Prof. Marina Freitag , Professor of Energy/Royal Society University Research Fellow (URF), School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University

National holiday

旅費相談会を開催いたします。

December 23th (Tue) @A151 Center Bldg. 15:00-16:00

ISLAND SONGS

タイトル ： ちょうちょの「目玉もよう」のひみつ

アブストラクト： ちょうちょの⽻にあるきれいな⽬⽟もようは、どうしてあるんだろう？ それは、ちょうちょが敵から⾝をまもって⽣き残るために、すごく⼤切なもの。このもようがどうやって出来て、ちょうちょを助けているのか、その進化のひみつをのぞいてみよう︕

対象10歳以上

[Stress Management Seminar | Mechanisms of Trauma and Self-Management]

Lecturer: Koji Yamamoto (Director, Denenchofu Counseling Office) Date: Friday, December 19, 2025, 14:00–16:00 Venue: Center Building C209 Form at: Hybrid (Zoom & in-person) / Simultaneous interpretation (Japanese–English) Zoom URL: https://oist.zoom.us/j/93859422258?pwd=2fEQK9N7NkbTajrINTapXMyjCVmOH1.1 In this lecture, we will explore stress reactions that arise in daily life and interpersonal relationships, explained clearly from the perspective of a therapist with extensive clinical experience. We will also introduce concrete self-management strategies to help you regulate your own state and navigate challenging situations more effectively.

In addition, we will examine how trauma affects the mind and body, outlining its basic mechanisms. Together with participants, we will consider practical hints for fostering personal resilience.

Recommended for those who:

Want to understand the basics of stress reactions and trauma Wish to gain insights for better managing their emotional and physical well-being Are interested in concrete self-management techniques Seek guidance on strengthening mental resilience

【ストレスマネジメントセミナー｜トラウマのメカニズムとセルフマネジメント】

講師：山本 貢司（田園調布カウンセリングオフィス所長） 日時： 2025年12月19日（金）14:00–16:00 場所： センター棟 C209 開催形式： ハイブリッド（Zoom・会場）／日英同時通訳あり

Zoom URL: https://oist.zoom.us/j/93859422258?pwd=2fEQK9N7NkbTajrINTapXMyjCVmOH1.1 この講演では、日常生活や対人関係で生じるストレス反応について、臨床経験豊富なセラピストの視点からわかりやすく解説します。あわせて、自分の状態を整えるセルフマネジメントの具体的な方法も紹介します。

さらに、トラウマが心身に及ぼす影響やそのメカニズムをひも解き、レジリエンスを育てるためのヒントを参加者の皆さまと一緒に探っていきます。

以下のような方におすすめです：

ストレス反応やトラウマの基礎を理解したい 自分の心身の状態を整える手がかりを得たい セルフマネジメントの具体的な方法を知りたい メンタルのレジリエンスを高めるヒントを探している

Speaker: France Rose(University of Bonn)

Title: Animal behavior analysis enabled by unsupervised deep learning

Prof. Sushma Nagaraja Grellscheid, Professor of Genomics, University of Bergen (Norway) & Durham University (UK). Seminar on biomolecular condensates and FlickerPRINT, a high-throughput flicker spectroscopy approach to probe condensate mechanics in living cells. Language: English, no interpretation.

Title: Unbounded viscosity solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi equations with mechanical Hamiltonian in Wasserstein space

Speaker: Dr. Othmane Jerhaoui (IRMAR - INSA Rennes)

Japan as an Asian superpower – Rise and fall 1912-1945

Lecture by Prof. Till Weber, OIST 16th December, 2025

Child-rearing Support Community - Collaboration Event with CDC Teachers!!

