Past Events

Seminar

Time change: 15:00-16:00@C016, Seminar "Fast charging state detection and coherent transport of an artificial molecule" by Mr. Shota Norimoto, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University

Friday, February 16, 2018 - 15:00 to 16:00
C016, Lab1

Seminar "Fast charging state detection and coherent transport of an artificial molecule" by Mr. Shota Norimoto, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University

Language: English

Seminar

[Seminar] "How Time Makes Mind: An Expanded Bergsonian Framework for Consciousness Research" by Prof. Yasushi Hirai

Friday, February 16, 2018 - 14:00 to 15:00
C016, Lab1

How Time Makes Mind: An Expanded Bergsonian Framework for Consciousness Research by Prof. Yasushi Hirai, Fukuoka University

Seminar

[Seminar] "Subcritical transition in plane Poiseuille flow" by Prof. Masato Nagata

Thursday, February 15, 2018 - 15:00 to 16:00
Lab1 Level D, D015

Fluid Mechanics Unit is pleased to invite you to a seminar on "Subcritical transition in plane Poiseuille flow". Speaker: Prof. Masato Nagata, Department of Mechanics, Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China

Seminar

[Seminar] "Stabilizing the skyrmion phase in Cu2OSeO3: The influence of field, temperature and time" Dr. Johannes Reim

Thursday, February 15, 2018 - 10:00 to 11:00
Lab3 Level C - C756

Dr. Reim Johannes from Tohoku University will give a talk on "Stabilizing the skyrmion phase in Cu2OSeO3:The influence of field, temperature and time"

Language: English

Seminar

[Topology and Geometry Seminar] “ An introduction to uniformly hyperbolic attractors ” by Dr Linling Ru

Wednesday, February 14, 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.

This week, Dr Linling Ru (visiting researcher in the Tsvietkova Unit) will speak on "An introduction to uniformly hyperbolic attractors".

Seminar

The TRAF6-NF-κB-NFATc1 signal pathway in RANK-induced osteoclastogenesis

Wednesday, February 14, 2018 - 14:00 to 15:00
D015 (Lab1, Level D)

Dr. Jun-ichiro Inoue, Professor, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo. Language: English, no interpretation.

Workshop

Workshop: "Set Achievable Goals to Fill Skill Gaps "

Tuesday, February 13, 2018 - 13:00 to 14:30
C700, Lab3

This is Part 2 of "Your Scientific Skills" workshop series.

Once you identify your skills and learn how to communicate them in a job application, it is important to develop a strategy and come up with several achievable goals. This workshop is designed to help you to make your job search more structured and less stressful process.

TO REGISTER CLICK HERE

Workshop

Workshop: "Identifying and Communicating Your Research Skills"

Tuesday, February 13, 2018 - 09:30 to 11:00
C209, Central Building

This is Part 1 of "Your Scientific Skills" workshop series.

How does your science PhD training translate into skills that are valued by an employer beyond academia? Come to the Part 1 of the "Your Scientific Skills" workshop series to find out the ways to communicated these skills to your future employer.

TO REGISTER CLICK HERE .

Graduate School

2018 1st Admissions Workshop

Tuesday, February 13, 2018 (All day) to Thursday, February 15, 2018 (All day)

Selection workshop for students seeking admission to the OIST PhD program in 2018

Holiday

Substitute Holiday (National Foundation Day 2018)

Monday, February 12, 2018 - 00:00

National holiday.

20th Time Onna-son Industrial Festival Karaoke Performance Show

Saturday, February 10, 2018 - 15:15 to 16:15
Place: Onna-son contact work study center (Kunigami-gun, Okinawa Onna,Onna-son 5973)  

Have a nice time with locals at Onna-son Industrial Festival Karaoke Performance Show!

External Events

35th Japanese Language Speech Contest

Saturday, February 10, 2018 - 00:00
OIST Conference center

This is an externally organized event. For more information contact the organizers.

