Past Events

Seminar

Transcriptional control of human embryo genome activation

Wednesday, April 11, 2018 - 13:30 to 14:30
D015 (Lab1, Level D)

"Dr. Juha Kere, Professor of Molecular Genetics, Karolinska Institute and Professor of Genetics & Molecular Medicine, King's College London. Language: English, no interpretation."

Seminar

[Seminar] "The ground states of two-dimensional SU(N) Heisenberg models" by Prof. Karlo Penc

Tuesday, April 10, 2018 - 14:30
C015 (Lab1, Level C)

Seminar by Prof. Karlo Penc from Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest

Seminar

Seminar by Dr Mondal 'Application of contactless micromanipulation using one- and two-color femtosecond lasers in force and fluorescence spectroscopy'

Tuesday, April 10, 2018 - 11:00 to 12:00
C210, Centre building

Speaker: Dr Dipankar Mondal, Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur, India

Seminar

[Seminar] "Aspects of Spinning Witten Diagrams" by Prof. Heng-Yu Chen

Tuesday, April 10, 2018 - 10:30 to 11:30
C756, Lab 3

Speaker: Prof. Heng-Yu Chen, National Taiwan University Date : Tuesday, April 10, 2018 Time : 10:30am-11:30am

Research

QG group meeting - a phase space in your phase space

Monday, April 9, 2018 - 15:30
A719, Lab 3

QG group meeting Speaker: Yasha Neiman Title: A phase space in your phase space

Seminar

Seminar by Mr Sylvain de Léséleuc 'Experimental many-body physics using arrays of individual Rydberg atoms'

Friday, April 6, 2018 - 11:00 to 12:00
B503, Level B, Centre Building

Speaker: Mr Sylvain de Léséleuc, Institut d'Optique - Orsay, France

Seminar

"Geometric algebras: from the wedge product to higher-spin holography" By Dr. Yasha Neiman

Wednesday, April 4, 2018 - 15:00
Lab 3, B700

The weekly Topology and Geometry Seminar, with Dr. Yasha Neiman.

Seminar

Seminar "Exploring human brain with single-cell transcriptional and epigenetic measurements" by Prof. Peter Kharchenko

Wednesday, April 4, 2018 - 14:45 to 15:15
C209, Level C, Center building

Prof. Peter Kharchenko, Department of Biomedical Informatics of the Harvard Medical School, US

Seminar

Seminar "Signals from the brain and olfactory epithelium control shaping of the face" by Prof. Igor Adameyko

Wednesday, April 4, 2018 - 14:15 to 14:45
C209, Level C, Center building

Prof. Igor Adameyko, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Seminar

Role of actin dynamics in reprogramming and fate determination of cells

Wednesday, April 4, 2018 - 14:00 to 15:00
C016 (Lab1, Level C)

"Dr. Hideyuki Saya, Professor, School of Medicine, Keio University. Language: English, no interpretation."

Seminar

Seminar "PRE-NEURONAL SEROTONIN: A NEW OLD FUNCTION OF ANCIENT MOLECULE" by Dr. Evgeny Ivashkin

Wednesday, April 4, 2018 - 13:30 to 14:00
C209, Level C, Center building

Seminar by Dr. Evgney Ivashkin

Seminar

Seminar "X-midge: cell and tissue-specific mechanisms of tolerance to complete desiccation in a unique insect." by Dr. Oleg Gusev

Wednesday, April 4, 2018 - 13:00 to 13:30
C209, Level C, Center building

Seminar by Dr. Oleg Gusev

Seminar

Seminar by Dr Yang 'Introduction of surface nanoscale axial photonics (SNAP)'

Tuesday, April 3, 2018 - 11:00 to 11:30
C209, Level C, Centre building

Speaker: Dr Yong Yang, Senior research fellow, Institute of Photonics, Aston University, UK

Seminar

"Circuit mapping with novel molecular genetic tools" by Dr Cetin

Tuesday, April 3, 2018 - 10:00 to 11:00
B503, Level B, Lab 1

Dr Cetin, Senior Manager, Allen Institute for Brain Science and Assistant Professor (affiliate faculty), Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington School of Medicine

