OIST Café in Tokyo on 2nd November 2023

Would you like to know more about our fully funded PhD program and Research Internship as well as opportunities to experience the atmosphere at OIST? Staff and Alumni from OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology) will come to Tokyo to answer all your questions about the PhD & Research Internship admission process, support for students as well as student life at OIST.

[PhD Thesis Public Presentation_C700, Lab3_Zoom is also available] ‐ Ianto Cannon– “Simulations of Multiphase Turbulent Flows”

PhD Thesis Public Presentation

Ianto Cannon

OIST NetCafé Online Information Session in Oct 2023

OIST Café is a casual science information session to introduce the OIST PhD program, Research Internship, and other workshops. What do cutting-edge research and education look like? What are the qualification and criteria to get into Graduate School? What are the career options after the graduation? OIST members such as PhD students and admissions officers will meet you to answer all your questions!

[PhD Thesis Public Presentation_C210_ zoom is also available]  ‐ Sarah Nagasawa– “Stochastic spatial modeling of vesicle trafficking of AMPA receptors to understand roles in synaptic plasticity”  

Sarah Nagasawa

Scriptorium

Guest Speaker Prof Tom Froese

"Papers, Grants, and Writing"

Special Talk - "How the notion of harassment emerged in modern societies" by Dr. CLAUDINE HAROCHE

According to the philosophers of the Enlightenment, it is a moral duty to recognize others as equals worth of respect and recognition. Jean-Jacques Rousseau in the Discourse on the origins of inequality and Adam Smith in the Treatise of moral feelings have analyzed the social inequalities and forms of domination which have persisted over the centuries and are still expressed by various kinds of unrespectful and violent behaviors. Sexual harassment whose victims are mostly women is the most conspicuous, but moral bullying, especially in the work place has also emerged as an explicit issue in modern societies, which needs to be seriously dealt with. The respect owed to anyone is not only a matter of moral duty. It has become a right inscribed in laws protecting the potential victims of all kind of harassment. Transforming a moral precept into a legal right is certainly a social progress. It raises however issues which will be discussed in the talk.

Career Talk: "How to write a lot and well" by Shinichi Nakagawa

My research group has consistently published ~20 papers per year for 15 years, and most of these papers were published in the top 25% of journals (CiteScores) with an average citation of > 100. How did we manage to do this? There are several reasons. In this interactive talk session, I will share one core secret: how to write a lot and well. If you can do it, you are invincible in academia or elsewhere. But how do you do this? You should consider writing a review to transform you into an amazing writer.

Career Talk: "Systematic Reviews for Beginners" by Malgorzata Lagisz

This interactive workshop is intended for those starting or considering a systematic review-like project. I will provide a quick overview of the systematic review process. The focus will be on the most common traps you may encounter and ways to avoid them. The interactive presentation will be followed by a Q&A session. For example, you may want to ask: "What are the types of reviews and what are they good for?", "What is a great topic for a systematic-like review?", "How long will it take?" etc.

Academic Career Seminar with SOKENDAI

Our presenter Dr. Hie Lim Kim and Dr. Gouki Okazawa will discuss how to build a career in global Academia.  Since Dr. Kim completed her Ph.D. at SOKENDAI, she has developed her career in U.S. and then Singapore.  Dr. Okazawa also completer his Ph.D. at SOKENDAI in 2013, he worked as postdoc at New York University and then is currently a PI in China.  They will show how to develop a personal career blueprint and devise contingency plans.  Their talks include selection process they experienced in each country.  You will learn how early-career scientists can best prepare for success in a career. OIST(Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University) students will join in lecture and then breakout session for interaction with SOKENDAI students.

OIST NetCafé Online Information Session in September 2023

OIST Café is a casual science information session to introduce the OIST PhD program, Research Internship, and other workshops. What do cutting-edge research and education look like? What are the qualification and criteria to get into Graduate School? What are the career options after the graduation? OIST members such as PhD students and admissions officers will meet you to answer all your questions!