Past Events
動物はどうやって声を出している?―息を止めてても声が出せる!(コーエン・エレマンス教授)
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!」
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OIST Innovation Open Hour
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!
OIST Representation Theory Seminar
TSVP Talk: "Causal Reasoning in a Quantum World" by John Selby
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).
OIST Representation Theory Seminar
Seminar: Ultrasensitive ultrasound sensing with integrated optical microresonators
Title: Ultrasensitive ultrasound sensing with integrated optical microresonators
Speaker: Dr Beibei Li, Professor, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Neural coordination in (mal)adaptive memory (ONOS)
Neural coordination in (mal)adaptive memory - Prof. David Dupret (University of Oxford). Wednesday, April 2 nd , 4:00 pm, online talk at L1 D015 and Zoom
TSVP Talk: "Understanding Ecological Dynamics with Incomplete Information" by Chuliang Song
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).
Yin Yang of Repetitive RNAs in tissue regeneration and aging
Seminar by Prof. Valerio Orlando
[Seminar]"Towards understanding the learning rules for human-like neural representations" by Asaki Kataoka
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
[QUAST Seminar] The Mechanism behind the Information Encoding for Islands
Hao Geng
Harvard University
OIST Innovation Open Hour
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!
[Seminar] Revisiting Stress Propagation in a Two-Dimensional Circular Disk and a Three-Dimensional Sphere Under Diametric Loading
Speaker: Dr. Satoshi Takada, Associate Professor: Institute of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology.
language: English
[Seminar] "Recyclable and Degradable Polyethylene-Like Materials Sourced from Waste or Natural Oils by Catalytic Approaches" by Prof. Stefan Mecking, University of Konstanz
Professor Stefan Mecking, Chair of Chemical Materials Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz
[Seminar] "Role of axonal importin β1 in presynaptic local translation and spatial memory" by Philip Freund
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
[Seminar] "Renewable, Recyclable, and Remarkable Aliphatic Polyester Block Polymers as Sustainable Plastics and Elastomers" by Prof. Marc Hillmyer, University of Minnesota
Marc A. Hillmyer, PhD , Professor, Department of Chemistry, Center for Sustainable Polymers, University of Minnesota
OIST Innovation Open Hour
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: "The Heisenberg Category" by Jon Brundan
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] "How does a neuron grow?" by Prof. Mike Fainzilber
Speaker: Mike Fainzilber, Professor in Molecular Neuroscience, Head, Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel [ website ]
Title: How does a neuron grow?
Science Challenge 2025
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。
Seminar "Gravity wave propagation by physics informed neural networks: nonlinear Schrödinger equations and potential flow."
Speaker: Norbert Hoffmann (Hamburg University of Technology / Imperial College London)
OIST Innovation Open Hour
OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday .
[Seminar] Quantum Heat Engines: Exploring Thermodynamics with Vibrating Nanomirrors
Dr. Rejjak Laskar, Senior Research Fellow from Aliah University in India
Neurodivergent-friendly Afternoon Gathering
The Society for Neurodiversity is inviting you to a neurodivergent-friendly afternoon get-together. We want to be with each other and offer a safe space, free of judgment where neurodivergent individuals can talk (or not talk) about their experience at OIST/Japan or just simply exist together.
OIST Representation Theory Seminar
Seminar "How Universal is Turbulence?" by Prof. Samriddhi Sankar Ray
[Speaker] Prof. Samriddhi Sankar Ray, Associate Professor, International Center for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS-TIFR), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, India
Spinal cord formation, function, and beyond
OIST organizer: Yutaka Yoshida (Neural Circuit Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Please show your OIST badge when entering the venue.
Silver Workshop : Complex geometry and related topics VII (Series final)
(List updated on March 6, 2025)
Organizer: N. Yui (Queen’s Univ.), K. Saito (RIMS, Kyoto), S. Hikami (OIST) Local organizer: N. Kawazumi (Univ. Tokyo) Support: OIST fundingMechanism of Brain and Mind Winter workshop 2025
The workshop will be held March 10 (Mon) – 12 (Wed), 2025 at Rustsu Resort Hotel. Registration is available now.
