Past Events

[HEART] Training for Financial Division Staff (H) Lab3-B717

Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - 13:30 to 16:30
Lab3 - B717

[HEART] Training for Financial Division Staff (H)

Date: October 20th, Tuesday Time: 13:30 - 15:00 Venue: Lab3, B717 Seating Capacity: 10 Target Audience : Financial Division Staff Spoken Language: Japanese

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. Operations limited to Financial management division (to be updated) ※The training contents may be updated.

※This hands-on training session requires each participant to use laptop. A maximum of 10 laptops are available for use in each training session. So please carry a laptop (Windows if possible) to the training class. *The training registration webpage will be open and announced on TIDA shortly. **Training class will be held multiple times on different days with same contents, so please...

Seminar

Technical Seminar: Single -Cell analysis by Fluidigm C1 and Biomark HD Systems

Monday, October 19, 2015 - 14:00 to 15:00
C015, Lab1
Technical Seminar by: Dr. Wataru Kai, Fluidigm Application Scientist
Seminar

Seminar by Prof. David Wheeler - “Somatic Mutation: Cancer's Engine and Its Achilles' heel.”

Monday, October 19, 2015 - 14:00 to 15:30
Seminar Room C209, Center Bldg.
Professor David A. Wheeler, Baylor College of Medicine
Seminar

“Development of Hard X-ray Telescope to be onboard ASTRO-H” Takuya Miyazawa

Monday, October 19, 2015 - 13:30 to 14:30
Seminar Room C700, Lab 3
Speaker: Dr. Takuya Miyazawa, Dept. of Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University

[HEART] Training for Financial Division Staff (G) Lab3-B717

Monday, October 19, 2015 - 13:30 to 15:00
Lab3, B717

[HEART] Training for Financial Division Staff (G)

Date: October 19th, Monday Time: 13:30 - 15:00 Venue: Lab3, B717 Seating Capacity: 10 Target Audience : Financial Division Staff Spoken Language: Japanese

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. Operations limited to Financial management division (to be updated) ※The training contents may be updated.

※This hands-on training session requires each participant to use laptop. A maximum of 10 laptops are available for use in each training session. So please carry a laptop (Windows if possible) to the training class. *The training registration webpage will be open and announced on TIDA shortly. **Training class will be held multiple times on different days with same contents, so please...

Seminar

Seminar "Precision Cutting of Ceramic Mold by Micro Milling Tool of Single Crystalline Diamond by Laser Fabrication Process" Prof. Hirofumi Suzuki"

Monday, October 19, 2015 - 11:00 to 12:00
C210
Seminar "Precision Cutting of Ceramic Mold by Micro Milling Tool of Single Crystalline Diamond by Laser Fabrication Process" Speaker: Dr. Hirofumi Suzuki, Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Innovation Center for Production Engineering, Chubu University Date: Monday October 19, 2015 Time: 11:00 – 12:00 Location: C210
Seminar

Internal Seminar: Doya Unit

Friday, October 16, 2015 - 17:00 to 18:00
C700
Join us for October's second Internal Seminar Series on October 16, from 17:00 to 18:00 in C700 (Lab3). This month's second seminar features a special talk by Prof. Kenji Doya from the Neural Computation Unit.
Seminar

Seminar "Transcriptome-based Exon Capture reveals cryptic diversity on the Hawaiian Tetragnatha adaptive radiation" by Dr. Darko Cotoras, California Academy of Sciences

Thursday, October 15, 2015 - 14:00 to 15:00
C016, Lab 1
Dr. Darko Cotoras, Postdoctoral fellow, California Academy of Sciences

[HEART] Training for Managers (D) Lab3-B717

Thursday, October 15, 2015 - 13:30 to 16:00
Lab3, B700

[HEART] Training for Manager (D)

Date: October 15th, Thursday Time: 13:30 - 16:00 Venue: Lab3, B700 Seating Capacity:: 10 Target Audience: Manager (Administrative Staff) Spoken Language: Japanese

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. Approval of expense request (Travel, honorarium and meeting expens) 3. Approval of purchase request (excluding direct order) 4. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) 5. Inquiry of budget execution items (slip detail) ※The training contents may be updated.

