News Research Update OIST-grown company, EF Polymer, wins top prize in Japan’s 2021 Green Startup Pitch The Ministry of the Environment of Japan has awarded first place prize to OIST-born startup EF Polymer, whose product promotes sustainability and solves key agricultural issues of climate change and drought. 09 March 2022 Institutional News “Girls, Be Ambitious!” Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology and OIST Foundation support educational ecosystem for girls and women in STEM 08 March 2022 Research Update Kae Nemoto decorated with France’s National Order of Merit OIST Transitional Professor Kae Nemoto, who has helped strengthen research ties between France and Japan in the field of quantum information, has been appointed into the National Order of Merit of the French Republic. 07 March 2022 Research Update Former OIST student and Technology Pioneer Fellow launches tech start-up, RyuDyn RyuDyn founder, Dr. Paul Hsieh Fu Tsai, is planning to launch a microscope and accompanying software that uses AI to image and analyze dynamic data, such as living cells. 18 February 2022 Institutional News OIST startups prepare to launch bold new products Over the last two years, OIST has helped two teams, Sage Sentinel and KanjuBot, develop their products, a fall-prevention device and a chatbot engine, and prepare to launch in Japan. 15 February 2022 Research Update Looking to the acorn worm for clues: Why vertebrates cannot regenerate their bodies Better understanding of regeneration in hemichordates may eventually lead to advances in reparative medicine 15 February 2022 Research Update Growing the perfect diamond: Simulations reveal interesting geometric patterns Scientists have simulated the growth of diamond films to reveal geometrical properties and insights on how to grow these films more efficiently in the lab. 15 February 2022 Research Update Stargazing in the brain: “Star-like” cells display unique activity patterns Advances in optical imaging and image analysis have revealed the tantalizing possibility that astrocytes, star-shaped cells in the brain, might play a role in how we process information and store memories. 09 February 2022 Institutional News OIST-based biotech start-up achieves major milestones in first year in Okinawa The team behind GenomeMiner, a biotechnology start-up taking part in the Innovation Square Startup Accelerator Program, is seeing business success both inside and outside the lab. 09 February 2022 Research Update Unravelling the ancient stories hidden in DNA Scientists have compared the chromosomes of three major animal groups to reveal that they have been surprisingly stable across a time span of at least 550 million years. 03 February 2022 Institutional News Make Onna Village known as the “Ecological Smart Resort” OIST and Onna Village have launched the Ecological Smart Resort Project as a regional revitalization plan for the Village. 01 February 2022 Research Update Scientists use 'sticky' DNA to build organized structures of gel blocks Researchers show that molecular interactions between pieces of DNA can drive the self-assembly of structures visible to the naked eye. 31 January 2022 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 36 Next page ›› Media Coverage Coverage of OIST in the media and on the web Media Coverage
Research Update OIST-grown company, EF Polymer, wins top prize in Japan’s 2021 Green Startup Pitch The Ministry of the Environment of Japan has awarded first place prize to OIST-born startup EF Polymer, whose product promotes sustainability and solves key agricultural issues of climate change and drought. 09 March 2022
Institutional News “Girls, Be Ambitious!” Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology and OIST Foundation support educational ecosystem for girls and women in STEM 08 March 2022
Research Update Kae Nemoto decorated with France’s National Order of Merit OIST Transitional Professor Kae Nemoto, who has helped strengthen research ties between France and Japan in the field of quantum information, has been appointed into the National Order of Merit of the French Republic. 07 March 2022
Research Update Former OIST student and Technology Pioneer Fellow launches tech start-up, RyuDyn RyuDyn founder, Dr. Paul Hsieh Fu Tsai, is planning to launch a microscope and accompanying software that uses AI to image and analyze dynamic data, such as living cells. 18 February 2022
Institutional News OIST startups prepare to launch bold new products Over the last two years, OIST has helped two teams, Sage Sentinel and KanjuBot, develop their products, a fall-prevention device and a chatbot engine, and prepare to launch in Japan. 15 February 2022
Research Update Looking to the acorn worm for clues: Why vertebrates cannot regenerate their bodies Better understanding of regeneration in hemichordates may eventually lead to advances in reparative medicine 15 February 2022
Research Update Growing the perfect diamond: Simulations reveal interesting geometric patterns Scientists have simulated the growth of diamond films to reveal geometrical properties and insights on how to grow these films more efficiently in the lab. 15 February 2022
Research Update Stargazing in the brain: “Star-like” cells display unique activity patterns Advances in optical imaging and image analysis have revealed the tantalizing possibility that astrocytes, star-shaped cells in the brain, might play a role in how we process information and store memories. 09 February 2022
Institutional News OIST-based biotech start-up achieves major milestones in first year in Okinawa The team behind GenomeMiner, a biotechnology start-up taking part in the Innovation Square Startup Accelerator Program, is seeing business success both inside and outside the lab. 09 February 2022
Research Update Unravelling the ancient stories hidden in DNA Scientists have compared the chromosomes of three major animal groups to reveal that they have been surprisingly stable across a time span of at least 550 million years. 03 February 2022
Institutional News Make Onna Village known as the “Ecological Smart Resort” OIST and Onna Village have launched the Ecological Smart Resort Project as a regional revitalization plan for the Village. 01 February 2022
Research Update Scientists use 'sticky' DNA to build organized structures of gel blocks Researchers show that molecular interactions between pieces of DNA can drive the self-assembly of structures visible to the naked eye. 31 January 2022
