Upcoming Events
Science + Art Exhibit: "Coral Colors by Sputniko!"
"Coral Colors," spectators are invited to confront the ongoing reality of coral bleaching and to spark an awareness of environmental issues.
The artworks on display in this exhibition were created by British/Japanese artist Sputniko!, widely known for her creations and projects exploring the themes of technology, gender, and feminism.
This project was developed in collaboration with OIST’s Marine Climate Change Unit, led by Prof. Tim Ravasi.
LeviNet-OIST Workshop "Schrödinger Cats - The Quest to Find the Edge of the Quantum World"
OIST organizer: Jason Twamley (Quantum Machines Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Please show your OIST badge when entering the venue.
Maruesu Farm (Banana Milk Shake)
8/13&27 12:00-16:00 Lab 1 Parking Lot
Seminar "Consequences of Climate-induced Range Shifts for Shared Fish Stocks" by Prof. Mikko Heino
Seminar by Prof. Mikko Heino
Title: Consequences of Climate-induced Range Shifts for Shared Fish Stocks
Affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Norway
Hosted by Dieckmann Unit
TSVP Talk: "Topological Defects in Hard and Soft Condensed Matter " by Avadh Saxena
TSVP Talk 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).
【Seminar】Engineering Heat Flow with Tunable Thermal Systems
Dr. Trevor Shimokusu, Assistant Professor, in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Language: English
Registration: https://forms.gle/cfptxyDVpoxK3pLk6 PleaseRSVP before December 9 17:00 JST
[RC] Insurance Company Visits OIST
English-speaking insurance agent Wiltec in Chatan visits OIST. [When]11:00-15:00 [Where] Room next to the ATM in the Center Building
Ken's Burrito
Ken's Burrito Dates: Every Wednesday Time: 11:30-until sold out Location: Center Building, Level C, Center Court
[Seminar] Prof. Sandvik "The evolving story of deconfined quantum criticality"
Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field. Language: English
Kino Store
Kino Store (Kinoza) Every Wednesday 14:30-16:30 Center Building, Level C, Center Court
4th Studium Generale by Prof. Till Weber (The University of the Ryukyus)
4th Studium Generale by Prof. Till Weber (The University of the Ryukyus)
From Bakumatsu to Meiji – How Japan came into the modern age, 1850´s to 1870´s
HPC User Group Meeting
The December OIST High-Performance Computing User Group Meeting is on the 12th. Everybody is Welcome!
A window to the future: using natural CO2 analogues to predict species responses to a changing ocean
Online seminar by Prof. Davide Spatafora
OIST Innovation Accelerator Bootcamp Pitch Day
OIST Innovation Accelerator Bootcamp. Language (English, interpretation proviced). Registration needed. OIST Innovation Acceleratorブートキャンプ。言語(英語、同通有)。登録必須
【Seminar】Polarization vision in crustaceans and cephalopods
Dr. Martin How, Senior Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, Animal Behaviour and Sensory Biology, University of Bristol
Language: English
OIST Innovation open-hours
OIST Innovation opens its doors to OIST community every Friday .
【Seminar】Stealth and deception: motion camouflage in hunting cuttlefish
Dr. Matteo Santon, Research Fellow, University of Bristol
Language: English
Call for Beach Cleanup!/ ビーチクリーン参加者募集!
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Onna Village Tourism Association are conducting a beach cleanup on Saturday, December 14 , and have invited OISTers to attend. Please join and bring your family and friends! Registration is requested. Additional information can be found below.
Community Cooking Series [Registrations] - Luchi & chicken curry
The Community Cooking Series aims to bring the OIST community and residents of Okinawa closer through a shared love of food. Each session has thus far been different, featuring cuisine from different cultures and taught by a different instructor.
