Past Events

Date: Thursday, November 6, 2025 - 10:00 to 11:00 Title: Model for tension propagation in crumpled compartmentalised cell membranes Speaker: Prof. Michael M. Kozlov      Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

QG Seminar Speaker: Tom Wetzstein (OIST)  Title: The Holographic BMS Anomalies

Seminar by Dr. Jose Ricardo Paula

[Speaker] Prof. Alfredo Soldati, Professor, Institute of Fluid Mechanics & Heat Transfer, TU Wien, Austria/ Dept. Eng. & Arch., University of Udine, Udine, Italy

National holiday

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).

"AI is saving science" - public debate by OIST Debate Club (C209), 17:00 - 18:00

旅費相談会を開催いたします。 October 29th (Wed) @A151 Center Bldg. 15:00-16:00

The FDSF Japan Tour supports innovation and startup creation through science to address regional issues, with the power of finance backing these initiatives. Every year, FDSF, the Future Design Initiative for Science & Finance holds events nationwide to promote science-based innovation and future-oriented financing. This year, the tour will be held in Okinawa, which has unique regional challenges. The event will bring together Okinawa’s industrial, academic, and financial communities to explore new collaborative possibilities and share the latest knowledge on GX (Green Transformation), circular economy models, and startup support.

Join Zoom link Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field. Language: English

Science Day Gunma 2025 is a special event for high school students to celebrate the 100th anniversary of quantum mechanics, co-hosted by Gunma University and OIST. Participants will learn about cutting-edge quantum technologies and hear from young researchers working in this global field. The event includes lectures and a career seminar, with English as the main language and Japanese support available.

Science Day Gunma 2025 は、量子力学100周年を記念して開催される、高校生向けの特別イベントです。群馬大学とOISTの共催で行われます。参加者は、最先端の量子技術について学び、この分野で活躍する若手研究者の話を聞くことができます。イベントは講義やキャリアセミナーで構成され、使用言語は英語ですが、日本語サポートも提供されます。

This informal lunchtime event is a chance for new postdocs to meet each other, veteran postdocs, and members of the wider researcher community at OIST. Representatives from campus offices and clubs will also be invited. This is a friendly, low-pressure way to start building your professional network. Please register [link here].

QG Seminar Speaker: Fedor Popov (SCGP, Stony Brook)  Title: Defect Anomalies, a Spin-Flux Duality, and Boson-Kondo Problems

Collective Dynamics and Quantum Transport Unit Guest Seminar Speaker: Jonathan B. Curtis (ETH Zurich) Title: " Listening to Quantum Materials Using Nonlinear Noise Spectroscopy" Zoom link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/97265615374?pwd=y4sab8ob8FvmTM4nfru1okwxkaJBLF.1

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Virginia Gail Toy Title: Can we extract climate-friendly geo-resources from active tectonic plate boundaries without increasing earthquake hazard? Affiliation: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, University of Otago Hosted by Solar-Terrestrial Environment and Climate Unit (Miyahara Unit) 

For centuries, cephalopods, including octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish, have fascinated artists and artisans across many coastal cultures, and have been represented in many ways. However, cephalopods remain mysterious creatures that are hard to encounter in real life. In this video exhibition, renowned marine life photographer Ryo Minemizu, provides us with a glimpse into the biology, behavior, and unique genetic features of these marine invertebrates. This exhibition is organized by the Cephalopod International Advisory Council 2025 and hosted by the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology.

OIST Workshop | Website | Conference Chair Ryuta Nakajima and Dan Rokhsar | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.

[Speaker] Prof. Kohei Ohie, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University

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 (3–4 people) will conduct interviews, validate their ideas, and explore real-world commercialization.