Title: Does Synaptic Strength Encode Sleep Need?

Speaker: Dr. Shoi Shi, Principal Investigator, International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (IIIS), University of Tsukuba

Language: English

The OIST Center for Quantum Technologies (OCQT) and AIST will jointly host a commemorative event for the Signing of the MoU (Memorandum of Understanding – Collaboration Agreement) . The event will highlight our collaboration in the field of quantum science. Additionally, a symposium will be held to explore how quantum technology could transform future societies and corporate activities.

Dr. Jonathan T. Sczepanski, Professor, Texas A&M University. 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? We welcome your ideas and questions!

Title: Micro- and Nanomotors Driven by Optical Forces and Torques

Speaker: Dr Mikael Käll, Professor, Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Sustainability for a connected world

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).

Title: Plasmonic Optical Tweezers: From Nanoparticles Trapping to Biomolecules Manipulation

Speaker: Dr Domna Kotsifaki, Assistant Professor of Physics, Duke Kunshan University, China

Title: Multipliers of orbital angular momentum of light

Speaker: Dr Georgiy Tkachenko, University of Bordeaux, France

Talk title: Bridging Science and Art: A Journey from Medicinal Chemistry to Photographic Expression

Speaker: Maya Beano, participating photographer in the Polar Blues, Island Hues exhibition at OIST with her images of Antarctica

Stefano Antonini

UC Berkeley

水中で歌うクジラ、声で狩りをするイルカーそのふしぎを解き明かす。 OISTの公開講演イベント「動物たちの『声』の不思議に迫る！」

日本語同時通訳付き 対象：10歳以上 事前登録： https://www.oist.jp/ja/event-registration/public-lecture-how-do-animals-make-sound-coen-elemans 　(締め切り：3月23日23:59）

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? We welcome your ideas and questions!

Iryna Kashuba, Southern University of Science and Technology Title: One-sided representations of Jordan algebras

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).

Vyacheslav Futorny, Southern University of Science and Technology Title: Smooth representations of Affine Lie algebras

Title: Ultrasensitive ultrasound sensing with integrated optical microresonators

Speaker: Dr Beibei Li, Professor, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Neural coordination in (mal)adaptive memory - Prof. David Dupret (University of Oxford). Wednesday, April 2 ^nd , 4:00 pm, online talk at L1 D015 and Zoom

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).

Seminar by Prof. Valerio Orlando

Speaker: Asaki Kataoka Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo (Ph.D. course) - UTokyo WINGS-ABC Leading Research Assistant - Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Title: Towards understanding the learning rules for human-like neural representations

Hao Geng

Harvard University

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? We welcome your ideas and questions!

Speaker: Dr. Satoshi Takada, Associate Professor: Institute of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology.

language: English

Professor Stefan Mecking, Chair of Chemical Materials Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz

Speaker: Philip Freund, Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Title: Role of axonal importin β1 in presynaptic local translation and spatial memory

Marc A. Hillmyer, PhD , Professor, Department of Chemistry, Center for Sustainable Polymers, University of Minnesota

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? We welcome your ideas and questions!

National holiday

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: Mike Fainzilber, Professor in Molecular Neuroscience, Head, Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel [ website ]

Title: How does a neuron grow?

OIST サイエンスチャレンジではOIST教員、ポスドク、博士課程学生による数々のセミナー(英語)を受講し、OISTで行われている研究を体験します。

OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday .

Speaker: Norbert Hoffmann (Hamburg University of Technology / Imperial College London)

Dr. Rejjak Laskar, Senior Research Fellow from Aliah University in India

The Society for Neurodiversity is inviting you to a neurodivergent-friendly afternoon get-together. We want to be with each other and offer a safe space, free of judgment where neurodivergent individuals can talk (or not talk) about their experience at OIST/Japan or just simply exist together.

Jonathan Brundan , University of Oregon Title: Quasi-split 2-iquantum groups

[Speaker] Prof. Samriddhi Sankar Ray, Associate Professor, International Center for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS-TIFR), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, India

OIST organizer: Yutaka Yoshida (Neural Circuit Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Please show your OIST badge when entering the venue.

Silver Workshop : Complex geometry and related topics VII (Series final)

(List updated on March 6, 2025)

Organizer: N. Yui (Queen’s Univ.), K. Saito (RIMS, Kyoto), S. Hikami (OIST) Local organizer: N. Kawazumi (Univ. Tokyo) Support: OIST funding

Mechanism of Brain and Mind Winter Workshop 2025

The workshop will be held March 10 (Mon) – 12 (Wed), 2025 at Rustsu Resort Hotel. Registration is available now.

Title: Nonlinear Photonics in High-Q Microcavities: From All-Optical Switches to Microresonator Frequency Combs

Speaker: Dr Takasumi Tanabe, Professor, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Keio University, Japan

Cultural Events Series team cordially invites you to celebrate the culture of South Africa on the 8th of March at Seaside House (second floor, lounge)!

OISTサイエンストークシリーズ：「普通」ってなに？発達の多様性（ニューロダイバーシティ）を活かして 映画「ノルマル17歳。－わたしたちはADHD－」上映会＋サイエンストーク window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-TVNVFJ8J2L');

[Seminar] "Elucidation and Control of Advanced Photofunctions based on Triplet Excited States in Molecular Materials" by Prof. Kiyoshi Miyata

OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday .

QG visitor seminar for general OIST audience. Speaker: Rennan Barkana (Tel Aviv University). Title: "Cosmology with radio waves: from dark matter to the dark ages"

Title: First order mean field games on networks

Speaker: Prof. Claudio Marchi (University of Padova)

The Provost Lecture Series 17

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