Past Events
Seminar by Dr Murayama "Top-Down Cortical Circuit for Perception and Memory Consolidation in Mice"
Dr Masanori Murayama, Senior Team Leader, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN
[Seminar] "Bayesian modeling of the joint development of perception, action and phonology", Marie-Lou Barnaud
Registration NOT required.
"Buckyball Maracas: New Endohedral Fullerene Structures, Reactivity and Mechanistic Aspects", Luis Echegoyen
Dr. Luis Echegoyen, Robert A. Welch Endowed Professorship in Chemistry at the University of Texas at El Paso
Internal Seminar: Shizuka Shimabukuro, A randomized controlled trial of a parenting intervention for Japanese mothers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity
Internal Seminar: Shizuka Shimabukuro, Postdoctoral Researcher, Human Developmental Neurobiology Unit (Tripp Unit), Language: English, no interpretation
Internal Seminar: Han Yan, Topological States: New Paradigm of Phases of Matter
Internal Seminar: Han Yan, PhD student, Advanced Medical Instrumentation Unit (Sugawara Unit), Language: English, no interpretation
[Seminar] "Low-temperature plasma-based synthesis of nanoparticles" Prof. Andrey Shukurov
Speaker: Prof. Andrey Shukurov Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Date : Friday, December 8, 2017 Time : 2pm-3pm
[Seminar] Title: Using Mechanistic Experiments and Macroecological Models to Understand ant Biodiversity in a Changing World
Speaker: Dr. Nathan Sanders, Professor at University of Vermont
[Seminar] Title: Anthropogenic Climate Change in Tropical and Subtropical Asia, and Its Impacts on Biodiversity
Speaker: Dr. Richard T. Corlett, Professor at Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Three seminars by Profs. Funahashi, Abe and Asai
Three seminars by Prof. Akira Funahashi, Yoshiyuki Asai and Takeshi Abe
Influenza activated cell death: DAI if you want to live!
Speaker: Dr. Siddharth Balachandran: Associate Professor at Fox Chase Cancer Center
[Topology and Geometry Seminar] "Studying manifolds through Morse theory" by Dr Tirasan Khandhawit
The Topology and Geometry Seminar aims to introduce current mathematical research topics starting from the very basics. Anyone interested in mathematics is welcome to attend.
This week, Dr Tirasan Khandhawit (postdoc in the Tsvietkova Unit) will speak on "Studying manifolds through Morse theory".
Seminar "Maintenance of Polycomb gene silencing depends on H3 variants in plants"
Prof. Frederic Berger, Senior Group Leader, Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Vienna, Austria
Seminar”Laser spectroscopy of Dy atoms in superfluid helium: Interaction of atomic nano-bubbles with phonons and rotons" by Dr. Petr Moroshkin, RIKEN
Dr. Petr Moroshkin, Research Scientist, RIKEN, Center for Emergent Matter Science, Wako, Japan
Language: English
Seminar "Silicon Quantum computers" by Prof.Kohei Itoh, Keio University
Prof. Kohei Itoh, Professor, Keio University, Department of Applied Physics and Phsico-Informatics
Language: English
The art of harnessing dark energy: Symbioses between marine invertebrates and chemosynthetic bacteria.
Prof. Dr. Nicole Dubilier, Director, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
Head of the Symbiosis Department from Bremen, Germany will give a talk.
[Seminar] Mechanobiology of the Nuclear Membrane and Its Potential Application in Antitumor Treatment by Prof. Zhaocai Zhou
Zhaocai (Joe) Zhou, Ph.D Professor, Principal Investigator State Key Laboratory of Cell Biology CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences Web: http://www.sibcb.ac.cn/ePI.asp?id=121
Seminar "Choroid Plexus Circadian Clock: Mechanism of Synchronization and Feedback to the SCN" by Dr. Jihwan Myung
Dr. Jihwan Myung, Senior Research Fellow, Taipei Medical University. Language: English
[Seminar] "The next generation of smart machines", Prof. Rolf Pfeifer
Speaker: Prof. Rolf Pfeifer Dr. sc. techn. ETH, Scientific Advisor, “Living with Robots” Inc. Visiting Professor, Dept. of Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Professor. em. University of Zurich
[SEMINAR] How do small organisms spread and evolve across environmental barriers? by Prof Wataru Iwasaki
B.S. in Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry (the University of Tokyo) in 2005. Ph.D. in Department of Computational Biology (the University of Tokyo) in 2009. Assistant Professor at Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo since 2011. Associate Professor at Department of Biological Sciences, the University of Tokyo since 2014. Currently the Vice President of Japanese Society for Bioinformatics, a Board Member of International Society for Computational Biology, Councilor of Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology, Associate Member of Science Council of Japan, and Member of Global Young Academy. Major in bioinformatics, especially areas related to genomics, evolution, ecology, and ethology.
