Past Events
Seminar"Nanobiosensors for Diagnostics: Sustainable Point-of-Care Technologies Shaped by Nanotechnology and the REASSURED Framework"Arben Merkoçi
Language: English
[Seminar] Multiscale modeling and simulation of carbon fiber-reinforced composites by Prof. Tomonaga Okabe (Tohoku University)
Prof. Tomonaga Okabe , Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Tohoku University
[Seminar] Leveraging Supramolecular Chemistry in Organic Electronics - Prof. Bob C. Schroeder (UCL)
Mini-courses on Representation Theory (by Dr. Baptiste Rognerud & Dr. Shijie Zhu)
These two introductory mini-courses are offered by experts in Representation Theory, as part of the thematic program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined (TP25TD).
Posets and representation theory (by Dr. Baptiste Rognerud) Monomorphism categories and applications (by Dr. Shijie Zhu)Location: OIST campus, Lab 5, Room L5D23
Schedule: Click Here
Zoom Link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/94782960593?pwd=R0oI1bBPgL5eCVd9HBdvrv2H7Q8Py9.1 Meeting ID: 947 8296 0593 Passcode: 584111
OIST Innovation Open Hour
OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Have you ever wondered if your discoveries could lead to a patent or startup? Curious about what happens at OIST Innovation? Have an idea for a product or service? Want to apply for Round 14 of the Proof of Concept (POC) Program? We welcome your ideas and questions!
TSVP Talk: "Starting on a Low Note: Playing with Kozak Sequences to Cure Dosage-Sensitive Gene Diseases" by Alessandro Quattrone
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 Dr. David Jones
Seminar by Dr. David Jones
TSVP Talk: "Indistinguishability and Statistics of Quantum Particles" by Masaki Oshikawa
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] "Multigene phylogeny and expansion microscopy of Discocelia plataet sp. n., a new representative of a poorly characterized order Discocelida (Rhizaria: Cercozoa incertae sedis)" by Dr. Kristina Prokina
Dr. Kristina Prokina, Postdoctoral researcher, Ecologie Systématique et Evolution, Université Paris-Saclay
[Seminar] Beyond Lotka-Volterra: Modeling Higher-Order Interactions and Non-Equilibrium Dynamics in Ecological Communities - by BingKan Xue
Internal seminar organized by Biological Complexity Unit.
Expository Talk by Prof. Hideto Asashiba (Interval replacements of persistence modules)
Expository Talk by Prof. Hideto Asashiba (Shizuoka University/Kyoto University KUIAS, Japan), as part of the Thematic Program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined.
Time: 14:00-15:30, July 2, 2025
Location: L5D23: OIST campus, Lab 5, Floor D, Room L5D23
Zoom Link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/94782960593?pwd=R0oI1bBPgL5eCVd9HBdvrv2H7Q8Py9.1 Meeting ID: 947 8296 0593 Passcode: 584111
Marine Safety Lecture by Naha Coast Guard Office
Just before the summer marine leisure season, there will be a safety lecture on safety for marine leisure by the 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters Naha Coast Guard Office.
TSVP Talk: "Designing Human-AI Interaction" by Misha Sra
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).
[Mini-Symposium] "Afternoon on Quantum Gravity" at OIST
Speaker : Sumati Surya (Raman Research Institute in Bengaluru) / Kristina Giesel (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg) / Silke Weinfurtner (Nottingham University)
Date and time : 1 st July Tuesday at 14:00 Location : L4F01 Language: English
[Seminar] "Harpoons and cartwheels: from heterotrophic protist organism discovery to evolutionary cell biology" by Dr. Yana Eglit
Dr. Yana Eglit, Postdoc, Guichard/Hamel Lab, the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Geneva, Switzerland
Seminar: Spatial Biology in multiple dimensions by Milteny Biotech
Spatial biology in multiple dimensions
Speaker: Dr. Stefan Eulitz (Miltenyi Biotec B. V. & Co. KG)
[Seminar] Our mind: systemic control of the brain by Dr. Akira Sawa( Johns Hopkins University )
A seminar by Dr. Akira Sawa at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine will be hosted by Prof. Yoshida.
