16:30
B250 Seminar Room
Dr. Nicole Foeger (Chair of the European Network of Research Integrity Offices (ENRIO), Dr. Toshio Kuroki (Professor Emeritus of University of Tokyo, Senior Advisor of Research Center for Science Systems, Program Director of World Premier International Research Center Initiative program (WPI)) and Dr. Toshinori Tanaka (Section Leader, Occupational Health and Safety Section, OIST) will give talks on Research Integrity.
External Events
Marine Staff Training
Friday, February 12, 2016 - 13:30 to 17:00
OIST Conference Center, Meeting Room #1
This is an externally organized event. For more information contact the organizers.
Seminar
/Location Changed/Lecture Series: “Theory of Open Quantum Systems” Ilya Sinayskiy-1
Friday, February 12, 2016 - 10:30 to 11:30
B712, Level B, Lab 3
Lecture 1: Quantum Master Equation in the Lindblad (GKSL)Form, derivation and simple examples. Kraus representation of the Open Quantum System dynamics.
External Events
G1 Youth Kick-Off Meeting
Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 08:00 to 17:00
OIST Main Campus, Seminar Room C210
This is an externally organized event by G1 Youth Secretariat
Holiday
National Foundation Day 2016
Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 00:00
National holiday. OIST administrative offices closed.
Seminar
/Schedule Changed/"Open Quantum Walks: from Quantum Computing to Quantum Biology" Ilya Sinayskiy
Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 16:00 to 17:00
C015, Level C, Lab 1
Dr. Ilya Sinayskiy, Researcher, National Institute for Theoretical Physics and Centre for Quantum Technology, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Seminar
"Self-consistent non-equilibrium Green's function approach applied to the study of weakly interacting Bose-Hubbard model" Nicola LoGullo
Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 10:30 to 11:30
D015, Level D, Lab1
Nicola Lo Gullo (Post-doc, University of Padua, Italy)