OIST-Keio Showcase Talk Series Vol. 8 "Science Meets Society: Twist, Flow, and Instability"

The 8th OIST-Keio joint symposium explores the interplay of fluid mechanics, wave phenomena, and structural transformations, highlighting their impact on science and society. From gravity waves and multiphase reactors to extreme wave events, evaporating drops, and geometric linkages, six talks will showcase cutting-edge research at the intersection of physics, engineering, and applied mathematics. Additional topics will be explored in a poster session. The event aims to foster a dialogue between Keio and OIST researchers, enabling innovation through interdisciplinary collaboration.

Dr. A. Kevin G. DJOTAN, who will soon join the Microbial and Ecosystem Ecology Unit, is a JSPS postdoctoral researcher currently based at Mie University in Japan.

*Venue has Changed=> L5D23 * 【Seminar】Prof. Mathias Middelboe

Marine Biological Section, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Helsingør, Denmark

Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

"The role of bacteriophages in marine ecosystems and their potential use in disease control in aquaculture"

This is your chance to help shape StrucShare and make it as useful as possible for you and all structural biologists at OIST. Please feel free to spread the word to anyone interested in structural biology, from beginners to experts.

Speaker: Dr. Ariel Boiardi, Postdoctoral Scholar, Mechanics and Materials Unit (Fried Unit), OIST

QG group meeting Speaker: Yasha Neiman Title: "Cubic interactions of massless fields in (A)dS lightcone formalism - Part 2"

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).

Duc-Khanh Nguyen , OIST Title: Branching rule on winding subalgebras of affine Kac-Moody algebras

Speaker: Dr. Riko Hatakeyama, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

Title: TORC1-containing signaling endosomes: Discovery and characterization of a cellular signaling centre.

Speaker: Dr. Xavier Bonet-Monroig, Honda Research Institute Europe

Monday, December 8, 2025, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Speaker: Dr. Kotaro Inami, Nagoya University

The OIST Center for Quantum Technologies (OCQT) is pleased to invite you to the next installment of the OCQT Seminar Series. This time, we are excited to host Prof. Giulio Chiribella from the University of Hong Kong, who will deliver a talk entitled:

“The quantum communication power of indefinite causal order”

QG Seminar Speaker: Arundhati Goldar (IIT Mandi) Title: Bulk Reconstruction in De Sitter Spacetime

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).

A symposium featuring short talks selected from across OIST neuroscience research units, panel discussions, and a poster session.

Target audience: Open to the OIST community

Language: English

Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00

Title: "Patterning the cerebral cortex by transcription factor gradients"

Speaker: Dr. Shen-Ju Chou, Research Fellow, Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

QG group meeting Speaker: Yasha Neiman Title: "Cubic interactions of massless fields in (A)dS lightcone formalism"

ICIIBMS 2025 will be held at OIST University , December 2-5, 2025, Okinawa, Japan

Speaker: Alexandru Vasilache (FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik)

Title: Efficient Learning Systems: From Spiking Neural Networks to Reinforcement Learning

Zoom URL: https://oist.zoom.us/j/98953563139?pwd=NhDaOJQ92bNShdNyBzbryrnUIKbl1v.1

ID: 989 5356 3139 PW:59168

StrucShare meeting: Cryo-ET toolbox session by Simon Corroyer-Dulmont

This session will feature a toolbox segment on cryo-ET included in a case study “The palisade layer of the poxvirus core is composed of flexible A10 trimers” presented by Simon Corroyer-Dulmont (Sitsel Unit).

QG Seminar Speaker: Matilda Delgado (Harvard U., Phys. Dept. and Garching, Max Planck Inst.) Title: Dualities and the Compactifiability of Moduli Space

Guest Seminar hosted by Collective Dynamics and Quantum Transport Unit Speaker: Nicolò Beato (Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems) Title: "Phase transitions in quantum control landscapes"

This event is a collaborative initiative between Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) and Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), aimed at advancing new research developments in Gendered Innovation through the integration of both institutes’ strengths in advanced science and technology. Gendered Innovation offers critical perspectives not only for promoting femtech but also for applications in drug discovery, medical technologies, and materials development. Incorporating viewpoints on gender and broader diversity from the earliest stages of basic research is key to enhancing the quality and value of science. It also serves as a foundation for sustainable research and development that extends through applied research and ultimately contributes to social impact. In particular, Gendered Innovation is gaining global attention as a framework aligned with Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and with the promotion of fairness in research practices. By bridging diverse fields such as quantum science, materials science, and AI—alongside OIST’s core strengths in neuroscience, biology, and environmental science—this event seeks to foster interdisciplinary collaboration through the fusion of advanced research domains. The event aspires to create a platform where researchers from both institutions can share knowledge, explore emerging challenges, and shape new possibilities for future-oriented, transdisciplinary research.

