OIST Innovation opens its doors to OIST community every Friday .

Join us for a seminar by Professor Eran Segal of the Weizmann Institute of Science as he introduces the Human Phenotype Project, a groundbreaking longitudinal cohort and biobank initiative leveraging multi-omic technologies to uncover novel molecular markers of health and disease, driving the future of personalized disease prediction. | Fri, 20 Dec 2024 | 9:00AM -10:00AM | CENTER BLDG C209 |

Nikon day

Speaker ： Thomas McHugh, Ph.D.

RIKEN CENTER FOR BRAIN SCIENCE

Team Leader, Circuit and Behavioral Physiology

Date: Thursday, December 19, 2024

Time: 13:00 – 14:00

Location: Lab5 Level D Seminar Room -L5D23

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).

Prof. Hideki Koike, Institute of Science Tokyo (Tokyo Institute of Technology) Hosted by Cybernetic Humanity Studio (OIST - Sony CSL collaboration)

Join us for a discussion with Dr. Jessica Schneider, Chief Scientific Officer of Corundum Systems Biology as she shares insights from her nearly two decades of experience in microbiome research and therapeutic development. This seminar will explore the journey of translating biomedical discoveries from the lab to the clinic, with a focus on strategic technology development for clinical trials. | Wed, 18 Dec 2024 | 4:00PM-5:30PM | LAB 3 ROOM C700 |

Dr. Seki is a director of the Department of Neurophysiology of NCNP.

On Wednesday, December 18, 2024, representatives from the TOSHIBA Corporate Research & Development Center will visit OIST to present a seminar and engage in discussions about potential collaborations

QGU Seminar

Title: Singularity theorems in gravitation

Speaker: José Senovilla (Basque U.)

[Seminar] "Single is beautiful: Exploring neurodegeneration through single-cell transcriptomic" by Federico Pratesi (University of Montreal, Canada )

The Community Cooking Series aims to bring the OIST community and residents of Okinawa closer through a shared love of food. Each session has thus far been different, featuring cuisine from different cultures and taught by a different instructor.

OIST Innovation opens its doors to OIST community every Friday .

Dr. Matteo Santon, Research Fellow, University of Bristol

Language: English

Dr. Martin How, Senior Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, Animal Behaviour and Sensory Biology, University of Bristol

Language: English

OIST Innovation Accelerator Bootcamp. Language (English, interpretation proviced). Registration needed. OIST Innovation Acceleratorブートキャンプ。言語（英語、同通有）。登録必須

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

Online seminar by Prof. Davide Spatafora

The December OIST High-Performance Computing User Group Meeting is on the 12th. Everybody is Welcome!

4th Studium Generale by Prof. Till Weber (The University of the Ryukyus)

From Bakumatsu to Meiji – How Japan came into the modern age, 1850´s to 1870´s

Kino Store (Kinoza) Every Wednesday 14:30-16:30 Center Building, Level C, Center Court

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

Ken's Burrito Dates: Every Wednesday Time: 11:30-until sold out Location: Center Building, Level C, Center Court

English-speaking insurance agent Wiltec in Chatan visits OIST. [When]11:00-15:00 [Where] Room next to the ATM in the Center Building

Dr. Trevor Shimokusu, Assistant Professor, in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa

Language: English

Registration: https://forms.gle/cfptxyDVpoxK3pLk6 PleaseRSVP before December 9 17:00 JST

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. Mikko Heino

Title: Consequences of Climate-induced Range Shifts for Shared Fish Stocks

Affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Norway

Hosted by Dieckmann Unit

8/13&27 12:00-16:00 Lab 1 Parking Lot

Seminar by Dr. Masato Sato

Title: Metapopulation Heterogeneities in Host Mobility, Productivity, and Immunocompetency Always Increase Virulence and Infectiousness

Affiliation: Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Hosted by Dieckmann Unit

Language: English

Seminar by Prof. Akira Sasaki

Title: Adaptive Spirals in Haploid-Diploid Life Cycles: The Path to Extreme Asymmetry

Affiliation: Research Center for Integrative Evolutionary Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama, Japan

Hosted by Dieckmann Unit

Speaker: Dr. Atsushi Yokoi Center for Information and Neural Networks (CiNet) Osaka University

Title: A possible link between autonomic arousal and contextual inference process in human motor learning and control

OIST organizer: Jason Twamley (Quantum Machines Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Please show your OIST badge when entering the venue.

Public talk by OIST Visiting Artist Sputniko!

Admission free; registration required.

Language: Japanese with simultaneous English translation

Title: On a sharp interface limit of the Kobayashi-Warren-Carter system

Speaker: Prof. Yoshikazu Giga (University of Tokyo)

Calling All English Learners!

Join Us for a Debate Showdown

Are you ready to put your English skills to the test? Join us for a thrilling debate on December 6th at 2 PM in Lab 2 C600B. This is your chance to showcase your reading, writing, speaking, and listening abilities while sharpening your critical thinking skills.

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OIST Innovation opens its doors to OIST community every Friday .

Seminar by Prof. Kenta Yamada

Title: Universal Dynamics of Word Frequency Through the Analysis of a Large Social Media Database

Affiliation: Faculty of Global and Regional Studies, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

Hosted by Dieckmann Unit

Ganjuu is excited to host our guest speaker Stephanie Singleton, who will be speaking about the impacts of gut health and mindful eating on our wellbeing on December 5. ​

Join us for the Greener Mobility Ideathon , a hands-on event focused on developing actionable solutions that promote greener, more efficient urban mobility.

Organized by the EU-Japan EIG Concert Japan Project "A proactive Social-based framework for SMART transportation (SO-SMART)"

Speaker: Mr. David O'Connell (OIST student)

Discover FUJIFILM world-leading chemcial technology for semiconductor manufacturing and OIST's innovative lithography for future advanced chip production | Wed, 4 Dec 2024 | 1:30PM-3:30PM | Center Building C210 |

Speaker :Yukio Tanaka: Department of Applied Physics, Nagoya University

Language: English

Pablo Ocal, OIST

Title: Deformations of Frobenius algebras and noncommutative 2d topological quantum field theories

We are delighted to invite you to an engaging talk by Erlend T. Hovgaard , advisor, venture builder, innovation manager, and co-owner of Reodor —an Oslo-based venture and innovation studio dedicated to driving sustainable growth and creating impactful solutions. Erlend’s work spans multiple areas, with a particular focus on venture building and innovation for decarbonization and the green transition. In this session, he will share insights on building early-stage startups, complete with case studies, followed by an interactive Q&A.

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. Damir Juric, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge University, UK and Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Sciences du Numérique, CNRS, France

Cultural Event Series (CluES): SCOTLAND Presented by OISTers from Scotland

Via Cultural Event Series we want to boost everyone’s experience by giving OISTers the opportunity to share their culture with the community and the community members to learn about a variety of cultures.