Prof. Peter Engels, Washington State University, USA

Dr. Claudiu Genes, Senior Scientist, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck

Dr. Paola Laurino, Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel

Prof. Chikashi Toyoshima, Professor, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo

[HEART] Stage 2 Training -Hands-on Session- @Lab3 B717

Speaker: Dr. Cody Leary, Assistant Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, The College of Wooster, USA Seminar Title:Polarization-based control of spin-orbit hybrid modes of light in biphoton interference Desired audience: Researchers, technicians, students

Bring your lunch and watch together a 90-minute special about OIST which has been shown in the Kanto area, which is Tokyo and surrounding megapolis.

"X-ray Dark-Field Imaging: Its Details and BioMedical Applications - Progress Overview since 2000 -" Prof. Masami Ando , Research Institute of Science and Engineering, Tokyo University of Science Date and Time: March 4 (Fri.) 11:00 - 12:00 Place: C210

What time is it? Teatime O'Clock!

Dr. Hiroyuki Kato, Assistant Project Scientist, University of California, San Diego

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

[HEART] Stage 2 Training -Hands-on Session- @Lab3 B717

Seminar "Signaling by WW Domain Proteins in Hippo-YAP Tumor Suppressor Pathway, Mechanotransduction and a Genetic Disorder of the Brain" Prof. Marius Sudol.

Prof Su-Ying Wu, Investigator, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan (Institute of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Research)

Seminar: 'Development of DNAi-mediated gene knockdown and analysis of maternal factors using DNAi screening in the appendicularian Oikopleura dioica.' by Dr. Tatsuya Omotezako ---------------------------------------------------------- Date : Tuesday, March 1st 2016 Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm Venue: C015 (Level C, Lab1) ----------------------------------------------------------

Dr. Takashi Kitamura, Research Scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. Michèle Heurs, Junior Professor at Leibniz Universität Hannover

Seminar by Yurika Kubo (Waseda University), Mon. Feb 29th @ 1:30pm in C016, Lab1.

Wellbeing Matters: Sleep Professor Jason Ellis, Director of Sleep Studies at Northumbria University will give a presentation entitled Sleep Health : An Opportunity for Action

Dr. Eisuke Abe, School of Fundamental Science and Technology, Keio University English.

Japanese Traditional Music by Hiroe Yamada, Satomi Kurosu, Masaya Hasegawa Admission free. Registration required.

Workshop series on "How to prepare an effective CV and/or Résumé for jobs in academia and industry!"

Prof. Hirdy Miyamoto, University of Tokyo

Teatime is back to its normal time.

Speaker: Dr. Johannes Hecker Denschlag, Professor, Institut für Quantenmaterie, Universität Ulm, Germany. Target audience: Researchers, technicians, students.

Professor Simon Silver, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois, Chicago. Language: English. Registration: No Need.

Dr. Junko Furihata, Senior Conservator at the Conservation Science Laboratory of the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties

Dr. Frank Vollmer, MPRG Independent Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light

Prof. Fabian Pauly, Junior Professor, Department of Physics, University of Konstanz

Professor Anil Hirani, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Abnormal activation of transcription factor NF-kB by oncoprotein of Human T cell leukemia Virus 1 (HTLV-1), Prof. Junichi INOUE. The University of Tokyo.

Dr. Nao Chuhma: Associate Research Scientist/ Research Scientist; Psychiatry/ Molecular Therapeutics; Columbia University/ New York State Psychiatric Institute

Professor Anil Hirani, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

OIST Seminar by Prof. Ryugo Hayano, University of Tokyo - Language: English and Japanese with simultaneous interpretation - No registration required

Speaker: Prof. Thomas W. Holstein Molecular Evolution and Genomics, Centre for Organismal Studies (COS) Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, Germany

Students of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) and Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) discuss their views and ideas about the future of the world. Admissions free. Reservations required. In English and Japanese, with simultaneous interpretation.

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

OIST Students to present on their thesis research topic every second Friday from 4-5pm in C700 Lab 3

Workshop series on "How to prepare an effective CV and/or Résumé for jobs in academia and industry!"

Speaker: Professor Kyoko Nozaki, Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo

Teatime will start at 16:30 this week, as we will be joined by the 50 students that are visiting for the Admissions Workshop.

Professor Michael Shats Head, Centre for Plasmas and Fluids Research School of Physics and Engineering The Australian National University

Please address inquiries to the President's Office.

Lecture 3: Projection operator approach to the description of open quantum systems. Time local and time non-local quantum master equations. Examples of exactly solvable Open Quantum Systems.

Professor Michael Shats Head, Centre for Plasmas and Fluids Research School of Physics and Engineering The Australian National University

February Admissions Workshop for 2016 entry students

Lecture 2: Coherent states for bosonic and spin systems. Glauber-Sudarshan P representation for dissipative dynamics of bosonic and spin systems. Fokker-Planck equation and its solution.

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

Join us for this month's first Internal Seminars Series on February 12, from 17:30 to 18:00 in C700 (Lab3). This seminar features the Computational Neuroscience Unit (Erik De Schutter).

Dr. Nicole Foeger (Chair of the European Network of Research Integrity Offices (ENRIO), Dr. Toshio Kuroki (Professor Emeritus of University of Tokyo, Senior Advisor of Research Center for Science Systems, Program Director of World Premier International Research Center Initiative program (WPI)) and Dr. Toshinori Tanaka (Section Leader, Occupational Health and Safety Section, OIST) will give talks on Research Integrity.