※This training includes the hands-on activity with the mobile device (iPhone/Android smart phone or tablet device) . So please bring your mobile device to the training class. *Training class will be held multiple times on different days with same contents,...

[HEART] Training for President, Vice President, Auditor (A) Lab3-B717

Thursday, October 15, 2015 - 10:00
Lab3, B717

[HEART] Training for President, Vice President, Auditor (A)

Date: October 15th, Thursday Time: 10:00 - 11:00 Venue: Lab3, B717 Seating Capacity: 10 Target Audience: President, Vice President, Auditor Spoken Language: English

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. General operations with approver interface 3. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) ※The training contents may be updated.

*The training requires each participant to use a laptop. Please bring your laptop to the training class . If you do not have a laptop, please indicate it in the below form. *This particular training class includes a hands-on activity with a mobile device (iPhone/Android smart phone or tablet device) . Please bring your mobile device...

[HEART] Training for Professors (B) Lab3-B717

Wednesday, October 14, 2015 - 15:00 to 16:00
Lab3, B717

[HEART] Training for Professors (B)

Date: October 14th, Wednesday Time: 15:00 - 16:00 Venue: Lab3, B717 Seating Capacity: 10 Target Audience: Professor (including associate, assistant, adjunct and visiting professor) Spoken Language: English

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. General operations with approver interface 3. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) ※The training contents may be updated.

※This training includes the hands-on activity with the mobile device (iPhone/Android smart phone or tablet device) . So please bring your mobile device to the training class. **Training class will be held multiple times on different days with same contents, so please attend one of the classes during this period.

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Seminar

Seminar "Hybrid Quantum Systems with Superconductors and Spins" Yuimaru Kubo

Tuesday, October 13, 2015 - 15:00 to 16:00
D015, Lab1
Dr. Yuimaru Kubo, Quantronics group, SPEC, CEA-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France. Language: English. Everyone is welcome.
Seminar

Sustainable Energy for the 21st Century and The Role of Nuclear Fusion

Tuesday, October 13, 2015 - 11:00 to 12:00
C209, Level C, Center Building

Title: Sustainable Energy for the 21 st Century and The Role of Nuclear Fusion

Speaker : R.J Cashmore CMG,FRS, Chairman ,United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

Abstract : There are many aspects to the provision of sustainable energy, nationally and globally, in the 21 st century ranging over issues of energy sources, security of supply, usage, cost and climate change. A solution must exploit all of the available carbon ‘free’ technologies and Nuclear Fusion, one such technology, can play a major role providing there is a sustained commitment to R&D internationally.

Introduction : Roger Cashmore was appointed Chairman of the UK Atomic Energy Authority on 30 July 2010. He is a Fellow...

Seminar

Seminar ''Local Atomic Environment Study of the Li-rich Layered Transition Metal Oxide Cathode for Lithium-ion Batteries'' Taehoon Kim

Tuesday, October 13, 2015 - 10:00 to 11:00
Meeting Room C015, Lab1
Seminar by Taehoon Kim, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, UK
Holiday

Sports Day 2015

Monday, October 12, 2015 - 00:00
National Holiday.
External Events

Enactus World Cup 2015 Presentation Rehearsal

Saturday, October 10, 2015 - 09:00 to 12:00
OIST Main Campus, Seminar Room B250
This is an externally organized closed event. For more information, please contact the organizers directly.
External Events

Seminar: Education of Japanese Speech Communication

Friday, October 9, 2015 - 17:00 to 19:00
OIST Main Campus, Seminar Room C209
This is an externally organized event. For any inquiries, please contact the organizers.
Graduate School

Student Research Presentations

Friday, October 9, 2015 - 16:00
C700 Lab 3
OIST PhD students present on their thesis research topics
Workshop

Euraxess 2015

Thursday, October 8, 2015 - 15:00 to 18:00
OIST B250
Dr. Matthieu PY, EURAXESS Links Japan Country Representative. Participation free. Registration required.

