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? Want to apply for Round 14 of the Proof of Concept (POC) Program? We welcome your ideas and questions!

[Seminar] "A Photoinduced Annulation Strategy Towards a Polycyclic Heteroaromatic Chromophore: Scope, Mechanism, Properties and Applications" by Dr. Marine Labro, JSPS postdoctoral fellow at Kyoto University

Registration Now Open---Academic Job Market Workshop Series---Module 5: Job Search Process II---Will take place on September 4. Please register if you plan to attend at least one of the modules in the series, which is open to all OIST members.

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).

Speaker: Dr. Nariyoshi Shinomiya, former President of the National Defense Medical College Date & Time: August 21, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Venue: Center Building, Room B250 Language: English and Japanese (with interpretation)

Lecture on biosafety and biosecurity in cutting-edge life sciences, including topics such as synthetic biology and gain-of-function research, as well as dual-use concerns.

Registration Now Open---Academic Job Market Workshop Series---Module 4: Other Common Application Materials---Will take place on August 21. Please register if you plan to attend at least one of the modules in the series, which is open to all OIST members.

Lecturer: Professor Wyeth Bair, U Washington (current TSVP visitor)

This mini‑course is a series of three lectures, scheduled on August 20, 21, and 22 from 13:30 to 15:30.

Use the link below to register for this mini-course.

https://forms.office.com/r/ZrwJrNN69y

Contact gs-cp@oist.jp if you have any questions.

As part of the ongoing partnership between OIST and The University of Tokyo, a joint symposium will be held in Tokyo on August 19. Event Details and registration: https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/ja/events/z0701_00040.html

Language: English

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? Want to apply for Round 14 of the Proof of Concept (POC) Program? We welcome your ideas and questions!

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 Dr. Javier Robledo Moreno, a Research Scientist at IBM Quantum (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center), who will deliver a talk entitled:

“On the Application of Quantum-Centric Supercomputing for Electronic Structure Problems”

Prof. Kuang-An Chang, Zachry Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University

National holiday

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? Want to apply for Round 14 of the Proof of Concept (POC) Program? We welcome your ideas and questions!

Expository Talk by Prof. Dolors​ Herbera (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain), as part of the Thematic Program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined.

Abstract: A theorem of Kaplansky states that, over any ring, projective module decompose as a direct sum of countably generated (projective) modules.

Registration Now Open---Academic Job Market Workshop Series---Module 4: Other Common Application Materials---Will take place on August 21. Please register if you plan to attend at least one of the modules in the series, which is open to all OIST members.

Registration Now Open---Academic Job Market Workshop Series---Module 3: Writing Research Statements---Will take place on August 7. Please register if you plan to attend at least one of the modules in the series, which is open to all OIST members.

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).

Expository Talk by Dr. Greg Stevenson (Aarhus University, Denmark), as part of the Thematic Program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined. Title: A gentle introduction to condensed mathematics

Abstract: I'll attempt to give a relatively nontechnical and informal introduction to condensed sets and abelian groups.

Time: 10:30-11:30, August 7, 2025

Location: OIST, Lab 5, Floor D, Room L5D23

Zoom Link: Zoom Link Meeting ID: 947 8296 0593 Passcode: 584111

Speaker: Prof. Markus Ullsperger Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg Institute of Psychology Department of Neuropsychology

Title: Multiplexed cortical representations of performance monitoring and reinforcement learning variables in humans

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).

Mikhail Khovanov , Johns Hopkins University Title: The Delannoy category and its diagrammatics

Mee Seong Im , Johns Hopkins University Title: Entropy, cocycles, algebraic K-theory and diagrammatics

Speaker : Prof. Andrew Lobb (Durham University) Title : Peg problems and peg progress Date and time : 4 ^th Auguest Monday at 14:30 Location : L4E48 Language: English

Expository Talk by Prof. Sergio Estrada (Universidad de Murcia, Spain), as part of the Thematic Program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined. Title: Density-Sensitive bifiltrations in TDA

Time: 10:30-11:30, August 4, 2025

Location: OIST, Lab 5, Floor D, Room L5D23

Zoom Link: Will be posted closer to the event!

Evident Spinning Disk Microscope User Training

Okinawan Grass Weaving Workshop with KEIO students!FY2025

A seminar by Tracy S. Tran, PhD, Professor in Neurobiology, Rutgers University, NJ , will be hosted by Prof. Yoshida.

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? Want to apply for Round 14 of the Proof of Concept (POC) Program? We welcome your ideas and questions!

Expository Talk by Prof. Ulrich Bauer (Technical University of Munich, Germany), as part of the Thematic Program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined. Title: Geometric complexes and topological persistence: a panoramic view

Time: 14:00-15:30, August 1, 2025

Location: OIST, Lab 5, Floor D, Room L5D23

Zoom Link: Will be posted closer to the event!

Anemonefishes as models for social evolution and behaviour

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).

Diving deep to understand coral reef dynamics across longitude, latitude , and depth

This introductory mini-course & tutorial is offered by an expert in Topological Data Analysis & Machine Learning, as part of the thematic program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined (TP25TD).

Topological Data Analysis for Machine Learning (by Dr. David Loiseaux)

​ The lectures & tutorials for the minicourse will be between 10:00-12:00, on Wednesday (July 30), Thursday (July 31), and Friday (August 1).

Ken Ono , University of Virginia Title: Partitions Detect Primes

ZEISS on Your Campus-Technology Seminar

In collaboration with leading venture capital firms, OIST Innovation offers startups and entrepreneurial researchers the opportunity to connect directly with venture capitalists for one-on-one mentoring and discussion. The featured VC for this round is GX Partners . Please note: This session will be conducted in Japanese only.

Presidential Lecture by Prof. Ken Ono entitled, "Why Does Ramanujan, The Man Who Knew Infinity, Matter?"

Let’s learn Uchinaaguchi (Okinawan language) and its history! with KEIO students! 2025

Speaker: Prof. Ruslan Temirov, Peter Grünberg Institute-3 (Quantum Nanoscience), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany

OIST-KEIO International Research Summer Camp 2025 will be held July 28th-August 6th. Please welcome 20 KEIO undergraduate medical school students to OIST! If you would like to get involved, check out events that OISTers are welcome to join!

Dr. Felipe Isaule, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, will give a seminar on " Ultracold polarons and impurities: from lattice polarons to effective field theories ". Please join us!

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? Want to apply for Round 14 of the Proof of Concept (POC) Program? We welcome your ideas and questions!

A hands-on, 2-day workshop to help startups explore overseas markets—focusing on U.S. entry but valuable for anyone looking to go global. Includes pitch refinement, market insights, and personalized feedback.

Dr Kentaro Komori, Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo

Open Call for Visiting Scholars in FY2025

Open Call for Thematic Programs in FY2027

Language: English

Session 4: June 22nd, Tuesday, 15:00-16:00 via Zoom - Organization of Universities, Japan's science promotion policy Presenter: Mizuki Shimanuki (Provost), Facilitator: Ayumi Nagai (C-Hub)

Speaker: Dr. hab. eng. Tomasz Marszalek, Group Leader at Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research & Lodz University of Technology