Presidential Lecture by Jens Nielsen: New insight into cellular metabolism from the use of mathematical models

In my talk I will briefly walk you through my career development from my native country Croatia, via France, Denmark, Sweden and USA and I will explain what I wanted to achieve in my career: why and how I made the decisions that I did, and how those have served me. I will select a few main learnings that can be used as advice for everyone. I will use the example of my current job as the Chief Science Officer, Chief Partnerships Officer and Senior Executive Advisor to the Provost to explain how I work in the context of my union (EU), country (Denmark), in the context of my University (Technical University of Denmark) and the context of my research center (Center for Biosustainability), and how hopefully it all comes together to benefit the world.

The Graduation Ceremony to award degrees to those who graduated in the period May 2024 to April 2025. The ceremony will take place at the OIST Auditorium on Saturday, May 24, 2025.

The event will be streamed online for those who cannot attend in person. For more information on the graduation program, speakers, and graduates, please visit: https://www.oist.jp/graduation

For any questions, please contact: graduation@oist.jp

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!

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).

Travel Expense Team will hold a travel consultation session.

旅費相談会を開催いたします。

2025/05/22(Thu) @A151 Center Bldg. 15:00-16:00

Dr Alexander Wood, The University of Melbourne

[Speaker] Prof. Jae Sung Park, Richard L. McNeel Associate Professor of Engineering, Mechanical & Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

-Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences

-Uemura Eye Clinic

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Dr. Anthony M. Bonacolta, Postdoctoral Reseasrch Fellow, The Keeling Lab, The University of British Columbia.

Title: Preservation of concavity properties by the Dirichlet heat flow and applications

Speaker: Prof. Paolo Salani (University of Florence)

Title: Initial traces and solvability of porous medium equation with power nonlinearity

Speaker: Prof. Kazuhiro Ishige (University of Tokyo)

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).

The OIST Center for Quantum Technologies (OCQT) is pleased to invite you to another seminar in the OCQT Seminar series. This time, we are excited to host Dr. Andreas M. D. Thomasen from QunaSys. He will deliver a talk on: "Architectures and algorithms for early FTQC"

Speaker: Prof. Shawn E. McGlynn, ELSI, Institute of Science Tokyo

本展では、技法もレベルも表現もさまざまな写真が並びますが、それぞれが不思議と似た感情を映し出しています。風景から内面の深い自己表現まで、きらめくぼかしの中にそっと繋がる瞬間が散りばめられています。

We would like to invite you to to our next ORC Schrödinger's Cake Assembly during which there might be cake, but you will only know if you come (online version not available).

Location: C209 (Center Building)

Time: 12:00 PM, May 14 (Wednesday). Please go ahead and bring your lunch with you!

Speaker: Dan Kehila, Protein Engineering and Evolution Unit, OIST

Speaker: Mr. Niklas Muennighoff (Stanford University)

Title: s1: Simple test-time scaling

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!

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National holiday

National holiday

National holiday

National holiday

OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

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National holiday

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Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and Researchers interested in the field. Language: English Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).

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

Language: English

Zoom link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/92164277280?pwd=EtClSiF0mouaCFNocZaC4b5hz3GTRa.1&from=addon

TSVP visitor, Prof. Le Bin Ho, Tohoku University , will give a seminar "On the principle of quantum-enhanced multiphase metrology under the squeezing effect"

OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

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Dr. Piotr Łukasik, Associate Professor, Jagiellonian University, Kraków

Tomohito Noda

Ph.D. student The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Science, Department of Biological Sciences

Fukatsu Lab at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Abstract: Intracellular symbiosis, in which a host organism harbors a microbial symbiont within its cells, has been widely observed across diverse lineages. This phenomenon is intriguing not only within the context of individual symbiotic relationships, but also more broadly, as the origins of mitochondria and chloroplasts are thought to trace back to microorganisms that were incorporated into host cells. Therefore, the study of intracellular symbiosis may provide insights to the understanding of a crucial trigger for the acquisition of novel biological functions and evolutionary modifications. Despite the wide interest in intracellular symbiosis, the mechanisms and adaptations required to harbor microbial symbionts remain largely elusive. One contributing factor is that the majority of symbiotic organs are highly specialized and distinct from the rest of the body, and thus lack a clear “non-symbiotic” subject to compare with.

科学技術週間 にちなんで開催される科学イベントです。

日時：2025年4月19日（土）　10：00～16：00

会場：名護博物館　1階　（名護市大中四丁目20番50号）

入場：無料　 ※博物館の2階展示室見学の場合は有料

OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

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"Synaptic Machinery for Protein Turnover" by Prof. Chao Sun, Aarhus University, Denmark

Mr. Yohei Nishino, Ph.D. student in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Tokyo

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.

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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).