Sophie Protheroe

New research points to a possible mutually beneficial relationship between photosynthetic algae and their planktonic hosts.

OIST researchers have made a nanoscale construction kit comprised of molecular “bricks” and “scaffolding”, inspired by the way the extracellular matrix is built around living cells.

Researchers at OIST have successfully isolated and recorded the activity of a subset of neurons in the striatum in the brain, shedding light on one mechanism underlying learning and decision making in animals.

OIST has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Environment and Energy of the Republic of Maldives and Kokyo Tatemono Company Limited of Tokyo, Japan, to embark on a wave energy project in the Maldives.

OIST researchers developed a new imaging technique for observing individual protein molecules for a long time, providing new insights into how cells move.

OIST Researchers have shown that the speed of neurotransmitter recycling at the synapse is determined by the refilling speed of vesicles.

The Micro/Bio/Nanofluidics Unit at OIST has developed new innovative biosensing material for counting dividing cells and detecting biomolecules.

Researchers have shown that the bacterial communities in termite guts came about through both inheritance and transfer between colonies.

A twist on a textbook physics experiment sheds light on a complex phenomenon in fluid dynamics.

Researchers at OIST have found a simple way to construct and deconstruct molecular metal chains, atom-by-atom.