Two teams of entrepreneurs from Osaka, Japan and Bucaramanga, Colombia join OIST’s Startup Accelerator Program to tackle two global health problems, skin disease and Parkinson’s disease.
AgVenture Lab, an innovation lab comprised of eight Japan Agricultural Cooperatives organizations across Japan, and OIST signed a partnership agreement to tackle social issues and promote new businesses in agriculture
In May, six OIST alumni returned to Okinawa to give workshops on what to expect after a PhD and stay connected to the OIST community. Here’s what they had to say.
The recipient of this year’s Excellence in Mentoring Award, Professor Paola Laurino, leads a group that investigates the structure, function and evolution of proteins called enzymes, which are vital parts of all life.
An OIST team merges art and science and blends tradition and innovation, in its efforts to manufacture basho yarn – a thread used in a locally-made Okinawan textile with cooling properties.
Professor Yabing Qi of the OIST Energy Materials and Surface Sciences Unit was awarded the Kao Science Award in the chemistry/physics field of surface sciences.
OIST started as a bold idea, one that many considered an unrealistic dream, but, 10 years on, that dream is in motion, said Dr. Peter Gruss at OIST’s 10th anniversary ceremony.
As the 2021 graduates officially conclude their studies at OIST, they’re told that the creation of new knowledge is the most important thing they can do for humankind.
After a six-year term as Executive Director of RIKEN, Mr. Shigeharu Kato joins OIST with the goal of ensuring administrators and researchers are good partners at every level of the institution.
