Past Events
Workshop: "Developing Your Leadership Skills as a Researcher"
Leadership skills are key ingredients for your success as a researcher, even before you are officially ‘the boss’. This workshop will introduce you to the behaviours, strategies and characteristics that will help you achieve your leadership potential.
Everyone is welcome! NO REGISTRATION is required.
[Seminar] "Entanglement and Chaos: Linear entropy production at instabilities" by Lucas Fabian Hackl
Speaker: Lucas Fabian Hackl Pennsylvania State University, Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos & Department of Physics Date : Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Time : 10:30am-11:30am
Seminar by Dr Murayama "Top-Down Cortical Circuit for Perception and Memory Consolidation in Mice"
Dr Masanori Murayama, Senior Team Leader, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN
Workshop: "Navigating a successful research career"
Planning for success in your research career has never been more important. Join us to learn the strategies and tools to help you find and pursue effectively the career path you want, within or outside academia.
Registration is required. Spaces are limited to 25 participants.
To Register CLICK HERE
QG group meeting: Entanglement and complexity of squeezed states
QG group meeting Speaker: Lucas Hackl (Penn State) Title: Entanglement and complexity of squeezed states
[Seminar] "Bayesian modeling of the joint development of perception, action and phonology", Marie-Lou Barnaud
Registration NOT required.
"Buckyball Maracas: New Endohedral Fullerene Structures, Reactivity and Mechanistic Aspects", Luis Echegoyen
Dr. Luis Echegoyen, Robert A. Welch Endowed Professorship in Chemistry at the University of Texas at El Paso
11th International "Hiroshima" Symposium on the Development and Application of Semiconductor Tracking Detectors (HSTD11) in conjunction with 2nd Workshop on SOI Pixel Detectors (SOIPIX2017)
OIST Jointly-funded workshop | All scientific sessions are open to OIST members | website: https://indico.cern.ch/event/577879/
The 13th AI Art & Aesthetics Research Meeting - AIAEE
For information about the exhibit, concerts, and symposia, visit the Artificial Intelligence Art and Aesthetics Exhibition (AIAEE) website.
SCORE! Science in Okinawa: Research for Enterprise Science Fair
The details will be announced later.
詳細は決定次第ご案内いたします。
Internal Seminar: Shizuka Shimabukuro, A randomized controlled trial of a parenting intervention for Japanese mothers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity
Internal Seminar: Shizuka Shimabukuro, Postdoctoral Researcher, Human Developmental Neurobiology Unit (Tripp Unit), Language: English, no interpretation
Internal Seminar: Han Yan, Topological States: New Paradigm of Phases of Matter
Internal Seminar: Han Yan, PhD student, Advanced Medical Instrumentation Unit (Sugawara Unit), Language: English, no interpretation
[Seminar] "Low-temperature plasma-based synthesis of nanoparticles" Prof. Andrey Shukurov
Speaker: Prof. Andrey Shukurov Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Date : Friday, December 8, 2017 Time : 2pm-3pm
[PhD Thesis Presentation] - Liu Cong - Understanding the ecological and evolutionary processes shaping ant biodiversity across spatiotemporal scales
Presentation
[Seminar] Title: Using Mechanistic Experiments and Macroecological Models to Understand ant Biodiversity in a Changing World
Speaker: Dr. Nathan Sanders, Professor at University of Vermont
[Seminar] Title: Anthropogenic Climate Change in Tropical and Subtropical Asia, and Its Impacts on Biodiversity
Speaker: Dr. Richard T. Corlett, Professor at Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Three seminars by Profs. Funahashi, Abe and Asai
Three seminars by Prof. Akira Funahashi, Yoshiyuki Asai and Takeshi Abe
Influenza activated cell death: DAI if you want to live!
Speaker: Dr. Siddharth Balachandran: Associate Professor at Fox Chase Cancer Center
[Topology and Geometry Seminar] "Studying manifolds through Morse theory" by Dr Tirasan Khandhawit
The Topology and Geometry Seminar aims to introduce current mathematical research topics starting from the very basics. Anyone interested in mathematics is welcome to attend.
This week, Dr Tirasan Khandhawit (postdoc in the Tsvietkova Unit) will speak on "Studying manifolds through Morse theory".
QG group meeting: What kind of RG is GR?
QG group meeting Speaker: Vasudev Shyam Title: "What kind of RG is GR?"
Seminar "Maintenance of Polycomb gene silencing depends on H3 variants in plants"
Prof. Frederic Berger, Senior Group Leader, Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Vienna, Austria
Seminar”Laser spectroscopy of Dy atoms in superfluid helium: Interaction of atomic nano-bubbles with phonons and rotons" by Dr. Petr Moroshkin, RIKEN
Dr. Petr Moroshkin, Research Scientist, RIKEN, Center for Emergent Matter Science, Wako, Japan
Language: English
International Symposium on Advances in Abrasive Technology (ISAAT2017)
The International Symposium on Advances in Abrasive Technology (ISAAT2017) is organized by the Japan Society for Abrasive Technology (JSAT). For more information visit the symposium website ( http://www.scoop-japan.com/kaigi/isaat2017/ )
The 12th AI Art & Aesthetics Research Meeting - AIAEE
For information about the exhibit, concerts, and symposia, visit the Artificial Intelligence Art and Aesthetics Exhibition (AIAEE) website.
