Pavel Puchenkov, Scientific Computing & Data Analysis Section will introduce the scientific data visualization service and give a tutorial on 3D software, Blender.

Language: Englsih

"Dr. Bernhard Vowinckel, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA", "Language: English. No interpretation."

Dr. Nicolò Lo Piparo, JSPS Fellow, National Institute of Informatics, Japan

Seminar "A novel signaling cascade that regulates brown adipocyte function" Dr. Kazuki Hattori, Feb 23.

Seminar "Aberrant post-translational modifications of the MEK MAPKK in cancer" Prof. Mutsuhiro Takekawa.

Please address inquiries to the President's Office.

Dr. Sadiq Rangwala, Professor, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, India Language: English Desired audience: Researchers, Technicians, Students

Seminar by Prof. Hiroshi Kageyama (Kyoto U), Feb 20th, 2-3pm at C016, QLab1.

予約開始：1月30日（月）午前11時　www.oist.jp/concert

This is an external event, organized by the Okinawa International Exchange & Human Resources Development Foundation . To participate, fill out the attached application form and submit to kokusai@oihf.or.jp by Feb 9th, 2017.

古来より日本人は海藻を食してきました。現在この食文化は欧米へと広がり、海藻は健康食材として世界中で注目されています。沖縄では、美しい海を利用した海藻養殖が盛んに行われています。今回は沖縄の特産品であるモズクと海ぶどうについての最新のゲノム研究についてお話させていただきます。また研究により示唆された、海藻と健康の関係についてもご紹介したいと思います。

Selection workshop for students seeking admission to the PhD program in 2017

National Holiday.

* * * !!! * * * 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."

Professor Michael Gutnick, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Speaker: Nozomu Yachie

Associate Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology

Title: DNA barcode technologies for high-throughput measurements of molecular and cellular dynamics

Speaker: Professor Jun Okuda, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University

Dr. Yutaka Shikano, Research Associate Professor, Institute for Molecular Science, Language: English

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."

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

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."

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.