Past Events

Seminar

Seminar: Plasticity of neuronal networks and single cell properties in the anterior cingulate cortex induced by neuropathic pain, by Prof. Thomas Nevian from University of Bern

Thursday, June 11, 2015 - 10:00 to 11:00
Seminar Room B503, Level B, Lab 1
Seminar: Prof. Thomas Nevian from University of Bern, talks on "Plasticity of neuronal networks and single cell properties in the anterior cingulate cortex induced by neuropathic pain"
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Seminar "Topological Surface States in the Heavy Fermion Metals and Superconductors" Andriy Nevidomskyy

Monday, June 8, 2015 - 14:00 to 15:00
D015, Lab1
Seminar by Prof. Andriy Nevidomskyy (Rice Univ. / Uni.Tokyo), Jun 8th (Mon) 14:00-15:00, D015, Lab1.
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"Digital counting of mRNA molecules genome-wide by molecular barcoding", Prof. Katsuyuki Shiroguchi.

Monday, June 8, 2015 - 14:00 to 15:00
C016, Lab1
Seminar "Digital counting of mRNA molecules genome-wide by molecular barcoding.", Prof. Katsuyuki Shiroguchi.
Seminar

”Entanglement prethermalization” Eriko Kaminishi

Monday, June 8, 2015 - 10:30 to 11:30
C016, Lab1
Eriko Kaminishi (Post-doc, The University of Tokyo, Japan)
OIST Workshops

OCNC 2015: OIST Computational Neuroscience Course

Monday, June 8, 2015 - 09:00 to Thursday, June 25, 2015 - 17:00
OIST Seaside House
OIST Workshop - Application Deadline is February 8, 2015 - OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions - Practical sessions are only for registered participants - URL: https://groups.oist.jp/ocnc/ocnc-2015
Seminar

Seminar ''Organo lead halide perovskite for high efficiency printable solar cells and optoelectronic devices'' Prof. Tsutomu (Tom) Miyasaka, Toin University of Yokohama

Friday, June 5, 2015 - 10:00 to 11:00
Meeting Room C016, Lab1
Seminar ''Organo lead halide perovskite for high efficiency printable solar cells and optoelectronic devices'' Prof. Tsutomu (Tom) Miyasaka, Toin University of Yokohama
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Seminar by Dr Wang 'Ratiometric wavelength measurement systems based on Silicon-on-Insulator integrated devices'

Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - 14:00 to 15:00
B503, Level B, Centre Building
Speaker: Dr Pengfei Wang, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
Seminar

"Electronic ferroelectricity in carbon-based systems:from reality of organic conductors to promises of polymers." by Prof. Natasha Kirova.

Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - 13:00 to 14:00
C016
Natasha Kirova, Professor, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, University Paris-Sud Language: English
Seminar

Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Nanomaterials Synthesis by Prof. Bruce Clemens (Stanford University, U.S.A) , Lecture 4 & 5

Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - 11:00
C016 (Lab 1, Level C)

Nanoparticles by Design Unit (Sowwan Unit) would like to invite you to a Special Lecture Series by Prof. Bruce Clemens (Stanford University, U.S.A) on the Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Nanomaterials Synthesis .

Lecture 1 – Thermodynamics Review, Bond Counting and the Regular Solution Model, Chemical Potential

Lecture 2 – Surface Energies, the Gibbs-Thompson Effect, the Effect of Size on Vapor Pressure, Gibbs-Thompson Effect

Lecture 3 – Chemical Potential as the Driving Force for Kinetic Processes, Interface Attachment and Diffusion

Lecture 4 – Nanoparticle Formation From Solutions, Nucleation, Interface Attachment, Diffusion, Growth Model, Controlling Size Distribution

Lecture 5 –...

