Past Events

OIST Innovation opens its doors to OIST community every Friday. 

TSVP Talk Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: General audience / everyone at OIST and beyond. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).

Speaker: Prof. Zhe Sun, University of Science and Technology of China

Date/tim: Thu, 11th April 2024 from 11am to 1pm (Live music performance during lunch time) Location: Center Court There will be paintings, postcards, magnets, 3D prints, embroidery, stickers, tote bags, resin art, and more.    

QG visitor seminar. Speaker: Adi Armoni (Swansea University). Title: 't Hooft model as a String Theory.

Speaker:  Professor Ugur G. Abdulla, Analysis and Partial Differential Equations Unit, OIST

Join Zoom link Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field. Language: English

OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Thomas Busch (Quantum Systems Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.

Speaker: Professor Luiza Angheluta-Bauer, Condensed Matter Physics, University of Oslo Hosted by Professor Mahesh Bandi Nonlinear and Non-equilibrium Physics Unit Abstract: Collective structural arrangements and cell migration are important physical processes underlying tissue development and regeneration. Understanding the complexity of cell-cell interactions and the emergence of collective behaviors at the tissue scale presents formidable challenges both experimentally and theoretically. In this talk, I will discuss recent theoretical work on the dynamical patterns that emerge at the tissue scale from localized rearrangements and topological defects. Using a multi-phase field model, we demonstrate that tissue fluidity stems from cell neighbor exchanges, serving as transient sources of vortical flow. This flow emerges from the relative dispersion of cells at a rate proportional to the frequency of rearrangements. Balancing collective migration with relative cell motion appears to be essential for maintaining tissue shape and fluidity. Using a cell-based model, we study the tissue's response to the presence of a vortex. While solid-like behavior tends toward conical shapes, localized fluidization triggers the transition to a tube, which is fundamental in biological tissues.

Talk by Professor Mohsen Razavi (University of Leeds) Seminar Summary: Data security in the quantum era can be one of the key challenges that telecom operators will face in the coming years. With the recent trend in advanced quantum computing machines, the need for implementing alternative solutions for secure communications—those that do not rely on computational complexity assumptions—has become more urgent. Language: English / OPEN to OIST Community.

Speaker: Julio Carlos Magdalena De La Fuente Target Audience: Intern, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field.

Okinawa Microscope Workshop 2024 @ OIST Keynote Seminar by Dr. Teng-Leong Chew HHMI Janelia Research Campus

Language: English

Okinawa Microscope Workshop 2024 @ OIST Keynote Seminar by Dr. Hari Shroff HHMI Janelia Research Campus

QG visitor seminar. Speaker: Igor Bandos (University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU). Title: "On amplitudes and superamplitudes of 10D SYM and 11D supergravity".

Nikon Day @ OIST

Initiatives for fostering awareness on sexual diversity and human rights in Okinawa by the University of the Ryukyus Emi Yano (Professor - University of the Ryukyus) Activities of the NGO Okinawa Girls Empowerment IAm Wakana Maeda (NGO IAm) Moderated by Ayano Ginoza (Associate professor, University of the Ryukyus)

Okinawa Microscope Workshop 2024 @ OIST Keynote Seminar by Dr. Atsushi Miyawaki RIKEN Center for Brain Science

Prof. Mats Andersson, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia  

Andor Demo Fast and Easy Confocal Microscopy