Seminar

Quantitative measurements of cell cycle duration and a system-level understanding of a molecular system for cell cycle control

Friday, February 9, 2018 - 14:00 to 15:00
A613, Lab 2 Level A

Dr. Yukinobu Arata

Research Scientist, Cellular Informatics laboratory, Riken

Seminar

"Systems Engineering Techniques for Visual Neuroscience", Dr. Alireza Ghahari

Thursday, February 8, 2018 - 11:00 to 12:00
Seminar Room B503 - Ctr Bldg

Alireza Ghahari, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

Seminar

[Topology and Geometry Seminar] “The Kirchhoff-Plateau problem” by Prof. Luca Lussardi

Wednesday, February 7, 2018 - 15:00 to 16:00
Lab3, B700

The seminar aims to introduce research topics in topology, geometry and its interactions with other sciences on a simple level. No prior knowledge of topology is expected

This week, Prof. Luca Lussardi (Politecnico di Torino) will give a talk on “The Kirchhoff-Plateau problem”. Prof. Luca Lussardi is co-hosted by the Fried and Tsvietkova Units.

Seminar

PolyADP-ribosylation and cell proliferation

Wednesday, February 7, 2018 - 14:00 to 15:00
Seminar Room C016 (Lab1, Level C)

Dr. Masanao Miwa , Professor, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology. Language: English, no interpretation.

Seminar

[Seminar] "Experimental investigation of quantum spin liquids" by Prof. Bella Lake

Wednesday, February 7, 2018 - 11:00 to 12:00
Lab1 , LevelC - C016

Speaker : Prof. Bella Lake from Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin, Germany

Seminar

Seminar: "Studying biodiversity change by using soundscape information retrieval techniques" by Dr. Tzu-Hao Lin

Wednesday, February 7, 2018 - 11:00 to 12:00
Seminar Room C700, Lab3

“Studying biodiversity change by using soundscape information retrieval techniques” by Dr. Tzu-Hao Lin , Research Center for Information Technology Innovation, Academia Sinica

Workshop

OIST Mini Symposium "Nonequilibrium Dynamics and Information Processing in Biology (NDIPB2018)"

Wednesday, February 7, 2018 (All day) to Friday, February 9, 2018 (All day)
OIST Conference Center - Meeting Room 1

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

Research

QG group meeting: Analytic Conformal Bootstrap and Large Spin Perturbation Theory

Monday, February 5, 2018 - 15:30 to 17:00
A719, Lab 3

QG group meeting Speaker: Adi David Title: "Tales from KAWS 2018: Analytic Conformal Bootstrap and Large Spin Perturbation Theory"

Campus

Faculty Council

Monday, February 5, 2018 - 15:00 to 17:00
D015

Details will be provided by Faculty Affairs Office.

Seminar

Seminar: Human Mini-Midbrain in a dish: Parkinson’s disease modeling.

Monday, February 5, 2018 - 10:00 to 11:00
New Venue: B503, Level B, Lab 1

Junghyun Jo, Ph.D., Research Associate, Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology 6, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Genome Institute of Singapore

External Events

OKINAWA WOMAN Forum 2018

Sunday, February 4, 2018 - 00:00
OIST Conference center

This is an externally organized event. For more information contact the organizers.

Culture

Concert "Influence of reed flutes on the propagation of instruments and music" Yasuhiro Kasamatsu

Saturday, February 3, 2018 - 15:30 to 17:00
Center Bldg Restaurant Floor

Free. Reservation required. Lecture in Japanese with English simultaneous interpretation. This talk will include a live music performance.

Culture

OIST Cultural Lecture "The Transformation that Opera Brought to Western Music" Yasuhiro Kasamatsu

Saturday, February 3, 2018 - 13:00 to 14:30
Seminar Room B250

Free. Reservation required. Lecture in Japanese with English simultaneous interpretation.

