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Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and Researchers interested in the field. Language: English Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).

Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field.

Language: English

Zoom link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/92164277280?pwd=EtClSiF0mouaCFNocZaC4b5hz3GTRa.1&from=addon

TSVP visitor, Prof. Le Bin Ho, Tohoku University , will give a seminar "On the principle of quantum-enhanced multiphase metrology under the squeezing effect"

OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Have you ever wondered if your discoveries could lead to a patent or startup? Curious about what happens at OIST Innovation? Have an idea for a product or service? We welcome your ideas and questions!

TSVP Talk Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: General audience / everyone at OIST and beyond. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).

Dr. Piotr Łukasik, Associate Professor, Jagiellonian University, Kraków

Tomohito Noda

Ph.D. student The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Science, Department of Biological Sciences

Fukatsu Lab at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Abstract: Intracellular symbiosis, in which a host organism harbors a microbial symbiont within its cells, has been widely observed across diverse lineages. This phenomenon is intriguing not only within the context of individual symbiotic relationships, but also more broadly, as the origins of mitochondria and chloroplasts are thought to trace back to microorganisms that were incorporated into host cells. Therefore, the study of intracellular symbiosis may provide insights to the understanding of a crucial trigger for the acquisition of novel biological functions and evolutionary modifications. Despite the wide interest in intracellular symbiosis, the mechanisms and adaptations required to harbor microbial symbionts remain largely elusive. One contributing factor is that the majority of symbiotic organs are highly specialized and distinct from the rest of the body, and thus lack a clear “non-symbiotic” subject to compare with.

Orginized by Yomitan Beach Clean Network https://www.facebook.com/YomitanBeach/

Earth Day and Easter in the same week? We can’t think of a better time to bring the community together by cleaning the beach! This month we will be cleaning one of our important nesting beaches, Malibu Beach at 10am. It’s officially sea turtle nesting season and we are expecting our first nest any day now! Earth is their home too so let’s do our best to keep it clean. We hope to see you there! Thank you to our sponsor, Glamday Style Hotel

科学技術週間 にちなんで開催される科学イベントです。

日時：2025年4月19日（土）　10：00～16：00

会場：名護博物館　1階　（名護市大中四丁目20番50号）

入場：無料　 ※博物館の2階展示室見学の場合は有料

OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Have you ever wondered if your discoveries could lead to a patent or startup? Curious about what happens at OIST Innovation? Have an idea for a product or service? We welcome your ideas and questions!

"Synaptic Machinery for Protein Turnover" by Prof. Chao Sun, Aarhus University, Denmark

Mr. Yohei Nishino, Ph.D. student in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Tokyo

Title: Does Synaptic Strength Encode Sleep Need?

Speaker: Dr. Shoi Shi, Principal Investigator, International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (IIIS), University of Tsukuba

Language: English

Dr. Jonathan T. Sczepanski, Professor, Texas A&M University. Language: English,

The OIST Center for Quantum Technologies (OCQT) and AIST will jointly host a commemorative event for the Signing of the MoU (Memorandum of Understanding – Collaboration Agreement) . The event will highlight our collaboration in the field of quantum science. Additionally, a symposium will be held to explore how quantum technology could transform future societies and corporate activities.

OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Have you ever wondered if your discoveries could lead to a patent or startup? Curious about what happens at OIST Innovation? Have an idea for a product or service? We welcome your ideas and questions!

Title: Micro- and Nanomotors Driven by Optical Forces and Torques

Speaker: Dr Mikael Käll, Professor, Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Sustainability for a connected world

TSVP Talk Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: General audience / everyone at OIST and beyond. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).

Title: Plasmonic Optical Tweezers: From Nanoparticles Trapping to Biomolecules Manipulation

Speaker: Dr Domna Kotsifaki, Assistant Professor of Physics, Duke Kunshan University, China

Title: Multipliers of orbital angular momentum of light

Speaker: Dr Georgiy Tkachenko, University of Bordeaux, France

Talk title: Bridging Science and Art: A Journey from Medicinal Chemistry to Photographic Expression

Speaker: Maya Beano, participating photographer in the Polar Blues, Island Hues exhibition at OIST with her images of Antarctica

Stefano Antonini

UC Berkeley

写真展「Polar Blues, Island Hues」では、南極と沖縄の 美しい風景写真が展示され、対照的な景観を巡る特別 な旅へと誘います。映し出された風景の変化通じて、 気候変動が繊細な環境にどのような影響を与えている のか改めて考えるきっかけになれば幸いです。

水中で歌うクジラ、声で狩りをするイルカーそのふしぎを解き明かす。 OISTの公開講演イベント「動物たちの『声』の不思議に迫る！」

日本語同時通訳付き 対象：10歳以上 事前登録： https://www.oist.jp/ja/event-registration/public-lecture-how-do-animals-make-sound-coen-elemans 　(締め切り：3月23日23:59）

OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Have you ever wondered if your discoveries could lead to a patent or startup? Curious about what happens at OIST Innovation? Have an idea for a product or service? We welcome your ideas and questions!

TSVP Talk Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: General audience / everyone at OIST and beyond. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).

Title: Ultrasensitive ultrasound sensing with integrated optical microresonators

Speaker: Dr Beibei Li, Professor, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

TSVP Talk Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: General audience / everyone at OIST and beyond. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).

Seminar by Prof. Valerio Orlando

Speaker: Asaki Kataoka Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo (Ph.D. course) - UTokyo WINGS-ABC Leading Research Assistant - Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Title: Towards understanding the learning rules for human-like neural representations

Hao Geng

Harvard University

OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Have you ever wondered if your discoveries could lead to a patent or startup? Curious about what happens at OIST Innovation? Have an idea for a product or service? We welcome your ideas and questions!

Speaker: Dr. Satoshi Takada, Associate Professor: Institute of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology.

language: English

Professor Stefan Mecking, Chair of Chemical Materials Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz

Speaker: Philip Freund, Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Title: Role of axonal importin β1 in presynaptic local translation and spatial memory

Marc A. Hillmyer, PhD , Professor, Department of Chemistry, Center for Sustainable Polymers, University of Minnesota

OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Have you ever wondered if your discoveries could lead to a patent or startup? Curious about what happens at OIST Innovation? Have an idea for a product or service? We welcome your ideas and questions!

National holiday

TSVP Talk Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: General audience / everyone at OIST and beyond. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).

Speaker: Mike Fainzilber, Professor in Molecular Neuroscience, Head, Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel [ website ]

Title: How does a neuron grow?

OIST サイエンスチャレンジではOIST教員、ポスドク、博士課程学生による数々のセミナー(英語)を受講し、OISTで行われている研究を体験します。

Speaker: Norbert Hoffmann (Hamburg University of Technology / Imperial College London)