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 2026 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 Taking Out the Garbage: How Cells Know What to Keep and What to Toss To respond to the body’s needs, our cells are constantly switching specific genes on or off. Flipping the switch means the cells either start or stop making copies of a gene out of molecules known as RNA; these so-called “transcripts” are then read by protein-making machinery to manufacture the gene’s final product. 08 October 2012 Research Update First year PhD student awarded Softbank scholarship Hiroki Sawada, an OIST PhD student, has received a 1-million-yen scholarship for his proposed research on AI for space rovers. 27 April 2021 Institutional News Minister Yamamoto and Parliamentary Secretary Shimajiri Visit OIST “My visit to OIST has reconfirmed of my belief that this university is unique and unconventional and I have high hopes for it to succeed,” said Minister Ichita Yamamoto. 16 January 2013 Institutional News Changing the World with Open Energy System At OIST's first symposium of 2014, participants discussed the next generation of energy solutions, beginning with the Open Energy System. 21 January 2014 Institutional News OIST Board of Governors elects new Chair The OIST Board of Governors elected globally renowned expert in developmental genetics Dr. VijayRaghavan Krishnaswamy as its new Chair. 16 January 2025 Research Update Professor elected a 2021 Fellow of prestigious society Professor Amy Shen, who leads the Micro/Bio/Nanofluidics Unit, has been made a 2021 Fellow of the American Physical Society for her significant contributions to the field of fluid dynamics. 08 November 2021 Institutional News OIST to Host Public ADHD Talk on June 16 Prof. David Daley, an expert on environmental factors in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), will give a public lecture at the OIST Auditorium on Saturday, June 16, at 10:00 am. 23 May 2012 Institutional News OIST Open Campus Science Festival 2016 Over 5,200 people came to the university’s biggest event, making it a huge success 30 November 2016 Institutional News OIST Welcomes the 2nd Class of Students A new school year commenced this week as OIST with its second class of doctoral students. 02 September 2013 Institutional News OIST’s Board of Councilors welcomes six new members with local, national, and international experience New members bring a wealth of expertise in diverse fields. 11 January 2024 Research Update Combating Obesity with New Okinawan Rice Professor Hidetoshi Saze is leading a new research project to develop a new strain of rice that prevents obesity-related diseases. 26 March 2014 Research Update OIST Researcher Discovers New Fish Species in Ryukyu Streams Ken Maeda, a researcher in OIST’s Marine Genomics Unit, has identified a new freshwater goby species on the islands of Okinawa and Iriomote. The species, Stiphodon alcedo, is described in the latest issue of the journal Cybium. 16 May 2012 Pagination First page … 13 14 15 … Last page Media Coverage Coverage of OIST in the media and on the web Media Coverage
Research Update Taking Out the Garbage: How Cells Know What to Keep and What to Toss To respond to the body’s needs, our cells are constantly switching specific genes on or off. Flipping the switch means the cells either start or stop making copies of a gene out of molecules known as RNA; these so-called “transcripts” are then read by protein-making machinery to manufacture the gene’s final product. 08 October 2012
Research Update First year PhD student awarded Softbank scholarship Hiroki Sawada, an OIST PhD student, has received a 1-million-yen scholarship for his proposed research on AI for space rovers. 27 April 2021
Institutional News Minister Yamamoto and Parliamentary Secretary Shimajiri Visit OIST “My visit to OIST has reconfirmed of my belief that this university is unique and unconventional and I have high hopes for it to succeed,” said Minister Ichita Yamamoto. 16 January 2013
Institutional News Changing the World with Open Energy System At OIST's first symposium of 2014, participants discussed the next generation of energy solutions, beginning with the Open Energy System. 21 January 2014
Institutional News OIST Board of Governors elects new Chair The OIST Board of Governors elected globally renowned expert in developmental genetics Dr. VijayRaghavan Krishnaswamy as its new Chair. 16 January 2025
Research Update Professor elected a 2021 Fellow of prestigious society Professor Amy Shen, who leads the Micro/Bio/Nanofluidics Unit, has been made a 2021 Fellow of the American Physical Society for her significant contributions to the field of fluid dynamics. 08 November 2021
Institutional News OIST to Host Public ADHD Talk on June 16 Prof. David Daley, an expert on environmental factors in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), will give a public lecture at the OIST Auditorium on Saturday, June 16, at 10:00 am. 23 May 2012
Institutional News OIST Open Campus Science Festival 2016 Over 5,200 people came to the university’s biggest event, making it a huge success 30 November 2016
Institutional News OIST Welcomes the 2nd Class of Students A new school year commenced this week as OIST with its second class of doctoral students. 02 September 2013
Institutional News OIST’s Board of Councilors welcomes six new members with local, national, and international experience New members bring a wealth of expertise in diverse fields. 11 January 2024
Research Update Combating Obesity with New Okinawan Rice Professor Hidetoshi Saze is leading a new research project to develop a new strain of rice that prevents obesity-related diseases. 26 March 2014
Research Update OIST Researcher Discovers New Fish Species in Ryukyu Streams Ken Maeda, a researcher in OIST’s Marine Genomics Unit, has identified a new freshwater goby species on the islands of Okinawa and Iriomote. The species, Stiphodon alcedo, is described in the latest issue of the journal Cybium. 16 May 2012