Mini-courses on Topological Data Analysis (by Dr. Emerson Escolar & Dr. Luis Scoccola)
These two introductory mini-courses are offered by experts in Topological Data Analysis, as part of the thematic program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined (TP25TD).
Invariants for persistence ( by Dr. Emerson Escolar ) Introduction to persistence: geometric motivations, metric stability, and representation theory of posets ( by Dr. Luis Scoccola )Location: OIST campus, Center Building, Room C209
Schedule: Click Here
Zoom Link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/94782960593?pwd=R0oI1bBPgL5eCVd9HBdvrv2H7Q8Py9.1 Meeting ID: 947 8296 0593 Passcode: 584111
[Seminar] "Illusions and biases of human body schema" by Dr. Art Pilacinski
Dr. Art Pilacinski, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany Hosted by Cybernetic Humanity Studio (OIST - Sony CSL collaboration)
OIST Innovation Open Hour
OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Have you ever wondered if your discoveries could lead to a patent or startup? Curious about what happens at OIST Innovation? Have an idea for a product or service? Want to apply for Round 14 of the Proof of Concept (POC) Program? We welcome your ideas and questions!
Let’s Talk About Queer Identities!
Join the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) team - Mario Reddy + Kristin Macapagal - for an informal bring-your-own- lunch discussion focused on understanding q u e e r i d entities. Whether you are thinking about your own identity or if you have general questions as an ally to the LGBTQ+ community, we hope to host a friendly environment where you can chat and discuss with others . We will also talk about the different identities represented on the Pride flag and why visibility matters.
Happy Pride Month!
Seminar "Deciphering geomaterial degradation instability with the help of dynamic radiography"
Speaker: Dr.François Guillard, Particles and Grains Laboratory, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney
Expository Talk by Prof. Thomas Brüstle (Computing generalized ranks and compression multiplicities of persistence modules)
Expository Talk by Prof. Thomas Brüstle (Bishop's University and Université de Sherbrooke, Canada), as part of the Thematic Program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined.
Time: 10:00-11:30, June 27, 2025
Location: OIST, Lab 4, Floor E, Room L4E48
Zoom Link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/94782960593?pwd=R0oI1bBPgL5eCVd9HBdvrv2H7Q8Py9.1 Meeting ID: 947 8296 0593 Passcode: 584111
Slides from the presentation are available here .
Proof of Concept (POC) Program — New call for applications (Round 14 Info Session)
The OIST Proof of Concept (POC) Program can set you up with funding, mentoring, industry collaborations, a supportive community and more. Learn about the new call for applications and get ready to turn your groundbreaking idea into a technology, product or service.
Pride 2025: Queer Biology
Come to our lunchtime seminar to learn about biological sex and queer biology! Everyone is welcome!
Introduction to microcontrollers and electronics using the Arduino platform
In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn the basics of embedded programming using a handheld game device based on the AVTokyo 2022 badge. While the focus is on programming, we’ll also explore hardware fundamentals such as reading sensor data and displaying text on a screen. The badge hardware will be provided by VPC-Asia. Participants should bring a laptop with the Arduino IDE installed and a micro USB cable. NOTE. The number of participants is limited. Please sign up at the Graduate School counter .
(Room changed to C209) Japan in the Age of Emperor Meiji (1868-1912) – Shaping a future in a turbulent world
Japan in the Age of Emperor Meiji (1868-1912) – Shaping a future in a turbulent world
Prototyping, hardware and product development for beginners
This presentation will expose students to open-source and low-cost solutions to prototyping and hardware development as well as affordable paths in product development. In particular, we will cover advances and opportunities in microcontrollers and sensors, enabled by the Arduino ecosystem and Platform.io .
