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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Prof. Kazumasa A. Takeuchi, The University of Tokyo

Language: English.

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.

Assistant Professor Yen-Liang (Allen) Liu

Master Program of Biomedical Engineering, China Medical University

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)

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.

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

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.

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

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）

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:

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.

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

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

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?).

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 .

Speaker: Mr. Motoya Ohnishi

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

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)

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).

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.

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.

Speaker: Prof. Nao Hamamuki (Hokkaido University)

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

Speaker: Prof. Yohei Fujishima (Shizuoka University)

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

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）

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。

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)

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

National holiday

National holiday

PhD Thesis Public Presentation

Rio Kashimoto

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

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)

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.

Science Talk

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.

Title and abstract TBA

Website: https://cbcs.centre.uq.edu.au/profile/1904/simon-hart

Title TBA

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)

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

Internal and External workshop