[Speaker] Prof. Eckart Meiburg, Distinguished Professor, University of California at Santa-Barbara

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).

Tail loss in two independent tunicate lineages: a comparative genomics perspective

Seminar by Dr. Lewis Ruks, Research Scientist, Theoretical Quantum Physics Research Group, Basic Research Laboratories

Introducing differential calculus in infinite-dimensional spaces, with applications to the calculus of variations and optimal control

Dr. Denis Brazke is a Postdoctoral scholar at Analysis and Partial Differential Equations (APDE) Unit (Abdulla Unit)

Four sessions over four Tuesdays, November 10, 17, 24, and December 1st, from 1000-1200 in L4F01

Multiscale thinking: understanding how mechanisms observed at one scale connect to behavior, function, and consequences at other scales.

Professor Leteng Lin from Linnaeus University is an OIST visitor under the Swedish STINT program.

Six sessions over three weeks, from November 10. All welcome! Eligible PhD students receive 1 credit.

[Speaker] Prof. Sourav Sil, School of Earth, Ocean and Climate Sciences Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, India

The PCD Team will host the OIST Career Fair 2026 on November 9th and 10th, 2026. This will offer OIST students a unique opportunity to engage directly with companies across Japan and explore diverse career paths beyond academia.

Seminar by Tobias Raisch, Max Planck Institute

Celebrate OIST's 15th Anniversary with a special afternoon of chamber music featuring Mitsuki Okada (violin), Itsuko Arakaki (viola), Megumi Shiroma (cello), and Yuka Oyabu (piano). This commemorative performance marks an important milestone in OIST's history, bringing together researchers, students, staff, and the wider community through the shared experience of live music.

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

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)

Seminar by Prof. Xiayun (Sherry) Huang, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

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

Professor T. Iida, from Osaka Metropolitan University, will present some recent work done in his lab and at the Research Institute for Light-induced Acceleration System (RILACS). His background and current research span a broad range of theoretical and experimental aspects of optical and photothermal science at the micro- and nanoscales, with a focus on chemical and biological applications.

OIST is advancing science into innovation in many forms . Held as Day 2 of Startup Elevate, OIST Innovation Day invites you to meet the innovation happening across OIST — from early-stage research seeds to startups built on cutting-edge technology. Sessions are organized around Healthcare and Deep Tech, aligned with the themes of Startup Elevate. If you're looking for ways to collaborate with OIST on innovation, this is the event to attend.

Roshni Rebecca Samuel, Graphic designer, artist, and illustrator, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bengaluru, India. Language: English, no interpretation. In-person only.

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: Dr. Supurna Sinha, Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru, India

Mr. Hongda Zhao, Kyoto University

Sports Fiesta Fundraising Event by Student Council

National holiday

Speaker: Dr. Joseph Samuel, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS)

During Blitz Talks , speakers showcase their research within 3 minutes! A panel of referees will evaluate and choose the best presentations .

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)

Update: today's session is cancelled

Title: Tiny Walkers, Big Survivors: Building a Toolkit to Illuminate Brain and Behavior in Tardigrades

Speaker: Dr. Ana Lyons, Stellar Science Global Science Scholar, Keio University, Institute for Advance Biosciences; RIKEN IMS

Seminar by JSPS Fellow: Asa Conover

Designed especially for new hires, spouses, and family members. Get to know OIST and its community services, meet other families, and pick up tips from those who've been here a while!

Four OIST-connected startups— GenomeMiner, Ekei Labs, Surzen Biotherapeutics, and Qubitcore —describe their journeys from initial ideas to growing companies and share what it is really like to build or work for a startup. The event is open to all and it will close with a networking session; please sign up here .

“Beyond Academia: Startup Careers at OIST” with Pizza networking session organized with OIST Innovation (B250 Sydney Brenner Lecture Theater — location changed!), 16:00-18:00. Please see the details on the OIST innovation event page .

Science Day Gunma 2026 is a science outreach event for high school students in Gunma Prefecture, co-hosted by Gunma University and OIST. Through seminars, hands-on exhibits, and career consultations, participants will explore cutting-edge research in areas such as quantum computing, quantum sensors, future battery technologies, and advanced medicine, while learning about opportunities for future study and careers in science.