Introduction of new TIRF microscope

Thursday, October 8, 2015 - 00:00
Registration required
Seminar

Internal Seminar: Yokobayashi Unit and Gioia Unit

Friday, October 2, 2015 - 17:00 to 18:00
Lab3 - C700
Join us for October's first Internal Seminar Series on October 2, from 17:00 to 18:00 in C700 (Lab3). This month's first seminar features the Nucleic Acid Chemistry and Engineering Unit (Yohei Yokobayashi) and the Continuum Mechanics Unit (Gustavo Gioia).
Seminar

Seminar "The dynamics of a quantum spin liquid", John Chalker, University of Oxford

Thursday, October 1, 2015 - 14:00 to 15:00
C016, Lab1
Seminar by Prof. John Chalker (Oxford University) at 2PM, Thursday October 1st.

Pipetting Academy by Sartorius

Thursday, October 1, 2015 - 13:00 to 14:00
B503, Lab 1
Training for better comfort, health and safety in the lab

The 13th Board of Governors Meeting

Thursday, October 1, 2015 (All day) to Friday, October 2, 2015 (All day)
OIST Campus
Please address inquiries to the President's Office.
Seminar

"Generation, control and manipulation of optical orbital angular momentum in classical and quantum realms"Halina Rubinsztein Dunlop

Wednesday, September 30, 2015 - 14:30 to 16:00
B250, Level B, Center Building
Special lecture by Prof. Halina Rubinsztein Dunlop, The University of Queensland, Australia
Seminar

Seminar "Molecular insight into Ca/Calmodulin-dependent regulations in TRPC channels" by Dr. Masayuki Mori, Kyoto University

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 16:00 to 17:00
Meeting room D014, Level D, Lab 1
Speaker: Associate Professor, Masayuki Mori, Kyoto University.
OIST Workshops

Okinawa School in Physics: Coherent Quantum Dynamics

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 09:00 to Thursday, October 8, 2015 - 17:00
OIST Seaside House
OIST Workshop - Application deadline: 2015-06-05 - OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions - URL: https://groups.oist.jp/cqd
Training

「マイナンバー」(社会保障・税番号)に関する説明会

Monday, September 28, 2015 - 15:00 to 16:00
セミナルームB250(センター棟)

10月上旬から順次「マイナンバー」(社会保障・税番号)が通知される予定です。日本国内に住民登録をしている方であれば、国籍のいかんを問わず、12桁のマイナンバーが、各地方公共団体から各世帯宛に郵送されます。

このたび、以下のとおり「マイナンバー」(社会保障・税番号)制度の概要や、マイナンバー及びマイナンバーを記載したカード(個人番号カード)の取扱における注意点等について説明する機会を設けることとしました。職員および学生のみなさまの参加をお待ちしております。

内容: 1. マイナンバー制度とは? 2. マイナンバーはどのように使われるのか? 3. 10月上旬に何が届くか? 4. 届いてから何をすればよいか? 5. 詳細についての問い合わせ先等

日時・場所: 9月18日(金) 14:00 – 15:00 (英語) :Seminar Room B250 (Central Bldg.) 9月25日(金) 10:30 – 11:30 (日本語): Seminar Room B250 (Central Bldg.) 9月25日 (金) 14:00 – 15:00 (英語):Seminar Room B250 (Central Bldg.) 9月28日 (月) 10:30 – 11:30 (英語):Seminar Room B250 (Central Bldg.) 9月28日 (月) 15:00 – 16:00 (日本語):Seminar Room B250 (Central Bldg.)

スピーカー: 日本語: 橋本 和也 法令セクション 英語: マクリン ブルース  HR人材開発・サービスセクション

この説明会への出席は必須ではありません。しかしながら、個人情報であるマイナンバーの保管や取扱については注意が必要です。

Seminar

"Phylogenetics and Biomechanics of Coral Reef Fishes" by Dr. Mark W. Westneat

Monday, September 28, 2015 - 14:00 to 15:00
C700, Lab3
"Phylogenetics and Biomechanics of Coral Reef Fishes" by Dr. Mark Westneat, The University of Chicago Monday, September 28, 2015 - 2:00-3:00pm, Seminar room C700, Lab3 Speaker: Professor, Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, the University of Chicago
Training

Japan My Number ID System Explanation Sessions

Monday, September 28, 2015 - 10:30 to 11:30
Seminar Room B250 (Center Bldg.)

