OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions - Pre-registration required (includes conference proceedings & access to all sessions): https://groups.oist.jp/cws/iciibms-registration-form-oist-members - For non-OIST members, please register at http://www.iciibms.org/registration.html

Join us for November's second Internal Seminar Series on November 27, from 17:00 to 18:00 in C700 (Lab3). This month's second seminar features the Quantum Systems Unit (Thomas Busch) and the Bioinspired Soft Matter Unit (Ye Zhang).

Do you have questions or suggestions regarding OIST computers, networks, software, or any other IT related matters? Or do you have something that you would to discuss with IT people? Or do you just feel like having a coffee break?

If the answer is "yes" to any of these questions, come join us at Lab3 B706 (Level B between Lab2 and Lab3) at 16:00 on Friday, November 27th.

IT is hosting the 5th IT coffee on this Friday afternoon, and is inviting all members of OIST. This event is aimed to be a place to casually share information and IT issues with OIST members; come and talk directly with the people that run IT at...

Training for Professors (B)

"Dr. Naoki Mochizuki, Deputy Director, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (NCVC) Research Institute", "Language: English. No interpretation.", "All OIST members are welcome"

Dr. Barry Cox, Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Australia

Training for Manager (D)

Exhibition by Brain Science idea, Malvern, Biolabs, Otsuka, Ina Optika, Scrum, M&S Instruments, OptoSigma and Funakoshi

"Dynamics of perceptual decision-making under temporal uncertainty", Dr. Nestor Parga, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. No registration required.

Dr. Barry Cox, Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Australia

Training for Professors (B)

Installation and training for elemental analyzer

[HEART] Training for RSD Staff, Executive Assistant, RA, RU member (E)

Date: November 24th, Tuesday Time: 13:30 - 17:00 Venue: Lab3, C700 Seating Capacity: 40 Target Audience: Resarch Support Division Staff, Executive Assistant, Research Administrator, Research Unit member Spoken Language: Japanese

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. Entry of expense request (travel, honorarium and meeting expens) 3. Entry of purchase request (excluding direct order) 4. Inquiry of purchase request slips 5. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) 6. Inquiry of budget execution items (slip detail) ※The training contents may be updated.

*The training registration webpage will be open and announced on TIDA shortly. **Training class will be held multiple times on different days with same...

Tuesday 13:30 - 14:30, Language: Japanese, simultaneous interpretation to English is available, Refreshment will be served after the lecture

National Holiday.

Genus Vigna -the Wild and Sexy- Speaker: Dr. Ken Naito Genetic Resource Center, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences

Dr. Tsunehide Kuroki from National Institute of Technology, Kagawa College. Language English.

Externally organized event by Okinawa High School Physics Education Association.

[HEART] Training for Travel Team Staff (H)

Date: November 18th, Wednesday Time: 15:00 - 17:00 Venue: Lab3 - B717 Seating Capacity: 10 Target Audience: Travel Team Staff Spoken Language: Japanese

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. Approval of expense request (Approval process by travel team) 3. Operations limited to Financial management division (to be updated) ※The training contents may be updated. *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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日程：2015年11月18日 (水) 時間：15:00 – 17:00 場所：Lab3 - B717 席数：10 対象者：旅費チームスタッフ 使用言語：日本語

内容： 1. システム基本操作 2. 経費申請に対する承認（旅費チーム承認） 3. 財務ディビジョン固有処理（内容更新予定） ※トレーニング内容は変更される場合もございます。ご了承ください。

Dr. Timothy Keitt, Associate Professor, Section of Integrative Biology The University of Texas at Austin

Registration required. Please register by Nov 6th.

Roger T. Hanlon, Ph.D. Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence RI, USA

[HEART] Training for Professors (B)

Date: November 17th, Tuesday Time: 10:00 - 10:45 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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日程：2015年11月17日 (火) 時間：10:00 – 10:45 場所：Lab3,...

Registration is required

[HEART] Training for RSD Staff, Executive Assistant, RA, RU member (E)

Date: November 16th, Monday Time: 13:30 - 17:00 Venue: Lab3, C700 Seating Capacity: 40 Target Audience: Resarch Support Division Staff, Executive Assistant, Research Administrator, Research Unit member Spoken Language: Japanese

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. Entry of expense request (travel, honorarium and meeting expens) 3. Entry of purchase request (excluding direct order) 4. Inquiry of purchase request slips 5. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) 6. Inquiry of budget execution items (slip detail) ※The training contents may be updated.

*The training registration webpage will be open and announced on TIDA shortly. **Training class will be held multiple times on different days with same...