Internal Seminar: Nicolas Moreno, Hierarchical self-assembly of soft-patchy nanoparticles: Insights from computational simulations
Internal Seminar, Nicolas Moreno (Mathematics, Mechanics, and Materials Unit)
Internal Seminar: Shohei Takaoka, Transcriptional feedback regulation controlled by mRNA decay factors and nucleocytoplasmic shuttling
Internal Seminar: Shohei Takaoka, PhD Student, Cell Signal Unit (Yamamoto Unit). Language: English, no interpretation
Offshore Tsunamigenic Deposits: Lessons from the past and present by Dr. Goodman
Dr. Beverly Goodman, Faculty member, University of Haifa, Leon Chrney School, Department of Marine Geosciences
The paradox of the third tier: From the Red Sea to the Mediterranean- Climate change and the third tier paradox by Prof. Dan Tchernov
Prof. Dr. Dan Tchernov, Director, Department of Marine Biology, Leon Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa
[Topology and Geometry Seminar] "Manifolds: topology and geometry in dimension 3 and higher" by Dr Tirasan Khandhawit
The Topology and Geometry Seminar aims to introduce current mathematical research topics starting from the very basics. Anyone interested in mathematics is welcome to attend.
This week, Dr Tirasan Khandhawit (postdoc in the Tsvietkova Unit) will speak on "Manifolds: topology and geometry in dimension 3 and higher".
"Quantum metrology gets real" Konrad Banaszek, University of Warsaw
Prof. Konrad Banaszek, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw
Faculty Perspectives: "A survivor's thoughts on transitioning from postdoc to faculty"
Join Dr. Yasha Neiman, Assistant Professor at OIST, for a very informal and fun talk about his experience with academic job research and transition to a faculty position.
Everyone is welcome! To REGISTER Click here.
Seminar "Temporal Insights from the End of Space" by Justin C. Feng
Speaker: Justin C. Feng Research Affiliate, The University of Texas at Austin Date : Tuesday, November 14, 2017 Time : 3:30pm-4:30pm
[Topology and Geometry Seminar] "Knots: From application to theory" (part 3) by Dr Nick Owad
The Topology and Geometry Seminar aims to introduce current mathematical research topics starting from the very basics. Anyone interested in mathematics is welcome to attend.
This is the final talk in a series of 3 lectures on "Knots: From application to theory" by Dr Nick Owad (postdoc in the Tsvietkova Unit).
"Machine Ethics – developing a fully autonomous artificial moral agent"
Dr. Jeffrey White
========================== Date: Monday, November 13, 2017 Time:16:00-17:00 Venue: C016, Lab 1 ==========================
Manipulating and Measuring Modes in Multimode Fibres
Dr. Joel Carpenter, School of IT & Electrical Engineering (ITEE), The University of Queensland. Language: English
"Labour of love: early careers in pursuit of well-being"
This interactive and invigorating seminar will blend theory, practice, reflection and prescription to present concepts of employee well-being as applied to professionals in general and to academics in particular. Everyone is welcome!
一般公開セミナー： 免疫システムに学ぶ — HLAを中心に据えて — *日本語のみ Only in Japanese
セミナー： HLAを中心に据えて、免疫システムに学ぶ
[Topology and Geometry Seminar] "Knots: From application to theory" (part 2) by Dr Nick Owad
The Topology and Geometry Seminar aims to introduce current mathematical research topics starting from the very basics. Anyone interested in mathematics is welcome to attend.