From January 2016, a new Japanese social security system will go into effect. In early October all residents of Japan, Japanese and non-Japanese, will receive a notification card on which is printed their individual, 12-digit ID numbers. An envelope containing the card(s) and other documents will be sent to each head of household by your local municipal office.

The notification card and the 12 digit number are very important. To explain the system and other information to OIST staff and students, the Rules and Procedures Section and HR People Development & Services Section have organized explanation sessions to inform everyone about the new My Number system.

Program:

1. What is the new system? 2. How will the...

Training

Japan My Number ID System Explanation Sessions

Friday, September 25, 2015 - 14:00 to 15:00
Seminar Room B250 (Center Bldg.)

From January 2016, a new Japanese social security system will go into effect. In early October all residents of Japan, Japanese and non-Japanese, will receive a notification card on which is printed their individual, 12-digit ID numbers. An envelope containing the card(s) and other documents will be sent to each head of household by your local municipal office.

The notification card and the 12 digit number are very important. To explain the system and other information to OIST staff and students, the Rules and Procedures Section and HR People Development & Services Section have organized explanation sessions to inform everyone about the new My Number system.

Program:

1. What is the new system? 2. How will the...

Training

「マイナンバー」(社会保障・税番号)に関する説明会

Friday, September 25, 2015 - 10:30 to 11:30
セミナールームB250(センター棟)

10月上旬から順次「マイナンバー」(社会保障・税番号)が通知される予定です。日本国内に住民登録をしている方であれば、国籍のいかんを問わず、12桁のマイナンバーが、各地方公共団体から各世帯宛に郵送されます。

このたび、以下のとおり「マイナンバー」(社会保障・税番号)制度の概要や、マイナンバー及びマイナンバーを記載したカード(個人番号カード)の取扱における注意点等について説明する機会を設けることとしました。職員および学生のみなさまの参加をお待ちしております。

内容: 1. マイナンバー制度とは? 2. マイナンバーはどのように使われるのか? 3. 10月上旬に何が届くか? 4. 届いてから何をすればよいか? 5. 詳細についての問い合わせ先等

日時・場所: 9月18日(金) 14:00 – 15:00 (英語) :Seminar Room B250 (Central Bldg.) 9月25日(金) 10:30 – 11:30 (日本語): Seminar Room B250 (Central Bldg.) 9月25日 (金) 14:00 – 15:00 (英語):Seminar Room B250 (Central Bldg.) 9月28日 (月) 10:30 – 11:30 (英語):Seminar Room B250 (Central Bldg.) 9月28日 (月) 15:00 – 16:00 (日本語):Seminar Room B250 (Central Bldg.)

スピーカー: 日本語: 橋本 和也 法令セクション 英語: マクリン ブルース  HR人材開発・サービスセクション

この説明会への出席は必須ではありません。しかしながら、個人情報であるマイナンバーの保管や取扱については注意が必要です。

Seminar

"Role of Viral and Cellular FLIP proteins in Tumors" Prof. Mary Collins

Thursday, September 24, 2015 - 10:00
C209

Dr. Mary Collins, Professor of Immunology, University College London; Head of Division of Advanced Therapies, National Institute of Biological Standards and Control

Holiday

Autumn Equinox 2015

Wednesday, September 23, 2015 - 00:00
National Holiday.
Holiday

Bridge Public Holiday 2015

Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 00:00
National Holiday.
Holiday

Respect for the Aged Day 2015

Monday, September 21, 2015 - 00:00
National Holiday.
External Events

Okinawa Underwater Photographic Society Meeting

Friday, September 18, 2015 - 19:00 to 21:00
OIST Main Campus, Seminar Room B250
This is an External Event. Anyone is welcome to attend.
Seminar

Internal Seminar: Skoglund Unit and De Schutter Unit

Friday, September 18, 2015 - 17:00 to 18:00
Lab3 - C700
Join us for September's first Internal Seminar Series on September 18, from 17:00 to 18:00 in C700 (Lab3). This month's second seminar features the Structural Cellular Biology Unit (Ulf Skoglund) and the Computational Neuroscience Unit (Erik De Schutter).
Training

Japan My Number ID System Explanation Sessions

Friday, September 18, 2015 - 14:00 to 15:00
Seminar Room B250 (Center Bldg.)

