A vital part of shark research is the examination of museum collections

Dr. Naosuke Hoshina (left) and Professor Tasashi Yamamoto (right)

Mr. Hunt teaches how to write a good Statement of Purpose at OIST Café. OIST Café is intended for science majors interested in doing research in an international environment with communication in English. It allows participants to consider potential science careers and receive learning tips. 

Dr. Harry Wilson and Dr. Mizuki Shimanuki engaged in a conversation about potential career paths for science students. OIST Café is intended for science majors interested in doing research in an international environment with communication in English. It allows participants to consider potential science careers and receive learning tips.

  Many researchers and staff came to the OIST’s first blood drive on June 19, 2013.

On June 29 and 30, the International Conference on Climate Change and Coral Reef Conservation (organized by the Ministry of Environment and Okinawa Prefecture with the support of OIST and the University of the Ryukyus) was held at the OIST campus. Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara was guided around the OIST campus and visited the Energy Materials and Surface Sciences Unit (led by Prof. Yabing Qi), in which new solar energy materials are being developed. He also stopped by at the Marine Genomics Unit (led by Prof. Noriyuki Satoh), which conducts genome research of marine organisms such as corals.