Articles
17 Feb 2012
There are more than 200 researchers at OIST coming from approximately 30 countries. The OIST “scientific passport” podcasts highlight the interesting backgrounds and fascinating research that five OIST researchers are undertaking in Okinawa....
7 Feb 2012
What do global warming, marine rescue operations, and coral habitat have in common? Researchers who gathered at OIST on January 31, 2012 to attend the second liaison meeting of the Marine Research in Okinawa had the answer. The meeting, which began with...
2 Feb 2012
Dr. Keshav Dani
Onna Junior High School student asks a question.
On January 23, Dr. Keshav Dani, Assistant Professor of the Femtosecond Spectroscopy Unit at OIST, visited Onna Junior High School to talk about science. Dr. Dani...
30 Jan 2012
Between 1 and 10 children per 1,000 have Tourette syndrome and as many as 10 per 1,000 people may have tic disorders. Tourette syndrome – also known as Gilles de la Tourette syndrome – is a developmental disorder that is characterized by tics – sudden,...
26 Jan 2012
23 Jan 2012
Videos of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University Inauguration are now available on the OISTedu Youtube Channel. Have a look.
Program...
5 Jan 2012
5 Jan 2012
Cells multiply by growing and dividing into two, following a regular pattern called the cell cycle. During the cellular division period called mitosis, chromosomes, which store genetic information in DNA in the nucleus, are correctly transmitted and...
5 Jan 2012
The latest issue of OIST News, Issue No. 13, published December 20th, 2011, is available for download!
It highlights the OIST Inauguration, Mexican mathematician Dr....
27 Dec 2011
The objectives of OIST are to conduct world-class research and education in science and technology, while contributing to the self-sustaining development of Okinawa. At the same time, OIST wants the people of Okinawa to feel proud of and have an affinity...
27 Dec 2011
Always have questions about the world around you: Dr. Uusisaari speaks at Nakadomari Jr. High School
On December 19th, Dr. Marylka Yoe Uusisaari, a researcher in the Optical Neuroimaging Unit of OIST, visited Nakadomari Jr. High School in Onna Village to give a talk titled “How do you make a scientist.”
Dr. Uusisaari first introduced about her home...
26 Dec 2011
God Jul! A seasonal greeting in Swedish saying Happy Holiday from the OIST Structural Cellular Biology Unit, led by Professor Ulf Skoglund from Sweden.
Hirotoshi Furusho used the new FIB-SEM Helios 650 instrument to engrave the greeting into a silicon...
20 Dec 2011
“Scientific conferences habitually involve science specialists sharing information with other scientists in the same field. However, OIST’s interdisciplinary nature means that alternative ways that encourage researchers in different fields of...
16 Dec 2011
A typical trait of today’s computer world is the increasing frequency of software upgrades. Research is not immune to such software upgrading that has potential to improve how research is done....
13 Dec 2011
OIST regularly organizes events to enhance children’s interest in science, and to let them know the research activities taking place at OIST. On December 8th, Dr. Yabing Qi, Assistant Professor of the Energy Materials and Surface Sciences Unit at OIST,...
