Briefing Session on New Approval Process of Field Activities. If your unit, including visitors, PhD students and rotation students, is currently doing field work, or planning to do fieldwork in FY 2017, please attend or send a representative. If you are carrying out several projects, feel free to bring relevant colleagues.

Date: February 3, 2017

Time: 16:00-17:00

Place: B250 seminar room

Speaker: Prof. Bethany Rader, Southern Illinois University

Please address inquiries to the President's Office.

Internal Seminar: Yoshimasa Takizawa, Postdoctoral Researcher, Molecular Cryo-Electron Microscopy Unit (Wolf Unit)

Seminar "Small molecule inhibitors of cancer stem cells identified through target-based and cell based screening" Dr.Nobumoto Watanabe, Feb 1.

Nomura School Ryukyuan Traditional Music Association presents Ryukyu Traditional Performing Art. Admission free. Registration required. Go to www.oist.jp/concert for more information."

This seminar is open only for the OIST community.

Dr. Luca Sapienza, Solid-state Quantum Optics group, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Southampton (United Kingdom)

This seminar is open only to the OIST community.

Dr. Reiko Toriumi, Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics, and Particle Physics, Faculty of Science, Radboud University Nijmegen

沖縄県立芸術大学大学院造形芸術研究科展 in OIST、入場無料、予約不要

This seminar is open only for the OIST community.

Dr. Henrik Bringmann, Sleep and Wake, Max Planck Institution for Biophysical Chemistry

This seminar is open only for the OIST community.

Dr. Estienne C. Swart, Institute of Cell Biology, University of Bern

Prof. Changjoon Justin Lee, KIST (Korea Institute of Science and Technology) / Language : English / No registration required.

We offer a concise introduction to C and C++ programming for researchers and students.

* * * !!! * * * INPUT A SUMMARY! * * * !!! * * * such as "Dr. Jill Tanner, Distinguished Professor, Stanford University", "Language: Japanese. No interpretation.", "By invitation only.", "Registration required. Go to www.oist.jp/reserve for more information."

Cancer Stem Cell Working Group (CSCWG) Seminar by Hong Huat Hoh (OIST PhD Student). Open to all.

* * * !!! * * * INPUT A SUMMARY! * * * !!! * * * such as "Dr. Jill Tanner, Distinguished Professor, Stanford University", "Language: Japanese. No interpretation.", "By invitation only.", "Registration required. Go to www.oist.jp/reserve for more information."

This seminar is open only for the OIST community.

Dr. Keiko Kono, Medical Department and Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya City University

This seminar is open only for the OIST community.

Dr. Yingli Rao, Chemical Engineering, Stanford University

OIST Mini Symposium - Open to all OIST members - For non-OIST members: Please contact the organizers for information on how to participate.

Speaker: Dr. Sho Soeda

Researcher, Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Title: Dephosphorylation-mediated functional switching of chromokinesin Kid/KIF22 ensures chromosome segregation.

Language: English. Registration required. Details TBA at https://groups.oist.jp/isaw.

The library is hosting Mendeley Seminar on January 10, 2016 with training provided by an expert from Elsevier. There are two sessions: English and Japanese

National Holiday.

Prof. So Nakagawa, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Life Science, Tokai University School of Medicine

Dr. Hsiao-Han Chang, Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

* * * !!! * * * INPUT A SUMMARY! * * * !!! * * * such as "Dr. Jill Tanner, Distinguished Professor, Stanford University", "Language: Japanese. No interpretation.", "By invitation only.", "Registration required. Go to www.oist.jp/reserve for more information."

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。

Please be notified there will be a power outage on Dec 17 ^th , due to a scheduled legal inspection. Please read for details.

Teatime has been moved to Friday this week, 16:00 in the restaurant, level B.

Seminar by Professor Limin Tong

Prof. Lars Brink. Language: English. No interpretation.

Hans-Peter Lipp, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, University of Zurich

入場無料・申込不要。 県内の高校生が研究をつづけてきたテーマについて、ビジネスや日常生活に応用するプランを提案し、内容を競うコンテスト。今回は１５校３８名が参加します。多くの皆様の観覧、応援をお待ちしております。

Date : December 9 ^th (Fri), 2016 Time: 3:00pm – 4:00pm Venue: D015, Lab1 Level D Speaker: Prof. C.K. Chan (Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Title: Effects of dissolved gases in the dispersion of carbon nanotubes in water

Abstract: Normally, carbon nano-tubes (CNT) cannot be dispersed easily in water because of the hydrophobicity of carbon surfaces. Usually, surfactants are added to form a stable CNT/Water dispersion. Here we report our experiments to explore the effects of dissolved gases in the water on the formation of CNT/water dispersion. In the experiments, multi-wall CNT are dispersed by sonification in water with and without degassing by the freeze-pump-thaw method. Contrary to the formation of stable surfactant-free dispersion...

* * * !!! * * * INPUT A SUMMARY! * * * !!! * * * such as "Dr. Jill Tanner, Distinguished Professor, Stanford University", "Language: Japanese. No interpretation.", "By invitation only.", "Registration required. Go to www.oist.jp/reserve for more information."

Target Group: OIST Researchers; 3 workshops during Dec. 8-10; Venue: Central Building - SR C210; Instructor: Alyssa Swanson, Intensive Program Manager, University of Pennsylvania's English Language Programs, USA. Registration deadline: Tuesday, Dec. 6th. To register and read more about the event, go to https://groups.oist.jp/pcda

This is an externally organized event. For more information contact the organizers.

Dr. Benoit Girard, ISIR, UPMC/CNRS in France.　Registration: NOT required.

Dr. Benoit Girard, ISIR, UPMC/CNRS in France

Registration: NOT required.

Seminar: 'Transcriptome analysis, from bulk to single cells and single molecules' by Dr. Charles Plessy, RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies Division of Genomic Technologies

Prof. Jonathan Roiser, Neuroscience and Mental Health at the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (ICN), London. Registration: NOT required.

Amira Sminar By Matthieu NIKLAUS, Product Marketing Engineer FEI Japan

様々な科学プログラム。入場無料。どなたでもご参加いただけます。予約不要。

Prof. Eugene Kroll, Research Associate Professor, University of Montana, Missoula

Dr. Alexander Revzin, Professor, Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering Mayo Clinic, USA

Dr. Vincent Daria, Leader of the Neurophotonics Research Group, John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU, Australia

Many situations in a research environment can cause a large amount of stress and impact our daily lives. Some of us are able to deal with it easily, others have a harder time doing so. Come to the OIST cafeteria, Level B at 4 pm on November 24 to discuss with your colleagues and Ganjuu and get insightful tips and tricks on how to deal with stress and anxiety in both the workplace and at home!

All this while enjoying free coffee, tea and snacks!