Seminar

"On the value of information in gambling, evolution and thermodynamics", Prof. Luca Peliti (SMRI, Italy)

Friday, February 2, 2018 - 14:00 to 15:00
C210, Center Building

Seminar "On the value of information in gambling, evolution and thermodynamics" by Luca Peliti, Professor, Deputy Director at SMRI, Italy, Friday, Feb2nd at 2-3pm

Campus

A spoonful of scandal with that? Teatime, 16:00

Thursday, February 1, 2018 - 16:00
Restaurant level, Center Building

We're fresh out of love, but there may be scandal and we certainly have sugar. Bring your own cup, please! Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. Henry Fielding (1707-1754) "Love in Several Masques"

Workshop

Workshop: "Aligning Expectations with a Research Supervisor"

Thursday, February 1, 2018 - 09:30 to 11:30
C700, Lab3

This workshop will focus on how to clarify and align your expectation with the current supervisor. The skills you will learn at this workshop could be easily transferable to teams and collaborators.

TO REGISTER CLICK HERE .

The 16th Board of Councilors Meeting

Thursday, February 1, 2018 - 00:00

Please address inquiries to the President's Office.

Seminar

"A phase-field approach to structured plastic deformations"

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 16:00 to 17:00
D015, Level D, Lab1

Prof. Gianni Royer-Carfagni, Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Parma, Italy. Language: English, no interpretation.

Seminar

[Topology and Geometry Seminar] “Trisections of 4-manifolds” by Dr Dale Koenig

Wednesday, January 31, 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.

This week, Dr Dale Koenig (postdoc in the Tsvietkova Unit) will speak on "Trisections of 4-manifolds".

Seminar

Molecular grounds underlying chromosomal instability in cancers

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 14:00 to 15:00
Seminar Room C016 (Lab1, Level C)

Dr. Toru Hirota, Director, Cancer Institute of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research. Language: English, no interpretation.

Seminar

"Self-organization and criticality in martensite" Pierluigi Cesana

Tuesday, January 30, 2018 - 15:00 to 16:00
D015, Lab1

Speaker: Prof. Pierluigi Cesana (Institute of Mathmatics for Industry, Kyushu University)

Workshop

Workshop: "Mastering Difficult Conversations and Resolving Conflict"

Tuesday, January 30, 2018 - 09:00 to 12:00
B503, Lab1

This workshop will teach you how to find benefits of a conflict and to resolve a difficult interpersonal situation.

TO REGISTER CLICK HERE

Research

QG group meeting: Tales from It From Qbit, part I

Monday, January 29, 2018 - 15:00 to 16:30
A613, Lab 2

QG group meeting Title: Tales from It From Qbit, part I Speaker: Tomonori Ugajin

Seminar

【Seminar】"Enzymatic mechanism of RecA-recombinase in homologous recombination: Role of RecA in homology recognition and the functions of RecA-DNA filaments" by Prof. Takehiko Shibata

Monday, January 29, 2018 - 11:00 to 12:00
D014, Lab1, Level D

Prof. Takehiko Shibata " Enzymatic mechanism of RecA-recombinase in homologous recombination: Role of RecA in homology recognition and the functions of RecA-DNA filaments."

Workshop

Workshop: "The Power of Mentoring: It’s All About Relationships"

Monday, January 29, 2018 - 09:30 to 11:30
B503, Lab1

"The Power of Mentoring: It’s All About Relationships" workshop is designed to help researchers to become more effective mentors as well as mentees.

TO REGISTER CLICK HERE

Ryukyu Traditional Performing Arts - Sounds of The Ryukyus -

Saturday, January 27, 2018 - 14:00 to 15:30
OIST講堂

Ryukyu Traditional Entertainment Association, Admission Free, Reservation Required

Culture

OIST Activities Fair

Friday, January 26, 2018 - 17:30
Conference Center

If you want to find a group to hang out with, feel free to stop by!

