Internal Seminar Series
The OIST Internal Seminar Series is an informal meeting within the OIST community, where students, postdocs, research assistants and professors alike get to share a piece of their daily lives over free pizza/pastry. During a typical seminar, a speaker will introduce their unit or research field, discuss their latest results, or explain plans for future work.
One of the goals of the Internal Seminar Series is to foster an interdisciplinary, cooperative environment within OIST, where we can learn from each other and understand the motivations that drive research in fields we are not familiar with. This is based on the understanding that the activities at OIST are intrinsically interesting and worthwhile to learn about for curiosity's sake. Beyond this, there is the possibility that internal collaborations may spring up in unforeseen areas of research. We value the diversity of speakers: from students to professors, regardless of study field, age, race, and sex.
Seminars are organized every two weeks. Please see the "Calendar" or "Upcoming Events" links on the left for more information about upcoming seminars. Each seminar usually takes place in Lab 3 room C700 and starts at 16:00, after which there will be free pizza and beverages. The refreshment is financially supported by President's office, while they do not influence the topics, speakers, time, and venue of the seminars.
Note on alcohol:
From Fall 2024, we offer beer along the other refreshments. This is paid for privately by generous faculty and executives. Don't ruin it. Don't drink and drive. You can always call e.g. Ishikawa Taxi (098-972-5406) or Agachi Daiko (080-6485-9978).
Interested in speaking at an Internal Seminar? Fill out the form or contact internalseminar@oist.jp
2024 Fall
All seminars this term will be available both on-site and on Zoom.
September 10 (L4E48)
Dr. Alec LaGrow, Scientific Imaging Section
Dr. Eugene Khaskin, Science and Technology Group
September 24 (C700)
Dr. Melissa Matthews, Molecular Cryo-Electron Microscopy Unit
October 8 (C700)
David O'Connell, Quantum Gravity Unit
Giulio Foggi Rota, Complex Fluids and Flows Unit
October 22 (C700)
Ryo Nakatani, Computational Neuroscience Unit
Dr. Hirosaku Maruoka, Nonlinear and Non-equilibrium Physics Unit
November 5 (C700)
Dr. Jamila Rodrigues and Dr. Yi Huang, Complexity Science and Evolution Unit
Zohreh Shahrabifarahani, Light-Matter Interactions for Quantum Technologies Unit
November 19 (C700)
Dr. Lenard Lajos Szantho, Model-Based Evolutionary Genomics Unit
Emily Satyadhi, Molecular Neuroscience Unit
December 3 (C700)
Tanomi Yamamura, Neurobiology Research Unit
Emma Gairin, Marine Eco-Evo-Devo Unit
December 17 (C700)
Dr. Florian Pflug, Biological Complexity Unit
Dr. Samy Lakhal, Nonlinear and Non-equilibrium Physics Unit
Current organizers:
- Marylka Yoe Uusisaari (uusisaari@oist.jp)
- Yasha Neiman (yaakov.neiman@oist.jp)
- Anouk Beraud (a.beraud@oist.jp)
- Monika Eggenberger (monika.eggenberger2@oist.jp)
- Aleksandra Gavrilova (aleksandra.gavrilova@oist.jp)
- Aditya Singh (aditya.singh@oist.jp)
Reach all current organizers at: internalseminar@oist.jp
Special thanks to Akiko Ishimine (President Office) for managing the budget and payment for internal seminars, Tomoko Yoshino (Mitarai Unit) for dealing with paper works for the payment, and Akiko Mizukoshi (University Community Services) for communicating with the cafe to provide refreshment.
Former organizers:
- Jonathan Ward
- Yunhui Zheng
- Amy Shen
- Eliot Fried
- Stefan Pommer
- Carolina Diaz
- Tina Mularski
- Oleg Simakov
- Alexander Badrutdinov
- Omar Jáidar
- Marco Tsui
- Eiji Uchibe
- Hiroshi Izumi
- Jérémie Gillet
- Mary Ann Price
- Shao Fang Wang
- Romanas Chaleckis
- Bianca Sieveritz
- Lauren Dembeck
- Robert Campbell
- Andreas Thomasen
- Jason Ball
- Maéva Techer
- Maggi Mars Brisbin
- Afshan Jamshaid
- Fabien Benureau
- Nadine Wirkuttis
- Kamila Mustafina
- Yuka Suzuki
- Kun-Lung Li
- Jigyasa Arora
- Lewis Ruks
- Aleksandra Bliznina
- Ainash Garifullina
- Thato Mokhothu
- Mohamed Boubakour
- Lakshmipriya Swaminathan
- Munissa Sadykova
- Charles Whitaker
- Akira Kawano