This session discusses various career paths open after a period as a postdoc , including Universities, Laboratories and the “Big Wide World”.

Speaker: Ms. Eva Kolařova, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Speaker: Prof. Vladimír Remeš from Palacký University, Czech Republic

"Structural analysis of biological macromolecules using 3D cryo-electron microscopy"

by Jaekyung Hyun (PhD), Nano-Bio Electron Microscopy Research Group

Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)

This one-day workshop aims to give attendees the necessary skills to successfully compete for grant funding in Japan. After the workshop, attendees will be able to identify relevant research questions, find the appropriate grants, and write impressive grant applications to help secure funding for their research.

Speaker: Antony Speranza, University of Maryland Date : Tuesday, May 15, 2018 Time : 3:00pm-4:00pm

Seminar by Paul Dumas (Research Director CNRS and Emeritat at Synchrotron Soleil)

Speaker: Dr. Amanda Hund, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA

Speaker: Prof. Elizabeth Scordato, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, USA

Dr. Yutaka Fujii, University of Fukui

Language: English

Dr. Akira Fukuda, Hyogo College of Medicine,

Language: English

Go to http://www.brain-ai.jp/ for more information.

The seminar aims to introduce research topics in topology, geometry and its interactions with other sciences. Anyone interested in mathematics is welcome to attend.

This week, we have two 30-mins talks. Dr Linling Ru (Tsvietkova Unit) will speak on "A suspension flow with a Plykin attractor", and Motoko Kato (Tokyo University) will talk about "On groups whose actions on finite-dimensional CAT(0) spaces have global fixed points".

"End to end approach for behavior generation in robot systems" by Prof. Tetsuya Ogata, Waseda University

National holiday.

National holiday.

Road Closure

Date:2018.05.03(THU)

Time:12:00-16:00

Place:Please Find Attached.

National holiday.

National holiday.

SKYWALK3 (Only level B) Closure & Noise

Please use other SKYWALKS（SKYWALK1 / SKYWALK2 / SKYWALK3 level C is accessible）

Prof. Junichi Isoya, University of Tsukuba

Language: English

Title: "Context-specific Wnt Signalling in Embryonic Development and Heart Muscle Differentiation”

Speaker: Professor Stefan Hoppler

Institution: Prof. Stefan Hoppler, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

QG group meeting Speaker: Henry Stoltenberg (OIST) Title: Tales from Copenhagen

Summary from "Quantum Information in Cosmology" workshop

Part III: Introduction to the numerical libraries Numpy, Scipy and Matplotlib. Bring a laptop, and make sure you can access Sango and Tombo.

Science Event for Children and Adults, Free admission, to attend the science cafe, the reservation required

Updates from Executive meetings and Open Forum

The Mechanical Engineering and Microfabrication Support Section would like to invite you to the Mechanical Engineering User Group meeting on Friday the 20th of April.

Three Minute Thesis launch event at Teatime

Seminar by Prof. Paul Wiegmann from University of Chicago

Dr. Cotoras, Entomology dept. California Academy of Sciences

The weekly Topology and Geometry Seminar, with Dr. Johannes Schönke (Mathematics, Mechanics, and Materials Unit)

"Dr. Mutsuhiro Takekawa, Professor, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo. Language: English, no interpretation."

Part II: A few common uses for Python on the Cluster. Bring a laptop, and make sure you have access to Sango and Tombo clusters.

Lecture title: Event-ready loophole free Bell tests - From Foundations to Applications Speaker: Prof. Harald Weinfurter, University of Munich, Germany

This is a part of the workshop C3QS2018 organized by Quantum Systems Unit. Everyone from OIST commuity is welcome!

"Dr. Bojana Kokinovic, Postdoc, Umea University. Language: English"

Prof. Paola Laurino (Protein Engineering and Evolution Unit, OIST). "Towards an ancient finger print of Rossmann fold enzymes and the evolution of SAM methylation", 10:00-11:00, April 18 (wed).

Lecture title: Spin dynamics of individual neutral impurities in a Bose-Einstein condensate Speaker: Prof. Artur Widera, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany

This is a part of the workshop C3QS2018 organized by Quantum Systems Unit. Everyone from OIST commuity is welcome!

Lecture title: Semiclassical wave packet dynamics in quantum systems with loss and gain Speaker: Dr. Eva-Maria Graefe, Imperial College London, UK.

This is a part of the workshop C3QS2018 organized by Quantum Systems Unit. Everyone from OIST commuity is welcome!

JST representatives will visit OIST to explain about CREST/PRESTO. Date： Tuesday, April 17, 2018 Time: 11：00-12：00（Japanese session） 14：00-15：00（English Session） @ C210 Seminar Room, C Floor, Center bld. Speaker： Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) Representatives Dr. Hideki Yamazaki & Dr. Tomohisa Hamada/ Senior Staff, Department of Innovation Research, JST , No registration required . Contact: grant@oist.jp Grants and Research Collaborations Section,

Part I: Introduce the Python language. Bring a laptop, and ask for access to Sango and Tombo clusters beforehand.

OIST Workshop - Application Deadline: January 2018 - OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions - Website: https://groups.oist.jp/c3qs

Internal Seminar, Maeva Techer, Postdoc, Ecology and Evolution (Mikheyev Unit)

C700, 4:30-5:00 pm

Speaker: Dr. Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, Deputy laboratory head from Laboratory for motor learning control, RIKEN Brain Science Institute Language: English

Internal Seminar, Sebastien Lapointe, PhD Student, Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis Unit

C700, 4:00-4:30 pm

Dr. Joel P. Schneider, Chief of Chemical Biology Laboratory Head, Peptide Design and Materials Section Center for Cancer Research Deputy Director, National Cancer Institute, NIH

Speaker: Prof. Remi Munos

Date,Time,Venue: April 13, Friday from 14:00-15:00 @B711, Lab3

Title: "Several challenges of deep Reinforcement Learning"

Affiliation: INRIA (currently visiting Google DeepMind) Lille, France (London, UK)

Lecture of 10:30 and 15:30 starting on Friday 13th.

The seminar aims to introduce research topics in topology, geometry and its interactions with other sciences. Anyone interested in mathematics is welcome to attend

This week, Dr. Dale Koenig (Tsvietkova Unit) will talk on "3-manifolds in trisections".