This is the second talk in a series of 3 lectures on "Knots: From application to theory" by Dr Nick Owad (postdoc in the Tsvietkova Unit).
HLA, Immune Response and Disease ― Classical and New Concept ―
Seminar "HLA, ImmSune Response and Disease" by Prof. Takehiko Saszuki
Seminar "Mutation, divergence and novel phenotypes in rodents and reptiles" by Dr. Adam Hargreaves
Speaker: Dr. Adam Hargreaves Department of Zoology, University of Oxford Date : Monday, November 6, 2017 Time : 3:00pm-4:00pm Venue: C210, Center Building
[Seminar] Title: Innate Immune Mechanisms of Synapse Remodeling During Brain Development
Speaker: Dr. Anna Molofsky
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry at the University of California-San Francisco (UCSF)
"Dynamics of Electron Bubbles in the Gross-Pitaevskii Model of a Superfluid" Alverto Villois, University of East Anglia
Seminar:Dynamics of Electron Bubbles in the Gross-Pitaevskii Model of a Superfluid
Speaker: Dr. Alberto Villois, Senior Research Associate, University of East Anglia
[Seminar] "Digitization of reproducible data analysis workflows", Prof. Sonja Grün
Speaker: Prof. Sonja Grün Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-6) Institute of Advanced Simulation (IAS-6) Research Center Jülich, Jülich, Germany Theoretical Systems Neurobiology RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
"Hierarchy of vortices in turbulence at high Reynolds numbers" by Prof.Goto
Speaker: Prof. Susumu Goto (Osaka University)
Title: Hierarchy of vortices in turbulence at high Reynolds numbers
"Sustaining mechanism of turbulence in a precessing sphere" by Yasufumi Horimoto
Speaker: Yasufumi Horimoto, Prof. Susumu Goto (Osaka University)
Title: Sustaining mechanism of turbulence in a precessing sphere
[Topology and Geometry Seminar] "Knots: From application to theory" (part 1) by Dr Nick Owad
The Topology and Geometry Seminar aims to introduce current mathematical research topics starting from the very basics. Anyone interested in mathematics is welcome to attend.
This is the first talk in a series of 3 lectures on "Knots: From application to theory" by Dr Nick Owad (postdoc in the Tsvietkova Unit).
Mechanisms of modulation of vocal learning
Associate Professor Jon T. Sakata from McGill University, US, Language: English
Internal Seminar: Collin Stecker, Fundamental study and atomic-level understanding of energy materials and interfaces
Free pizza and soft drinks will be served following the Internal Seminar: please bring a mug! We hope to see you there!
Internal Seminar: Juanita Choo (Science and Technology Group)
Free pizza and soft drinks will be served following the Internal Seminar: p lease bring a mug!
Understanding each other through Hofstede’s cultural dimensions.
Are you interested in understanding different cultures? Are you curious to learn new tricks that would help you to flourish in a multicultural work environment? If you answered "yes" to any of this question, then "Understanding each other...." workshop is right for you!
NO registration is required! Bringing a laptop or a phone will make the session much more fun!
[Topology and Geometry Seminar] Topology and Geometry Movie Hour
The Topology and Geometry Seminar aims to introduce current mathematical research topics starting from the very basics. Anyone interested in mathematics is welcome to attend.
This week, we will be screening several short videos showcasing various spaces of interest to topology and geometry.
"Rippling rectangular waves for a modified Benney equation"
Prof. Toshiyuki Ogawa, Meiji University. Language: English, no interpretation.
Horizon 2020: Opportunities for Research Collaboration with Europe
Organized by EU Delegation to Japan and OIST. Target audience: OIST Postdocs, 'Grant Office/Kakenhi', OIST University Research Administrators, and participants from outside OIST. Get details and register for individual consultations at https://groups.oist.jp/horizon2020.
[Seminar] Innovation and Adaptive Radiation in Coral Reef Fishes
Seminar by Prof. Peter Wainwright , Department of Evolution & Ecology, Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis
Career Spotlight: Technology Transfer
Come and join a lively discussion about careers in Technology Transfer filed. Everyone is welcome!