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 Basis of a Novel Drug-delivery System May be Hiding in our Cells In a paper published on August 17 in Cell, a team of researchers including OIST's Ulf Skoglund details a major step forward in understanding what caveolae look like and how they behave—and points the way toward a potentially game-changing method of drug delivery. 20 August 2012 Research Update New Unit Profile: Big Questions, Small Subjects The Biodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit, led by Evan Economo, uses classic tools of taxonomy—as well as genomic sequencing and computer modeling—to study how species evolve, move around, and adapt to their environments. 08 July 2012 Research Update Poison Pen: Reading Snake Venom’s Stories Professor Alexander Mikheyev of the Ecology and Evolution Unit and his collaborator Professor Steven Aird are studying snake venom to better understand the stories it tells. 25 June 2012 Research Update Interrogating Elusive Membrane Proteins The Trans-Membrane Trafficking Unit is taking a sort of good cop-bad cop approach to one membrane protein complex, using two different means to grill it for information. 05 June 2012 Research Update Skin-Deep Secrets In a recent paper published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Prof. Skoglund and his co-authors describe for the first time the structure of the waterproof part of the skin. 18 May 2012 Research Update Gameifying Proteins, the Kinect-Xbox at OIST OIST’s Dr. Fadel Samatey, collaborated with researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMASS) to bring a molecular playground to OIST. 05 January 2012 Research Update Dr. Mitsuhiro Yanagida receives the Order of Culture On November 3, 2011, Dr. Mitsuhiro Yanagida, Principal Investigator of the G0 Cell Unit at OIST, received the Order of Culture, Japan’s most prestigious cultural award. 25 October 2011 Research Update Dr. Ichiro Masai elucidates mechanism underlying lens fiber differentiation 17 September 2010 Research Update Paper by Dr. Hiroaki Kitano published in Molecular Systems Biology OIST Prof. Hiroaki Kitano has developed a novel field of biological theory that integrates what appear to be two very distant fields of study – biology and modern investment theory – to address some of the mysteries of biology. 29 June 2010 Research Update Lecture by Dr. Ichiro Masai In his first lecture to schoolchildren since joining OIST in October 2006, Dr. Masai first talked to the entire school of approximately 60 students about his academic background. 24 February 2008 Pagination First page … 10 11 12 Media Coverage Coverage of OIST in the media and on the web Media Coverage
Research Update Basis of a Novel Drug-delivery System May be Hiding in our Cells In a paper published on August 17 in Cell, a team of researchers including OIST's Ulf Skoglund details a major step forward in understanding what caveolae look like and how they behave—and points the way toward a potentially game-changing method of drug delivery. 20 August 2012
Research Update New Unit Profile: Big Questions, Small Subjects The Biodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit, led by Evan Economo, uses classic tools of taxonomy—as well as genomic sequencing and computer modeling—to study how species evolve, move around, and adapt to their environments. 08 July 2012
Research Update Poison Pen: Reading Snake Venom’s Stories Professor Alexander Mikheyev of the Ecology and Evolution Unit and his collaborator Professor Steven Aird are studying snake venom to better understand the stories it tells. 25 June 2012
Research Update Interrogating Elusive Membrane Proteins The Trans-Membrane Trafficking Unit is taking a sort of good cop-bad cop approach to one membrane protein complex, using two different means to grill it for information. 05 June 2012
Research Update Skin-Deep Secrets In a recent paper published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Prof. Skoglund and his co-authors describe for the first time the structure of the waterproof part of the skin. 18 May 2012
Research Update Gameifying Proteins, the Kinect-Xbox at OIST OIST’s Dr. Fadel Samatey, collaborated with researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMASS) to bring a molecular playground to OIST. 05 January 2012
Research Update Dr. Mitsuhiro Yanagida receives the Order of Culture On November 3, 2011, Dr. Mitsuhiro Yanagida, Principal Investigator of the G0 Cell Unit at OIST, received the Order of Culture, Japan’s most prestigious cultural award. 25 October 2011
Research Update Dr. Ichiro Masai elucidates mechanism underlying lens fiber differentiation 17 September 2010
Research Update Paper by Dr. Hiroaki Kitano published in Molecular Systems Biology OIST Prof. Hiroaki Kitano has developed a novel field of biological theory that integrates what appear to be two very distant fields of study – biology and modern investment theory – to address some of the mysteries of biology. 29 June 2010
Research Update Lecture by Dr. Ichiro Masai In his first lecture to schoolchildren since joining OIST in October 2006, Dr. Masai first talked to the entire school of approximately 60 students about his academic background. 24 February 2008