The Internal Seminar Series is back for the fall term, this week with talks from Oliver Bellwood (Quantum Engineering and Design Unit) and Alberto Sassi (Biological Complexity Unit). Stop by to learn about the exciting projects happening in other units and sections, chat with fellow researchers, and enjoy complimentary refreshments.

Speaker: Dr. Flavia Libonati

Associate Professor, University of Genoa Research Affiliate, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)

This event will be the fifth joint workshop between Tohoku University and OIST since 2021. This time, WPI-AIMEC (Tohoku U & JAMSTEC) is co-organizing the event. It will include presentations that provide an overview of the current status and challenges of research on the marine environment and marine ecosystems, to promote the exchange of knowledge among researchers from Tohoku University, JAMSTEC, OIST, as well as University of the Ryukyus, and the University of Hawai'i. A majority of presentations will be given by early career researchers, with ample time for discussion to consider future collaborations and joint funding applications.

ICONIP 2025

[Speaker] Stefanie Rauchenzauner, Research Fellow, OIST, Postdoctoral Researcher, Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU), Austria

Speaker: Francesco Bavato, MD, University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich

Title: Blood Markers of Neuroaxonal Remodelling in Psychiatry: From the Lab to Clinical Use and Back

QG seminar Speaker: Beatrice Bonga (Radboud University) Title: "Quasi-normal modes: an introduction to ringing black holes"

A talk by Merit Kruse

Megan Carey Lab, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal

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. Matteo Convertino

Speaker: Dr. Te Faye Yap, Assistant Professor, University of Hawaii Manoa, Mechanical Engineering

Zoom Link: https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/4145948852?omn=86322994542 Meeting ID: 414 594 8852 Passcode: CoE

Professor Antonio Celani is Head and Senior Research Scientist at The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics ICTP

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 registration deadline for OISTxWPI-AIMEC (Tohoku U & JAMSTEC) Joint Workshop "Changing Marine Ecosystems: Biogeography of Habitat Shifts and Adaptation to Oceanographic Variability" is November 12, 2025.

As a continuation of the Greener Mobility Ideathon held in December last year , this mid-term workshop serves as a platform to share interim results and engage stakeholders, including local citizens, in shaping the next phase of development. The project aims to explore practical and community-driven solutions for sustainable transportation, combining digital tools, behavioral insights, and collaborative design.

Language : English and Japanese (partially)　発表は日本語通訳つき Location : Seminar Room Lab 4 E48 at OIST

Speaker: Mr. Pritam Halder, Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Prayagraj

Prof. Jun Zhang, graduated and received his BS degree from Wuhan University in China, and earned his Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. After a postdoctoral experience in biophysics at Rockefeller University, he came to NYU and started building the Applied Math Lab at the Courant Institute and later he became a faculty member (physics and math) there. His research interest has been in the field of physics of fluids and complex systems, which includes biomechanics or bio-locomotion (organismal swimming and flying), geophysical fluids (thermal convection, continental dynamics, and erosion), solid-on-solid friction, urban heat-island effect, and self-organization phenomena at many different scales.

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

Speaker: Prof. Sachihiro Matsunaga, Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo

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: Professor Yohei Sakurai, Saitama University Title: Almost splitting and quantitative stratification for super Ricci flow Abstract: I will discuss almost rigidity properties of super Ricci flow whose Muller quantity is non-negative. I will present almost splitting and quantitative stratification theorems that have been established by Bamler for Ricci flow. This talk is based on the joint work with Keita Kunikawa (Tokushima university). **ZOOM** Please register here

Seminar by Dr. Essie Rodgers

Speaker: Prof. Konrad Banaszek, University of Warsaw

Date: Thursday, November 6, 2025 - 10:00 to 11:00

Title: Model for tension propagation in crumpled compartmentalised cell membranes

Speaker: Prof. Michael M. Kozlov

Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

QG Seminar Speaker: Tom Wetzstein (OIST)

Title: The Holographic BMS Anomalies

Seminar by Dr. Jose Ricardo Paula

[Speaker] Prof. Alfredo Soldati, Professor, Institute of Fluid Mechanics & Heat Transfer, TU Wien, Austria/ Dept. Eng. & Arch., University of Udine, Udine, Italy