Past Events
Workshop: "Science for a Changing World: Advancing Research and Innovation in Invasive Species Control, Protected Area Design, and Biodiversity Monitoring"
2025-09-09This workshop highlights three key and practice-oriented research domains—invasive species control, protected area design, and biodiversity monitoring—and introduces the latest developments in research and technological innovation that support these fields.
[Seminar] An evolving future for pandemic preparedness, by Alex Dornburg
2023-11-15In this talk Dr. Dornburg will demonstrate the utility of comparative phylogenetic methods in providing a quantitative basis for otherwise unknown parameters that are fundamental to personal, clinical, and public health policy decision-making.
[Seminar] Models and Truth in Phylogenomics, by Rob Lanfear
2023-11-09Dr. Lanfear will talk about his group's efforts to improve phylogenetic inference in a world of increasingly large data sets.
[Seminar] "Diversification and Community Assembly in the Galapagos Islands", by Christine Parent
2023-10-23Diversification and Community Assembly in the Galapagos Islands
OIST Workshop on the Evolutionary Analysis of Morphology
2023-10-17 to 2023-10-24OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Evan Economo (Biodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions (registration required).
[Seminar] "Why is Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility so common?" by Michael Turelli
2023-10-04Professor Turelli will discuss his fascinating work on Wolbachia, an intracellular bacteria that infects arthropods and develops an amazing diversity of interactions with its various host species.
Drone User Group Meeting
2023-06-29We will talk about UAV operation in research, changes to Japan UAV regulations, and general discussion about drone operations at OIST.
OIST Natural History Collection Discussion
2023-06-07In this meeting we will catch up on progress in the development of the OIST Natural History Collection
Environmental Science and Informatics Users Meeting
2023-06-07User group meeting for the Environmental Science and Informatics section
Discussion - OIST Natural History Collection
2023-03-23Discussion of progress and roadmap for founding an OIST natural history collection.