Research

[Seminar] The neurobiology of perceptual and value based decisions: A memorable connection by Prof. Michael Shadlen, Columbia University

Monday, April 2, 2018 - 16:00 to 17:00
C700, Level C, Lab3

Prof. Michael Shadlen MD PhD

Department of Neuroscience

Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute

Kavli Institute of Brain Science

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Columbia University

Seminar

Internal Seminar: Alex Tang, Postdoctoral Researcher, Neuronal Rhythms in Movement Unit

Friday, March 30, 2018 - 16:30
C700

Internal seminar: Alex Tang, Postdoctoral Researcher, Neuronal Rhythms in Movement Unit

C700, 4:30-5:00pm

Seminar

Internal Seminar: Cindy Esporlas, PhD Student, Light-Matter Interactions Unit

Friday, March 30, 2018 - 16:00
C700

Internal Seminar: Cindy Esporlas, PhD Student, Light-Matter Interactions Unit

4:00-4:30pm, C700

Seminar

Seminar "What to do with two dozen (and counting) amphibian genomes" by Austin B. Mudd

Thursday, March 29, 2018 - 15:45 to 16:45
C210, Center Building

Speaker: Austin B. Mudd Molecular and Cell Biology Department, University of California, Berkeley Date : Thursday, March 29, 2018 Time : 3:45pm-4:45pm Venue: C210, Center Building

Seminar

Seminar "Long-read de novo genome assembly of Xenopus species: A practical introduction" by Jessen V. Bredeson

Thursday, March 29, 2018 - 14:30 to 15:30
C210, Center Building

Speaker: Jessen V. Bredeson Molecular and Cell Biology Department, University of California, Berkeley Date : Thursday, March 29, 2018 Time : 2:30pm-3:30pm Venue: C210, Center Building

Seminar

"Waves in lattices - opportunities and challenges"

Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - 16:00 to 17:00
C016, Level C, Lab1

Prof. Anasavarapu Srikantha Phani, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Canada. Language: English, no interpretation.

Seminar

Seminar "Genomics illuminates the origin, evolution and domestication of citrus fruits" by Dr. G. Albert Wu

Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - 15:45 to 16:45
C209, Center Building

Speaker: Dr. G. Albert Wu U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute Date : Wednesday, March 28, 2018 Time : 3:45pm-4:45pm Venue: C209, Center Building

Seminar

[Topology and Geometry Seminar] “Introduction to Seiberg-Witten invariant” by Dr Tirasan Khandhawit

Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - 15:00 to 16:00
Lab 3, B700

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

Seminar

Seminar "The Genome of the Bioenergy Grass Miscanthus" by Dr. Therese Mitros

Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - 14:30 to 15:30
C209, Center Building

Speaker: Dr. Therese Mitros University of California, Berkeley Date : Wednesday, March 28, 2018 Time : 2:30pm-3:30pm Venue: C209, Center Building

Workshop

Neural Computation Workshop

Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - 09:00 to 18:00
OIST Seaside House Seminar Room

Neural Computation Unit will hold an internal workshop at Seaside House. By invitation only

Seminar

Seminar “Different Production Methods for Collagen Nanofibers and Research Activities @ IMU, Kazanci Nanoscience Research Lab.”

Tuesday, March 27, 2018 - 14:00 to 15:00
Meeting Room C015, Level C, Lab 1

Seminar by Prof. Murat Kazanci from Istanbul Medeniyet University.

Seminar

[Seminar] "Entanglement Purification and Holography" by Prof. Tadashi Takayanagi

Tuesday, March 27, 2018 - 10:30 to 11:30
C756, Lab 3

Speaker: Prof. Tadashi Takayanagi, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University Date : Tuesday, March 27, 2018 Time : 10:30am-11:30am

Seminar

Seminar "Onset of Random Matrix Behavior in Scrambling Systems" by Masanori Hanada

Monday, March 26, 2018 - 11:00 to 12:00
D015, Lab1

Seminar " Onset of Random Matrix Behavior in Scrambling Systems" by Masanori Hanada (Kyoto/Colorado) Mar 26 (Mon) 11:00-12:00 C015, Lab1, English

サイエンスプロジェクトfor琉球ガールズ~vol.7~

Saturday, March 24, 2018 (All day) to Sunday, March 25, 2018 (All day)
1日目:シーサイドハウス 2日目:メインキャンパス

Select female high school students from Okinawa will learn about cutting edge science by participating in fun, hands-on workshops.

