Dr. Sydney Brenner and Mr. Kenji Shinoda, Japanese Ambassador to Singapore

OIST president Jonathan Dorfan, pictured center, greets newly appointed Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territory Affairs and the Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy Shunichi Yamaguchi, pictured at left.

Professor Sowwan, right, explains to Minister Yamaguchi, center, that his nanoparticle research lab depends on collaboration between biologists, engineers, and physicists.

OIST Dean Jeff Wickens and Prof. Hiroaki Aihara, Dean of the School of Science, the University of Tokyo