Dr. Maxim Trushin, Centre for Advanced 2D Materials, NUS, Singapore

Speaker: Dr. Katja T.C.A. Peijnenburg 1) Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands 2) University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Abstract: The rational homotopy groups of the group Diff(S^4) of self-diffeomorphisms of S^4 with the C^\infty-topology. We present a method to prove that there are many 'exotic' non-trivial elements in the rational homotopy groups of Diff(S^4) parametrized by trivalent graphs. The proof utilizes Kontsevich's characteristic classes for smooth disk bundles and a version of clasper surgery for families. In fact, these are analogues of Chern-Simons perturbation theory in 3-dimension and clasper theory due to Goussarov and Habiro.

First Assembly of the ORC (OIST Researcher Community) with the new elected office.

Language: English

Speaker: Prof Ya Tang Yang - Jack; National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Language: English

沖縄県立芸術大学大学院造形芸術研究科展 at OIST。入場無料。

TQM unit is pleased to invite everyone to a seminar.

Seminar Language: English

The Tokuyasu cryo-sectioning method is a well-established technique in Cell Biology for the localisation of macromoleculs by immuno-gold labelling. We will teach the essentials like chemical fixation and its impact on the cellular ultrastructure, how to judge the quality of antibodies and to do immunolabelling.

Cooking Competition

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute https://www.mbari.org/bessho_manabu/

“QuickFix”- improve your application materials in an interactive and a time-efficient manner!

Abstract: In this talk, I will explain basics of the Seiberg-Witten equations and applications to topology. I will also mention about recent progress in the Seiberg-Witten Floer theory.

Seminar by Prof. Tuan Tran,School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Speaker: Prof. Jean-Jacques Slotine Massachusetts Institute of Technology Title: Adaptive nonlinear control and learning dynamics with spiking networks

Mr. Sajid Ali, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Universiry of Technology, Sydney

Speaker: Prof. Jean-Jacques Slotine Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. Jhon González, Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC-UPV/EHU)-Material Physics Center (MPC)

Speaker: Dr. Lei-Han Tang, Department of Physics, Hong Kong Baptist University, Complex Systems Division, Beijing Computational Science Research Center

Seminar

Speaker: Prof. Chao Tang, Center for Quantitative Biology, Peking University

Speaker: Prof. X.C. Xie, International Center for Quantum Materials and School of Physics, Peking University

Speaker: Prof. Enge Wang, International Center for Quantum Materials and School of Physics, Peking University & Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

OIST Jointly-funded Symposium organized by OIST (Marine Biophysics Unit) and Scripps Institution of Oceonography | All scientific sessions open to OIST members (working meals are closed sessions) | For non-OIST members: Please contact the organizers for information on how to participate.

National holiday

那覇のジュンク堂書店にて行われている、OISTの研究者らによるサイエンストークシリーズ「衣食住」。

第4回目となる1月は、G0細胞ユニットの佐二木健一研究員が、科学技術が発展する世界に「やちむん」が教えてくれること　について講演を行う予定です。

Kenji Katayama, Department of Applied Chemistry, Chuo University

Researchers and professors from universities as well as renowned energy companies from all over Japan come together to discuss their recent projects. All OIST members are welcome to attend. Presentations on Friday will be held in English, presentations on Saturday in Japanese.

Seminar by Prof. Matsueda, Vice President, NIT Sendai

The new issue of Kuroshio Magazine is out -- and available in print at today’s Teatime! Swing by Grano at 4pm to grab some tea, coffee and snacks and read up on the Current of OIST!

The recent developments in quantum science and technology now allow us to control systems at the quantum level, and we have began to see the quantum world in ways we have never imagine before. In this workshop, co-organized by KAKENHI program " Science of Hybrid Quantum Systems " in Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (新学術領域, Shin-Gakujutsu-Ryouiki), international experts on various hybrid quantum systems will gather to discuss the recent developments as well as future perspectives.

National holiday.

National holiday.

Katoori Chaat

Title: Maintenance of regulatory T cell stability by ubiquitin E3 ligases deltex1 and XIAP

Speaker: Professor Ming-Zong Lai

Affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sincia

When developing a drug, biomarker, or treatment approach, how will it actually work in patients, and how will it change the decisions that are made during treatment? Doctors, patients, and other stake holders each have different concerns about the costs/benefits at each stage of a medical treatment, and these concerns are not always effectively met. We focus on these issues in a teaching setting at Brown University (USA) as a lot of the tools for translating research into healthcare are generally relevant to how we do collaborative research.

Prof. Gordon Berman, Emory University

Host: Stephens unit

In this Innovation Forum hosted talk, Ginkgo Bioworks Associate Head of Metabolic Engineering, Dr. Massimo Merighi, will discuss several case studies of pathways developed by Ginkgo, in particular one involving the engineering of a substrate co-feed in Escherichia coli , including a history of how this design cycle has evolved over time to take advantage of new technological developments.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

Title: The mouth, the anus and the blastopore. Their questionable developmental and evolutionary relationships and the origin of the animal gut

Speaker: Prof. Andreas Hejnol

Affiliation: Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, Norway. Research Group Leader “Comparative Developmental Biology of Animals”

Join us for the last Teatime of 2018! Come for the usual tea, coffee and snacks, stay to discuss New Year's Resolutions that we may or may not keep. In any case, maybe the mid-afternoon caffeine boost will inspire some big plans for the year ahead.

Have a safe holiday season everyone, and we'll see you at the next Teatime on January 10!

Title: ECM1 promotes differentiation of follicular helper T cells by antagonizing IL-2-STAT5 pathway

Speaker: Professor Bing Sun

Affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Title: High-resolution Rodent fMRI at Ultrahigh Fields

Speaker: Professor Seong-Gi Kim

Affiliation: Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research, Institute for Basic Science, Suwon, Korea; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea

This interactive presentation suggests tools and examples to help scientists communicate in ways that resonate with people outside of their field about what they do and why it matters. The seesion will cover general principles in how to craft clear and conversational statements, and engage with your audience.

Dr. Nitin Upadhyaya, Assistant Professor, Flame University.

Indian Tandoori Chicken

Science Presentation Competition for High School Students in Okinawa

Tom Burns, currently a rotation student in the Topology and Geometry of Manifolds (Tsvietkova) Unit, will present a talk on a research project done as part of his lab rotation. The title is "Exploring Gridworlds with State Complexes".

All are welcome.

Internal Seminar, 4-5 pm, Friday, December 7, C700