Articles
17 May 2013
In order to carry out the complex physical and mental functions required in daily life, the many neural circuits that allow communication between different parts of the brain must be properly connected. While electrical impulses transmit information...
14 May 2013
While OIST adheres to a philosophy that rejects barriers between scientific disciplines, the University also seeks out ways to erase the lines between the arts and sciences. In a single week, the campus was a buzz with activity as Nobel Laureates and...
13 May 2013
Prof. Hirotaka Sugawara, Distinguished Professor and Special Advisor to the President of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University was awarded on May 13 the Order of the Sacred Treasure by the Government of Japan. Prof. ...
10 May 2013
In a recent paper published in Current Biology, Professor Ichiro Maruyama, head of the Information...
2 May 2013
As a PhD student at the University of Aberdeen in the UK, Gordon Arbuthnott came across a paper by a group in Sweden that introduced him the world of the dopamine, a neurotransmitter commonly dubbed the brain chemical behind pleasure. Published by...
23 Apr 2013
An aerial view of OIST’s campus shows off its spectacular architecture, surrounding landscape, and building layout. Orient yourself to Japan’s only international and interdisciplinary graduate university by watching this fly-by tour.
19 Apr 2013
Mathematics has a knack for describing the universe, so accurately that some contemporary physicists have suggested that reality itself is composed...
12 Apr 2013
“I had no clue what foraminifera were,” says OIST researcher Dr. Beatrice Lecroq.
To find out, this curious Swiss French biologist journeyed to the strange, deeper parts of the ocean, intrigued by these one-celled animals. Stranger perhaps is that...
12 Apr 2013
The old saying is “if it’s not broken, don’t fix it,” but sometimes, especially in science, it’s worth reviewing old methodologies to see they’re keeping up with the rapidly advancing technological age in which we live. In a...
3 Apr 2013
Over the past year OIST has had people from all walks of life come to marvel at its architecture, diverse research and researchers, stupendous views, and gourmet lunch from the Kaito+ Café. Nearly 22...
29 Mar 2013
If weather and technology cooperate during the next four years OIST researcher, Daisuke Hasegawa of the Marine Biophysics Unit will have received more than 800,000 emails from the ocean.
With the help of zipties,...
22 Mar 2013
An international collaborative proposal by OIST researcher Mahesh Bandi has won him and his colleagues a Young Investigators Grant from ...
22 Mar 2013
While many talented researchers call OIST home today, the university also places emphasis on the scientific stars of tomorrow. Over the past week, OIST has hosted two events that foster the skills and ideas of young, budding scientists and entrepreneurs...
15 Mar 2013
When Professor Tsumoru Shintake first formed the Quantum Wave Microscopy Unit at OIST in September 2011, he knew his grand scheme to develop a new, innovative electron microscope wouldn’t happen...
12 Mar 2013
Physicists have long searched for universal laws that explain the nature and properties of matter and energy on scales as large as the universe and as small as a proton, but until relatively recently, complex biological systems, like the structure of DNA...
6 Mar 2013
Starting a PhD program on a remote island with a newly established graduate university can sound daunting. But many PhD candidates from the Admissions Workshop that took place on February 26-28 sounded anything but daunted. “If I wasn’t sold on it before...
5 Mar 2013
Thanks to over 4000 visitors, 200 OIST volunteers and 12 delicious food vendors, including OIST’s Kaito+ Café, Open Campus 2013 was a huge success. Only an hour after the day’s schedule officially started at 10:00 on Sunday March 3, the parking lots were...
1 Mar 2013
In Okinawa, February often exhibits the most indecisive weather. While some days promise the onset of spring, others resort back to winter’s chilly rain. On February 22, an hour before the OIST community and local Okinawan residents gathered in the...
26 Feb 2013
OIST staff and members from the Okinawan Prefectural Museum and Onna Village gathered for the opening exhibition, “Interacting at the Epidermis—a Quest for Identity.” Okinawan...
20 Feb 2013
Sub-zero temperatures, deep snow and swirling winds greeted members of the OIST Graduate School and Communications and Public Relations Division at the 2013 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Boston,...
