Nikon Day @ OIST

Jinhyun Choo, Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at KAIST.

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

This Mini Course will introduce you to a cutting edge application of this high-level programming language .

Julia is a high-level , high-performance programming language designed to address the needs of computational science as well as to be effective for general purpose use. It aims to rival C and Fortran in terms of speed. It is an excellent alternative to MATLAB or Python in terms of syntax.

Speaker;

Dr. Shun Wakatsuki, Designated Assistant Professor at Graduate School of Mathematics, Nagoya University

Alexander Yong, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Title: Newell-Littlewood numbers

Struggling with being "on" in the professional setting due to tragedy and grief in your personal life? Join this workshop to develop a personal action plan and practical toolkit for resilience in your daily professional setting after experiencing loss. This session is open to administrative staff, students, and researchers and is facilitated by Kristin Macapagal, Program Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Spots are limited to create a safe, respectful space for dialogue.

Speaker: Karol Gietka, Postdoc, University of Innsbruck, Austria

This Mini Course will introduce you to a cutting edge application of this high-level programming language .

Julia is a high-level , high-performance programming language designed to address the needs of computational science as well as to be effective for general purpose use. It aims to rival C and Fortran in terms of speed. It is an excellent alternative to MATLAB or Python in terms of syntax.

[With Simultaneous Interpretation 英語同時通訳あり]

人の身体には免疫力、抵抗力があり、病気や怪我から私たちを守ってくれます。

人のこころにも回復力が備わっていて、困難や絶望から私たちを救い出してくれます。

その力をレジリエンス（精神的回復力）と言います。人は苦しい時、困難から抜け出せないと諦めたときに、死を考えます。唯一の解決策だと思うからです。まやかしの解決で誘惑する死の幻影がちらつく前に、レジリエンスの引き出し方、活用の仕方を考えましょう。

対話をしながら進めていきます。私とあなた方の対話。そして話を聞きながら自分の心との対話。もし可能なら、お互い同士の対話もできたらいいですね。

The human body has immunity and resistance that protect us from illness and injury. The human mind also has the capacity to rescues us from difficulties and despair. This power is called resilience. When people are in pain, when they have given up, they think about death because they think it is the only solution. Before the vision of death flickers over us, tempting us with false solutions, let's think about how to draw out and use our resilience.

We will proceed with a dialogue. A dialogue between you and me. And as we listen to each other, have a dialogue with our own hearts.

　 長田 ( ながた ) 　 清 ( きよし ) 　　( 長田クリニック院長　　医学博士)

那覇市出身。

徳島大学医学部卒業。

東京都立松沢病院。沖縄県立精和病院。

平成13年より那覇市で長田クリニック（心療内科）を開院、現在に至る。

薬物偏重の精神科治療に飽き足らず、精神療法の活動に軸を置き、内観療法、催眠療法、集団療法、認知行動療法、解決志向アプローチ、ポジティブ心理学などに取り組む。積極的にカウンセリング技法を学び、その経験を生かした臨床治療、社会活動を行っている。

NPOおきなわCAPセンター（児童虐待防止活動）代表理事

沖縄いのちの電話理事長

沖縄県精神科診療所協会副会長

Kiyoshi Nagata (Director, Nagata Clinic, M.D.)

Born in Naha City.

Graduated from Tokushima University School of Medicine.

Worked at Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital and Okinawa Prefectural Seiwa Hospital. Opened Nagata Clinic (psychosomatic medicine) in Naha City in 2001.

He has focused his activities on psychotherapy, including introspective therapy, hypnotherapy, group therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, solution-oriented approach, and positive psychology. He is actively learning counseling techniques and is applying his experience in clinical treatment and social activities.

Representative Director of NPO Okinawa CAP Center (Child Abuse Prevention Activities)

President, Okinawa Hotline

Vice President, Okinawa Psychiatric Clinics Association

This workshop is open to the whole OIST community.

OIST コミュニティどなたでもご参加いただけます。

Speaker: Laurin Ostermann, Senior Scientist, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Do you have extra food in your kitchen cupboards? A spare can of pineapples or tomato sauce, perhaps? If you do and you’re willing to part with them, you can give them to a good cause. Between November 27th (Mon) and December 8th (Fri) the Resource Center will accept food donations. These will later be sent to the local non-profit organization “Second Harvest Okinawa,” which will distribute them to families in need.