Seminar

"Dysfunction in circadian behavior and physiology in mouse models of Huntington’s disease" Dr.Takashi Kudo

Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - 10:00 to 11:00
D014,Lab1 LevelD

Dear All,

Neuronal Mechanism for Critical Period Unit would like to invite you to the seminar by Dr.Takashi Kudo

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Date: June 3rd ,2015

Time: 10:00-11:00

Venue: D014, La1 LevelD

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Speaker: Dr.Takashi Kudo

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Seminar: Evolutionary Robotics, by Prof. Dario Floreano from EPFL

Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - 10:00 to 11:00
Seminar Room B503, Level B, Lab 1
Seminar: Prof. Dario Floreano from Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, EPFL talks on "Evolutionary Robotics"
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[Time Change] Seminar: Bio-inspired and "bio-compatible" drones, by Prof. Dario Floreano from EPFL

Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - 16:00 to 17:00
Seminar Room B503, Level B, Lab 1
Seminar: Prof. Dario Floreano from Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, EPFL talks on "Bio-inspired and "bio-compatible" drones"
Seminar

"Phase Transitions in Early Life: Clues from the Genetic Code" Nigel Goldenfeld

Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - 13:00 to 14:00
C209
Nigel Goldenfeld, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Seminar

"Single molecule spectroscopy using STM" Prof. Maki Kawai

Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - 11:00 to 12:00
C210 (Center Building)
Prof. Maki Kawai, Department of Advanced Materials Science, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
Seminar

"Buckling of macroscopic metal-organic-framework nanofilms" by Prof. Sahraoui Chaieb

Monday, June 1, 2015 - 10:00 to 11:00
B503, seminar room (Lab1)
Prof. Sahraoui Chaieb PhD, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Seminar

Internal Seminar: Sinclair Unit

Friday, May 29, 2015 - 17:30 to 18:00
B250
Join us for May's third Internal Seminar Series on May 29, from 17:30 to 18:00 in B250. This month's third seminar features the Mathematical Biology Unit (Robert Michael Sinclair).
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"Statistical Physics, Biological Complexity and Pattern Formation at Yellowstone's Hot Springs" by Prof. Nigel Goldenfeld

Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 11:00 to 12:00
C209 seminar room, Level C, Center Building
Professor Nigel Goldenfeld Department of Physics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Loomis Laboratory 1110 West Green St Urbana IL 61801.
Seminar

Solitons in low dimensional electronic systems of synthetic conductors.

Wednesday, May 27, 2015 - 13:00 to 14:00
C016
ENTER IMPORTANT DETAILS HERE, SUCH AS SPEAKER INFO, "Language: Japanese. No interpretation will be provided.", "Participation by invitation only.", "Registration required. Go to www.oist.jp/reserve for more information and registration.", ETC.
Seminar

The Integrated Research Enterprise

Wednesday, May 27, 2015 - 13:00
C209

Language: English

Research

Exhibition by Life Technologies, GE Healthcare, Watson, Yamato and Beckman Coulter

Wednesday, May 27, 2015 - 10:00 to 17:00
C210, Center Building
Please stop by to speak with representatives from each manufacturer
OIST Workshops

ONNA2015: Optical Nanofiber Applications: From Quantum to Bio Technologies

Monday, May 25, 2015 - 09:00 to Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 17:00
OIST Seaside House
OIST Workshop - Application deadline is January 23rd, 2015 - URL: https://groups.oist.jp/onna
Seminar

Seminar and Demo by JEOL and a Special Lecture by Professor Hariyama

Friday, May 22, 2015 - 13:30 to 17:00
B503, Lab 1
There will be a presentation by Professor Hariyama of the Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
Seminar

"The Green-ILC project: towards sustainable particle colliders" Denis Perret-Gallix

Friday, May 22, 2015 - 13:30 to 15:00
C015, Lab 1
Language: English. No interpretation will be provided.
Seminar

"Initial-boundary value problems arise in practice" by Dr. Hongqiu Chen

Wednesday, May 20, 2015 - 13:30 to 14:30
C015, LevelC, Lab 1
Dr. Hongqiu Chen, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Memphis.
Research

Technical Workshop - LC/MS Data Analysis

Wednesday, May 20, 2015 - 10:00 to 16:00
C700, Lab 3
Please contact Alex Villar Briones to attend
Seminar