Mr Gwilym Roberts, Partner Kilburn & Strode and Honorary Visiting Professor of Queen Mary University of London, will speak about IP Creation and Management in Academic Research.

Prof. Manjunatha Kini, National University of Singapore

Diwali special dinner and performances. Tickets required.

The third event in this year's Diwali celebrations is a friendly match of cricket at 9am at Onna Seaside Civil Park, Nabee Beach.

Join us for November's first Internal Seminar Series on November 13, from 17:00 to 18:00 in C700 (Lab3). This month's first seminar features the Genomics and Regulatory Systems Unit (Nicholas M. Luscombe) and the Energy Materials and Surface Sciences Unit (Yabing Qi).

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

Date: November 13th, Friday Time: 15:00 - 15:45 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.

※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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日程：2015年11月13日 (金) 時間：15:00 – 15:45...

As part of this year's Diwali celebrations, there will be Bollywood dancing at this week's Teatime.

[HEART] Training for Budget Section Staff (I)

Date: November 12th, Thursday Time: 13:30 - 15:00 Venue: Lab3, B717 Seating Capacity: 10 Target Audience: Budget Section Staff Spoken Language: Japanese

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. Budget registration 3. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) 4. Inquiry of budget execution items (slip detail) 5. Operations limited to Financial management division (to be updated) ※The training contents may be updated.

*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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日程：2015年11月12日 (木) 時間：13:30 – 15:00 場所：Lab3, B717 席数：10 対象者：予算セクション職員 使用言語：日本語

内容： 1. システム基本操作 2. 予算登録 3. 予算執行状況照会 4. 予算執行明細照会（予算執行伝票の明細を照会します。） 5. 財務ディビジョン固有処理（内容更新予定） ※トレーニング内容は変更される場合もございます。ご了承ください。

" Chemosensory function of desert toads" Prof. Takatoshi Nagai, Dept. Biology, Keio Univ. School of Medicine

[HEART] Training for Professors (B)

Date: November 12th, Thursday Time: 10:00 - 10:45 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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日程：2015年11月12日...

All scientific sessions are open to OIST members. All sessions are in Japanese. English interpretation is provided for the "Joint Session" on Nov 12 (8:45-10:45). For further information, please visit the symposium website or contact the organizers.

Professor Mark Tame, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Seminar by Prof. Koji Yakabi (Vice Director of Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University Medical School) and Dr. Tomohisa Hattori (Director of the Kampo Scientific Strategies Division Tsumura Research Laboratories) - Language: English (no interpretation) - Open to all.

[HEART] Training for Administrative Division/Section Staff (except Group "E" and Financial Management Division member) (F)

Date: November 11th, Wednesday Time: 13:30 - 17:00 Venue: Lab3, C700 Seating Capacity: 40 Target Audience: Administrative Division/Section Staff (except Group "E" and Financial Management Devision member) Spoken Language: English

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. Entry of expense request (travel, honorarium and meeting expens) 3. Entry of purchase request (excluding direct order) 4. Inquiry of purchase request slips 5. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) 6. Inquiry of budget execution items (slip detail) ※The training contents may be updated.

*The training registration webpage will be open and announced on TIDA shortly. **Training class will be...

Institute of Cellular Physiology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Jointly-organized symposium - OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions.

[HEART] Training for Manager (D)

Date: November 10th, Wednesday Time: 13:30 - 16:00 Venue: Lab3, B717 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.

*The training registration webpage will be open and announced on TIDA...

Dr Maarten Hoogerland, University of Auckland, New Zealand

nstitute of Cellular Physiology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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

[HEART] Training for Administrative Division/Section Staff (except Group "E" and Financial Management Devision member) (F)

Date: November 9th, Monday Time: 13:30 - 17:00 Venue: Lab3, C700 Seating Capacity: 40 Target Audience: Administrative Division/Section Staff (except Group "E" and Financial Management Division member) Spoken Language: Japanese

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. Entry of expense request (travel, honorarium and meeting expens) 3. Entry of purchase request (excluding direct order) 4. Inquiry of purchase request slips 5. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) 6. Inquiry of budget execution items (slip detail) ※The training contents may be updated.

※This hands-on training session requires each participant to use a laptop. A maximum of 10 laptops...

Dr. Pauy Guinnessy, Web Director, Physics Today

This is an externally organized event. Open to the public (up to 15 persons on a first-come, first-served basis). For more information on how to attend, please contact the organizers directly.

OIST Welcomes you to the Open Campus 2015! 10:00am-5:00pm (entrance closes at 4:30pm) Admission Free

Introduction of Park Systems AFM, Park NX-BIO