SAVE THE DATE! October 1, 2026, 16:00, OIST Entrance Tunnel – RAM 2026 Poster Session! – Registration and call for presentations are already open! – CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

The Scientific Computing & Data Analysis Section (SCDA) invites you to a full week of training to get your computing set up and your questions answered!

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Reliable data storage is fundamental to research. In this training we will introduce the storage systems, talk about how to organise your data, do backups, handle remote data transfer, and the do’s and don’ts of using the storage systems.

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 command line is the primary way to use the high performance computing resources at OIST. Here we quickly learn the basics we need to become comfortable and productive.

StrucShare Meeting by Klemens Leo McJarrow Keller & Daniel Gutierrez Del Rio

A beginner's introduction to using the clusters and other computing resources at OIST. This is the second, hands-on session.

This workshop is part of TSVP Thematic Program “New Frontiers in Gauge Theory, Topology, and Physics” (TP26GT) at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology .

The OIST Mini-Workshop on Gauge Theory and Low-Dimensional Topology is a three-day research meeting bringing together researchers working in gauge theory and low-dimensional topology.

The workshop is held as part of the OIST program New Frontiers in Gauge Theory, Topology, and Physics.

Bring your own lunch and join us to make new connections and enjoy some fun conversations! This month in conjunction with RAM.

Latest research on the Darwinian evolution of RNA-protein self-replication systems, synthetic gene circuits, and mirror-image biology.

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).

DEI Lunch Seminar: open communication across cultures. Details to be added later

Seminar by Kwabena Boahen, Stanford University

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

Dynamics, Fluctuations, and Entanglement in Quantum Materials and Many-Body Systems

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 seminar will focus on risk management, with invited external experts discussing risk management in research laboratories and across the university as a whole.

A mini course on the application of machine learning in polymer chemistry

Professor Rong Tong is Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering at Virginia Tech

5 lectures over 5 weeks. October 16 to November 13 (Friday afternoons)

OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Marco Terenzio (Molecular Neuroscience Unit) |OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.

In this workshop, OIST researcher, Dr. Tomoyuki Mano, and guest science communicator, Dr. Danna Staaf, invite participants to explore the fascinating world of the octopus mind. Octopuses may look strange, but they are smart and full of surprises! Join our two speakers and discover the secrets of the octopus! Registration Required

Language: English

Language: English

Speaker : Shogo Ozaki, Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University Title : Flexibility in Bacterial Replication Origins: Molecular Mechanisms and Evolutionary Implications Abstract : Chromosomal DNA replication begins at a specific genomic locus, the replication origin (oriC). While the initiator protein DnaA is highly conserved among bacteria, replication origin sequences are remarkably diverse. This raises a fundamental question: how can bacterial replication initiation remain robust despite extensive evolutionary changes in origin architecture? In this seminar, I will present our studies of DNA replication origins from evolutionarily distant bacteria, including Escherichia coli, the hyperthermophile Thermotoga maritima, and the alphaproteobacterium Caulobacter crescentus. Comparison of these species reveals striking differences in origin architecture, providing a unique opportunity to explore how replication initiation systems evolve while maintaining the same fundamental function. By combining biochemical, genetic, and comparative approaches, we uncovered unexpected flexibility in DnaA-dependent origin function. Our findings reveal that bacterial replication origins can tolerate variation in the orientation of DnaA-binding sites, the sequence of unwound DNA, and the spacing between essential origin elements. Together, these observations suggest that DnaA-dependent initiation complexes possess intrinsic flexibility that enables replication origins to diversify during evolution while preserving reliable replication initiation. These findings provide new insight into the molecular mechanisms that underlie both the robustness and the evolutionary diversification of bacterial chromosome replication. Reference : Kiyohara N, Wakasugi Y, Ihara K, Kubaru A, Maruki S, Kojima N, Yoshitomi S, Katayama T, Ozaki S. Origin flexibility governs robust ssDNA engagement by the DnaA initiator. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 Sep 22;123(38):e2615469123. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2615469123. Lu C, Yoshida R, Katayama T, Ozaki S. Thermotoga maritima oriC involves a DNA unwinding element with distinct modules and a DnaA-oligomerizing region with a novel directional binding mode. J Biol Chem. 2023 Jul;299(7):104888. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104888.

Monthly Co-working space - by Bioinformatics User Group

A mini course on the application of machine learning in polymer chemistry

Professor Rong Tong is Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering at Virginia Tech

5 lectures over 5 weeks. October 16 to November 13 (Friday afternoons)

The Provost Lecture Series

Seminar by JSPS Fellow: Asa Conover

A mini course on the application of machine learning in polymer chemistry

Professor Rong Tong is Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering at Virginia Tech

5 lectures over 5 weeks. October 16 to November 13 (Friday afternoons)

A mini course on the application of machine learning in polymer chemistry

Professor Rong Tong is Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering at Virginia Tech

5 lectures over 5 weeks. October 16 to November 13 (Friday afternoons)

Prof. Takashi Ohshima, Professor. Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University. Language: English

OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Tom Froese (Embodied Cognitive Science Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions (registration required).

A mini course on the application of machine learning in polymer chemistry

Professor Rong Tong is Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering at Virginia Tech

5 lectures over 5 weeks. October 16 to November 13 (Friday afternoons)

Plant Engineering Biology: Engineering green organisms for a sustainable future

Seminar by Dr. Florian Gabriel from Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB)

[Speaker] Prof. Takahiro Tsukahara, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Tokyo University of Science

OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Shu Zhang (Collective Dynamics and Quantum Transport Unit) |OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.

Save the date: a hands-on MRI workshop for life scientists, 27-28 January 2027.

Details to follow.

OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Makoto Yamada (Machine Learning and Data Science Unit) |OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.

OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Tomoyuki Arakawa (Chiral Representation Theory Unit) |OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.

OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Fumiaki Yokoyama (Buribushi Fellow; Yokoyama Group) |OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.