Diwali special dinner and performances. Tickets required.

The third event in this year's Diwali celebrations is a friendly match of cricket at 9am at Onna Seaside Civil Park, Nabee Beach.

Join us for November's first Internal Seminar Series on November 13, from 17:00 to 18:00 in C700 (Lab3). This month's first seminar features the Genomics and Regulatory Systems Unit (Nicholas M. Luscombe) and the Energy Materials and Surface Sciences Unit (Yabing Qi).

[HEART] Training for President, Vice President, Auditor (A)

Date: November 13th, Friday Time: 15:00 - 15:45 Venue: Lab3, B717 Seating Capacity: 10 Target Audience: President, Vice President, Auditor Spoken Language: English

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. General operations with approver interface 3. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) ※The training contents may be updated.

※This training includes the hands-on activity with the mobile device (iPhone/Android smart phone or tablet device) . So please bring your mobile device to the training class.

*Training class will be held multiple times on different days with same contents, so please attend one of the classes during this period.

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日程：2015年11月13日 (金) 時間：15:00 – 15:45...

As part of this year's Diwali celebrations, there will be Bollywood dancing at this week's Teatime.

[HEART] Training for Budget Section Staff (I)

Date: November 12th, Thursday Time: 13:30 - 15:00 Venue: Lab3, B717 Seating Capacity: 10 Target Audience: Budget Section Staff Spoken Language: Japanese

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. Budget registration 3. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) 4. Inquiry of budget execution items (slip detail) 5. Operations limited to Financial management division (to be updated) ※The training contents may be updated.

*Training class will be held multiple times on different days with same contents, so please attend one of the classes during this period.

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日程：2015年11月12日 (木) 時間：13:30 – 15:00 場所：Lab3, B717 席数：10 対象者：予算セクション職員 使用言語：日本語

内容： 1. システム基本操作 2. 予算登録 3. 予算執行状況照会 4. 予算執行明細照会（予算執行伝票の明細を照会します。） 5. 財務ディビジョン固有処理（内容更新予定） ※トレーニング内容は変更される場合もございます。ご了承ください。

" Chemosensory function of desert toads" Prof. Takatoshi Nagai, Dept. Biology, Keio Univ. School of Medicine

[HEART] Training for Professors (B)

Date: November 12th, Thursday Time: 10:00 - 10:45 Venue: Lab3, B717 Seating Capacity: 10 Target Audience: Professor (including associate, assistant, adjunct and visiting professor) Spoken Language: English

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. General operations with approver interface 3. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) ※The training contents may be updated.

※This training includes the hands-on activity with the mobile device (iPhone/Android smart phone or tablet device) . So please bring your mobile device to the training class. *Training class will be held multiple times on different days with same contents, so please attend one of the classes during this period.

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日程：2015年11月12日...

All scientific sessions are open to OIST members. All sessions are in Japanese. English interpretation is provided for the "Joint Session" on Nov 12 (8:45-10:45). For further information, please visit the symposium website or contact the organizers.

Professor Mark Tame, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Seminar by Prof. Koji Yakabi (Vice Director of Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University Medical School) and Dr. Tomohisa Hattori (Director of the Kampo Scientific Strategies Division Tsumura Research Laboratories) - Language: English (no interpretation) - Open to all.

[HEART] Training for Administrative Division/Section Staff (except Group "E" and Financial Management Division member) (F)

Date: November 11th, Wednesday Time: 13:30 - 17:00 Venue: Lab3, C700 Seating Capacity: 40 Target Audience: Administrative Division/Section Staff (except Group "E" and Financial Management Devision member) Spoken Language: English

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. Entry of expense request (travel, honorarium and meeting expens) 3. Entry of purchase request (excluding direct order) 4. Inquiry of purchase request slips 5. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) 6. Inquiry of budget execution items (slip detail) ※The training contents may be updated.

*The training registration webpage will be open and announced on TIDA shortly. **Training class will be...

Institute of Cellular Physiology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Jointly-organized symposium - OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions.

[HEART] Training for Manager (D)

Date: November 10th, Wednesday Time: 13:30 - 16:00 Venue: Lab3, B717 Seating Capacity: 10 Target Audience: Manager (Administrative Staff) Spoken Language: Japanese

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. Approval of expense request (Travel, honorarium and meeting expens) 3. Approval of purchase request (excluding direct order) 4. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) 5. Inquiry of budget execution items (slip detail) ※The training contents may be updated.

