News Institutional News Research Update Facet News type Algebra Analysis Artificial intelligence Atomic physics Biochemistry Bioinformatics Biology Biophysics Biotechnology Botany Cell biology Chemistry Complex systems Computer sciences Condensed matter physics Cyber Security Data science Deep learning Developmental biology Developmental neuroscience Ecology Engineering and applied sciences Environmental sciences Evolutionary biology Fluid dynamics Genetics Genomics Health sciences Immunology Informatics Machine learning Marine sciences Material science Mathematics Mechanics Medicine Molecular biology Nanoscience (-) Neuroscience Optics Organic chemistry Photonics Physics Physiology Polymer chemistry Psychology Quantum Quantum field theory Robotics Soft matter physics Structural biology Synthetic biology Synthetic organic chemistry Theoretical sciences Topology Virology Facet Specialty 2025 2024 2023 2022 (-) 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2005 Facet Date Created Clear filters Research Update Expectations vs reality: How robots update their behavior based on their experience The unpredictability of everyday life can inform our expectations of the future, says Professor Jun Tani, who is revealing the underlying neural networks of predictions by exploring robotic minds. 13 December 2021 Research Update Can Brain Science Boost Soccer Performance? OIST and FC Ryukyu Team Up to Find Out OIST and FC Ryukyu have launched a new partnership, with the aim of using brain science to enhance the performance of professional athletes in team sports. 10 December 2021 Research Update From blood vessels as pathways to neurons as gatekeepers: Journey of immune cells in developing zebrafish revealed To colonize the retina during development, immune cells use the surface of blood vessels as pathways and wait for the formation of neurons to begin, finds new study 07 December 2021 Research Update New scaffold design improves growth of regenerating neurons Researchers use a state-of-the-art technique to build 3D scaffolds that may help neurons repair and re-connect after spinal injury. 25 November 2021 Research Update In conversation with squid In the most recent episode of the OIST podcast, Dr. Teresa Iglesias talks about her career working with cephalopods and what they can tell us about animal behavior and sleep-like states. 19 October 2021 Research Update First year PhD student awarded Softbank scholarship Hiroki Sawada, an OIST PhD student, has received a 1-million-yen scholarship for his proposed research on AI for space rovers. 27 April 2021 Research Update Dendritic computers: When 1 + 1 = 3 Scientists discover a new way that neurons distinguish important signals from background noise. 12 April 2021 Institutional News Uncovering the secrets of the octopus Professor Sam Reiter, who leads the Computational Neuroethology Unit, talks neuroscience, cephalopods, and why researching camouflage is important on the latest episode of the OIST podcast. 19 March 2021 Research Update Different types of neurons interact to make reaching-and-grasping tasks possible Picking up that cup of coffee? One type of neuron is necessary for the early part of the movement, another for aiming for the cup, finds new study. 19 January 2021 Media Coverage Coverage of OIST in the media and on the web Media Coverage
Research Update Expectations vs reality: How robots update their behavior based on their experience The unpredictability of everyday life can inform our expectations of the future, says Professor Jun Tani, who is revealing the underlying neural networks of predictions by exploring robotic minds. 13 December 2021
Research Update Can Brain Science Boost Soccer Performance? OIST and FC Ryukyu Team Up to Find Out OIST and FC Ryukyu have launched a new partnership, with the aim of using brain science to enhance the performance of professional athletes in team sports. 10 December 2021
Research Update From blood vessels as pathways to neurons as gatekeepers: Journey of immune cells in developing zebrafish revealed To colonize the retina during development, immune cells use the surface of blood vessels as pathways and wait for the formation of neurons to begin, finds new study 07 December 2021
Research Update New scaffold design improves growth of regenerating neurons Researchers use a state-of-the-art technique to build 3D scaffolds that may help neurons repair and re-connect after spinal injury. 25 November 2021
Research Update In conversation with squid In the most recent episode of the OIST podcast, Dr. Teresa Iglesias talks about her career working with cephalopods and what they can tell us about animal behavior and sleep-like states. 19 October 2021
Research Update First year PhD student awarded Softbank scholarship Hiroki Sawada, an OIST PhD student, has received a 1-million-yen scholarship for his proposed research on AI for space rovers. 27 April 2021
Research Update Dendritic computers: When 1 + 1 = 3 Scientists discover a new way that neurons distinguish important signals from background noise. 12 April 2021
Institutional News Uncovering the secrets of the octopus Professor Sam Reiter, who leads the Computational Neuroethology Unit, talks neuroscience, cephalopods, and why researching camouflage is important on the latest episode of the OIST podcast. 19 March 2021
Research Update Different types of neurons interact to make reaching-and-grasping tasks possible Picking up that cup of coffee? One type of neuron is necessary for the early part of the movement, another for aiming for the cup, finds new study. 19 January 2021