[Seminar] "Single is beautiful: Exploring neurodegeneration through single-cell transcriptomic" by Federico Pratesi, University of Montreal, Canada
[Seminar] "Single is beautiful: Exploring neurodegeneration through single-cell transcriptomic" by Federico Pratesi (University of Montreal, Canada )
José Senovilla (Basque U.): Singularity theorems in gravitation
QGU Seminar
Title: Singularity theorems in gravitation
Speaker: José Senovilla (Basque U.)
TOSHIBA Seminar & Working Lunch Poster Session
On Wednesday, December 18, 2024, representatives from the TOSHIBA Corporate Research & Development Center will visit OIST to present a seminar and engage in discussions about potential collaborations
[RC] Insurance Company Visits OIST
English-speaking insurance agent Wiltec in Chatan visits OIST. [When]11:00-15:00 [Where]The room next to the ATM at the center building
Seminar "Direct and Indirect Descending Control of Primate Hand Movements and Sensation" by Dr. Kazuhiko Seki
Dr. Seki is a director of the Department of Neurophysiology of NCNP.
"How the new and old modulate hippocampal function" Thomas McHugh, Ph. D.
Speaker : Thomas McHugh, Ph.D.
RIKEN CENTER FOR BRAIN SCIENCE
Team Leader, Circuit and Behavioral Physiology
Date: Thursday, December 19, 2024
Time: 13:00 – 14:00
Location: Lab5 Level D Seminar Room -L5D23
Nikon Day @ OIST
Nikon day
OIST Innovation open-hours
OIST Innovation opens its doors to OIST community every Friday .
OIST Innovation Open Hours
OIST Innovation opens its doors to OIST community every Friday .
New Years Holiday 年末年始 2025
National holiday
[RC] Insurance Company Visits OIST
English-speaking insurance agent Wiltec in Chatan visits OIST. [When]11:00-15:00 [Where]The room next to ATM in the Center Building
OIST Innovation Open-hours
OIST Innovation opens its doors to OIST community every Friday .
TSVP Talk: "Persistence of Working Memory Computation Without Continuous Attractors" by Il Memming Park
TSVP Talk 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).
No-Nonsense Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Action: Fireside Chats with Lily Zheng
C-Hub warmly invites you to join us for an engaging session on actionable DEI strategies in higher education.
2025 Cryo-Electron Microscopy Course
Internal and external workshop
OIST Science Festival 2025
Official webpage is published! Please click here for more information.
Sounds of the Ryukyu 2025
Admission free. Registration required.
OIST Machine Learning Workshop
OIST Workshop | 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.
TSVP Symposium: Computational and Physical Understanding of Biological Information Processing
Title : Computational and Physical Understanding of Biological Information Processing
TSVP Symposium linked to Thematic Program on "Computational and Physical Understanding of Biological Information Processing"
Spinal cord formation, function, and beyond
OIST organizer: Yutaka Yoshida (Neural Circuit Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Please show your OIST badge when entering the venue.
Science Challenge 2025
OIST Science Challenge is a unique opportunity for participants to extend their scientific education and experience research at OIST.
12th International Symposium on Leaf Surface Microbiology (“Phyllosphere 2025”)
OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: David Armitage (Integrative Community Ecology Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.
Recent Advances in Potential Theory and Partial Differential Equations
OIST Workshop | OIST organizer: Ugur Abdulla (Analysis and Partial Differential Equations) | Website | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.
Quantum Reference Frames: a QISS workshop
OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Philipp Höhn (Qubits and Spacetime Unit)| OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.
Cephalopod International Advisory Council 2025 in Okinawa (CIAC2025)
OIST Workshop | Website | Conference Chair Ryuta Nakajima and Dan Rokhsar | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.
Emerging Concepts in Cell Division Cycles: From Early Development to Cancer and Aging
OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Tomomi Kiyomitsu (Cell Division Dynamics Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.
Building a Sustainable and Resilient Future: Addressing Demographic Challenges, Health and Gender Disparities, and Economic Inequality
OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Yuliya Kulikova (Science and Technology Group)| OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.