Dr Marion Cromb, Post-doctoral experimental researcher, University of Nottingham

A talk by Moritz Piening

Mathematics, Technische Universität Berlin

The OIST Center for Quantum Technologies (OCQT) is pleased to invite you to the next installment of the OCQT Seminar Series. This time, we are excited to host Prof. Kazuki Sakurai from the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw (Poland), who will deliver a talk entitled:

“Quantum Measurements at Particle Colliders and Their Applications to New-Physics Searches”

In collaboration with leading venture capital firms, OIST Innovation offers startups and entrepreneurial researchers or students the opportunity to connect directly with venture capitalists for one-on-one mentoring and discussion. Each round begins with an open seminar-style introduction, where participants can learn about the VC firm's investment focus and characteristics. This is followed by private, closed-door mentoring sessions between startups/researchers/students and the VC representatives.

The featured VC for this round is Karry Fund (Karry Impact & Innovation Fund)

Registration is required. If the number of applicants exceeds the available slots, OIST Innovation will select participants based on the information provided in the registration form and the strategic fit with the VC.

OIST-Keio Showcase Talk Series Vol. 8 "Science Meets Society: Twist, Flow, and Instability"

The 8th OIST-Keio joint symposium explores the interplay of fluid mechanics, wave phenomena, and structural transformations, highlighting their impact on science and society. From gravity waves and multiphase reactors to extreme wave events, evaporating drops, and geometric linkages, six talks will showcase cutting-edge research at the intersection of physics, engineering, and applied mathematics. Additional topics will be explored in a poster session. The event aims to foster a dialogue between Keio and OIST researchers, enabling innovation through interdisciplinary collaboration.

12月13日（土）に糸満市にて学生向けのサイエンストークを開催いたします。

Dr. A. Kevin G. DJOTAN, who will soon join the Microbial and Ecosystem Ecology Unit, is a JSPS postdoctoral researcher currently based at Mie University in Japan.

*Venue has Changed=> L5D23 * 【Seminar】Prof. Mathias Middelboe

Marine Biological Section, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Helsingør, Denmark

Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

"The role of bacteriophages in marine ecosystems and their potential use in disease control in aquaculture"

This is your chance to help shape StrucShare and make it as useful as possible for you and all structural biologists at OIST. Please feel free to spread the word to anyone interested in structural biology, from beginners to experts.

OIST Café is a casual science information session to introduce the OIST PhD program, Research Internship, and other workshops.

December 12, 2025, 10:00 - 11:30 (JST UTC+9), Online (Zoom), Language: English, Target: Prospective students

The High-Performance Computing User Group Meeting is December 11. Everybody is Welcome!

QG group meeting Speaker: Yasha Neiman Title: "Cubic interactions of massless fields in (A)dS lightcone formalism - Part 2"

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).

Duc-Khanh Nguyen , OIST Title: Branching rule on winding subalgebras of affine Kac-Moody algebras

Speaker: Dr. Xavier Bonet-Monroig, Honda Research Institute Europe

The OIST Center for Quantum Technologies (OCQT) is pleased to invite you to the next installment of the OCQT Seminar Series. This time, we are excited to host Prof. Giulio Chiribella from the University of Hong Kong, who will deliver a talk entitled:

“The quantum communication power of indefinite causal order”

QG Seminar Speaker: Arundhati Goldar (IIT Mandi) Title: Bulk Reconstruction in De Sitter Spacetime

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).

A symposium featuring short talks selected from across OIST neuroscience research units, panel discussions, and a poster session.

Target audience: Open to the OIST community

Language: English

Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00

Title: "Patterning the cerebral cortex by transcription factor gradients"

Speaker: Dr. Shen-Ju Chou, Research Fellow, Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

QG group meeting Speaker: Yasha Neiman Title: "Cubic interactions of massless fields in (A)dS lightcone formalism"

Crafted Traditions: Artistic Forms from Onna Village

ICIIBMS 2025 will be held at OIST University , December 2-5, 2025, Okinawa, Japan

Step into the vibrant world of Onna Village through Crafted Traditions , an exhibition celebrating the timeless beauty of Okinawan ceramics and glass art.

14th Annual SCORE!