Seminar

[Seminar] "Higher spin de Sitter holography" by Dr. Dionysios Anninos

Friday, March 23, 2018 - 10:30 to 11:30
C756, Lab 3

Speaker: Dr. Dionysios Anninos, University of Amsterdam Date : Friday, March 23, 2018 Time : 10:30am-11:30am

Workshop

Workshop: "Effective Visual Communication of Science"

Thursday, March 22, 2018 (All day) to Friday, March 23, 2018 (All day)
For registered participants only

"Effective Visual Communication of Science: how to visualize your scientific ideas and help your audience effortlessly grasp the essence of your research". This 2 day workshop is especially valuable for PostDocs, PhD students and other researchers who have to communicate complex ideas and results

Registration is required. Space is limited to 24 participants. Priority will be given to Postdocs.

Click HERE to register. Post-event survey SUMMARY
Holiday

Spring Equinox 2018

Wednesday, March 21, 2018 - 00:00

National holiday.

Seminar

[Seminar] Emergence of Intelligence through End-to-End Reinforcement Learning and Chaos-based Reinforcement Learning towards the Emergence of "Thinking" by Dr. Katsunari Shibata

Tuesday, March 20, 2018 - 16:00 to 17:00
C016, Lab1

Emergence of Intelligence through End-to-End Reinforcement Learning and Chaos-based Reinforcement Learning towards the Emergence of "Thinking" by Dr. Katsunari Shibata, Oita University

Seminar

Seminar "Controlling the diversity of synaptic strengths in hippocampal neurons" by Dr Yukiko Goda from RIKEN

Tuesday, March 20, 2018 - 16:00 to 17:00
C700, Lab3

seminar by Dr Goda on March 20

Research

[PhD Thesis Presentation] -Lashmi Piriya Ananda Babu- Functional roles of microtubules in a giant presynaptic terminal

Tuesday, March 20, 2018 - 09:00 to 10:00
C700, Level C, Lab3

Speaker: Lashmi Piriya Ananda Babu

Title: Functional roles of microtubules in a giant presynaptic terminal

Seminar

Seminar by Dr. Henrique von Gersdorff from Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University

Monday, March 19, 2018 - 16:00 to 17:00
B503, Level B, Lab 1

Speaker: Dr. Henrique von Gersdorff from Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University

"Reputation Matters: Designing an effective strategic communications function", Mr. Terry O'Connor

Monday, March 19, 2018 - 13:30 to 14:30
C209

Mr. Terry O’Connor, Communications Director for the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council

OIST Workshops

Bootstrap Approach to Conformal Field Theories and Applications

Monday, March 19, 2018 (All day) to Friday, March 23, 2018 (All day)
OIST Conference Center, Meeting Rooms

OIST Workshop - Application Deadline: Jan 15, 2018 - OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions - Website: https://groups.oist.jp/mtpu/oist-symposium-bootstrap-approach-conformal-field-theories-and-applications

Public Lecture

OISTうちなーんちゅ科学者たちによるサイエンス座談会

Friday, March 16, 2018 - 18:30 to 19:30
ジュンク堂書店那覇店(那覇市牧志1-19-29)D-NAHA 地下1階
On Friday, March 16th, the last event of the OIST Science Talk Series featuring OIST scientists from Okinawa will take place. The talk series was very popular and well received by the public, so we decided to have an extra event in March in which five of the six speakers will get together and respond to questions come from the public. The event will start from 18:30-19:30 at Junku-do Book Store in Naha (1-19-29 Makishi, Naha-city). *The talk is in Japanese only.
Seminar

Internal Seminar: Maki Thomas, Population Genetics Connectivity of Mangrove Species on Ryukyu Islands

Friday, March 16, 2018 - 16:00
C700

Internal Seminar: Maki Thomas, PhD Student, Marine Biophysics (Satoshi Mitarai Unit)

4:00-4:30 PM, C700

Seminar

Seminar "Phytoplankton swimming in a flow" by Massimo Cencini

Thursday, March 15, 2018 - 14:00 to 15:00
C016, Lab1

Seminar "Phytoplankton swimming in a flow" by Massimo Cencini (CNR-ISC), Mar 15 (thu) 2-3pm

Seminar

IER5 is a p53-reguated activator of HSF1 that contributes to promotion of cancer

Wednesday, March 14, 2018 - 14:00 to 15:00
D014 (Lab1, Level D)

Dr. Rieko Ohki, Laboratory Head of Fundamental Oncology, National Cancer Center Research Institute. Language: English, no interpretation.

