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Resource Center Food Drive

Monday, November 27, 2023 - 09:00 to Friday, December 8, 2023 - 17:30

Do you have extra food in your kitchen cupboards? A spare can of pineapples or tomato sauce, perhaps? If you do and you’re willing to part with them, you can give them to a good cause. Between November 27th (Mon) and December 8th (Fri) the Resource Center will accept food donations. These will later be sent to the local non-profit organization “Second Harvest Okinawa,” which will distribute them to families in need.

Seminar

[Seminar] "Role of engagement fund: Does it have a relevance to you?" by Mr. Shoichi Oka, Partner Solaris Management Co., Ltd.

Monday, December 4, 2023 - 11:00 to 12:00
L4E48, Lab4

[Seminar] "Role of engagement fund: Does it have a relevance to you?" by Mr. Shoichi Oka, Partner Solaris Management Co., Ltd.

December 4, 2023, 11:00-12:00 @L4E48, Lab4

Presidential Lecture

Presidential Lecture by Prof. Hiroaki Suga

Monday, December 4, 2023 - 13:30 to 15:00
B250 Sydney Brenner Lecture Theater

Presidential Lecture by Professor Hiroaki Suga on the topic "Pseudo-natural peptides, products and neobiologics for therapeutic applications".

Lecture

The Essential Roles of DE&I: Challenges and Opportunities for Universities [Dr. Karin Markides, OIST President and CEO]

Monday, December 4, 2023 - 16:30 to 17:40
Zoom

On December 4th (Monday), from 4:30 pm to 5:40 pm, the University of the Ryukyus will host the 17th Ryudai Future Forum × Diversity Promotion Top Seminar online, featuring Dr. Karin Markides, President and CEO of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology.

Workshop

International Workshop “Pathways Toward an Integrated Understanding of the Marine Environment and Marine Ecosystems”

Tuesday, December 5, 2023 (All day) to Wednesday, December 6, 2023 (All day)
TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity 3F, Lecture Theater, Katahira Campus, Tohoku University

The workshop will include lectures that will provide an overview of the current status and challenges of research on the marine environment and marine ecosystems, promote the exchange of the latest knowledge among disciplines, and present cross–disciplinary perspectives. Young researchers and graduate students will share and discuss their ideas to formulate recommendations for the future of cross–disciplinary research.

Seminar

Seminar: “Analyzing the evolution and diversification of Lepidoptera using multi-spectral images” by Dr. Wei-Ping Chan

Tuesday, December 5, 2023 - 11:00 to 12:00
Seminar room C209, Center Building

Speaker: Dr. Wei-Ping Chan, Rowland Institute at Harvard

Research

Introduction to TESCAN 4D STEM and microCT

Tuesday, December 5, 2023 - 13:30 to 15:30
Lab 1 C015

Visit of Dr. Antonín Doupal and Dr. Marijn Boone from TESCAN, Brno, Czech Republik.

They will introduce their new equipment the TEM for analytical 4D STEM and MicroCT

Professional Development

Workshop: Facilitation as Leadership - Inclusive Event Facilitation

Tuesday, December 5, 2023 - 15:00 to 16:30
Lab 4, Floor E, Room 01

If you facilitate events for diverse audiences, you may encounter unexpected situations that are difficult to navigate at the moment. Effective facilitation centers on what participants are doing and experiencing, setting the tone of the event, and tending to the group dynamics in the room. Inclusive facilitation is a leadership skill that requires self-awareness, observational skills, agility, and intention. Join this session to sharpen your leadership facilitation skill set in preparation for your next event. This workshop is intended for participants who have some prior facilitation experience. The workshop will be conducted in English by Kristin Macapagal, Program Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Seminar

A micro-perfusion system for characterizing dense bacterial populations

Tuesday, December 5, 2023 - 16:00 to 17:00
Lab5, Level D, L5D23

Prof. Kazumasa A. Takeuchi, The University of Tokyo

Language: English.

