News Institutional News Research Update Facet News type Algebra Analysis Artificial intelligence Atomic physics Biochemistry (-) Bioinformatics Biology Biophysics Biotechnology Botany Cell biology Chemistry Complex systems Computer sciences Condensed matter physics Cyber Security Data science Deep learning Developmental biology Developmental neuroscience Ecology Engineering and applied sciences Environmental sciences Evolutionary biology Fluid dynamics Genetics Genomics Health sciences Immunology Informatics Machine learning Marine sciences Material science Mathematics Mechanics Medicine Molecular biology Nanoscience Neuroscience Optics Organic chemistry Photonics Physics Physiology Polymer chemistry Psychology Quantum Quantum field theory Robotics Soft matter physics Structural biology Synthetic biology Synthetic organic chemistry Theoretical sciences Topology Virology Facet Specialty 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2005 Facet Date Created Clear filters Research Update OIST Professor Svante Pääbo wins 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet announced today that Svante Pääbo, an Adjunct Professor at OIST, has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. 03 October 2022 Institutional News OIST Adjunct Professor, Svante Pääbo, receives the Japan Prize After a two-year postponement, Professor Svante Pääbo accepts the Japan Prize trophy in a ceremony at the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo. 19 May 2022 Research Update Analyzing the never-ending power struggle Prof. Filip Husnik talks symbiosis and what it can tell us about evolution and cell biology on the most recent episode of the OIST podcast. 13 May 2021 Research Update Reading the book of life Eugene “Gene” Myers, a pioneer of bioinformatics who created the BLAST algorithm and played a decisive role in decoding the human genome, joined OIST last year as an Adjunct Professor. 19 March 2021 Research Update A genetic variant inherited from Neanderthals reduces the risk of severe COVID-19 DNA variants passed on to modern humans from Neanderthals can increase as well as decrease our ability to fight SARS-CoV-2, a new PNAS study finds. 18 February 2021 Research Update The ancient Neanderthal hand in severe COVID-19 Genetic variants that leave their carrier more susceptible to severe COVID-19 are inherited from Neanderthals, finds a new study published in Nature. 30 September 2020 Research Update Of Neanderthals and Denisovans: What defines us as modern humans? Professor Svante Pääbo’s quest to use the genomes of extinct forms of humans to uncover secrets about our past, and present. 24 June 2020 Research Update BioAlchemy: Treating Wastewater at the Point of Production New OIST startup uses bacteria to treat wastewater at low cost. 07 October 2019 Research Update Down and Dirty: Cleaning Okinawan Pig Farm Wastewater with Microbial Fuel Cells OIST scientists enhance productivity of green technology used to treat wastewater. 16 November 2017 Research Update OIST Researchers Awarded Grant to Create New Startup Company A START grant will enable the transfer of technology from the laboratory to industry 24 November 2016 Research Update Decoding DNA’s Phonebook High-res genome catalogue captures long-distance calls between DNA segments that may influence diseases 04 May 2015 Research Update Using Computers to Speed Up Drug Discovery OIST researcher uses a computational approach in identifying proteins that will interact with potential drugs to speed up the process of drug discovery. 17 February 2014 Pagination First page 1 2 3 Last page Media Coverage Coverage of OIST in the media and on the web Media Coverage
Research Update OIST Professor Svante Pääbo wins 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet announced today that Svante Pääbo, an Adjunct Professor at OIST, has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. 03 October 2022
Institutional News OIST Adjunct Professor, Svante Pääbo, receives the Japan Prize After a two-year postponement, Professor Svante Pääbo accepts the Japan Prize trophy in a ceremony at the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo. 19 May 2022
Research Update Analyzing the never-ending power struggle Prof. Filip Husnik talks symbiosis and what it can tell us about evolution and cell biology on the most recent episode of the OIST podcast. 13 May 2021
Research Update Reading the book of life Eugene “Gene” Myers, a pioneer of bioinformatics who created the BLAST algorithm and played a decisive role in decoding the human genome, joined OIST last year as an Adjunct Professor. 19 March 2021
Research Update A genetic variant inherited from Neanderthals reduces the risk of severe COVID-19 DNA variants passed on to modern humans from Neanderthals can increase as well as decrease our ability to fight SARS-CoV-2, a new PNAS study finds. 18 February 2021
Research Update The ancient Neanderthal hand in severe COVID-19 Genetic variants that leave their carrier more susceptible to severe COVID-19 are inherited from Neanderthals, finds a new study published in Nature. 30 September 2020
Research Update Of Neanderthals and Denisovans: What defines us as modern humans? Professor Svante Pääbo’s quest to use the genomes of extinct forms of humans to uncover secrets about our past, and present. 24 June 2020
Research Update BioAlchemy: Treating Wastewater at the Point of Production New OIST startup uses bacteria to treat wastewater at low cost. 07 October 2019
Research Update Down and Dirty: Cleaning Okinawan Pig Farm Wastewater with Microbial Fuel Cells OIST scientists enhance productivity of green technology used to treat wastewater. 16 November 2017
Research Update OIST Researchers Awarded Grant to Create New Startup Company A START grant will enable the transfer of technology from the laboratory to industry 24 November 2016
Research Update Decoding DNA’s Phonebook High-res genome catalogue captures long-distance calls between DNA segments that may influence diseases 04 May 2015
Research Update Using Computers to Speed Up Drug Discovery OIST researcher uses a computational approach in identifying proteins that will interact with potential drugs to speed up the process of drug discovery. 17 February 2014
