OIST Workshop - Application Deadline: Oct 1, 2017 - OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions - Website: https://groups.oist.jp/isest2018

On Friday January 19th, the forth talk of the OIST Science Talk Series featuring OIST scientists from Okinawa will be held. The speaker this time is Dr. Hidehito Adaniya from the Shintake Unit. The series will be continued until February 2018, every third Friday night from 18:30-19:30 at Junku-do Book Store in Naha (1-19-29 Makishi, Naha-city). *The talk is in Japanese only.

Internal Seminar: Ales Bucek, Reconstructing termite phylogeny for understanding the key dietary transitions in termite evolution

Internal Seminar: Dina Mostafa, Cell Signal Unit (Tadashi Yamamoto Unit)

Prof. Daniel Spector, National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Taipei. Language: English, no interpretation.

Had a terrible week (and it's not even over yet)? Is your New Year off to a lousy start? Worry not, friends, we've got you covered. Tea and biscuits will be served at 16:00, restaurant level of Center Building. You will still have problems, but hey, at least you can also have tea.

We had a kettle; we let it leak:

Our not repairing made it worse.

We haven't had any tea for a week...

The bottom is out of the Universe.

-- Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) "Natural Theology"

Theory of Quantum Matter Unit is pleased to invite you to a seminar on "Towards indicator based, cost effective and policy".

Language: English

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

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 Gudrun Szewieczek (Technische Universität Wien/Kobe University) will give a talk on “Conformally flat hypersurfaces and Guichard nets”. Dr Szewieczek is co-hosted by the Fried and Tsvietkova Units.

Dr Mihail Petrov

Saint-Petersburg University of Informational Technologies, Mechanics, and Optics, Russia

Finding "the must read article" by searching the citation indexed database: Web of Science.

「読むべき論文」の簡単な見つけ- 引索引データベースだからできること

Reservation required | Language: English and Japanese | Simultaneous Interpretation provided

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

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Dr. Nathan Lo, Associate Professor , School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, will give a short talk on his research.

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 "A hands on introduction to Morse theory and handle decompositions".

Join "Career Spotlight" seminar with Dr. Garry McDowell to learn about a rewarding career in Advocacy and Science Policy. Every one is welcome!

TO REGISTER CLICK HERE

Recent changes in the international academic research workforce led to re-definition of postdoctoral research independence. Dr. McDowell will provide up-to-date information on the international scientific environment as well as introduce various platforms that can help to foster independent thinking , freedom to define the problem of interest and develop the best approaches to address that problem .

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Seminar "Evolution of cockroaches and their endosymbionts, Blattabacterium " by Prof. Bourguignon (Ecology & Evolution seminar series), Jan 10th, 10am @ C700, Lab3

Speaker: Falk Hassler UNC at Chapel Hill & University of Pennsylvania Date : Tuesday, January 9, 2018 Time : 3:30pm-4:30pm

Your PhD taught you how to practice science; your postdoc should be used to develop the skills you need to successfully manage a research plan and a team . What are these important skills? Does the skill set depend on an academic system? This workshop will address these and many other crucial-to-your postdoc questions.

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For information about the exhibit, concerts, and symposia, visit the Artificial Intelligence Art and Aesthetics Exhibition (AIAEE) website.

14:00-19:00 (Door Open 13:30) / Auditorium / Admission Free Japanese, with simultaneous interpretation to English

Admission Free. For information about the exhibit, concerts, and symposia, visit the Artificial Intelligence Art and Aesthetics Exhibition (AIAEE) website.

National holiday.

Admission Free. For information about the exhibit, concerts, and symposia, visit the Artificial Intelligence Art and Aesthetics Exhibition (AIAEE) website.

Admission Free. For information about the exhibit, concerts, and symposia, visit the Artificial Intelligence Art and Aesthetics Exhibition (AIAEE) website.

January 6 (Sat), 2018 14:00-19:00 (Door Open 13:30) / Auditorium / Admission Free, Japanese, with simultaneous interpretation to English

Speaker: Dr. Hirofumi Nakagami

Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Speaker: Dr. Justin Walley

Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State

University, Ames, USA.

Title: rCBP-dependent regulation in rice innate immunity

Speaker: Nino Espinas

Affiliation: PhD Student - Plant Epigenetics Unit (Saze Unit)

Speaker: Shao-Jiang Wang Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Date : Thursday, January 4, 2018 Time : 3pm-4pm

National Holiday.

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

National Holiday.

Remote seminar hosted by QG group Speaker: Junggi Yoon, Tata Insitute of Fundamental Research Title: "Supersymmetric SYK model with global symmetry"

[Seminar]"A motor readout of visual perception:Deciphering cuttlefish camouflage at single-chromatophore resolution" Dr. Samuel Reiter. Registration NOT required.

Speaker: Dr. Fajian Hou

​Affiliation: Professor, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences

Join "Career Spotlight" seminar with Dr. Parisky to learn about a rewarding career as a STEM educator.

Every one is welcome. CLICK HERE to REGISTER.

Seminar by Professor Z. Jane Wang

"Insect Flight: from Newton’s law to Neurons"

Language: Available in English only. Hosted by Okada (Quantum Materials Science) Unit. 言語：英語のみ。主催：岡田（量子物質科学）ユニット

Dr. Kunihiro Inomata, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Language: English

On Friday December 15th, the forth talk of the OIST Science Talk Series featuring OIST scientists from Okinawa will be held. The speaker this time is Dr. Shizuka Shimabukuro from the Tripp Unit. The series will be continued until February 2018, every third Friday night from 18:30-19:30 at Junku-do Book Store in Naha (1-19-29 Makishi, Naha-city). *The talk is in Japanese only.

Prof. Grahame Blair, Executive Director, Programmes at the UK Science and Technology Facility Council (STFC)

How do you build an exceptional collaboration or team; one that exceeds its goals, is fun to work in and helps everyone involved to grow? Join us in this session to find out how to get started.

Registration is required . Spaces are limited to 30 participants.

To Register CLICK HERE.

Prof. Gasper Tkacik, IST Austria