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 Discovery of a New Mechanism Regulating Information in the Brain Researchers in the Cellular and Molecular Synaptic Function Unit discovered that the enzyme called Rho-kinase plays a critical role in the regulation of signal transmission between neurons. 29 August 2013 Research Update OIST Researchers Succeed in World’s Largest Neuronal Network Modeling Researchers from Japan and Germany including OIST have succeeded in simulating a network of 1.73 billion nerve cells connected by 10.4 trillion synapses. 08 August 2013 Research Update OIST Researchers First to Uncover Mechanisms Behind Sensing Alkalinity In a paper published in Current Biology, Professor Ichiro Maruyama and colleagues have uncovered the mechanisms behind how an organism senses alkalinity in its environment. 09 May 2013 Research Update Addicted to Dopamine Professor Gordon Arbuthnott's understanding of dopamine's complex nature has come a long way since he was first introduced to the neurotransmitter in the 1960s. 02 May 2013 Research Update Warming Up to a New Method In a paper just accepted for publication in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, two OIST researchers have demonstrated a technique for brain dissection that allows researchers to investigate neurons in older tissues, a nearly impossible feat. 12 April 2013 Research Update Japanese Research Organizations Contribute to Human Brain Project OIST and RIKEN join international efforts to understand and simulate the human brain for the creation of new technological advances for society. 29 January 2013 Media Coverage Coverage of OIST in the media and on the web Media Coverage
Research Update Discovery of a New Mechanism Regulating Information in the Brain Researchers in the Cellular and Molecular Synaptic Function Unit discovered that the enzyme called Rho-kinase plays a critical role in the regulation of signal transmission between neurons. 29 August 2013
Research Update OIST Researchers Succeed in World’s Largest Neuronal Network Modeling Researchers from Japan and Germany including OIST have succeeded in simulating a network of 1.73 billion nerve cells connected by 10.4 trillion synapses. 08 August 2013
Research Update OIST Researchers First to Uncover Mechanisms Behind Sensing Alkalinity In a paper published in Current Biology, Professor Ichiro Maruyama and colleagues have uncovered the mechanisms behind how an organism senses alkalinity in its environment. 09 May 2013
Research Update Addicted to Dopamine Professor Gordon Arbuthnott's understanding of dopamine's complex nature has come a long way since he was first introduced to the neurotransmitter in the 1960s. 02 May 2013
Research Update Warming Up to a New Method In a paper just accepted for publication in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, two OIST researchers have demonstrated a technique for brain dissection that allows researchers to investigate neurons in older tissues, a nearly impossible feat. 12 April 2013
Research Update Japanese Research Organizations Contribute to Human Brain Project OIST and RIKEN join international efforts to understand and simulate the human brain for the creation of new technological advances for society. 29 January 2013