Seminar "Silicon Quantum computers" by Prof.Kohei Itoh, Keio University
Prof. Kohei Itoh, Professor, Keio University, Department of Applied Physics and Phsico-Informatics
Language: English
[SEMINAR] "Study of Human Diseases at the Intersections of Engineering, Sciences & Medicine" Dr. Subra Suresh
Dr Subra Suresh, President-Designate and Distinguished University Professor Nanyang Technological University, Singapore & Former Director, U.S. National Science Foundation
AI Exhibit Guided Tours by the Artists
The exhibition organizers and artists, Mr. Hideki Nakazawa and Ms. Mika Kusakari , are doing two special guided tours for the OIST community.
Special Guided Tour: The AI Art and Aesthetics Exhibition
A special guided tour of the AI Art and Aesthetic Exhibition in English by the main artists on 12/1 (Fri) at 12:30.
The art of harnessing dark energy: Symbioses between marine invertebrates and chemosynthetic bacteria.
Prof. Dr. Nicole Dubilier, Director, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
Head of the Symbiosis Department from Bremen, Germany will give a talk.
[Seminar] Mechanobiology of the Nuclear Membrane and Its Potential Application in Antitumor Treatment by Prof. Zhaocai Zhou
Zhaocai (Joe) Zhou, Ph.D Professor, Principal Investigator State Key Laboratory of Cell Biology CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences Web: http://www.sibcb.ac.cn/ePI.asp?id=121
Seminar "Choroid Plexus Circadian Clock: Mechanism of Synchronization and Feedback to the SCN" by Dr. Jihwan Myung
Dr. Jihwan Myung, Senior Research Fellow, Taipei Medical University. Language: English
Nature Research Academies workshop
Learn how to publish in high impact journals and to maximise your impact in the field with Nature Research Academies interactive 1/2 day workshop.
LeanIn Circle Meeting for Postdoctoral Scholars
"PhD Women:Work in Progress" is a LeanIn circle that promotes women in leadership by creating a safe and supportive environment where women can get inspired, learn and grow.
[Seminar] "The next generation of smart machines", Prof. Rolf Pfeifer
Speaker: Prof. Rolf Pfeifer Dr. sc. techn. ETH, Scientific Advisor, “Living with Robots” Inc. Visiting Professor, Dept. of Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Professor. em. University of Zurich
OIST Mini Symposium "New development in Teichmuller space theory"
OIST Mini Symposium - Open to all OIST members - For non-OIST members: Please contact the organizers for information on how to participate.
[SEMINAR] How do small organisms spread and evolve across environmental barriers? by Prof Wataru Iwasaki
B.S. in Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry (the University of Tokyo) in 2005. Ph.D. in Department of Computational Biology (the University of Tokyo) in 2009. Assistant Professor at Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo since 2011. Associate Professor at Department of Biological Sciences, the University of Tokyo since 2014. Currently the Vice President of Japanese Society for Bioinformatics, a Board Member of International Society for Computational Biology, Councilor of Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology, Associate Member of Science Council of Japan, and Member of Global Young Academy. Major in bioinformatics, especially areas related to genomics, evolution, ecology, and ethology.
Seminar on Numbers 2017 in OIST
This is an externally organized event. For more information contact the organizers.
"Future AI" - AIAEE Symposium 03
Admission Free. For information about the exhibit, concerts, and symposia, visit the Artificial Intelligence Art and Aesthetics Exhibition (AIAEE) website.
"Meaning/Meaningless and Language" - AIAEE Symposium 02
Admission Free. For information about the exhibit, concerts, and symposia, visit the Artificial Intelligence Art and Aesthetics Exhibition (AIAEE) website.
Internal Seminar: Nicolas Moreno, Hierarchical self-assembly of soft-patchy nanoparticles: Insights from computational simulations
Internal Seminar, Nicolas Moreno (Mathematics, Mechanics, and Materials Unit)
Internal Seminar: Shohei Takaoka, Transcriptional feedback regulation controlled by mRNA decay factors and nucleocytoplasmic shuttling
Internal Seminar: Shohei Takaoka, PhD Student, Cell Signal Unit (Yamamoto Unit). Language: English, no interpretation
Update Session 2017 English
Update Session on Health and Safety 2017
General - mandatory for all
Special - mandatory for wet lab members
Online training will be available in due time.
Offshore Tsunamigenic Deposits: Lessons from the past and present by Dr. Goodman
Dr. Beverly Goodman, Faculty member, University of Haifa, Leon Chrney School, Department of Marine Geosciences
ICIIBMS 2017
Visit the registration website for further details on how to attend: http://www.iciibms.org/registration.html
"PLANNING YOUR SCIENTIFIC JOURNEY. Develop a Growth Mindset and Seek Feedback"
"Planning Your Scientific Journey" series is great for anybody who is working on developing an impactful and answerable scientific question and/or designing a research program for current and future positions.
The paradox of the third tier: From the Red Sea to the Mediterranean- Climate change and the third tier paradox by Prof. Dan Tchernov
Prof. Dr. Dan Tchernov, Director, Department of Marine Biology, Leon Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa
[Topology and Geometry Seminar] "Manifolds: topology and geometry in dimension 3 and higher" by Dr Tirasan Khandhawit
The Topology and Geometry Seminar aims to introduce current mathematical research topics starting from the very basics. Anyone interested in mathematics is welcome to attend.
This week, Dr Tirasan Khandhawit (postdoc in the Tsvietkova Unit) will speak on "Manifolds: topology and geometry in dimension 3 and higher".
"The highest luminosity particle accelerator in the world and some physics being done at KEK" Dr. Milind V Purohit "
Dr. Milind V Purohit is Professor and Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.