OIST Workshops

IEEE-NANOMED 2023

Tuesday, December 5, 2023 - 16:00 to Friday, December 8, 2023 - 18:00
OIST Auditorium/Meeting rooms

IEEE-NANOMED is one of the premier annual events organized by the IEEE Nanotechnology Council(NTC) to bring together physicians, scientists, and engineers alike from all over the world and every sector of academy and industry, working at advancement of basic and clinical research in medical and biological sciences using nano/molecular medicine and engineering methods.

IEEE-NANOMED is the conference where practitioners will see nano/molecular medicine and engineering at work in both their own and related fields, from essential and advanced scientific and engineering research and theory to translational and clinical research.

Seminar

OIST Representation Theory Seminar

Tuesday, December 5, 2023 - 16:30 to 17:30
L4E48 and online on Zoom
Eric Marberg, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Title: From Klyachko models to perfect models
Seminar

[Seminar] "Cancer diagnosis and therapy: deep learning-assisted cytopathology and foam-based immunotherapy for intraperitoneal metastasis" by Prof. Yen-Liang (Allen) Liu

Wednesday, December 6, 2023 - 11:00 to 12:00
Seminar Room F01 - Lab 4

Assistant Professor Yen-Liang (Allen) Liu

Master Program of Biomedical Engineering, China Medical University

Campus Service

[RC] Insurance Company Visits OIST

Wednesday, December 6, 2023 - 11:00 to 15:00
Resource Center Center Bldg next to the ATM

English-speaking insurance agent Wiltec in Chatan visits OIST. [When]11:00-15:00 [Where]Resource Center in the Center Building(right next to the ATM)

Seminar

Connecting Japan and Austria for Innovation: GIN Austria

Wednesday, December 6, 2023 - 13:00 to 14:00
Lab 1 Seminar Room B503

Join representatives from the Austrian Research Promotion Agency and the Austrian Promotional Bank to learn about the Global Incubator Network Austria (GIN), a program to support global researchers, entrepreneurs, and startups.

Professional Development

#5 Study Sessions for Administrative Staff (English): Overview of OIST organization, Questions and Discussion

Wednesday, December 6, 2023 - 14:30 to 15:30
Lab3 C700

#5 Study Sessions for Administrative Staff (English) : Overview of OIST organization, Questions and Discussion Speaker: Mizuki Shimanuki, Provost Office. Facilitator: Ayumi Nagai, C-Hub

Public

Graduate School Mini Course: Filmmaking for Everyone (Session 1)

Wednesday, December 6, 2023 - 14:30
B700 (Lab 3)

Come and learn to leverage your phone's capabilities and gain some skills for planning and producing a short film. You will use professional tools and learn from an expert! Finished products will have the opportunity to be featured on OIST's Vimeo account.

Wellness

Women's minds and Bodies: 女性の心と身体 

Wednesday, December 6, 2023 - 15:00 to 17:00
Room B250: 15~17 pm

Women's minds and bodies

Hormonal perspectives on life planning and wellbeing

女性の心と身体 ホルモンから考える

人生設計とウェルビーング

Seminar

苦手意識は妄想!?目からうろこの英語プレゼンセミナー

Thursday, December 7, 2023 - 18:00 to 19:00
STARTUP LAB RYUDAI(琉ラボ)

2023年12月7日(木)18:00、琉球大学のオープンイノベーション拠点「琉ラボ」とOIST Innovationの共催で、英語に苦手意識を感じる方に向けて英語プレゼンセミナーを開催いたします。(日本語のみの開催となります)

Symposium

Deadline for Submissions---Symposium 2024: Inclusive Leadership

Friday, December 8, 2023 (All day)

The deadline is approaching to submit a proposal for a concurrent session or poster at C-Hub's Symposium 2024: Inclusive Communication, to be held March 7-8, 2024.

