Dr. Shinobu Onoda, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Japan

Zoom info: https://oist.zoom.us/j/93447448076?pwd=dDBIYmtkTU1IbGVtTXZZZkdvbE56Zz09&from=addon

Meeting ID: 934 4744 8076 Passcode: 458251

Biodiversity plays a central role in humankind’s interaction with the biosphere, lying at the heart of all ecosystem structure and functioning. Biodiversity describes the variability and connectivity of life across different levels (from bacteria to plants and animals) and dimensions (from genetic to ecological and from taxonomic to functional):

This workshop will bring together practitioners and enthusiasts of biodiversity research from Tohoku University and OIST to illuminate this fascinating theme from multiple angles, with the aim of discovering complementary perspectives and collaborative opportunities.

Science communication and outreach, especially to global audiences in English, is taking off in Japan. Japan Scicom Forum brings together communicators, writers, scientists, journalists and select experts from abroad to inspire and boost the cohesion of scicomm in Japan, learn new skills and inform the community with best practices. Keynote talks will reflect on research-media interactions from the perspectives of both scientists and press professionals. Workshops will provide hands-on training to support communicators and scientists working in Japan as they engage in global outreach. Open discussion and networking opportunities are spread over the program. Registration is free and the event will be in English.

This year, OIST is honored to host virtually this event.

Title : Korevaar-Schoen-Sobolev spaces and critical exponents on metric measure spaces Speaker: Fabrice Baudoin , University of Connecticut Abstract: We will review some of the recent developments in the theory of Korevaar-Schoen-Sobolev spaces. While this theory is equivalent to that of Cheeger and Shanmugalingam if the space supports a Poincare inequality, it offers new perspectives in situations, like fractals, where such inequalities are not available. Registratio n : https://oist.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUlduurpz0jHty8bIhim2hVnIG8CsEJVAJ7

A Swiss startup company called QNAMI - will be visiting OIST to showcase their quantum sensing technology. They develop scanning magnetometers which can map out nanoscale sized magnetic fields.

OIST - Osaka University: A Recipe for Scientific Synergy-Series 3 by Dr. Kazumasa Tanaka and Dr. Qingbo S. Wang

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

Language: English

Seminar "Experimental Realization of Qubit Thermometry" by Dr. Lemziakov Sergei, Aalto University Language: English

Language: English

Reservation required

Speaker: Dr. Dmitrij Dedukh, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, CAS CZ, Libechov, Czech Republic

Title: "Breaking the rules: Alterations of gametogenic pathways in hybrid “asexual” vertebrates."

Beach microbiology - from a single cell to the community

Speaker: Prof. Mikko Parviainen (University of Jyväskylä)

Title: Stochastic tug-of-war type games and partial differential equations

Dr. David Vuono, Assistant Research Professor, Colorado School of Mines.

Language: English, no interpretation. All are welcome to attend.

Title: Convexity in Partial Differential Equations

Abstract: It is well known that the notion of convexity plays a key role in optimization, control theory, mathematical economics and many other areas of science. This talk is a friendly introduction to convex analysis for partial differential equations. After going over a few basic properties about convex sets and convex functions, we will focus on the preservation of spatial convexity of solutions, which is one of the most important geometric properties of numerous evolution equations. Several examples will be given. We will also discuss some recent developments on this topic.

This talk is open to everyone at OIST

Faculty Lunchtime Seminar coordinators & FAO

Speaker: Dr. Yuko Harayama, Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University. Target audience: Everyone at OIST.

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

Language: English

Haralampos Geranios , University of York Title: On self-extensions of irreducible modules for symmetric groups

Dr. Kyoji Saito, University of Tokyo / Kyoto University. 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).

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

Language: English

Speaker: Prof. Yuri Fujii, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University

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

Language: English

OIST Workshop | Main organizer: Marco Terenzio (Molecular Neuroscience Unit) | This lecture is open to entire OIST community | Website

OIST Workshop | Main organizer: Marco Terenzio (Molecular Neuroscience Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions - contact organizer for details | Website | Program

Language: English

Reservation required.

