News Research Update OIST Professor Svante Pääbo wins 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet announced today that Svante Pääbo, an Adjunct Professor at OIST, has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. 03 October 2022 Research Update OIST scientists track microplastics in Okinawa’s sea creatures Researchers are identifying the quantity, type, and origin of microplastics in Okinawa’s marine animals, both captive and wild. 06 December 2022 Institutional News Biomedical science workshop weaves closer ties between OIST and Kyoto University The first of a series of Joint Workshops between OIST and Kyoto University was held on OIST's campus at the start of November in the field of biomedical sciences. 02 December 2022 Research Update OIST scientists named as highly cited researchers two years in a row Their research on the fundamental understanding and applications of perovskite materials and solar cells is attracting attention. 30 November 2022 Institutional News Experiencing the fun of learning science - OIST Science Festival 2022 The OIST campus was filled with visitors for the first in-person event in three years 25 November 2022 Research Update From the Pacific to the Atlantic and back again: A (perhaps too) challenging life in science and technology “Think in your own way, not just by searching through the database or reading books...” Professor Ichiro Maruyama concludes his time at OIST with words of advice for early career scientists. 16 November 2022 Institutional News OIST Mourns the Loss of Student An OIST student passed away Sunday, October 9, while engaging in recreational activities in Onna Village. 11 October 2022 Institutional News OIST faculty member, Amy Shen, assumes the role of Provost On October 1, 2022, Professor Amy Shen assumed the role of OIST’s Provost. She has been a faculty member here since 2014. 05 October 2022 Research Update OIST Quantum Research Teams Join New Sustainable Quantum AI Research Center Project Two quantum research teams at OIST will join the COI-NEXT project to lead quantum research in Japan. 02 November 2022 Research Update New Center of Innovation at OIST The Global Bioconvergence Center of Innovation will bridge academia, government and industry by promoting synergies between science, technology, and engineering. 28 October 2022 Research Update New model captures the erratic speed of DNA copying proteins in bacteria A new study reveals that certain locations of DNA are copied faster than others, which could also have an effect on mutation rate. 28 September 2022 Research Update Tracking a network of 100,000 mutants Mutations that maintain fitness are vital for diversity and, for the first time, scientists have managed to experimentally show how extensive networks of these mutations develop. 20 September 2022 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 30 Next page ›› Media Coverage Coverage of OIST in the media and on the web Media Coverage
Research Update OIST Professor Svante Pääbo wins 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet announced today that Svante Pääbo, an Adjunct Professor at OIST, has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. 03 October 2022
Research Update OIST scientists track microplastics in Okinawa’s sea creatures Researchers are identifying the quantity, type, and origin of microplastics in Okinawa’s marine animals, both captive and wild. 06 December 2022
Institutional News Biomedical science workshop weaves closer ties between OIST and Kyoto University The first of a series of Joint Workshops between OIST and Kyoto University was held on OIST's campus at the start of November in the field of biomedical sciences. 02 December 2022
Research Update OIST scientists named as highly cited researchers two years in a row Their research on the fundamental understanding and applications of perovskite materials and solar cells is attracting attention. 30 November 2022
Institutional News Experiencing the fun of learning science - OIST Science Festival 2022 The OIST campus was filled with visitors for the first in-person event in three years 25 November 2022
Research Update From the Pacific to the Atlantic and back again: A (perhaps too) challenging life in science and technology “Think in your own way, not just by searching through the database or reading books...” Professor Ichiro Maruyama concludes his time at OIST with words of advice for early career scientists. 16 November 2022
Institutional News OIST Mourns the Loss of Student An OIST student passed away Sunday, October 9, while engaging in recreational activities in Onna Village. 11 October 2022
Institutional News OIST faculty member, Amy Shen, assumes the role of Provost On October 1, 2022, Professor Amy Shen assumed the role of OIST’s Provost. She has been a faculty member here since 2014. 05 October 2022
Research Update OIST Quantum Research Teams Join New Sustainable Quantum AI Research Center Project Two quantum research teams at OIST will join the COI-NEXT project to lead quantum research in Japan. 02 November 2022
Research Update New Center of Innovation at OIST The Global Bioconvergence Center of Innovation will bridge academia, government and industry by promoting synergies between science, technology, and engineering. 28 October 2022
Research Update New model captures the erratic speed of DNA copying proteins in bacteria A new study reveals that certain locations of DNA are copied faster than others, which could also have an effect on mutation rate. 28 September 2022
Research Update Tracking a network of 100,000 mutants Mutations that maintain fitness are vital for diversity and, for the first time, scientists have managed to experimentally show how extensive networks of these mutations develop. 20 September 2022
