Upcoming Events

The aim of the GWB (Global Women’s Breakfast) series is to celebrate the accomplishments of Women in Science and to inspire younger generations to pursue careers in science. Please register here by Friday, February 6th.

“Welcome to Okinawa and OIST” This orientation is a chance for new family and community members to get to know OIST and its community services. You’ll meet other families and pick up tips and stories from those who’ve been here a while

Lecture title:  Early life sleep shapes brain development and social behavior in the socially monogamous prairie vole Speaker: Miranda M. Lim, MD, PhD, Professor in the Department of Neurology at Oregon Health & Science University. 

Speaker: Dr.  Oliver Dreesen, Senior Principal Investigator, Cell Aging Laboratory,  A*STAR Skin Research Laboratories (A*SRL) Talk Title:  Molecular functions of the nuclear lamina in cell aging & senescence  

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Join us for Innovator’s Toolbox, a new pilot program helping researchers explore pathways from lab to market. Led by trainer Josh Green, sessions cover tech transfer, licensing, team roles, and business basics. Open to the whole OIST research community—no registration required, just come by!

 Faculty Affairs Office (FAO) is pleased to announce the first Buribushi Mini-Symposium, to be held on Thursday, February 19, 2026. All OIST faculty, researchers, students, and staff are warmly invited to attend. Come and join us for a fun research talk !

A workshop on developing collaboration across sectors to work effectively with community to advance research and activities addressing social challenges.  Speaker: Takuji Hiroishi, CEO,  Empublic Inc., Japanese with English translation Register

多様な人や組織の協働を支える考え方とプロセスについて、実践的に学ぶワークショップです。 講師: 広石拓司, エンパブリック株式会社 代表取締役　 言語：日本語（英語の同時通訳有り） 参加登録

Prof. Mircea Dincă, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University  

旅費相談会を開催いたします。 February 24th  (Tue) @A151 Center Bldg. 15:00-16:00

Speaker: Cindy Poo,  a senior scientist with the Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics and an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington

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The Graduation Ceremony to award degrees to those who graduated in the period May 2025 to January 2026. The ceremony will take place at the OIST Auditorium on Friday, February 27, 2026.

OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Tomomi Kiyomitsu (Cell Division Dynamics Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.

The Biological, Artificial, and Quantum Intelligence 2026 International Workshop (BAQ2026) will bring together world-leading experts in neural networks, neuroscience, quantum machine learning, and related areas of intelligence and complexity. It aims to provide a platform for discussions on recent developments and future perspectives in these fields. Open to OIST Community!

Workshop on Cognitive Neurorobotics Organized by Jun Tani, Tani Unit, OIST March 5, 13:30—18:00, Seminar room L5D23, Lab 5 Tentative program 13:30-13:40: Introduction, Jun Tani, OIST 13:40-14:40: Collective Intelligence in LLM agents, Takashi Ikegami, Univ. of Tokyo 14:40-15:40: Deep Active Inference for Real-World Robotic Systems, Shingo Murata, Keio Univ. 15:40-16:00: Coffee break 16:00-17:00: A Consideration of Robot Foundation Models as Embodied Intelligence, Tetsuya Ogata, Waseda Univ. 17:00-18:00: Propagation of Mind Through the Mechanism of Superposition, Hiro Iizuka, Hokkaido Univ.