Upcoming Events
Polar Blues, Island Hues: Contrasting Colors of Okinawa and Antarctica
This photographic exhibition presents stunning images of Antarctica and Okinawa, offering a visual journey through their contrasting landscapes. Through these images, we are invited to reflect on how global warming is altering these fragile environments.
Earth Day Beach Clean
Orginized by Yomitan Beach Clean Network https://www.facebook.com/YomitanBeach/
Earth Day and Easter in the same week? We can’t think of a better time to bring the community together by cleaning the beach! This month we will be cleaning one of our important nesting beaches, Malibu Beach at 10am. It’s officially sea turtle nesting season and we are expecting our first nest any day now! Earth is their home too so let’s do our best to keep it clean. We hope to see you there! Thank you to our sponsor, Glamday Style Hotel
KAGAKUJIKAN2025 (Science Week 2025)
This is one of the science event for Japan Science Week.
Venue: Nago Museum
Admission Free
A Textbook Example of Enzyme Regulation, Revisited by Prof. Nozomi Ando from Cornell University
Dr. Nozomi Ando is an associate professor at Chemistry and Chemical Biology in Cornell University.
"Exploring Intracellular Symbiosis Through Cockroach Bacteriocytes: Histology, Vertical Transmission, and Single-cell Transcriptomics" by Mr. Tomohito Noda from Tokyo University
Tomohito Noda
Ph.D. student The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
Fukatsu Lab at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Abstract: Intracellular symbiosis, in which a host organism harbors a microbial symbiont within its cells, has been widely observed across diverse lineages. This phenomenon is intriguing not only within the context of individual symbiotic relationships, but also more broadly, as the origins of mitochondria and chloroplasts are thought to trace back to microorganisms that were incorporated into host cells. Therefore, the study of intracellular symbiosis may provide insights to the understanding of a crucial trigger for the acquisition of novel biological functions and evolutionary modifications. Despite the wide interest in intracellular symbiosis, the mechanisms and adaptations required to harbor microbial symbionts remain largely elusive. One contributing factor is that the majority of symbiotic organs are highly specialized and distinct from the rest of the body, and thus lack a clear “non-symbiotic” subject to compare with.
Dr. Kim Palacios-Flores "DYNAMIC COGNITIVE REPRESENTATIONS IN THE ADULT ZEBRAFISH TELENCEPHALON"
A talk by Dr. Kim Palacios-Flores
Postdoctoral Researcher at Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
[Seminar] "The uncharted territory: the extreme evolutionary processes in planthopper symbioses" by Prof. Piotr Łukasik
Dr. Piotr Łukasik, Associate Professor, Jagiellonian University, Kraków
The Microbe-Mineral Atlas and Biomining for Metals for the Sustainable Energy Infrastructure, by Prof. Buz Barstow from Cornell University
Dr. Buz Barstow is a physicist using synthetic biology to build sustainable energy technologies and is an assistant professor at Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University.
OIST Representation Theory Seminar
Emerson Escolar, Kobe University
Title: Representation Theory and (Barcoding) Invariants for Persistence[Seminar] "The future of de Sitter" by Martin Sloth
Prof. Martin Snoager Sloth, University of Southern Denamrk
[Seminar] "Shaping Experiences by Designing Sensorimotor Contingencies" by Dr. Paul Strohmeier
Dr. Paul Strohmeier, Group Leader in Max Planck Institute for Informatics Hosted by Cybernetic Humanity Studio (OIST - Sony CSL collaboration)
OIST Innovation Open Hour
OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Have you ever wondered if your discoveries could lead to a patent or startup? Curious about what happens at OIST Innovation? Have an idea for a product or service? We welcome your ideas and questions!
The Provost Lecture Series 19
TSVP Talk: "Experimentally dealing with the impacts of an increasing number of factors: global change and soil as a case study" by Matthias C. Rillig
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).
Graduation Ceremony 2025
The Graduation Ceremony to award degrees to those who graduated in the period May 2024 to April 2025. The ceremony will take place at the OIST Auditorium on Saturday, May 24, 2025.
The event will be streamed online for those who cannot attend in person. For more information on the graduation program, speakers, and graduates, please visit: https://www.oist.jp/graduation
For any questions, please contact: graduation@oist.jp
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.
TSVP Symposium: Aspects of Generalized Symmetries
Title : Aspects of Generalized Symmetries
This symposium is part of the TSVP Thematic Program "Generalized Symmetries in Quantum Matter" . The program will run from May 12 to July 5, 2025 .
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.
Okinawa School in Physics: From quantum key distribution to the quantum internet
OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: David Elkouss Coronas (Networked Quantum Devices Unit) | 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.
International Conference on Embodied of Cognitive Science (ECogS 2025)
OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Tom Froese (Embodied Cognitive Science Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions (registration required).
New Years Holiday 年末年始2026
National holiday
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.