Resonance Matters - Micro-Optical Resonators for Quantum, Bio, and Energy Applications

This focused scientific meeting (Partnership Event) will bring together researchers from OIST and Keio University to explore recent advances in micro-optics resonators, with an emphasis on applications in quantum technologies and energy-related photonics. Whispering-gallery resonators offer exceptional optical confinement and high quality factors, enabling strong light–matter interactions, nonlinear optical processes, and sensitive transduction mechanisms. These properties make WGMs a powerful platform for emerging quantum systems as well as for energy-relevant applications such as sensing, frequency conversion, and photonic energy management.

A lecture series on classical and quantum entropy, by Klaas Landsman with Philipp Höhn.

Klaas Landsman is a TSVP fellow and Chair of Mathematical Physics in the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics, and Particle Physics, at the Radboud University Nijmegen

Abstract : Hybrid-pixel detectors have revolutionized electron microscopy by combining direct detection with noise-free readout and single-electron sensitivity. This technology enables ultrafast 4D STEM at 120,000 frames per second and high-resolution EELS, allowing for the visualization of beam-sensitive materials and complex magnetic domains. By integrating high dynamic range with radiation-hard designs, Hybrid-pixel detectors bridge the gap between traditional imaging and advanced diffraction analysis to empower breakthroughs in materials science and structural biology.

Biophysical Principles of Regulation in Bacteria including quantitative models, regulatory adaptations, replication control, and gene regulation through gene promoters. Presented by Dr Alberto Sassi, a post-doc in the Pigolotti Unit.

On-site seminar and demonstration of Refeyn Massphotometry

May, 13th 13:30-16:15

Seminar for students, postdocs, and faculty Language: English

QG Seminar Speaker: Will Horowitz (University of Cape Town) Title: A Universal Variational Principle for Point Particle Classical Mechanics

Speaker: Professor Chun-Chi Lin, National Taiwan Normal University Title: The p-elastic flows of inextensible planar closed curves for p ∈ (1, ∞) Abstract:

Building on the work of Blatt, Hopper, and Vorderobermeier (2022) on the existence of geometric flows for the p-elastic energy with p∈ [2,∞), we investigate how to extend their results to the case p∈(1,2). In this talk, we focus on the class of inextensible planar closed curves. We establish the existence of global weak solutions to the L 2 -gradient flow of the p-elastic energy for all p ∈ (1, ∞). Further directions, including extensions to open curves and applications to variational problems of curves in sub-Riemannian geometry, will also be discussed. The results presented are based on joint work with Ying-Hsian Tsai.

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SPIE/OPTICA OIST student chapter celebrates International Day of Light. Come join us as we watch a documentary, play trivia to win lots of prizes, and enjoy pizza, snacks, and drinks.

A lecture series on classical and quantum entropy, by Klaas Landsman with Philipp Höhn.

Klaas Landsman is a TSVP fellow and Chair of Mathematical Physics in the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics, and Particle Physics, at the Radboud University Nijmegen

Seminar by Dr. Daniel Bollschweiler from Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry

Gaston Sivori (OIST PhD 2025) is currently based in Dresden, Germany, working at SpiNNcloud , a company developing brain-inspired, energy-efficient AI supercomputing systems.

In this session, he will share his career journey from OIST to industry, including how he secured his role and his experiences during the first months on the job. There will be time for discussion and questions.

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The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Foundation invites you to join the next installment of our OIST Science in Focus webinar series, featuring a conversation with two distinguished OIST alumni whose careers span academia, industry, and national research institutions.

Dr Zixin Huang, School of Science, College of STEM, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

A lecture series on classical and quantum entropy, by Klaas Landsman with Philipp Höhn.

Klaas Landsman is a TSVP fellow and Chair of Mathematical Physics in the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics, and Particle Physics, at the Radboud University Nijmegen

As the second installment of the “Career Talk Series by Scientists,” we are pleased to present a career talk by Aleksandra Gavrilova, a PhD student at OIST from Russia.

Prof. Tim Langen, Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Atominstitut, TU Wien, Austria

Travel Expense Team will hold a travel consultation session.

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An introduction to Science Communication for OIST faculty, researchers and students, hosted by the Science Communication Section .

A lecture series on classical and quantum entropy, by Klaas Landsman with Philipp Höhn.

Klaas Landsman is a TSVP fellow and Chair of Mathematical Physics in the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics, and Particle Physics, at the Radboud University Nijmegen

Hosted by Dr. Midori Ohta, Buribushi Fellowship

[Speaker] Dr. Jeffrey B. Woodruff, Associate Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center

[Talk title] Context-dependent design principles of spindle poles

OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Keshav Dani (Femtosecond Spectroscopy Unit) |OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.

A lecture series on classical and quantum entropy, by Klaas Landsman with Philipp Höhn.

Klaas Landsman is a TSVP fellow and Chair of Mathematical Physics in the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics, and Particle Physics, at the Radboud University Nijmegen

OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: William Munro (Quantum Engineering and Design Unit) |OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.

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Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field. Language: English

A lecture series on classical and quantum entropy, by Klaas Landsman with Philipp Höhn.

Klaas Landsman is a TSVP fellow and Chair of Mathematical Physics in the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics, and Particle Physics, at the Radboud University Nijmegen

OIST–Keio Biomedical Innovation Exchange Day aims to connect researchers, startups, and industry collaborators from both universities to foster meaningful exchange in biomedical innovations.

OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Ugur Abdulla (Analysis and Partial Differential Equations Unit) |OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.

To be held at L4E48 from June 22 (Monday) - July 3 (Friday) 2026

OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Amedeo Roberto Esposito (Information Theory, Probability, and Statistics Unit) |OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.

Join us to explore how information-theoretic ideas shape modern research across a variety of fields.

Join OIST Innovation’s commercialization training program designed to help students, researchers, and administrators explore how research can move from lab to market. Through monthly, hands-on sessions from July to February, participants will learn the fundamentals of commercialization, customer discovery, business strategy, and pitching while developing their own innovation ideas.

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This workshop offers hands-on microscope activities with OIST geologist Mirona Chirienco, exploring the rocks and minerals found in Okinawa.

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The Falling Walls Lab is an interdisciplinary format to showcase the next generation of top researchers developed and hosted annually by the Falling Walls Foundation in Berlin in November. In 3–minute talks, outstanding talents and innovative thinkers share their research projects, business models and social initiatives with an interdisciplinary audience and jury. Academic institutions worldwide are invited to host their own Falling Walls Lab and to send their winner/s to the Falling Walls Lab Finale in Berlin.

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Dynamics, Fluctuations, and Entanglement in Quantum Materials and Many-Body Systems

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OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Tom Froese (Embodied Cognitive Science Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions (registration required).

Plant synthetic biology: engineering green organisms for a sustainable future

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OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Makoto Yamada (Machine Learning and Data Science Unit) |OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.