"Sand Bar Formation and Soft Beach Protection" Professor Jerry L. Bona

Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 14:00 to 15:00
C015, LevelC, Lab 1
Professor Jerry L. Bona, Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago
Seminar

OIST Seminar: Synchrotrons and X-ray Free Electron Lasers in Structural Biology – From “Slow” to “Ultrafast”

Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 14:00
B503
Speaker: Prof. Britt Hedman, SSRL and SLAC, Stanford University Title: Synchrotrons and X-ray Free Electron Lasers in Structural Biology – From “Slow” to “Ultrafast”
Seminar

Seminar: Predictive Computations in the Primary Visual Cortex, Prof. Michael J. Berry II

Monday, May 18, 2015 - 16:30 to 17:30
Seminar Room B503, Level B, Lab 1
Seminar: Prof. Michael J. Berry II from Princeton University talks on "Predictive Computations in the Primary Visual Cortex"
Seminar

''Space-Time Liquid-Crystals : synchronization and fluctuations in active matter'' T.B. Liverpool, University of Bristol

Monday, May 18, 2015 - 11:00 to 12:00
C016, Lab1
Seminar by Prof. T.B. Liverpool (Univ. of Bristol), Monday 18th May 11:00-12:00, C016 Lab1.
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Internal Seminar: Yanagida Unit Unit

Friday, May 15, 2015 - 17:30 to 18:00
B250
Join us for May's second Internal Seminar Series on May 15, from 17:30 to 18:00 in B250. This month's first seminar features the G0 Cell Unit (Mitsuhiro Yanagida).
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Seminar 'Cephalopods, potential new models or just fancy slugs?' by Dr. Michael Kuba Th 14 May 14:00-15:00

Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 14:00 to 15:00
Seminar Room B503, Level B, Lab 1
Date: Th 14 May 2015 Time: 14:00 - 15:00 Venue: Seminar Room B503, Level/Floor B, Lab 1 Speaker: Dr. Michael Kuba, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt Title: Cephalopods, potential new models or just fancy slugs?
Seminar

"Gene therapy-progress and predictions" Prof. Mary Collins

Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 13:00 to 14:00
C209, Center Bldg
Mary Collins, Professor of Immunology, University College London; Head of Division of Advanced Therapies, National Institute of Biological Standards and Control UK, recently retired as Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences UCL, OIST President's Scholar In Residence
Seminar

"Experimental studies of one dimensional Bose gases" Toshiya Kinoshita

Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 10:30 to 11:30
C015, Lab 1
Toshiya Kinoshita, Associate Professor Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Course of Studies on Material Science Kyoto University
Workshop

OIST Mini Symposium "New Medical Imaging and Advanced Cancer Therapy (BNCT) Instrumentation"

Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 09:00 to Saturday, May 16, 2015 - 17:00
OIST Seaside House
OIST Mini Symposium - Open to all OIST members - For non-OIST members: Please contact the organizers for information on how to participate.
Seminar

"Woman in Science" Prof Mary Collins

Wednesday, May 13, 2015 - 13:00 to 14:00
C209

Prof. Mary Collins, Professor of Immunology Head of Division of Advanced Therapies, University College London and National Institute of Biological Standards and Control. Prof Collins is visiting OIST from May 11 to May15, 2015 as the President's Scholar In Residence.

Seminar

"Fung-Type Elastic Potentials in Biomechanics: (Missing) Theory and (Further) Applications" Professor Salvatore Federico

Wednesday, May 13, 2015 - 10:30 to 11:30
Center Building C210
Professor Salvatore Federico, The University of Calgary
Seminar

CANCELED: Technical Seminar by Lonza: 4D-Nucleofector System

Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 15:00 to 16:00
C016, Lab 1
Demo of the Nucleofector will also be available
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Structural Studies on Translesion DNA Synthesis

Monday, May 11, 2015 - 11:00 to 12:00
C 016 (Lab 1, Level C)
Seminar by Dr. Christian Biertümpfel, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry.
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Seminar ''Chemical Routes toward Long-Lasting Lithium/Sulfur Cells '' Prof. Yuegang Zhang

