Past Events
“ROZ” Fosters Scientific Careers Through Inclusivity, Interactivity, and Internationalism
Along with OIST president Peter Gruss and assistant professor Paola Laurino, this session will engage participants and viewers in career questions and answers such as: “At the start of my career, am I better off seeking collaborations, avoiding them in the name of independence, or placing myself somewhere on a continuum between the two?”
Valuing Value: How any Organization Can Measure Stakeholder Value and “Ethical Capitalism”
What is a “good” company, and how can it create the highest possible value for itself and each of its stakeholders?
NOTE: This session will be delivered in English and Japan via simultaneous interpretation.
[Hybrid Seminar] "Improved models for Alzheimer’s disease; plaques, synapses and a protective role for microglia" by Prof. Frances A. Edwards, UCL
"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
Food Drive - September 26th-30th, 2022
Food Drive from 26-30 September 2022. All donations will be delivered to HelpOki. Expiry date of donated items should be no earlier than November 2022.
ロボロボサマーキャンプ2022
外部主催イベントです。お問い合わせは主催側までお願いいたします。
ウェブサイト: https://sites.google.com/view/roborobo-summer-camp/home
[Seminar] "Is π-single bonding possible?" by Prof. Manabu Abe
Speaker: Manabu Abe, Ph.D. (Professor, Hiroshima University)
Investing in Science, Investing in Humanity
Within the context of Japan, but also balanced against a global view, Dr. Gruss and The Japan Times reporter Tomoko Otake will discuss the importance of investing in research excellence for the benefit of humanity.
[Seminar] "Electron Spin Resonance Measurement of a Single Molecule by Combining RF Signal with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy" by Prof. Tadahiro Komeda (Tohoku University, IMRAM, Japan)
Title: Electron Spin Resonance Measurement of a Single Molecule by Combining RF Signal with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
[Seminar] Mr. Hyeok-Jun Yang "Searching for hidden phases born of a quantum spin liquid"
Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field.
Language: English
Allies, Advocates, and Partners: Communicating Social and Environmental Issues Effectively
Leadership mentor, teacher, and sustainability expert Betsy Reed will speak on the importance of engaging allies, advocates, and partners in the community. She will be interviewed by Heather Young, vice-president of communications at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST).
“The Little Island that Could”: Creating a Better Future for Okinawa Through Partnership
This presentation will share examples of ways Okinawans are addressing local carbon emissions, improving health, promoting employment and industry development, and improving the marine environment.
This session will be delivered in Japanese and simultaneous interpretation will be provided in English.
OIST Representation Theory Seminar
The 92nd IUVSTA workshop on Advanced Spectroscopy and Transport for 2D Materials at Surfaces & The 4th Asia-Pacific Symposium on Solid Surfaces (APSSS-4)
Website | Registration | Scientific sessions are open to OIST members. Pre-registration required. Please contact yoshinori.okada@oist.jp to register.
TSVP Talk: "What Is Quantum Mechanics About?" by Dr. Leon Loveridge
Dr. Leon Loverdige, University of South-Eastern Norway. 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] Comparative analysis of the cobia (Rachycentron canadum) genome identifies ephx1 as a novel putative master sex-determining gene in teleosts
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). (...)
Sustainability For All Workshop
Learn about the fundamentals of climate change and climate action in this interactive workshop organized for the OIST community.
Seminar "Towards Sustainability in Construction with Concrete" by Dr. Ravindra Gettu
[Speaker] Dr. Ravindra Gettu, VS Raju Institute Chair Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
[Seminar] The R&D pathway to growing aquaculture through innovative technologies
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. (...)
TSVP Talk: "Sub-Riemannian Geometry Is Everywhere!" by Dr. Sebastiano Nicolussi Golo
Dr. Sebastiano Nicolussi Golo, University of Jyväskylä. 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).
R U Okay Day and World Suicide Prevention Day
To mark R U Okay Day (Thursday 8 th September) and World Suicide Prevention Day (Saturday 11 th September) at OIST, Ganjuu Wellbeing Service will have a stall at lunchtime at center court where they will be sharing information, leaflets, giving away World Suicide Prevention Day wrists bands and raising money for the Okinawan Lifeline, a charity that provides out of hours telephone support for people in crisis.
Where yellow on Thursday 8 th September to support R U Okay Day :)
Conversational French Lessons - Registration Closed
Conversational French Lessons - Registration Open for September to November
Faculty Lunchtime Seminar (Prof. Kenji Doya)
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)
TSVP Teatime
"TSVP Teatime": informal discussions and getting to know each other
Seminar: "Switching thermometry for dynamical investigations of thermal processes at nanoscale" by Dr. Maciej Zgirski
Speaker: Dr. Maciej Zgirski, Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
Welcome to Class of 2022 New Students
Welcome Ceremony for Class of 2022 New Students
Uke Club Meeting POSTPONED
Uke Club meeting postponed due to probable typhoon
[Seminar] When does taxonomy matter?