Title: Dynamic Nature of Memory Representation and the Hippocampal Network

Abstract:

Memories are encoded through long-lasting changes in the network of the brain. These memory traces can interfere with each other and therefore lead to instability of the representations. Indeed, a previous study discovered that instability is preferentially embedded within spatial maps in memory engram cells in the hippocampus even though their activity is still functionally linked to memory-relevant behaviors (Tanaka et al., 2018). Notably, higher instability of place cells is often observed in aberrant network states caused by various factors, including aging, stress, or epileptic seizure, which cause memory impairments (e.g., Yan et al., 2003; Kim et al., 2007; Karnam et al., 2009). These studies highlight two distinct types of instability leading to the opposite outcomes of hippocampal memory. In my talk, I will introduce our unpublished studies aiming at 1) elucidation of neuronal underpinning that survives extreme plasticity yet supports memory and 2) development of a novel approach to reset the aberrant network state. These studies will provide fundamental insight into physiological and pathological instability in the neuronal network.

This seminar is open to the OIST community. Visit https://groups.oist.jp/faculty-lunch

FAO

"Improved models for Alzheimer’s disease; plaques, synapses and a protective role for microglia"

by Prof. Frances A. Edwards, Dept Neuroscience Physiology & Pharmacology, University College London

Speaker: Manabu Abe, Ph.D. (Professor, Hiroshima University)

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

Language: English

Kai Meng Tan, National University of Singapore Title: Young’s seminormal basis vectors and their denominators

Website | Registration | Scientific sessions are open to OIST members. Pre-registration required. Please contact yoshinori.okada@oist.jp to register.

Speaker: Dr Xueyan Shen , Senior Lecturer Aquaculture Institute, James Cook University Singapore.

Hosted by: Dr. Roger Huerlimann, OIST Marine Climate Change Unit

Abstract:

Cobia ( Rachycentron canadum ) is the only member of the Rachycentridae family and exhibits considerable sexual dimorphism in growth rate. Sex determination in teleosts has been a long-standing basic biological question. The molecular mechanisms of sex determination/differentiation in cobia species is completely unknown. We reported high-quality, chromosome-level genome sequences of male cobia with a genome assembly size of 586.51 Mb (contig/scaffold N50: 86.0 kb/24.3 Mb) and female cobia, 583.88 Mb (79.9 kb/22.5 Mb). (...)

Learn about the fundamentals of climate change and climate action in this interactive workshop organized for the OIST community.

[Speaker] Dr. Ravindra Gettu, VS Raju Institute Chair Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India

Speaker: Professor Dean R. Jerry, Tropical Futures Institute, James Cook University Singapore, Australian Research Council Hub for Supercharging Tropical Aquaculture through Genetic Solutions, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia.

Hosted by: Dr. Roger Huerlimann, OIST Marine Climate Change Unit

Abstract: As the farming of aquaculture species matures the industry is progressively adopting innovation to increase productivity and lower risk due to disease and environmental perturbations. Technologies based on artificial intelligence and machine learning, rapid diagnostics, biosensors, and integration of genomic data are being developed in efforts to obtain precise information on the health and well-being of the cultured species, along with allowing finer-scale management of the production system. (...)

Title: Inference, control and the cortical circuits

Abstract:

The duality of sensory inference and motor control has recently been recognized as the commonality in computations required for the posterior distributions in Bayesian inference and the value functions in optimal control. Meanwhile, an intriguing question about the brain is why the entire neocortex shares a canonical six-layer architecture, while its posterior and anterior halves are engaged in sensory processing and motor control, respectively. Here we consider the hypothesis that the sensory and motor cortical circuits implement the dual computations for Bayesian inference and optimal control,

Yasha and Akiko (FAO)

Speaker: Dr. Maciej Zgirski, Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences

Speaker: Professor Andrew Baird, Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University

Hosted by: Professor Timothy Ravasi, OIST Marine Climate Change Unit

Abstract: Molecular approaches have revolutionised our understanding of the systematics and evolution of most branches on the tree of life, including corals. Over the last twenty-five years molecular research has revealed that few of the 18 families and 111 genera recognised by Veron (2000) were monophyletic. New techniques and vision promise a more robust and consistent species level taxonomy, but it will take time and there is always likely to be some uncertainty. It is therefore important to establish when taxonomy matters and when it does not. (...)