※This training includes the hands-on activity with the mobile device (iPhone/Android smart phone or tablet device) . So please bring your mobile device to the training class.

*The training registration webpage will be open and announced on TIDA...

Dr Maarten Hoogerland, University of Auckland, New Zealand

nstitute of Cellular Physiology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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

[HEART] Training for Administrative Division/Section Staff (except Group "E" and Financial Management Devision member) (F)

Date: November 9th, Monday Time: 13:30 - 17:00 Venue: Lab3, C700 Seating Capacity: 40 Target Audience: Administrative Division/Section Staff (except Group "E" and Financial Management Division member) Spoken Language: Japanese

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. Entry of expense request (travel, honorarium and meeting expens) 3. Entry of purchase request (excluding direct order) 4. Inquiry of purchase request slips 5. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) 6. Inquiry of budget execution items (slip detail) ※The training contents may be updated.

※This hands-on training session requires each participant to use a laptop. A maximum of 10 laptops...

Dr. Pauy Guinnessy, Web Director, Physics Today

This is an externally organized event. Open to the public (up to 15 persons on a first-come, first-served basis). For more information on how to attend, please contact the organizers directly.

OIST Welcomes you to the Open Campus 2015! 10:00am-5:00pm (entrance closes at 4:30pm) Admission Free

Introduction of Park Systems AFM, Park NX-BIO

[HEART] Training for Manager (D)

Date: November 6th, Friday Time: 13:30 - 16:00 Venue: Lab3, B717 Seating Capacity: 10 Target Audience: Manager (Administrative Staff) Spoken Language: Japanese

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. Approval of expense request (Travel, honorarium and meeting expens) 3. Approval of purchase request (excluding direct order) 4. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) 5. Inquiry of budget execution items (slip detail) ※The training contents may be updated.

※This training includes the hands-on activity with the mobile device (iPhone/Android smart phone or tablet device) . So please bring your mobile device to the training class. *The training registration webpage will be open and announced on TIDA shortly. **Training...

Deadline extended to Thursday, November 5th at 17:00. SCORE! is designed to promote senior high school students’ hands-on science education and interest in entrepreneurship, as well as support the approach for English-Oriented Prefecture Okinawa.

[HEART] Training for Administrative Division/Section Staff (except Group "E" and Financial Management Division member) (F)

Date: November 5th, Thursday Time: 13:30 - 17:00 Venue: Lab3, C700 Seating Capacity: 40 Target Audience: Administrative Division/Section Staff (except Group "E" and Financial Management Devision member) Spoken Language: Japanese

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. Entry of expense request (travel, honorarium and meeting expens) 3. Entry of purchase request (excluding direct order) 4. Inquiry of purchase request slips 5. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) 6. Inquiry of budget execution items (slip detail) ※The training contents may be updated.

※This hands-on training session requires each participant to use a laptop. A maximum of 10 laptops...

Gilson Pipetman Clinic from 11:00 to 16:00

[HEART] Training for President, Vice President, Auditor (A)

Date: November 5th, Thursday Time: 10:00 - 10:45 Venue: Lab3, B717 Seating Capacity: 10 Target Audience: President, Vice President, Auditor Spoken Language: English

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. General operations with approver interface 3. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) ※The training contents may be updated.

※This training includes the hands-on activity with the mobile device (iPhone/Android smart phone or tablet device) . So please bring your mobile device to the training class. *Training class will be held multiple times on different days with same contents, so please attend one of the classes during this period.

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日程：2015年11月5日 (木)...

Seminar by Dr. Takuya Sasaki, The University of Tokyo.　 Registration is not required.　

Professor Ngamta Thamwattana, School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia

[HEART] Training for RSD Staff, Executive Assistant, RA, RU member (E)

Date: November 4th, Wednesday Time: 13:30 - 17:00 Venue: Lab3, C700 Seating Capacity: 40 Target Audience: Resarch Support Division Staff, Executive Assistant, Research Administrator, Research Unit member Spoken Language: Japanese

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. Entry of expense request (travel, honorarium and meeting expens) 3. Entry of purchase request (excluding direct order) 4. Inquiry of purchase request slips 5. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) 6. Inquiry of budget execution items (slip detail) ※The training contents may be updated.

※This hands-on training session requires each participant to use a laptop. A maximum of 10 laptops are available for loan in...

Technical seminar: LC columns selection base on matrix chemistry and target compound

National Holiday.