The deadline is next Friday, December 8.

Please consider submitting a proposal for one of the following types of session:

panel discussion professional development birds-of-a-feather/shared interests poster

Here is the link to our Call for Proposals page, which includes full descriptions of each of the session types and links to submit a proposal.

Public

Onna no Eki (おんなの駅) comes to OIST

Friday, December 8, 2023 - 12:30
Guest parking lot near the pond

Onna no Eki is coming to OIST every Friday, 12:30-13:30

Public

Graduate School Mini Course: Filmmaking for Everyone (Session 2)

Friday, December 8, 2023 - 14:30
B700 (Lab 3)

Come and take the chance to learn professional tools & skills for documentary filmmaking from an OIST videography professional!

Culture

Community Cooking Series [Registrations] - Class 9

Friday, December 8, 2023 - 17:00
Onna Fureai Center (Room #3 Ryukyu Cooking Room)

The Community Cooking Series aims to bring the OIST community and residents of Okinawa closer through a shared love of food. Each session will be focused on one dish, taught by someone with a personal connection to the recipe (perhaps you?).

Research

2023 ORC Survey

Saturday, December 9, 2023 - 00:00

Following the success of the previous ORC survey, and the Student Council surveys it was modeled on, the ORC Council is running the biannual survey (~5-10min) to gauge research employee satisfaction at OIST. Please fill the survey in this link: https://groups.oist.jp/ganjuu/oist-researcher-community-survey-2023 .

Seminar

[Seminar] "Dynamics and Learning - Future of AI with Robotics Applications" by Mr. Motoya Ohnishi

Monday, December 11, 2023 - 10:00 to 11:00
Meeting Room D015 - Lab1 Bldg

Speaker: Mr. Motoya Ohnishi

Title: Dynamics and Learning - Future of AI with Robotics Applications

Campus Service

[RC] Insurance Company Visits OIST

Wednesday, December 13, 2023 - 11:00 to 15:00
Resource Center Center Bldg next to the ATM

English-speaking insurance agent Wiltec in Chatan visits OIST. [When]11:00-15:00 [Where]Resource Center in the Center Building(right next to the ATM)

Lecture

TSVP Talk ”Ecology and Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance in Bacterial Pathogens " by Rachel Wheatley

Wednesday, December 13, 2023 - 14:00
L4E48 and zoom

TSVP Talk ”Ecology and Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance in Bacterial Pathogens " by Rachel Wheatley Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: General audience / everyone at OIST and beyond. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).

Public

Graduate School Mini Course: Filmmaking for Everyone (Session 3)

Wednesday, December 13, 2023 - 14:30
B700 (Lab 3)

Learn new skills, meet new people and enjoy the art of filmmaking with OIST's own professional videographer, Scotty!

Finished products will have the opportunity be featured on the OIST Vimeo account.

Research

Toward On-Chip Spin Magnetomechanics with Levitated Systems

Thursday, December 14, 2023 - 09:00
L5D23

Levitated quantum systems can be used to build ultra-precise sensors for use in technology but also to search for new fundamental types of forces and dark matter. In this seminar PhD student Trisha Madhavan from Mikhail Lukin's Nanomechanics subgroup at Harvard University will talk about her work on levitating tiny magnets and coupling them to NV defects in diamond.

Seminar

[Seminar] "Waiting time effects for the wearing process of a non-convex stone" by Prof. Nao Hamamuki

Thursday, December 14, 2023 - 15:00 to 16:00
L4F01

Speaker: Prof. Nao Hamamuki (Hokkaido University)

Title: Waiting time effects for the wearing process of a non-convex stone

Seminar

[Seminar] "Quasi self-similarity and its application to the global in time solvability of a superlinear heat equation" by Prof. Yohei Fujishima

Thursday, December 14, 2023 - 16:00 to 17:00
L4F01

Speaker: Prof. Yohei Fujishima (Shizuoka University)