Friday, May 8, 2015 - 10:00 to 11:00
Meeting Room C016, Lab1
Seminar by Prof. Yuegang Zhang from i-Lab, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Workshop

OIST Mini Symposium: Current Developments in Three-Dimensional Biological Electron Microscopy

Thursday, May 7, 2015 - 09:00 to Saturday, May 9, 2015 - 17:00
OIST Seaside House
OIST Mini Symposium - Open to all OIST members - For non-OIST members: Please contact the organizers for information on how to participate.
Seminar

Internal Seminar: Luscombe Unit and Dani Unit

Friday, May 1, 2015 - 17:00 to 18:00
B250
Join us for May's first Internal Seminar Series on May 1, from 17:00 to 18:00 in B250. This month's first seminar features the Genomics and Regulatory Systems Unit (Nicholas M. Luscombe) and Femtosecond Spectroscopy Unit (Keshav Dani).
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Seminar ''Introduction of XAFS and its applications'' Prof. Sang-Wook Han, Jeonbuk National University

Friday, May 1, 2015 - 13:30 to 14:30
Meeting Room C015, Lab1
Prof. Sang-Wook Han, Department of Physics Education, Jeonbuk National University, Korea
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Seminar "microRNAs trigger dissociation of eIF4AI and II from target mRNAs in humans."

Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - 13:00 to 13:45
C016, Lab1
Seminar "microRNAs trigger dissociation of eIF4AI and II from target mRNAs in humans." Prof. Toshinobu Fujiwara.
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Technical Seminar: Micro CT Imaging of Soft Tissues of Research Animals

Monday, April 27, 2015 - 14:00 to 16:00
D015, Lab 1
Technical seminar and free discussion
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Mini Symposium: Optical Trapping

Monday, April 27, 2015 - 09:00 to 17:00
C209, Level C, Centre Building
Outside speakers: Dr Yoshihiro Arita (University of St Andrews, Scotland) Prof Etienne Brasselet (University of Bordeaux I, France) Dr Simon Hanna (University of Bristol, UK) Prof Jack Tsz Fai NG (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)
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''Development of nano functional materials and their application in organic/inorganic hybrid solar cells'' by Prof. Tingli Ma, Kyutech

Friday, April 24, 2015 - 14:00 to 15:00
Meeting Room C016, Lab1
Seminar ''Development of nano functional materials and their application in organic/inorganic hybrid solar cells'' by Prof. Tingli Ma, Kyutech
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''Printable solar cells'' by Prof. Shuzi Hayase, Kyutech

Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 10:00 to 11:00
Meeting Room C016, Lab1
Seminar ''Printable solar cells'' by Prof. Shuzi Hayase, Kyutech
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Seminar "Novel approaches to study mechanism of cytokinesis in animal cells." Prof. Issei Mabuchi.

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 - 13:00 to 14:00
C016, Lab1
Seminar "Novel approaches to study mechanism of cytokinesis in animal cells." Prof. Issei Mabuchi.
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Lecture series: Artificial Gauge Fields and Topology in Ultracold Atomic Gases, Dr. Yongping Zhang

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 - 00:00 to Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 12:00
C600-b, LevelC, Lab2
Lecture series: Artificial Gauge Fields and Topology in Ultracold Atomic Gases by Dr. Yongping Zhang Lecture 1: Synthetic Magnetic field and Electric field 10:00-12:00, Wednesday, 22 April @C600-b Lecture 2: Artificial Spin-orbit Coupling 15:00-17:00, Wednesday, 22 April @C600-b Lecture 3: The Measurement of Topological Properties 10:00-12:00, Thursday, 23 April @C600-b
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"Towards Neutrino Mass Spectroscopy using Atoms/Molecules: Span Project" Motohiko Yoshimura and Noboru Sasao

Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 14:00 to 16:00
Meeting Room C015, Lab1
Language: Japanese or English, depending on the pool of audience. No interpretation will be provided.

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