Professor Ngamta Thamwattana, School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia

Prof. Hitoshi Kurumizaka Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, and Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University

OIST Workshop - Application Deadline: 2015/09/10 - OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions - URL: https://groups.oist.jp/rmt

OIST Workshop - Application deadline: 2015-08-22 - OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions - Practical sessions are sessions are only for registered participants - URL: http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/schools/OIST-2015/index.php

入場無料・要予約 Admission Free, Reservation Required. 10月14日予約開始。Reservations open Oct 14.

Join us for October's third Internal Seminar Series on October 30, from 17:00 to 18:00 in C700 (Lab3). This month's third seminar features the Collective Interactions Unit (Mahesh Bandi) and the Molecular Genetics Unit (Daniel Rokhsar).

Seminar "Translational control by poly(A)-binding protein during glucose-stimulated insulin biosynthesis in mouse pancreatic islets", Dr. Akiko Yamagiya.

[HEART] Training for Professors (B)

Date: October 30th, Friday Time: 15:00 - 16:00 Venue: Lab3, B717 Seating Capacity: 10 Target Audience: Professor (including associate, assistant, adjunct and visiting professor) Spoken Language: English

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. General operations with approver interface 3. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) ※The training contents may be updated.

※This training includes the hands-on activity with the mobile device (iPhone/Android smart phone or tablet device) . So please bring your mobile device to the training class. *The training registration webpage will be open and announced on TIDA shortly. **Training class will be held multiple times on different days with same contents, so please attend...

This is an externally organized event. For OIST-members: Pre-registration required (registration fee free of charge until Sept 30. For registrations after Sept 30, fees will apply). For more information visit the workshop's website http://jscs.jp/int/2015/?page_id=44

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

[HEART] Training for Administrative Division/Section Staff (except Group "E" and Financial Management Devision member) (F)

Date: October 29th, Thursday Time: 13:30 - 17:00 Venue: Lab3, C700 Seating Capacity: 40 Target Audience: Administrative Division/Section Staff (except Group "E" and Financial Management Devision member) Spoken Language: Japanese

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. Entry of expense request (travel, honorarium and meeting expens) 3. Entry of purchase request (excluding direct order) 4. Inquiry of purchase request slips 5. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) 6. Inquiry of budget execution items (slip detail) ※The training contents may be updated.

*The training registration webpage will be open and announced on TIDA shortly. **Training class will be...

Professor A. P. Farrell, PhD., Dir. Fil. h.c., FRC, Tier I Canada Research Chair in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems and in the Department of Zoology at the University of British Columbia, Canada

Shinobu Hikami (OIST), Jorgen Andersen (Univ. Auhuus), Takuya Sakasai (Univ. Tokyo), Takahiro Hayata (Yamagata Univ.), Jun Murakami (Waseda Univ.), Zinn-Justin, Yusuke Kuno (Tsuda College), Hirohiko Shimada (OIST)

[HEART] Training for Manager (D)

Date: October 28th, Wednesday Time: 13:30 - 16:00 Venue: Lab3, B717 Seating Capacity: 10 Target Audience: Manager (Administrative Staff) Spoken Language: Japanese

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. Approval of expense request (Travel, honorarium and meeting expens) 3. Approval of purchase request (excluding direct order) 4. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) 5. Inquiry of budget execution items (slip detail) ※The training contents may be updated.

※This training includes the hands-on activity with the mobile device (iPhone/Android smart phone or tablet device) . So please bring your mobile device to the training class. *The training registration webpage will be open and announced on TIDA shortly. **Training...

Prof. Dennis Bamford, Academic Professor, University of Helsinki Language: English

[HEART] Training for RSD Staff, Executive Assistant, RA, RU member (E)

Date: October 27th, Tuesday Time: 13:30 - 17:00 Venue: Lab3, C700 Seating Capacity: 40 Target Audience: Resarch Support Division Staff, Executive Assistant, Research Administrator, Research Unit member Spoken Language: Japanese

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. Entry of expense request (travel, honorarium and meeting expens) 3. Entry of purchase request (excluding direct order) 4. Inquiry of purchase request slips 5. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) 6. Inquiry of budget execution items (slip detail) ※The training contents may be updated.

※This hands-on training session requires each participant to use a laptop. A maximum of 10 laptops are available for loan in...

Dr. Shane Dooley, Postdoc Quantum Information Group, National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo