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 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 Switching Scents Tunes Sense of Smell A new study shows how rapid moment-to-moment changes affect sensory processing in the olfactory system. 07 March 2019 Research Update Researchers Identify Three Shades of Blue OIST scientists have used brain imaging to identify three sub-types of depression—including one that is unresponsive to commonly prescribed serotonin boosting drugs. 30 October 2018 Research Update Prof. Kenji Doya Awarded Donald O. Hebb Award International Neural Network Society presents OIST computational neuroscientist with a life contribution award 31 July 2018 Institutional News OIST and DEEPCORE Partner for AI Innovation Research university and business incubator to collaborate on AI projects. 21 June 2018 Research Update Seeing the Light? Study Illuminates How Quantum Magnets Mimic Light Magnetic crystal that behaves like quantum light validates theory. 06 June 2018 Research Update Wait For It: Serotonin and Confidence at the Root of Patience in New Study Serotonin keeps mice hanging on if they are sure of getting rewards, but not sure when. 01 June 2018 Research Update Predicting the Future: “Striosome” Neurons in the Basal Ganglia Play a Key Role in Learning Researchers at OIST have successfully isolated and recorded the activity of a subset of neurons in the striatum in the brain, shedding light on one mechanism underlying learning and decision making in animals. 16 April 2018 Research Update Some Wine with that Cheese? The Work of Professor Izumi Fukunaga To understand Fukunaga’s work, it helps to appreciate a glass of red wine with cheese. 08 February 2018 Research Update Spin Liquid on a Peak Modelling of a magnetic material unveils an unusual state of matter that promises to advance the field of condensed matter 07 November 2016 Research Update OIST and Fujitsu Collaborate to Develop New Algorithms for Artificial Intelligence A partnership that aims to make computers better at learning, using the latest insights from brain science. 17 October 2016 Research Update Finding Your Way Around in an Uncertain World The Brain Utilizes Dynamic Bayesian Inference 19 September 2016 Research Update Can a Next-generation Supercomputer Reveal How the Brain Works? OIST Professor, Kenji Doya, and collaborators at four Japanese institutes have received a MEXT Supercomputing Grant to simulate the whole brain network and to develop brain-like artificial intelligence. 04 July 2016 Pagination First page 1 2 3 Last page Media Coverage Coverage of OIST in the media and on the web Media Coverage
Research Update Switching Scents Tunes Sense of Smell A new study shows how rapid moment-to-moment changes affect sensory processing in the olfactory system. 07 March 2019
Research Update Researchers Identify Three Shades of Blue OIST scientists have used brain imaging to identify three sub-types of depression—including one that is unresponsive to commonly prescribed serotonin boosting drugs. 30 October 2018
Research Update Prof. Kenji Doya Awarded Donald O. Hebb Award International Neural Network Society presents OIST computational neuroscientist with a life contribution award 31 July 2018
Institutional News OIST and DEEPCORE Partner for AI Innovation Research university and business incubator to collaborate on AI projects. 21 June 2018
Research Update Seeing the Light? Study Illuminates How Quantum Magnets Mimic Light Magnetic crystal that behaves like quantum light validates theory. 06 June 2018
Research Update Wait For It: Serotonin and Confidence at the Root of Patience in New Study Serotonin keeps mice hanging on if they are sure of getting rewards, but not sure when. 01 June 2018
Research Update Predicting the Future: “Striosome” Neurons in the Basal Ganglia Play a Key Role in Learning Researchers at OIST have successfully isolated and recorded the activity of a subset of neurons in the striatum in the brain, shedding light on one mechanism underlying learning and decision making in animals. 16 April 2018
Research Update Some Wine with that Cheese? The Work of Professor Izumi Fukunaga To understand Fukunaga’s work, it helps to appreciate a glass of red wine with cheese. 08 February 2018
Research Update Spin Liquid on a Peak Modelling of a magnetic material unveils an unusual state of matter that promises to advance the field of condensed matter 07 November 2016
Research Update OIST and Fujitsu Collaborate to Develop New Algorithms for Artificial Intelligence A partnership that aims to make computers better at learning, using the latest insights from brain science. 17 October 2016
Research Update Finding Your Way Around in an Uncertain World The Brain Utilizes Dynamic Bayesian Inference 19 September 2016
Research Update Can a Next-generation Supercomputer Reveal How the Brain Works? OIST Professor, Kenji Doya, and collaborators at four Japanese institutes have received a MEXT Supercomputing Grant to simulate the whole brain network and to develop brain-like artificial intelligence. 04 July 2016