Biological Systems Unit would like to invite you to this upcoming seminar by Professor Watanabe.

Seminar: “Spin-Orbit Coupling in Mott Insulators: Unusual Interactions and Possible Exotic Phases”

Speaker: Dr. George Jackeli, Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany

Abstract:

Over the last few years, there has been an upsurge of interest in materials in which exotic states may emerge as the result of relativistic spin-orbit interactions. We will discuss insulating iridium oxides from this perspective.

Developed under the auspices of UNESCO and closely modeled on CERN, SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East) will be a major international research centre.

Seminar Annoucement (Theory of Quantum Matter Unit)

Date/Time : Tuesday 12^th February / 16:00-17:00 

Venue : Meeting Room A613, Level A, Lab 2, Main Campus

Speaker : Dr. Hiroaki Ueda, Tokyo Metropolitan University

Title : “Topological charge pumping effect due to the parity anomaly on the Surface of Three-Dimensional Topological Insulators”

Abstract:

Physics and Biology Unit would like to invite you to an upcoming seminar by Professor Ono. [ We originally scheduled this seminar for the afternoon, but once we learned the faculty assembly date and time were altered, we had no alternative but to reschedule it into the midday hours. JM apologizes to those teaching or attending classes during this seminar. ]

 

 

 

Title: “Magnetic monopoles in spin ice”

Speaker: Prof. Roderich Moessner, Director of Condensed Matter Department,

Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden

Date/Time: (Thu) 10th Jan / 2pm-3pm

Venue : Seminar Room C209, Center Building

Abstract:

"The Future of Scientific Publishing"
Monday 3 December 14:00
OIST Auditorium
The lecture will be in English. No interpretation will be provided.

[Biography of Ms. Magdalena Skipper]
(Cited from Nature HP: http://www.nature.com/nature/about/editors/)
Senior Editor, Biology, London
Education: BSc Hons Genetics, University of Nottingham, UK; PhD, MRC LMB, University of Cambridge, UK; postdoctoral fellowship, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London.
Areas of responsibility include: genetics, genomics, gene therapy, biotechnology, molecular evolution.

"Behind the Scenes at Nature - Insights into Editorial Processes"
Friday 30 November 16:30
OIST Campus Center Bldg, Room B250
The lecture will be in English. No interpretation will be provided.

公益財団法人　高松宮妃癌研究基金では毎年、癌研究に顕著な業績を挙げた海外の著名な学者を招聘し、研究者を対象とした講演会を行っています。東京及び地方２カ所において計３回の講演会を開催しておりますが、本年は下記の通り沖縄、OISTにて開催されることになりました。

本年の講演者は幹細胞を用いた癌研究の第一人者のマサチューセッツ工科大学　ルドルフ・ヤニッシュ教授です。ヤニッシュ教授は、遺伝子の変異ではなく、DNAのメチル化のような遺伝子の後天的変化が、発生や分化に重要な役割を果たしていることを明らかにした先駆者の一人です。極めて早い時期（1992年）にDNAのメチル化酵素（メチルトランスフェラーゼ）をノックアウトしたマウスを作成し、それが胎生致死を起こすことを示しました。昨年はメチルトランスフェラーゼ、DNMT3Aの欠損がマウスに肺がんを誘発することを発表されています。また、iPS細胞（人工多能性幹細胞）の分野でも、多能性、リプログラム、再生について、それに関わる転写因子の同定と作用機構、再生医療への応用など、数々の輝かしい業績を挙げています。