Title: Quasi self-similarity and its application to the global in time solvability of a superlinear heat equation

Lecture

The Provost Lecture Series 10

Thursday, December 14, 2023 - 16:00 to 17:45
Sydney Brenner Lecture Theater B250
Speaker: Professor Yabing Qi , Energy Materials and Surface Sciences Unit Title: Surface sciences and perovskite solar cells Chair: Professor Evan Economo, Biodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit , Dean of Faculty Affairs
Seminar

Shibuya × OIST Uniting for Startup Success ~自治体と大学の連携を考える~

Friday, December 15, 2023 - 13:30 to 16:00
O2 OKINAWA OFFICE ゆいレール旭橋駅直結那覇オーパ3階

2023年12月15日(金)、OIST Innovationと渋谷区で、スタートアップ・エコシステム構築について考えるイベントを開催いたします。(日英同時通訳あり)

Wellness

Ganjuu Open House がんじゅうオープンハウス

Friday, December 15, 2023 - 14:00 to 16:00
Ganjuu Wellbeing Service

Join us for our Winter Ganjuu Open House!

15th Dec. between 14 to 16 pm.

がんじゅうのオープンハウスのご案内。

12月15日(金)午後2時から4時まで。

Campus Service

[RC] Insurance Company Visits OIST

Wednesday, December 20, 2023 - 11:00 to Tuesday, February 20, 2024 - 15:00
Resource Center Center Bldg next to the ATM

English-speaking insurance agent Wiltec in Chatan visits OIST. [When]11:00-15:00 [Where]Resource Center in the Center Building(right next to the ATM)

Workshop

OIST-RIKEN Joint Workshop on Prediction Science

Wednesday, December 20, 2023 - 13:15 to Friday, December 22, 2023 - 15:00
Sydney Brenner Lecture Theater, B250, Center Bldg.

This workshop, jointly hosted by RIKEN Pioneering Projects "Prediction for Science" and OIST, aims to foster interdisciplinary collaboration between OIST and RIKEN researchers.

Holiday

New Years Holiday 年末年始 2024

Friday, December 29, 2023 (All day) to Wednesday, January 3, 2024 (All day)

National holiday

Holiday

成人の日 Coming of Age Day

Monday, January 8, 2024 (All day)

National holiday

Campus Service

[RC] Insurance Company Visits OIST

Wednesday, January 10, 2024 - 11:00 to 15:00
Resource Center Center Bldg next to the ATM

English-speaking insurance agent Wiltec in Chatan visits OIST. [When]11:00-15:00 [Where]Resource Center in the Center Building(right next to the ATM)

OIST Workshops

OIST Workshop "Geometric Aspects of Partial Differential Equations"

Monday, January 15, 2024 (All day) to Thursday, January 18, 2024 (All day)
Main Campus, Seminar Room B250 (Center Building)

OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Qing Liu (Geometric Partial Differential Equations) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions (registration required).

Campus Service

[RC] Insurance Company Visits OIST

Wednesday, January 17, 2024 - 11:00 to 15:00
Resource Center Center Bldg next to the ATM

English-speaking insurance agent Wiltec in Chatan visits OIST. [When]11:00-15:00 [Where]Resource Center in the Center Building(right next to the ATM)

Wellness

⾒えない障がいの解明: ニューロダイバージェンスと併発的課題の探求 Dr. Kana Grace Unmasking the Invisible Struggles: Navigating Neurodivergence and Co-Occurring Challenges

Saturday, January 20, 2024 - 11:00 to 15:15
沖縄科学技術⼤学院⼤学(OIST) シーサイドハウス内、 セミナールーム Seminar Room, Seaside House

2024年1月20日(土) 

「見えない障がいの解明:ニューロダイバージェンスと併発的課題の探求」by Dr. Kana Grace

日本語:11:00~12:15

English: 14:00~15:15

@ Seminar Room, Seaside House Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