Training

Business Plan Training

Friday, January 26, 2018 - 10:00 to Saturday, January 27, 2018 - 16:45
C700
2 Day program designed to increase START-UP Business Knowledge and develop a Convincing Business Plan .
Seminar

[Seminar] Curiosity-based learning in infants and computational models by Dr. Gert Westermann

Thursday, January 25, 2018 - 11:00 to 12:00
B700, Level B, Lab3

Speaker: Dr. Westermann

Seminar

[Topology and Geometry Seminar] “Heegaard splittings and an introduction to 3-manifold theory” by Dr Dale Koenig

Wednesday, January 24, 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 on a simple level. No prior knowledge of topology is expected.

This week, Dr Dale Koenig (postdoc in the Tsvietkova Unit) will speak on "Heegaard splittings and an introduction to 3-manifold theory". (The talk by Prof. Juncheol Pyo was cancelled.)

Industry Relations

Innovation Seminar: Entrepreneurship, Failure, and Resilience by Dr. Yasuhiro Yamakawa

Wednesday, January 24, 2018 - 13:30 to 15:00
Lab 1 B503

6th Innovation Seminar Series "Entrepreneurship, Failure, and Resilience" Yasuhiro Yamakawa, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship Babson College, USA

Seminar

[Seminar] "Kitaev-Model in a [111] Magnetic Field and its Topological Excitations" Dr. Matthias Gohlke

Wednesday, January 24, 2018 - 11:00 to 12:00
Lab1 , LevelC - C016

TQM Unit would like to invite you to a seminar by Dr. Matthias Gohlke.

Language: English

Culture

Art Exhibition "Cycle -Energy for Creation- " by Graduate School of Formative Arts, Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts at OIST

Wednesday, January 24, 2018 - 09:00 to Tuesday, February 27, 2018 - 17:00
OIST Tunnel Gallery

Admission Free, Reservation Not Required

Introduction to HPC and scientific computing - Session 2

Tuesday, January 23, 2018 - 13:00 to 15:00
Room C700

Learn to use the Sango and Tombo HPC clusters at OIST with this two-part introduction. You need no previous experience.

Seminar

[Seminar] Evolution of the termite 'worker' phenotype: a reinterpretation of observations & a reconsideration of hypotheses by Dr. Theodore Evans

Tuesday, January 23, 2018 - 10:00 to 11:00
Seminar Room C700, Level C, Lab3

Dr. Theodore Evans, Associate Professor, the University of Western Australia.

Language: English, no interpretation.

Seminar

[Seminar TODAY] Atomtronics and cavity QED experiments in Auckland.

Monday, January 22, 2018 - 14:00 to 15:00
C209, Center Building

I will discuss two experiments at the University of Auckland. In the first experiment we consider a two dimensional Bose gas in an "atomtronic" circuit. We will look at the effects of Anderson localization and of quantum turbulence.

In the second experiment we consider an optical nanofiber, which is part of a fiberoptic ring resonator, interacting with atoms in a MOT. We see strong coupling between atoms and photons, and show saturation of the system for 13 photons in the resonator.

Dr. Hooglerland's expertised field

My research is been centered around the interaction and correspondence between light and matter, and the application of its principles to other areas of research. At low temperatures, matter can be made to behave much like light, i.e., best described by waves. In its interaction with such matter, light can behave like it is composed of particles. Laser cooling and trapping forms a key technique in understanding this interplay. I apply these cooling and trapping techniques to experimental research areas of fundamental atomic physics, quantum chaos, quantum information, and atom lasers. From this research emerges a deeper understanding of the quantum world, which determines in turn what happens in the world around us. Spin-offs from this research I am involved with are improved spectroscopic techniques, laser techniques, interferometric high-precision measurements and atomic beam applications.

More up-to-date information can be found on my group website http://qilab.phy.auckland.ac.nz

(Cited from the website of University of Auckland)

Introduction to HPC and scientific computing - Session 1

Monday, January 22, 2018 - 13:00 to 15:00
Room C700

Learn to use the Sango and Tombo HPC clusters at OIST with this two-part introduction. You need no previous experience.

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