Dr Richard Chambers, Clinical Psychologist and Mindfulness Consultant at Monash University, Melbourne University, Australia. Language: English. Open to the OIST community. Registration required.

The year is flying by and March is already over!

Dr.Katsuya Shimizu, Professor, Osaka University Language: English

Prof. Daisuke Yamamoto, Professor, Department of Developmental Biology and Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Life Sciences

Professor Luca Lussardi, Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica N. Tartaglia, Catholic University of Brescia, Italy

Dr. Tiancai Zhang, Professor, State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Opto-Electronics, Shanxi University, P. R. China Desired audience: Researchers and Technicians

Dr. Martin J. Field, DYNAMO/DYNAMOP, Institut de Biologie Structurale, Grenoble, France

Dr. Ali Javili, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Computational Micromechanics of Materials Lab, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University

Dr. Takayuki Osogami, IBM Academy of Technology, IBM Research - Tokyo, "Language: English/ No-interpretation", Registration is NOT required.

Dr. Keiko Kono, Lecturer, Medical Department and Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya City University

Workshop: "Job Offer Negotiation Strategies for the Scientist" Speaker: Dave Jensen, AAAS “Tooling Up” Columnist and Forum Moderator Register here by March 22: https://groups.oist.jp/pcda/workshops-and-seminars

Date : March 25 ^th (Fri), 2016 Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm Venue: C015, Lab1 Level C Speaker: Prof. Fabian Bombradelli, University of California, Davis

Title: What you see is what you understand: explaining two-phase flows at different scales with computational and theoretical approaches

Abstract: Examples of multi-phase flows are legion: bubble plumes, dust storms, sediment transport in rivers, and many other natural and man-made applications. To study such flows, numerous empirical regressions have been provided for decades. Since three/four decades ago, more mechanistic approaches have been developed, which address the interaction of carrier and disperse phases. Still, it is not clear what to use for a given level of concentration, and for the objective of a...

A science program for female high school students in Okinawa. Language: Native-level Japanese. The application period has closed.

■HEART All User Meeting - Stage 2 (English) Date&Time: March 25th (Friday) 10:00-12:00 @ Lab 3, C700 Target Audience: OIST staff who will use the HEART system *Registration not required. Please print it out and bring it to the meeting if necessary.

It's the first official spring teatime of the year!

Seminar: "Street Savvy Science: Job Search Strategies that Work"; Speaker: Dave Jensen, AAAS “Tooling Up” Columnist and Forum Moderator; No registration needed. All OIST Community are welcome!

2nd of Two Seminar Series by Tadashi Tokieda (Professor, Stanford University) This lecture is open to the OIST researchers/community

1st of Two Seminar Series by Tadashi Tokieda (Professor, Stanford University) This lecture is open to the OIST community

On March 23-24 senior experts and young scientists from Asia-Pacific island countries will come together for the "Meeting for Establishing a Network of Island Country Researchers". As part of this meeting the symposium “Island Environment and Climate Change in Asia-Pacific Region" will take place on March 24th. It is open to observers. No registrtaion required (on-site registration).

March 23 - "Meeting for Establishing a Network of Island Country Researchers " (closed session)

Program 13:30 - 17:00

March 24 - " Island Environment and Climate Change in Asia-Pacific Region" (Symposium is open to observers. On-site registration)

Program 9:00-10:00 Keynote Speech [Dr. Patrick Tellei, President, Palau Community College] 10:20-12:00 Oral Presentations 13:00-16:40 Parallel Sessions...

Seminar "Mechanisms of androgen action in hormone-dependent and advanced hormone-refractory prostate cancer", Prof. Satoshi INOUE.

Dr. Michael Gutmann, Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

Prof. Yoshiyuki Kubota, Division of Cerebral Circuitry, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Japan

Professor Rodney S. Ruoff, Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry and School of Materials Science Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology (UNIST)

Dr. Kaori Fujita, Specific Researcher, Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University

Language: Simultaneous English and Japanese interpretation Registration required. Go to https://groups.oist.jp/osd/international-symposium-innovative-university for more information.

Mini Symposium - OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions - For more information, contact the organizers.

National Holiday.

Professor David Daley, professor of Psychological Intervention and Behavior Change Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University of Nottingham. Audience: Parents and grandparents of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD as well as teachers and professionals who may work with children with ADHD.

Opera by Gian Carlo Menotti. Admission free. Registration required.

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

Language: English Registration required. Go to https://groups.oist.jp/bds/oist-lean-startup-entrepreneurial-training-program-2016-0 for more information.

HEART's full functions (including purchase order and expenses settlement, etc.) will be available for use in 22nd of March. In this session, the system usage and new operations, rules will be explained by OIST Financial Management Divisions.

■HEART All User Meeting - Stage 2 [Date& Venue] Ⅰ.March 18th (Friday) 13:30-15:30 @ Center Bldg, B250 (Japanese Session) Ⅱ. March 25th (Friday) 10:00-12:00 @ Lab 3, C700 (English Session)

[Target Audience] OIST staff who will use the HEART system: Faculty, Researchers, Technicians, RAs, Executives, Administrative Staff.

[Main Topics] ・Final cutover announcement and initial setup ・Explanation on new operation and rules by OIST Financial Management Divisions

Registration not required. The session material will be uploaded on HEART web page...

Speaker: Prof. Spencer V. Nyholm, Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut

Dr. Dan Warren, DECRA Research Fellow, Macquarie University

It is St. Patrick's Day, so let's celebrate with some tea, coffee, and cookies, y'all.

Professor Michael Schultz, Director of Hydrodynamics Laboratory, Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, United States Naval Academy

Speaker: Bret Grasse, Aquarist, Monterey Bay Aquarium

Prof. Jun Tani, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

[Seminar] LightFab 3D Printer Speaker: Dr. Jens Gottmann, LightFab Time: 4 pm – 5pm Date : Wednesday, 16th of March Location: Lab 2, Level A, A613

OIST Workshop - This workshop is open to anyone interested in the topic.

Dr. Marylka Yoe Uusisaari, Marie Curie Individual Fellow, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences (ELSC), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Prof. Justin Dauwels, Assistant Professor, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Nanyang Technological University

Dr. Ayan Banerjee, Associate Professor, Department of Physical Sciences, IISER Kolkata, India Language: English Desired audience: Researchers and Technicians

[HEART] Stage 2 Training -Hands-on Session- @Lab3 B717

Final presentation by the Science Challenge participants: ‘What would you do in Graduate School?’

[HEART] Stage 2 Training -Hands-on Session- @Lab3 B717

Spring is in the air! Hop on over to teatime.

Forum featuring keynote speeches from leading Japanese and international experts - In Japanese and English with simultaneous interpretation. Registration required. Registration and information at https://groups.oist.jp/cpr/oist-forum-2016.

Seminar "IER5 generates a novel hypo-phosphorylated active form of HSF1 and contributes to tumorigenesis", Dr. Rieko Ohki, Division of Rare Cancer Research, National Cancer Center Research Institute

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