Upcoming Events

Ryudai-OIST Joint Symposium This symposium brings together researchers from the University of the Ryukyus School of Medicine and OIST to share their research and explore opportunities for scientific exchange. By fostering interactions across institutions and disciplines, the event aims to strengthen connections, encourage collaboration, and promote the development of new research partnerships. All researchers and students from the University of the Ryukyus and OIST are welcome to participate, and attendees are invited to present their work during the poster session.

The OIST Neuroscience Symposium (ONS) is back!  Registration and call for presentations are already open!

This Autumn School is part of TSVP Thematic Program “New Frontiers in Gauge Theory, Topology, and Physics” (TP26GT) *OIST members and visiting students/researchers are welcome to attend all scientific sessions without registration.

Talk by Atsunobu Kotani (University of California, Berkeley)

TSVP Talk Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: General audience / everyone at OIST and beyond. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).

*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

Public Lecture: "3-Manifolds and Langlands Duality" by Tasuki Kinjo (RIMS, Kyoto University) Open to all interested in the topic! OISTにて開催される Tasuki Kinjo 氏による公開講演に、ぜひご参加ください。

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) *OIST members and visiting students/researchers are welcome to attend all scientific sessions without registration.

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) *OIST members and visiting students/researchers are welcome to attend all scientific sessions without registration.

*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

Dr. Cigdem Yumusak, Senior Researcher, Linz Institute for Organic Solar Cells (LIOS), Institute of Physical Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

Prof. Matthias Buck, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Currently: LT JSPS Fellow in Hiroaki Suga Lab., Department of Chemistry, University of Tokyo

Discover how coffee can spark unexpected connections and innovation. Experience a live demonstration of Matsuyashiki Coffee, a unique brewing style from Nagoya featured at Toyota's Café Black Hole.  

Speaker: Dr. William Hughes, University of Southampton

Speaker: Dr. William Hughes, The University of Southampton

*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9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

In collaboration with leading venture capital firms, OIST Innovation offers startups and entrepreneurial researchers or students the opportunity to connect directly with venture capitalists for one-on-one mentoring and discussion. Each round begins with an open seminar-style introduction, where participants can learn about the VC firm's investment focus and characteristics. This is followed by private, closed-door mentoring sessions between startups/researchers/students and the VC representatives. The featured VC for this round is INSPiRE Corporation.

Public Lecture: "A world from a sheet of paper" by Tadashi Tokieda Open to all interested in the topic! OISTにて開催される 時枝正 博士 による公開講演に、ぜひご参加ください。 Abstract:  Starting from just a sheet of paper, by folding, stacking, crumpling, tearing, we shall explore a rich variety of phenomena, from magic tricks and geometry through elasticity and the traditional Japanese art of origami to medical devices and ‘h-principle’.  Much of the lecture consists of table-top demos, which you can later try with family and friends. So, take a sheet of paper . . . Profile:  Tadashi Tokieda is a professor at Stanford.  He grew up as a painter in Japan, became a classical philologist (not to be confused with philosopher) in France, worked a little as a plumber, earned a PhD in pure mathematics at Princeton, and has since been doing applied mathematics around the world.  He is also active in outreach, especially via the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences and the YouTube channel Numberphile.  At the quadrennial International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) T^2 spoke in 2018, 2022, 2026.

DISCOVER THE LEAN STARTUP METHODOLOGY Learn to identify commercial opportunities that come from your academic research. Apply the Lean Startup methodology to real OIST technologies, guided by instructors from the NSF I-Corps™ network. Teams (2–3 people) will conduct interviews, validate their ideas, and explore real-world commercialization.