Seminar

Ecology & Evolution seminar series: #3 : "Convergent evolution of a complex innovation underlies deterministic assembly of ecomorphological diversity in a global radiation of trap-jaw ants" by Evan Economo

Wednesday, March 14, 2018 - 10:00 to 11:00
C210, Center Building

The ecology & evolution seminar series #3: Prof. Evan Economo, Wed 14th March at 10:00 (C210)

Workshop

Seminar: "Why Capable People Suffer from Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It"

Tuesday, March 13, 2018 - 12:00 to 13:30
C209, Central Building

Millions of people around the world secretly worry they’re not as smart or talented as other people “think” they are. The so-called Impostor Syndrome impacts both men and women in a variety of disciplines and is especially rampant in academia. This special seminar will teach you what Impostor Syndrome is, how to recognize and handle it.

This Session is for Researchers, OIST Staff and Faculty Members ONLY. Seminar for Graduate Students will be held later in the afternoon.

TO REGISTER CLICK HERE .

Seminar

Seminar "AMPK-responsible CRH neurons in the PVH are the principal neurons involved in food preference for carbohydrate over fat"

Tuesday, March 13, 2018 - 11:00 to 12:00
D015, Lab1

Dr. Shiki Okamoto, Second Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Hematology, Rheumatology), Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, JAPAN. Language: English

Seminar

Seminar: "Excitation dynamics in a spin-orbit coupled BEC" by Prof. Peter Engels

Tuesday, March 13, 2018 - 11:00 to 12:00
C210, Center Building

Prof. Peter Engels Department of Physics and Astronomy Washington State University

Training

Workshop: "Accomplishing More with Less for Managers"

Monday, March 12, 2018 - 09:15 to 16:30
Seaside House Chura Room (3rd floor)

The Accomplishing More With Less for Managers workshop is designed to help participants develop and practice the skills that are crucial for managing people successfully in today’s information overload and diverse work environment. This workshop is ideal for managers and supervisors who are overseeing the work of others and who want to enable their teams to achieve great results.

Workshop

OIST Mini Symposium "Computational Problems in Low-dimensional Topology"

Monday, March 12, 2018 (All day) to Wednesday, March 14, 2018 (All day)
OIST Conference Center

OIST Mini Symposium - Open to all OIST members - For non-OIST members: Please contact the organizers for information on how to participate.

Graduate School

Science Challenge 2018

Saturday, March 10, 2018 (All day) to Saturday, March 17, 2018 (All day)
OIST Main Campus

OIST Science Challenge 2018 will be providing participants with a unique opportunity to extend their scientific education and experience research. We also offer valuable information to help them prepare for a doctoral program. Through various interactions with OIST faculty, postdocs, and Ph.D students, the participants will learn about research conducted at OIST, skills needed to survive and enjoy a Ph.D life. At the end of the workshop, participants will be asked to present submitted slide presentation on the "Joy of Discovery" in light of their experience throughout the week. The presentation will be shared with OIST community.

Airfare, travel insurance, accommodation, and meals during the workshop will be provided by OIST.

Apply from here ! For any questions, please contact gradschool.event@oist.jp (OIST Admissions and Career Development Section)

Seminar

Seminar "Nanostructure and alignment control function of single synapses" by Prof. Thomas Blanpied

Friday, March 9, 2018 - 15:30 to 16:30
C209, Center Building
Seminar by Prof. Blanpied
Seminar

"Turbulent superstructures in Rayleigh-B\'{e}nard convection" Jörg Schumacher

Wednesday, March 7, 2018 - 15:00 to 16:00
C015, Level C, Lab1

Speaker: Professor Jörg Schumacher, Fluid Mechanics, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany

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