Language: English

Reservation required.

Please address inquiries to the President's Office.

Edelman Japan President and CEO Meghan Barstow presents highlights from Edelman’s Trust Barometer 2022 research highlighting Japan and contrasting it with the rest of the world.

NOTE: This session will be delivered in English and simultaneous interpretation will be provided in Japanese.

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 In my talk, I will introduce our unpublished studies aiming at 1) elucidation of neuronal underpinning that survives extreme plasticity yet supports memory and 2) development of a novel approach to reset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

Ganjuu Wellbeing Service is moving!

Our new location will be the Former Presidents House near the faculty housing and Lab5. The move will take place on 28 ^th -29 ^th Sept. The service will be temporarily closed but will be open on Monday 3 ^rd October.

We hope to see you there.

Colonial scientific practices are embedded in current scientific research, policy, education, and outreach. It is therefore necessary to acknowledge and undo colonial structures and processes and change practices and mindsets within science and scientific communities. A keynote presentation and subsequent panel will address colonial scientific practices, the negative scientific developments that are caused by them, and how to move towards an inclusive science system, globally.

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?”

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.

"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

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

National holiday

Ukulele club is back!

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

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.

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

Language: English

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).

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.

National holiday

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. (...)

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 Open for September to November

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": informal discussions and getting to know each other

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

Welcome Ceremony for Class of 2022 New Students

Uke Club meeting postponed due to probable typhoon

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.

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.

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

こどもかがく教室オープンクラス

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。

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 episode 6: Travellers' Tales

National holiday

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

Uke night! Maybe on the beach!

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