OIST Workshop | Main organizer: Jason Twamley (Quantum Machines) | Website | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions.

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。 詳細は イベントウェブサイト をご覧ください。(外部リンク)

COI Team Announces Call for New Projects! Seeking initiatives aligned with our core themes—Healthy Mind, Healthy Body, and Healthy Environment. Encouraging proposals with tangible outcomes for a real impact.

Speaker: Gediminas Juzeliūnas, Professor, Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

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。 詳細は 学会ウェブサイト をご覧ください。(外部リンク)

National holiday

Dear RUA and Fixed Asset management staff

FY23 Fixed Asset Information session will be held via Zoom. Those in charge of fixed asset management are please participate in this session.

【2023年度固定資産実査説明会】をオンラインにて開催いたします。

固定資産実査を担当される方につきましては、ご参加のほど宜しく願い致します。

【Date】 November 22 (Wed)

【Time】 14:00-14:30

【Language】 Japanese

【ZOOM link】 Please access Zoom from the following link

【ZOOM link】 Please access Zoom from the following link

　　　　　　　　 https://oist.zoom.us/j/94246889699

Meeting ID ＞ 942 4688 9699

【DFM site】 https://groups.oist.jp/ja/dfa/fixed-assets

Shinichi Aizawa is Professor Emeritus at the Prefectural University of Hiroshima currently visiting OIST through the Visiting Program (TSVP). He is considered one of the world’s foremost experts in the structure and function of bacterial flagella. His contributions to solving flagellar polymorphism are very highly regarded, and his book “The Flagellar World” has become a standard textbook in the field.

5th Japan SciCom Forum (JSF) Conference will be held on November 21-22, 2023 at the OIST. After the previous two editions were held online due to COVID-19, we are very excited to have all attendees on the OIST campus in person for the 2023 edition. Registration is closed. The details are on the website: https://www.japansci.com/conference/jsf23

Speaker: Dr. Oliver Bellwood

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

This in-person interactive workshop is for graduate students, post-docs, and other researchers. This ICOGS* workshop is offered by the Georgia Tech Effective Team Dynamics Initiative and will be facilitated by Prof Mary Lynn Realff (MSE). * (ICOGS) Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Graduate Students Working as part of a team, or group, comes with both benefits and challenges. The benefits include interacting with people who bring different viewpoints, expertise and experiences to the table. However, the challenges include communicating effectively with people who have different backgrounds and dealing constructively with conflict due to different viewpoints. The workshop will explore how diversity in a team can strengthen it, different approaches to dealing with conflict, how to have a “difficult conversation” with both peers and your supervisor, and strategies for avoiding communications problems. Take home tools to improve your team skills will be provided.

Seminar by Kalle Parvinen, University Research Fellow at the University of Turku, Finland (All are welcome to attend).

Asymptotic symmetries of gravity,

Bilyana Tomova,

OIST

This in-person interactive workshop is for graduate students, post-docs, and other researchers. This ICOGS* workshop is offered by the Georgia Tech Effective Team Dynamics Initiative and will be facilitated by Prof Mary Lynn Realff (MSE). * (ICOGS) Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Graduate Students Working as part of a team, or group, comes with both benefits and challenges. The benefits include interacting with people who bring different viewpoints, expertise and experiences to the table. However, the challenges include communicating effectively with people who have different backgrounds and dealing constructively with conflict due to different viewpoints. The workshop will explore how diversity in a team can strengthen it, different approaches to dealing with conflict, how to have a “difficult conversation” with both peers and your supervisor, and strategies for avoiding communications problems. Take home tools to improve your team skills will be provided.

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。 詳細は 学会ウェブサイト をご覧ください。(外部リンク)

OIST Innovation will co-host a pitch event with Lifetime Ventures.

Startup Synapse -Where researchers and startups connect-

Date: November 17, 2023 (Friday)

Time: 12:45 - 15:00

Venue: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Lab4 E48

Language: English

The Community Cooking Series aims to bring the OIST community and residents of Onna closer through a shared love of food. Each session will be focused on one dish, taught by someone with a personal connection to the recipe (perhaps you?).

Epigenomic disease research using genome and epigenome editing technologies, and safety measures for conducting such research

#4 Study Sessions for Administrative Staff (English) : Research administrative support

Speaker: Mizuki Shimanuki, Provost Office. Facilitator: Ayumi Nagai, C-Hub

This event underscores the pivotal role of knowledge and collaboration in forging a sustainable future brought to life through the strategic partnership between OIST and Keio University.