[Seminar] "Making input-specific synaptic changes last: from synaptic tagging mechanisms to cell-adhesion codes" by Dr. Mathieu Letellier, The Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience (IINS), University of Bordeaux

October 27, 2026 11:00-12:00 @B503, Center Bldg.

Dr. Bertrand Kibler, Laboratoire ICB - CNRS

Long Talks and Dissertations

This webinar is dedicated to the skill of holding an audience’s attention for longer periods of time, such as during dissertations, defenses, or critical job talks. Special attention will be given to long-form storytelling, using consistent and repetitive imagery and connecting data to the larger theme, while stressing skill sets and novel contributions to the field. Other topics include delivery techniques for long talks, and how to demonstrate knowledge, pride, and commitment with humility and grace.

This debate is hosted by OIST’s Debate Club and will feature two teams, one arguing in favour of the motion and one arguing against.

Enric Solé-Farré (Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications): October 26, 4pm-5pm, lecture room L5D23.

Title: Spin(7) Bubbles and Flops under Cohomogeneity-One Assumptions

Abstract: In this talk, I will discuss geometric transitions and gauge theory on complete noncompact Spin(7) spaces with Aloff–Wallach principal orbits. Cohomogeneity-one symmetry reduces both the torsion-free Spin(7) equations and the invariant gauge theory equations to dynamical systems, providing a setting in which metric degenerations and curvature concentration can be visualised and studied explicitly. On the gauge-theoretic side, I will describe the construction and moduli problem of invariant Spin(7)-instantons, including a compactification model incorporating both metric and gauge-theoretic bubbles. On the metric side, we will describe three families of asymptotically locally conical metrics, and describe bubble-like behaviour as in the gauge theoretic side. In particular, we will outline how two of the metrics are related by a Spin(7)-flop in the orbifold category, following the expectations of the physicists Cvetic--Gibbons--Lu--Pope and earlier results of Lehmann. Based on joint work with Hanci Chi.

"Visiting Program Coffee Hour": informal discussions and getting to know each other, in the Visiting Program (TSVP) area in Lab 5 EF03

Speaker: Dr. Sascha Sadewasser, Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), Portugal

Speaker: Prof. Mahendra Verma, Dept of Physics & Kotak School of Sustainability, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

【Seminar】The Ghost Neuron Protocol for Integrative Structural Analysis of CNS Axons by Dr. Christian Biertuempfel, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI/NIH)

“PowerPoint Karaoke” (Lab0, L4D Lounge), 20:00-22:00. Each participant will improvise a presentation on 10 slides for 10 minutes . No preparation and no subject expertise are required. Just bring your creativity, confidence, and sense of humor. Registration link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/zVMB2sJfz1

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Thomas Skutella Talk Title: Rejuvenated MSC-derived extracellular vesicles from aged donors show enhanced potency in macrophage immunomodulation and wound healing Affiliation: Head of the Department of Neuroanatomy in the Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Heidelberg University, Germany. Abstract: Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) from aging donors lose regenerative and immunomodulatory potency, and there are no validated measures to distinguish rejuvenated from residual senescence. We reprogrammed bone-marrow MSCs from four adult donors to induced pluripotent stem cells and re-differentiated them under two conditions. iMSCs clustered with MSCs, showed promoter methylation inversely coupled to gene expression, retained residual senescence and desmosome signatures, and their EVs suppressed LPS-induced IL-6 and TNF-α, outperforming EVs from aged MSCs and hiPSCs. iMSC-EVs also promoted endothelial wound closure and gained a distinct protein- and small-RNA cargo signature, including NF-κB-targeting miRNAs and reproducibly reduced piRNAs. The same potency and rejuvenation framework was assessed in vivo in a diabetic wound model. These quality and potency metrics may support release testing and mechanism-guided product development of rejuvenated MSC-derived therapeutics.

The Provost Lecture Series

Speaker: Mahendra Verma, Dept of Physics & Kotak School of Sustainability, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

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)

Guest Seminar hosted by CDQT. Speaker: Dr.Thore Posske(University of Hamburg) Title: Synthesizing quantum matter with magnetic and nonmagnetic adatoms on superconductors — the topological secrets of hybridizing Machida-Shibata states

This Seminar has been cancelled due to the Typhoon disrupting flights.

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).

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).

Monthly Co-working space - by Bioinformatics User Group