Upcoming Events

Join OIST Innovation’s commercialization training program designed to help students, researchers, and administrators explore how research can move from lab to market. Through monthly, hands-on sessions from July to March, participants will learn the fundamentals of commercialization, customer discovery, business strategy, and pitching while developing their own innovation ideas.

Seminar hosted by Computational Neuroscience Unit, Title: Intrinsic Motivation to Occupy Path Space as a Principle of Open-Ended Embodied Behavior, Speaker: Rubén MORENO-BOTE, Center for Brain and Cognition, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain

Speaker: Dr. Tatsuya C. Murakami, Research Associate, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, The Rockefeller University. Language: English 

OIST Café is a casual science information session to introduce the OIST PhD program, Research Internship, and other workshops. What do cutting-edge research and education look like? What are the qualification and criteria to get into Graduate School? What are the career options after the graduation? OIST members such as PhD students and admissions officers will meet you to answer all your questions!

   

Title: Game-theoretic approaches to partial differential equations and related problems Speaker: Prof. Jeongmin Han (Soongsil University)

Monthly Co-working space - by Bioinformatics User Group

宮原ひろ子先生講演会、日本語オンリー、事前登録要

OIST Café is a casual science information session to introduce the OIST PhD program, Research Internship, and other workshops. What do cutting-edge research and education look like? What are the qualification and criteria to get into Graduate School? What are the career options after the graduation? OIST members such as PhD students and admissions officers will meet you to answer all your questions!

Mō Ashibi | OIST Innovation Meetup OIST Innovation is hosting “Mō Ashibi,” a casual networking event. Enjoy snacks and drinks while connecting with OIST Innovation Incubator tenants, startups, members of the OIST community, and others you may not usually have the chance to meet. Participation is free, and no registration is required. Feel free to drop by after work! Date and Time: Friday, August 21, 2026, 17:00–18:30 Venue: OIST Innovation Core 1 Please do not drive or ride a motorcycle after consuming alcohol.

Seminar focusing on the rapidly advancing field of synthetic biology.  Latest researches on the Darwinian evolution of RNA-protein self-replication systems, synthetic gene circuits, and mirror-image biology will be presented.

OIST Café Information Session at the OIST Science Studio in Yomitan, Okinawa! Join us for a casual science information session introducing the OIST PhD and Research Internship program!  OIST Graduate School staff will be happy to meet you and answer all your questions regarding the application and admissions process for our programs. In addition, current PhD students will share more about their academic journey and student life at OIST.

This Autumn School is part of TSVP Thematic Program “New Frontiers in Gauge Theory, Topology, and Physics” (TP26GT)

*Japanese session. English sessions will be held from September to December. 第１回大学職員向け勉強会　「科学技術と研究者」 （日本語） Presenter: Mizuki Shimanuki, Provost Office.    Facilitator: Ayumi Nagai, Learning & Development Section  

We are now accepting applications from healthcare and deep-tech startups for the OIST-Lifetime Pitch Elevate 2026, a VC-mentored pitch competition for idea-stage to seed/early-stage startups. The competition will take place as part of the OIST-Lifetime Startup Elevate 2026 on November 4 and 6 at OIST. As this is a highly competitive pitch competition, not all applicants will be selected. However, if you are a local startup based in Okinawa or a spin-out from PARKS, you may still have the opportunity to present at a dedicated local startup pitch event held alongside the main program. We encourage all eligible local startups to apply and look forward to receiving your applications.

*Japanese session. English sessions will be held from September to December. 第２回　「研究活動の内幕と背景」 (2026年9月2日（水）15:00-16:30) 90分　 座学＆ディスカッション Presenter: Mizuki Shimanuki, Provost Office.    Facilitator: Ayumi Nagai & Chikako Doi, Learning & Development Section

This one-day workshop will be held during the same week as the Autumn School and will feature talks by leading women researchers. It will bring together experts from a broad range of research areas in Geometry, Topology, and Mathematical Physics. This Autumn School is part of TSVP Thematic Program “New Frontiers in Gauge Theory, Topology, and Physics” (TP26GT)

Welcome Ceremony for new faculty members joining OIST, and PhD students joining the Class of 2026. The ceremony is open to all OIST community members and will be held at the Auditorium.

Motivated by physics, Gauge theory has a long history of spectacular applications in mathematics. Recent years have seen a number of new breakthroughs deepening the connection between mathematics and physics. This workshop aims to bring together leading researchers to speak about the latest topics in this field. This Autumn School is part of TSVP Thematic Program “New Frontiers in Gauge Theory, Topology, and Physics” (TP26GT)

*Japanese session. English sessions will be held from September to December. 第３回　「研究リソースと研究支援」 (2026年9月７日（月）15:00-16:00) 60分 座学＆QA Presenter: Mizuki Shimanuki, Provost Office.    Facilitator: Ayumi Nagai & Chikako Doi, Learning & Development Section