Speaker: Alexandru Vasilache (FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik)

Title: Efficient Learning Systems: From Spiking Neural Networks to Reinforcement Learning

Zoom URL: https://oist.zoom.us/j/98953563139?pwd=NhDaOJQ92bNShdNyBzbryrnUIKbl1v.1

ID: 989 5356 3139 PW:59168

StrucShare meeting: Cryo-ET toolbox session by Simon Corroyer-Dulmont

This session will feature a toolbox segment on cryo-ET included in a case study “The palisade layer of the poxvirus core is composed of flexible A10 trimers” presented by Simon Corroyer-Dulmont (Sitsel Unit).

QG Seminar Speaker: Matilda Delgado (Harvard U., Phys. Dept. and Garching, Max Planck Inst.) Title: Dualities and the Compactifiability of Moduli Space

Guest Seminar hosted by Collective Dynamics and Quantum Transport Unit Speaker: Nicolò Beato (Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems) Title: "Phase transitions in quantum control landscapes"

This event is a collaborative initiative between Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) and Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), aimed at advancing new research developments in Gendered Innovation through the integration of both institutes’ strengths in advanced science and technology. Gendered Innovation offers critical perspectives not only for promoting femtech but also for applications in drug discovery, medical technologies, and materials development. Incorporating viewpoints on gender and broader diversity from the earliest stages of basic research is key to enhancing the quality and value of science. It also serves as a foundation for sustainable research and development that extends through applied research and ultimately contributes to social impact. In particular, Gendered Innovation is gaining global attention as a framework aligned with Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and with the promotion of fairness in research practices. By bridging diverse fields such as quantum science, materials science, and AI—alongside OIST’s core strengths in neuroscience, biology, and environmental science—this event seeks to foster interdisciplinary collaboration through the fusion of advanced research domains. The event aspires to create a platform where researchers from both institutions can share knowledge, explore emerging challenges, and shape new possibilities for future-oriented, transdisciplinary research.

Join us for iGEM Okinawa ’s 2025 post-Jamboree event at OIST, where we’ll share our project results with farmers, supporters, and stakeholders and discuss future collaborations.

OISTにて開催される iGEM Okinawa の成果報告イベントにぜひご参加ください。農家、地域関係者、協力団体の皆様と成果を共有し、今後の展望について語り合います。

The Internal Seminar Series is back for the fall term, this week with talks from Oliver Bellwood (Quantum Engineering and Design Unit) and Alberto Sassi (Biological Complexity Unit). Stop by to learn about the exciting projects happening in other units and sections, chat with fellow researchers, and enjoy complimentary refreshments.

旅費相談会を開催いたします。

November 25th (Thu) @A151 Center Bldg. 15:00-16:00

OIST x NAIST Café へようこそ！

沖縄科学技術大学院大学 (OIST)と 奈良先端科学技術大学院大学 (NAIST)が大学院説明会を開催します！ 最先端の科学技術と日本のトップレベルの研究大学での学生生活に興味がある方はぜひご参加ください。

2025年11月24日（月、祝）13:00-16:00 沖縄科学技術大学院大学講堂

ウェブサイト: https://iconip2025.apnns.org/forum 参加登録は こちら

AI研究開発の先端を走る研究者を講師、パネリストとして招き、それぞれから見えるAIの新たな地平を語ってもらい、参加者の皆さんと一緒に質疑応答を行います。発表は日本語で、スクリーンにはAI翻訳の英語字幕を表示する予定です。

National holiday

National holiday

OIST x NAIST Café へようこそ！

沖縄科学技術大学院大学 (OIST)と 奈良先端科学技術大学院大学 (NAIST)が大学院説明会を開催します！ 最先端の科学技術と日本のトップレベルの研究大学での学生生活に興味がある方はぜひご参加ください。

This event will be the fifth joint workshop between Tohoku University and OIST since 2021. This time, WPI-AIMEC (Tohoku U & JAMSTEC) is co-organizing the event. It will include presentations that provide an overview of the current status and challenges of research on the marine environment and marine ecosystems, to promote the exchange of knowledge among researchers from Tohoku University, JAMSTEC, OIST, as well as University of the Ryukyus, and the University of Hawai'i. A majority of presentations will be given by early career researchers, with ample time for discussion to consider future collaborations and joint funding applications.