Life after OIST
Product Design Associate at Johnson & Johnson, Sweden
Nationality: Japan Unit: Cellular and Molecular Synaptic Function Unit Year Graduated: 2018
How did you decide to do PhD at OIST?
I was first introduced to OIST by Prof. Yamamoto when I contacted him for applying to MEXT scholarship for pursuing Masters in his lab in University of Tokyo. Upon getting to know about OIST, I first came here for a short-term internship for doing my Bachelor thesis. Being able to spend 3 months here as intern and learning about the research environment (facility, people, culture) and getting a feeling of living in Okinawa were instrumental in my decision to pursue my thesis in OIST.
What do you think is the biggest benefit of doing research here?
Very sophisticated resources to pursue research, opportunity to work with a diverse community, fully-funded conference travel support, Graduate school office dedicated for taking care of our life in Okinawa so we could concentrate on our research, opportunity to participate in workshops and conferences like Developing Neural Circuits Course (DNC), OIST Computational Neuroscience Course (OCNC) which host renowned and world-class faculties, fully-funded position so the student can focus only on research while having a good quality of life. I am not sure how to phrase it better!
