Seminar by Dr Masayuki Shiba and Dr. Poulami Chatterjee

CAEE invited talk, Dr. Sandra Álvarez-Carretero, University College London

CAEE invited talk, Prof. Tom A. Williams, University of Bath

CAEE Keynote, Prof. Phil Hugenholtz, University of Queensland

Speaker: Prof. Thomas Powers from Brown University

Title: Axisymmetric membranes under external force: buckling, minimal surfaces, and tethers

Language: English

Dr. Bernard de Massy, Institute of Human Genetics Montpellier

Dr. Gaku Amada, a JSPS Research Fellow PD at the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, mechanisms of maintaining plant biodiversity in permafrost environments.

Talk on April 17, 9:00 am (JST) by James Warta, University of Missouri

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 Dr. Piotr Ślęczkowski, Lodz University of Technology

Abberior Super Resolution Nanoscopy

QG seminar. Speaker: Richard van Dongen (University of Mons) Title: Self-dual holography

Dr. Guillaume Moissiard, LGDP UMR5096 CNRS/UPVD

Title: Horizontal mean curvature flow in the Heisenberg group as scaling limit of an interacting particle system

Speaker: Prof. Nicolas Dirr (Cardiff University)

Professor Swaraj Shekhar Nande, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dresden University of Technology. Language: English, no interpretation. Open to OIST Community.

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: A structural journey through molecular life, death and design by Prof. Dr. Sebastian Hiller , the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Switzerland

Talk by Nicolas Dirr, Cardiff University, on April 8 (Wed) from 3:00 p.m. at L4F01

Date-Time

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 - 11:00 to 12:00

Description

Title: Dynamic nanoscale organization of AMPAR control short and long term synaptic plasticity

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Choquet

Research director at the CNRS

Bordeaux Imaging Center (Director)

Neuroscience Cluster of Excellence, Bordeaux University (Director)

Member of the National Academy

Website: https://www.iins.u-bordeaux.fr/en/teams/56854-dynamic-organization-and-function-of-synapses/

Dr. Daya Shankar Pandey, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science

Banaras Hindu University

Date-Time

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 - 10:00 to 11:00

Description

Title: How synaptic plasticity regulates Intracellular Transport of AMPAR

Speaker: Dr. Françoise Coussen

Research Director at the CNRS

Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience (IINS)

University of Bordeaux and CNRS

https://www.bordeaux-neurocampus.fr/en/?s=Coussen

https://www.iins.u-bordeaux.fr/

Lecture title: Early life sleep shapes brain development and social behavior in the socially monogamous prairie vole

Speaker: Miranda M. Lim, MD, PhD, Professor in the Department of Neurology at Oregon Health & Science University.

A short course on the Tutte polynomial in graphs and matroids.

4 sessions only: April 7 and 9, and 14 and 16 (Tuesday and Thursday 10-12 in L4E45)

Dr. Remi Avohou is a post-doc in the Toriumi Unit

OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Amin Chabchoub (Marine Physics and Engineering Unit) |OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.

Short introductory survey on R programming

Short introductory survey on R programming

[Hybrid Seminar] "Project RAISE, Real-World Adaptive Intelligence Generated through Soft Embodiment" by Prof. Koh Hosoda, Kyoto University

March 30 (Mon) 2026, 11:00-12:00 @L5D23, Lab 5

ZOOM

Meeting ID: 982 0243 6241 Passcode: 834475

Title : Objective Rates from Observation Structures: Continuum Mechanics in Constructive Tensor Theory

Speaker : Mr Hiroki Endo, PhD. Student, Nagaoka University of Technology, Mechanical Engineering Department

Speaker: Dr Ching Tat To, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tunghai University, Taichung City, Taiwan. Language: English

Cultural Event Series (CluES): Germany , presented by OISTers from Germany, will take place on Saturday, March 28 , at the Conference Center (Main Campus) starting from 5:00 PM. ALL members of the community, relatives, children and friends are welcome to attend this event. Entry is FREE. Join us for an evening of culture, music, crafts, and celebration. Don’t miss this chance to immerse yourself in German traditions! We will start with an interactive lecture, followed by a miniconcert of German classical music by Hokulani, then prepare May heart and Lanterns during workshops and finish with a Cologne-inspired carnival celebration with food tasting, music and a costume contest.

Spring Concert hosted by the joint collaboration of OIST x OPUA (Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts)

QG Lecture Series Speaker: Mirian Tsulaia, (OIST) Title: Review of some basic features of the SM and of GUTs

Through its " Regional Core Innovation Ecosystem Development Program ," OIST has been advancing demonstration projects this fiscal year across three key domains: energy, mobility, and drone logistics.

This symposium brings together co-implementing partners, policymakers, local governments, and businesses to share outcomes and explore pathways toward integrated regional solutions. Building on the unique challenges faced by island communities like Okinawa, discussions will focus on accelerating cross-sector collaboration and scaling toward real-world implementation in the years ahead.

Space is limited. Please register in advance for both in-person and online attendance.

In collaboration with leading venture capital firms, OIST Innovation offers startups and entrepreneurial researchers or students the opportunity to connect directly with venture capitalists for one-on-one mentoring and discussion. Each round begins with an open seminar-style introduction, where participants can learn about the VC firm's investment focus and characteristics. This is followed by private, closed-door mentoring sessions between startups/researchers/students and the VC representatives.

The featured VC for this round is Beyond Next Ventures .

Registration is required. If the number of applicants exceeds the available slots, OIST Innovation will select participants based on the information provided in the registration form and the strategic fit with the VC.

Strucshare Meeting by Rafael Ayala Hernandez

TSVP Talk, starting at 2pm 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: Laser cooling of aluminium monofluoride molecules in the deep ultraviolet

Speaker: Dr Dylan Brown, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, UK

Speaker: Prof. Antonio Celani from The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics ICTP

Title: Decoding behavior with minimal and interpretable agent models

Coffee/Tea & Cookies will be served before the seminar at 15:00 - 15:30.

Mirror Lab Symposium: Frontiers in Recent Human Evolution

We will describe and discuss projects that explore genetic variants that emerged in the evolution of modern and archaic humans, and how such archaic variants affects humans today. We will also discuss projects that use ancient DNA to reconstruct the early peopling and history of the Japanese Archipelago. We will explore how we can intensify our collaborations in these areas and brainstorm about future research directions.

Admission free. Registration required.

Neural Computation Unit will hold a retreat/reunion at Seminar Room B250 on OIST main campus. If you are interested in joining, please contact <ncus@oist.jp>.

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).