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Quantum Educational Program

Institutional News

Industry and Academia Collaborate to Develop and Implement Educational Programs to Produce Leaders to Drive Japan's Quantum Industry

Selected for SIP Phase 3 “Promoting the Application of Advanced Quantum Technology Infrastructure to Social Issues”, Sub-Project D Innovation Creation Infrastructure, and open call for participants

Shizuka Shimabukuro

Institutional News

OIST researcher from Okinawa wins MEXT Minister Award in Science and Technology

Award acknowledges major efforts in advancing ADHD support programs for Japanese parents

Floating graphite plate

Research Update

Innovative magnetic levitation: New material offers potential for unlocking gravity-free technology

Using graphite, scientists have created a floating platform that requires no external power.

Keizai Doyukai Symposium 2024

Institutional News

Okinawa, Japan, and the world: accelerating industry-academia-government collaboration

A symposium was held between Keizai Doyukai and OIST.

OIST Coral Project Article Heather

Institutional News

OIST Coral Project Received the Iwasa Award

The project also started crowdfunding.

Professor Takahashi at his provost lecture

Institutional News

Half a century of dedication to exploring the secrets of synapses

Professor Tomoyuki Takahashi, who contributed with multiple novel methods for studying synapses, is retiring from OIST.

Cells that activated the tumor suppressor p53 after prolonged mitosis

Research Update

Memories of mitosis: Molecular mechanism that detects defects during cell division could aid cancer treatment

A protein complex formed during abnormal cell division eliminates potentially harmful cells over time.

NTT and OIST Agree on Comprehensive Research Collaboration

Institutional News

NTT and OIST Agree on Comprehensive Research Collaboration to Create a Sustainable Society with AI

Collaborations in a wide range of scientific areas including Environmental Science, Quantum Science, Brain/Neuroscience

OIST and Okinawa Electric Co. signed MOU

Institutional News

Towards carbon neutrality and a sustainable society

OIST signed Memorandum of Understanding to promote collaboration with Okinawa Electric Power Company

Header image of podcast episode with Prof Doya

Research Update

How the serotonin system connects robots with mental health

This podcast episode focuses on research in artificial intelligence and how these findings can translate into neuroscience.

A tomato anemonefish (L) and yellow-tail anemonefish (R) in bubble-tip sea anemones in the wild

Research Update

Anemonefish are better taxonomists than humans

Scientists reveal new lineages of giant sea anemones in Japan and their surprising associations with anemonefish.

Solar panels

Research Update

Standardizing solar power analysis: Researchers seek solutions for variability in renewable energy generation

New method helps analyze changes in solar photovoltaic power generation across the globe.

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