Seminar: Nonlinear Photonics in High-Q Microcavities: From All-Optical Switches to Microresonator Frequency Combs
Title: Nonlinear Photonics in High-Q Microcavities: From All-Optical Switches to Microresonator Frequency Combs
Speaker: Dr Takasumi Tanabe, Professor, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Keio University, Japan
Cultural Event Series (CluES) - South Africa
Cultural Events Series team cordially invites you to celebrate the culture of South Africa on the 8th of March at Seaside House (second floor, lounge)!
OISTサイエンストークシリーズ
[Seminar] "Elucidation and Control of Advanced Photofunctions based on Triplet Excited States in Molecular Materials", Prof. Kiyoshi Miyata
[Seminar] "Elucidation and Control of Advanced Photofunctions based on Triplet Excited States in Molecular Materials" by Prof. Kiyoshi Miyata
OIST Innovation Open Hour
OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday .
[Seminar] "First order mean field games on networks" by Prof. Claudio Marchi
Title: First order mean field games on networks
Speaker: Prof. Claudio Marchi (University of Padova)
Cosmology with radio waves: from dark matter to the dark ages (Rennan Barkana)
QG visitor seminar for general OIST audience. Speaker: Rennan Barkana (Tel Aviv University). Title: "Cosmology with radio waves: from dark matter to the dark ages"
The Provost Lecture Series 17
[Seminar] Dr. Mikhail Mamaev "Interacting spin-orbit coupled fermions in optical lattices"
Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field. Language: English
TSVP Symposium: Computational and Physical Understanding of Biological Information Processing
Title : Computational and Physical Understanding of Biological Information Processing
TSVP Symposium linked to Thematic Program on "Computational and Physical Understanding of Biological Information Processing"
Beyond Publishing: Turning Research into Impact
In this talk, Bianca Oudshoff explores how to move beyond academic publishing to create real-world impact by collaborating with industry, policymakers, and entrepreneurs. It highlights pathways for translating research into practical solutions, the challenges of launching science-based businesses, and the importance of interdisciplinary and international collaboration. Through real-world examples and personal insights, the talk provides practical guidance on how to bridge the gap between research and innovation.
Speed-Friending
Are you new to OIST? Or have you been here for a while, but still enjoy meeting new people? Are you a family member looking to connect with other OISTers and their families? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then join us for a fun evening! We will kick things off with a short get-to-know-everyone game, followed by 1:1 chats.
【Seminar】"A closed-loop framework for investigating sensorimotor predictions and errors in head-fixed mice" by Dr. Florin Albeanu
Speaker: Dr. Forin Albeanu, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Talk title: "A closed-loop framework for investigating sensorimotor predictions and errors in head-fixed mice"
Hosted by Fukunaga Unit
【Seminar】"Seeing memories through the looking glass: towards brain-wide imaging of memory circuits and their impairments" by Dr. Simon R Schultz
Speaker: Dr. Simon R Schultz, Neurotechnology in the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College London
[Seminar] Mr. Yu-Ping Wang "On the analytic continuation of Ising Bethe-Salpeter System"
Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field. Language: English
COI-NEXT Call for New Projects 2025
The OIST COI-NEXT Program is excited to announce the Call for New Projects 2025! We are looking for interdisciplinary projects that are dedicated to delivering tangible outcomes in support of the One World, One Health vision. Proposals are due by March 31, 2025 , at 12:00 PM.
OIST Machine Learning Workshop
OIST Workshop | Main organizer: Makoto Yamada (Machine Learning and Data Science Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants.
OIST Innovation Open Hour
OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday .
[Seminar] "Self-organized organic and hybrid materials for optoelectronic applications" by Dr. Fabrice Mathevet (Research Director, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS))
Language: English. Registration: Not required.
[Seminar] "Precise Control of CT States Pioneering Advanced Organic Devices" by Prof. Chihaya Adachi (OPERA, Kyushu University)
Language: English. Registration: Not required.