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 New Unit Profile: Shedding Light on Light and Matter Professor Síle Nic Chormaic and her band of sixteen researchers study the interactions of two foundational components of our world -- light and matter. 30 November 2012 Research Update Peeking Beneath the Surface for a Fresh Look at Nature In two new papers, Prof. Bernd Kuhn and collaborators use novel techniques to visualize very different things: pH within protein crystals, and neurons in the cerebellum of the brain. 15 August 2012 Research Update New Unit Profile: Beautiful Viruses Using the papilloma and polyoma viruses as subjects, Prof. Matthias Wolf’s team is focusing on how viruses latch on to cells, poke holes in the cell membrane, and inject their genetic material into their hosts, thereby infecting them. 06 June 2012 Research Update Harnessing Bacteria to Turn Waste into Electricity What do you get when you mix Okinawa sea sludge, sewage, and some strategically-placed metal plates? Larisa Kiseleva, a researcher in the Biological Systems Unit, is hoping the answer is electricity and clean water. 10 April 2012 Research Update OIST Concludes Cooperation Agreement with the 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters On March 27, 2012, OIST President Jonathan Dorfan signed a Cooperation Agreement with Commander Hiroshi Majima of the 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters. 02 April 2012 Research Update Currents, Corals and Collaboration 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. 07 February 2012 Media Coverage Coverage of OIST in the media and on the web Media Coverage
Research Update New Unit Profile: Shedding Light on Light and Matter Professor Síle Nic Chormaic and her band of sixteen researchers study the interactions of two foundational components of our world -- light and matter. 30 November 2012
Research Update Peeking Beneath the Surface for a Fresh Look at Nature In two new papers, Prof. Bernd Kuhn and collaborators use novel techniques to visualize very different things: pH within protein crystals, and neurons in the cerebellum of the brain. 15 August 2012
Research Update New Unit Profile: Beautiful Viruses Using the papilloma and polyoma viruses as subjects, Prof. Matthias Wolf’s team is focusing on how viruses latch on to cells, poke holes in the cell membrane, and inject their genetic material into their hosts, thereby infecting them. 06 June 2012
Research Update Harnessing Bacteria to Turn Waste into Electricity What do you get when you mix Okinawa sea sludge, sewage, and some strategically-placed metal plates? Larisa Kiseleva, a researcher in the Biological Systems Unit, is hoping the answer is electricity and clean water. 10 April 2012
Research Update OIST Concludes Cooperation Agreement with the 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters On March 27, 2012, OIST President Jonathan Dorfan signed a Cooperation Agreement with Commander Hiroshi Majima of the 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters. 02 April 2012
Research Update Currents, Corals and Collaboration 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. 07 February 2012