Unit News

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Changing the World with Open Energy System

At OIST's first symposium of 2014, participants discussed the next generation of energy solutions, beginning with the Open Energy System.

21 January 2014

Institutional News

New Energy System Opens Doors to Sustainable Future

Solar panels are being installed in the OIST Faculty Houses to test the Open Energy System, which promises to be viable and efficient sustainable energy system.

05 September 2013

Research Update

Dr. Yoshiyuki Asai Awarded for Work on PhysioDesigner Software

Along with other members of his unit, Yosiyuki Asai has developed a new software platform, PhysioDesigner, to assist those who want to create physiological models.

03 September 2012

Research Update

Paper by Dr. Hiroaki Kitano published in Nature Chemical Biology

A paper by Dr. Hiroaki Kitano, Principal Investigator of the Open Biology Unit, was published in Nature Chemical Biology. The paper discusses a new type of big science emerging that involves knowledge integration and collaboration among small sciences.

Research Update

Paper by Dr. Hiroaki Kitano published in Molecular Systems Biology

OIST Prof. Hiroaki Kitano has developed a novel field of biological theory that integrates what appear to be two very distant fields of study – biology and modern investment theory – to address some of the mysteries of biology.

Research Update

Publication on Systems Biology Graphical Notation (SBGN) by OIST Principal Investigator Dr. Kitano et al. in Nature Biotechnology