From January 2016, a new Japanese social security system will go into effect. In early October all residents of Japan, Japanese and non-Japanese, will receive a notification card on which is printed their individual, 12-digit ID numbers. An envelope containing the card(s) and other documents will be sent to each head of household by your local municipal office.

The notification card and the 12 digit number are very important. To explain the system and other information to OIST staff and students, the Rules and Procedures Section and HR People Development & Services Section have organized explanation sessions to inform everyone about the new My Number system.

Program:

1. What is the new system? 2. How will the...

Training

Women in Leadership Discussion Group

Thursday, September 17, 2015 - 15:00 to Thursday, October 15, 2015 - 16:00
Bring your thoughts and ideas stimulated by the free online course 'Women in Leadership' and see where this discussion group will take you!
Graduate School

Student Research Presentations - 11 Sept 2015

Friday, September 11, 2015 - 16:00 to 17:00
C700 Lab 3
OIST PhD Students present on their thesis research topics
External Events

7th Kyushu-Okinawa Island Support for Female Researchers Symposium in Kagoshima University

Friday, September 11, 2015 - 11:00 to 17:00
Student Community Plaza, Korimoto campus, Kagoshima University
This event is intended for Japanese female researchers and will be conducted solely in Japanese.
Seminar

The Future of U.S.-Japan Robotics Cooperation: Opening New Economic Development by Dr. Robin Murphy

Wednesday, September 9, 2015 - 19:00 to 20:00
OIST Seminar Room B250, Center Building
Admission Free. Registration Required (120 seats available). English and Japanese.
Seminar

Hardwiring: optical illusions and simulated neuronal architecture

Wednesday, September 9, 2015 - 11:00 to 12:00
C700 Seminar room (Lab 3, Level C)
Seminar by Prof. Shinbrot ((Rutgers University, & Editor, Physical Review Applied) Title: Hardwiring: optical illusions and simulated neuronal architecture
Seminar

“Identification of Host Factors that Affect the Ebola Virus RNA Polymerase Protein” by Dr. Takahashi

Monday, September 7, 2015 - 10:00 to 11:00
Conference Room C756, Lab3
Dr. Takahashi, Institution for Innovation, Ajinomoto
Seminar

Internal Seminar: Shannon Unit and Wolf Unit

Friday, September 4, 2015 - 17:00 to 18:00
Lab3 - C700
Join us for September's first Internal Seminar Series on September 4, from 17:00 to 18:00 in C700 (Lab3). This month's first seminar features the Theory of Quantum Matter Unit (Nic Shannon) and the Molecular Cryo-Electron Microscopy Unit (Matthias Wolf).
Seminar

Web of Science Seminar for Researchers (Library)

Friday, September 4, 2015 - 11:00 to 12:00
Seminar Room C210, Center Building
Ms. Sayaka Miwa, Marketing Manager, Thomson Reuters. Topics include Web of Science, EndNote Web, and ResearcherID. Registration required: https://groups.oist.jp/library/web-science-seminar-researchers-september-4th-fri
External Events

General Assembly of Society for the Study of Deafness and Impediment in Okinawa

Thursday, September 3, 2015 - 13:00 to 17:00
OIST Main Campus, Seminar Room B250
This is an externally organized event. Organizer: Society for the Study of Deafness and Impediment in Okinawa.
Seminar

Seminar "Generating, characterizing and targeting breast cancer stem cells."

Tuesday, September 1, 2015 - 16:00 to 17:00
C016, Lab1
Seminar "Generating, characterizing and targeting breast cancer stem cells.", Dr. Guillaume Varès, Research Center for Radiation Protection, National Institute of Radiological Sciences
Seminar

Seminar by Prof. Takemura "Rhythms in fish reproduction: possible involvement of dopaminergic activity in tidal-related spawning of a tropical wrasse"

Tuesday, September 1, 2015 - 15:00 to 16:00
Meeting Room D015, Level D, Lab 1
Akihiro Takemura Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Biology and Marine Science University of the Ryukyus http://www.takemura-lab.jp/index.html

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