Annual Inspection_Autoclave

ALIFE Workshop 2022. Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: Invited Guests.

Speaker: Dr. Sebastiano Nicolussi Golo, University of Jyväskylä Title: BV functions in Carnot groups Language: English, no interpretation.

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

Andrew Mathas, University of Sydney Title: Content systems and KLR algebras

Speaker: Yeon Ui Lee, Ph. D Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Chungbuk National University, Republic of Korea JSPS Invitational Fellowships for Research in Japan: 22 July - 20 August 2022

Title: Super Resolution Imaging with Metamaterials

Speaker: Jodi Thomas, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD Australia.

Hosted by: Professor Timothy Ravasi, OIST Marine Climate Change Unit

Abstract: The uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) by the ocean is causing seawater CO2 levels to rise, changing ocean chemistry in a process known as ocean acidification (OA). OA can affect a variety of physiological processes, life history traits and behaviours of fish and marine invertebrates. As invertebrates comprise the vast majority of marine diversity, are essential for key ecosystem processes and support human livelihoods, OA-induced effects of marine invertebrates could have ecological, social and economic consequences.(...)

Seminar by Haruka Osaki, Postdoc at Kyoto University

Date: August 5th

Time: 3pm - (30-40 mins Lecture and 10-20mins QA session)

Zoom: Meeting:

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/ 74391178937?pwd=7nClhiDi4S- 7j5Hq6BTKHy0uhMrMv9.1 For questions please contact: egu@oist.jp

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

Prof. Atsushi Kaneda, Department of Molecular Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University

Speaker: Yeon Ui Lee, Ph. D Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Chungbuk National University, Republic of Korea

A series of lectures: Basic concepts of nano-optics and super-resolution fluorescence microscopy

Date & Time: [Lecture 3] 09:00-10:30, 29th (Fri)

Location: E48, Level E, Lab 4 & Zoom

[Seminar] Dr. Valentina Basoli "Prospective in cartilage regeneration: development of in vitro osteoarthritis model for testing drugs and sensors"

Speaker: Yeon Ui Lee, Ph. D Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Chungbuk National University, Republic of Korea

A series of lectures: Basic concepts of nano-optics and super-resolution fluorescence microscopy

Date & Time: [Lecture 2] 09:00-10:00, 28th (Thu)

Location: E48, Level E, Lab 4 & Zoom

Zoom meeting: Meeting ID: 917 8612 0273 Passcode: 870713

Abstract: This short lecture series will first cover a few basic concepts in nano-optics and fluorescence microscopy. Advanced optical imaging techniques including confocal, multiphoton, and metamaterials-assistant super-resolution microscopies will then be surveyed. Coverage of selected topics is as follows.

Wave optics Metamaterials Fluorescence microscopy Super-resolution microscopy Brief overview of quantum optics and fluorescence imaging

Profile : Yeon Ui Lee is an assistant professor at Chungbuk National University, South Korea. Her research interests include, but not limited to, nanophotonics and super-resolution imaging, and she has an excellent record in the research field of metamaterial assisted illumination nanoscopies. Prof. Yeon Ui Lee received her Ph.D. degree from Ewha Womans University, South Korea, in 2015. She was a postdoctoral fellow at University of California, San Diego before she got tenured. Here at OIST in Síle Nic Chormaic Unit she is looking forward to fruitful interactions and collaborations. She will be visiting until August 20th, please don’t hesitate to get in touch: yeonuilee@cbnu.ac.kr