OIST and Keio University have successfully blended top-down and bottom-up approaches, charting new research paths and nurturing young scholars since 2019. In this first inaugural joint symposium, the strengths of existing hubs such as WPI and COI-NEXT are maximized, fostering a complementary relationship that facilitates collective exploration of the world’s challenges.

Japan from the Land of the Gods to the land of convenience: Cycles of Japanese history

Come learn how to communicate your impactful ideas visually and engage audiences with poster presentations, an important skill set not only for scientists, but for all presenters! Poster presentations are an interactive, effective format for showcasing research or sharing ideas, programs, and projects.

In this talk Dr. Dornburg will demonstrate the utility of comparative phylogenetic methods in providing a quantitative basis for otherwise unknown parameters that are fundamental to personal, clinical, and public health policy decision-making.

Prof. Dr. Claudia Veigel

Department of Cellular Physiology (chair) and Centre for Nanosciences (CeNS), Biomedical Centre (BMC)

Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) München Munich, Germany

Prof. Dr. Justin E. Molloy

Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology, Warwick Medical School, Warwick University

Visiting Scientist: The Francis Crick Institute

OIST Innovation will exhibit at "Climbers Startup JAPAN EXPO 2023 - Autumn -" which will be held on November 14 and 15, 2023. OIST Innovationは、2023年11月14-15日に開催される「Climbers Startup JAPAN EXPO 2023 -秋-」に出展いたします。

Speaker: Dr. Irene Li, Assistant Professor, University of Tokyo, Seminar Room L5D23

OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Tom Froese (Embodied Cognitive Science Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions (registration required).

Welcome to the CO2 Removal Challenge 2023 co-organised by OIST Innovation and Lifetime Ventures .

​This 2-day Direct Air Carbon Capture (DACC) design hackathon empowers next-generation climate enthusiasts to explore their innovative ideas with guidance from climate experts.

​ [Application by November 12th, details at the bottom]

OIST講堂＆メインキャンパスでサイエンスショーや科学プログラムなどを予定。 詳細は随時公式ページにアップします！

Science show, hands-on demonstrations, lecture and so on. More information will be updated on the official event website.

Company overview: QunaSys builds software for quantum computing to achieve its full potential through our algorithm development to product engineering. We engage in R&D for a future where quantum computers can be used as a disruptive tool in industries such as materials, chemistry, drug discovery, and many more.

OIST Innovationは沖縄最大級のスタートアップの祭典「Startup Festa 2023」に参加いたします。OIST Innovationが参加するトークセッション「大学発スタートアップの最前線！〜世界に注目される沖縄へ〜」は17:40開始です。

OIST Innovation will participate in Startup Festa 2023, Okinawa's largest startup festival. "The Forefront of University Startups", the talk session in which OIST Innovation will participate will start at 17:40.

Dr. Mollie Brooks is a Senior Research Scientist at the National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Danish Technical University.

All are welcome, especially those with interests in: fish, climate change, and statistical forecasting!

Dr. Lanfear will talk about his group's efforts to improve phylogenetic inference in a world of increasingly large data sets.

Join us for an enlightening journey into the world of entrepreneurship with Mr. Kiichi Kubota, co-founder of PeptiDream and current CEO of KSP Get ready to uncover the secrets behind his remarkable success and invaluable insights from his experience. Don't miss this opportunity to fuel your own entrepreneurial aspirations. Save the date: Nov 8 (Wed) 13:00-15:00 at OIST Campus. Free Admission. Registration is required. See you there! #EntrepreneurTalk #SuccessUnveiled #Inspiration #EntrepreneurshipJourney

Prof. Masaru Yoshida, Director, Research Center for Integrated Catalysis Chemistry , AIST

Ulrich Thiel, University of Kaiserslautern-Landau Title: The rank one property for free Frobenius extensions

Essential information towards startup success! OIST Innovation hosts a seminar by the Okinawa Industrial Promotion Corporation on basic knowledge and grants for entrepreneurs.

Don't miss this opportunity to fuel your own entrepreneurial aspirations. Tue, 7 Nov 14:00-16:00. Free Admission. Registration required.

Dr. Michelle Leger, Postdoc, Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-UPF), Barcelona, Spain