The same talk will be delivered in two languages. Please select you

11:00 am - 12:15 pm Japanese 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm English

2023年7月29日の第1回講演会に引き続きDr. Kana Grace がニューロダイバージェント者の実際の生活体験と当事者としての過去、現在の困難さと対応方法の紹介、また、科学者として、これらの個人的な洞察に科学的情報を加えてお伝えします。オーティズム(自閉症)、ADHD、ディスレクシア、ディスプラクシア、トゥレットというニューロダイバージェンスと、それらと併発する可能性の高い身体的課題であるエーラス・ダンロスやマスト細胞活性症候群などのトピックをお話しします。

Continuing from the first lecture on July 29, 2023, Dr. Kana Grace will reflect personal experiences as neurodivergent individuals and their past and present difficulties and ways of coping with the challenges, and as a scientist, she will will discuss the neurodivergences of Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, and Tourette's, and the physical challenges that are likely to occur such as Ehlers-Danlos and Mast Cell Activity Syndrome.

予約方法:

E メールで valtameri.grace@outlook.com にご連絡ください。

• メールの件名:「1⽉講演会」

• メール本⽂に、お名前、ご希望のセッション(⽇本語または英語)、参加⼈数をご記⼊くださ

い。予約の確認メールを返信いたします。

• メール本⽂:名前・予約完了の返信をいたします。

• 定員 20 名の先着順です。

Booking:

To reserve your spot, kindly send an email to valtameri.grace@outlook.com with the following information.

• Email Subject: “Talk in January”

• In the email, please specify your preferred session (English or Japanese) and

indicate the number of attendees.

• We will send you a confirmation email for your booking.

• Please note that bookings are on a first-come, first-served basis, and we have a

maximum capacity of 20 participants .

Dr. Kana Grace will share her lived experiences in facing and navigating these challenges, interweaving them with the latest scientific information. Following the talk, there will be a Q&A session to further explore these topics.

Outreach

Science Talk in Naha

Saturday, January 20, 2024 - 14:00 to 15:00
Okinawa prefectural library

Science Talk

Workshop

Winter Admissions Selection

Monday, January 22, 2024 - 09:00 to Friday, February 9, 2024 - 17:30
Online

Online Admissions Selection for shortlisted PhD applicants from January 22 nd to February 9 th , 2024.

Information sessions about PhD program, faculty talks and interviews all via zoom.

The event is targeted towards shortlisted applicants for our PhD program, but the information sessions and faculty talks are open to the OIST Community.

Please contact phd-selection@oist.jp for further details.

Seminar

[Seminar] Title TBA by Simon Hart (University of Queensland)

Monday, January 22, 2024 - 15:00
Lab 3, C700
Seminar

[Seminar] Title TBA by Masato Yamamichi (National Institute of Genetics/SOKENDAI)

Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - 10:00
Lab 3, C700

Title TBA

Campus Service

[RC] Insurance Company Visits OIST

Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - 11:00 to 15:00
Resource Center Center Bldg next to the ATM

English-speaking insurance agent Wiltec in Chatan visits OIST. [When]11:00-15:00 [Where]Resource Center in the Center Building(right next to the ATM)

Lecture

Scientific alumni activities between Japan and the German speaking area: The German JSPS Alumni Association

Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - 11:00
Lab4 F01

Scientific alumni activities between Japan and the German speaking area: The German JSPS Alumni Association

Lecture

The Provost Lecture Series

Thursday, February 1, 2024 - 16:00 to 17:45
Sydney Brenner Lecture Theater B250
Speaker: Professor Tomoyuki Takahashi, Cellular and Molecular Synaptic Function Unit Title: To be announced Chair: To be announced
Workshop

2024 Cryo-Electron Microscopy Course

Monday, February 5, 2024 - 09:00 to Friday, February 9, 2024 - 17:00
5th & 6th C210; 7th - 9th B503; and IMG labs

Internal and External workshop

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