[Seminar] "Adventures in academic drug discovery with a focus on Pseudomonas aeruginosa" by Prof. Kurt Krause
第4回 大学職員向け勉強会 (日本語) / #4 Study Session for University Staff (JP)
[Seminar] Dr. Anirudh Chandrasekaran "Higher order Van Hove singularities in quantum materials"
Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field. Language: English
Seminar "Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for Distributed Control of Wall-Bounded Turbulent Flows" by Giorgio Cavallazzi
[Speaker] Giorgio Cavallazzi, Research Student, Department of Engineering, City St George's, University of London
Expository Talk by Prof. Hugh Thomas (Birth and death curves for representations of a grid poset)
Expository Talk by Prof. Hugh Thomas (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada), as part of the Thematic Program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined. Title: Birth and death curves for representations of a grid poset
Time: 10:00-11:30, June 24, 2025
Location: OIST, Lab 4, Floor E, Room L4E48
Zoom Link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/94782960593?pwd=R0oI1bBPgL5eCVd9HBdvrv2H7Q8Py9.1
[Seminar] Prof. Sumiran Pujari "«Anticommuting» Z2 quantum spin liquids"
Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field. Language: English
AIVIA Day
AIVIA DAY
OIST Computational Neuroscience Course (OCNC 2025)
OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Erik De Schutter (Computational Neuroscience Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Tutorial sessions and meals are closed sessions (for registered participants only).
OIST Innovation Open Hour
OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Have you ever wondered if your discoveries could lead to a patent or startup? Curious about what happens at OIST Innovation? Have an idea for a product or service? Want to apply for Round 14 of the Proof of Concept (POC) Program? We welcome your ideas and questions!
TSVP Talk: "Generalized Symmetries in Quantum Matter" by Zhu-Xi Luo
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] "The evolution of metabolic endosymbioses" by Prof. Eric Libby
Dr. Eric Libby, Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, Umea University.
第3回 大学職員向け勉強会 (日本語) / #3 Study Session for University Staff (JP)
【June 18th】 Travel Consultation Session/ 【6/18】 旅費相談会
Travel Expense Team will hold a travel consultation session.
旅費相談会を開催いたします。
June 18th, 2025 (Wed) @A151 Center Bldg. 15:00-16:00
Okinawa Memorial Day Lecture 2025
June 23 is Okinawa Memorial Day. To mark the occasion, a special lecture on Okinawa's history and war will be held on June 17 (Tue) 15:00-17:00 in the OIST Auditorium.
Child-rearing Support Community : lunchtime Chat!
TSVP Symposium: Aspects of Generalized Symmetries
Symposium : Aspects of Generalized Symmetries
From June 16-21, 2025 at OIST Lab 5 D23
This symposium is part of the TSVP Thematic Program "Generalized Symmetries in Quantum Matter" . The program will run from May 12 to July 5, 2025 .
OIST Innovation Open Hour
OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Have you ever wondered if your discoveries could lead to a patent or startup? Curious about what happens at OIST Innovation? Have an idea for a product or service? Want to apply for Round 14 of the Proof of Concept (POC) Program? We welcome your ideas and questions!
Okinawa Memorial Day Exhibition
This special exhibition to commemorate Okinawa Memorial Day presents a selection of wartime photographs from the Onna Village Museum Collection.
第2回 大学職員向け勉強会 (日本語) / #2 Study Session for University Staff (JP)
TSVP Talk: "Advancing LLM Post-training via Bilevel Optimization" by Tianyi Chen
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] Unlocking the secrets of heart muscle structure by Prof Stefan Raunser
Professor Stefan Rauser, Managing Director of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology (Germany), will present his group’s research focusing on determining the molecular architecture of heart muscle sarcomeres using cryoelectron tomography
Decoy-state optical quantum information processing with coherent states
Speaker: Dr. Wenyuan Wang, Nara Institute of Science and Technology















