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 [TOMY-SEIKO]
Annual Inspection_Autoclave
ALIFE Workshop 2022
ALIFE Workshop 2022. Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: Invited Guests.
OIST NetCafé (大学院説明会) 2022年8月
This session will be done in English only. The program will start off with OIST general introduction, PhD & Research Internship admission process, financial support and student life followed by the panel discussion by 2 OIST PhD students.
[Mini-course] BV functions in Carnot groups | Speaker Dr. Sebastiano Nicolussi Golo, University of Jyväskylä
Speaker: Dr. Sebastiano Nicolussi Golo, University of Jyväskylä Title: BV functions in Carnot groups Language: English, no interpretation.
Uke Club Meeting - Seaside Lounge OR Beach!
[Seminar] Translational Supramolecular Chemistry by Prof. Stefan Matile (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Title:
Translational Supramolecular Chemistry
Abstract: Supramolecular chemistry is about contacts between molecules. Translational supramolecular chemistry expects that offering new ways to get into contact on the molecular level will provide access to new structures and functions, which ultimately will allow us to tackle otherwise elusive challenges in science and society. In this spirit, new interactions have been introduced to catalysis: Anion-π interactions in 2013, followed by chalcogen bonds in 2017 and pnictogen bonds in 2018. Several reactions and catalytic systems have been realized by now (foldamers, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, artificial enzymes, electric fields, lipid bilayer membranes). Emergent properties include the breaking of the Baldwin rules and autocatalytic brevetoxin-like polyether cyclizations in π-acidic surfaces. The same chalcogen bonds were the key to build mechanosensitive fluorescent probes that change color like lobsters during cooking. The resulting “fluorescent flippers” are the first small-molecule probes that can image physical forces in living cells. Mechanobiological changes in membrane tension can now be imaged throughout, from mitochondrial fission, endocytosis, secretory pathway, nuclear envelope to morphogenesis in early mammalian embryos. Addressing a current need in the life sciences, they had to be commercialized to assure distribution. Flipper probes are thus as an example for the direct translation of demanding supramolecular chemistry principles into products that do well on the market. The third example for the spirit of translational supramolecular chemistry focuses on dynamic covalent exchange cascades to find new ways to enter into cells. The resulting thiol-mediated uptake emerges as complex network that encodes for cell penetration in the broadest sense, working from genome editing in live animals to general cytosolic delivery into deep tissue, explaining the mystery of FDA-approved antisense oligonucleotide phosphorothioates, affording inhibitors for the cellular entry of pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2 – but how does it really work?
[Seminar] Classification of classical spin liquid in the large-S limit
Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field. Language: English
【ONLINE】ONNA×OIST Children's School of Science OPEN CLASS!
こどもかがく教室オープンクラス
SHIMA 2022
SHIMAは、沖縄県内の高校生を対象に、島の生態系や文化の持続可能性について学ぶ、毎年開催している科学教育アウトリーチプログラムです。
【ONLINE】2022年恩納村×OIST こどもかがくきょうしつ Onna/OIST Children's School of Science
恩納村×OIST こどもかがく教室2022
8月15日(月)~19日(金)
09:00~10:30
Cosmos screening (episode 6)
Cosmos episode 6: Travellers' Tales
OIST Representation Theory Seminar
Academic Careers in Europe with Dr. Kerstin Lenk
Dr. Kerstin Lenk, Graz University of Technology. Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: Young Researchers. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration.
[Seminar] 'Super Resolution Imaging with Metamaterials' by Dr Yeon Ui Lee
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
[Seminar] The neurobiological effects of ocean acidification on a cephalopod
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.(...)
Evolutionary Genomics Seminar Vol.1_Mysterious mating behavior of a subsocial wood-feeding cockroach: female and male eat their wings one another, presented by Haruka Osaki, Postdoc at Kyoto University
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
TSVP Talk: "Modeling Networks Reveals How Neural Connectivity Transforms Space Into Time" by Dr. Merav Stern
Dr. Merav Stern, Hebrew 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).
Uke Club Meeting - Seaside Lounge OR Beach!
Uke night! Maybe on the beach!
TSVP Talk: "Modeling Neuron-Astrocyte Interactions in the Brain" by Dr. Kerstin Lenk
Dr. Kerstin Lenk, Graz University of Technology. 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).