Valerie Jamieson

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.

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.

Room to store lunch boxes, OIST Conference Center 

Neil Calder, vice president of communications at OIST, described the Western media as a hungry monster, waiting to eat up Japanese science stories – but they must be written in English.

Robert Irion, director of the science communication program at University of California, Santa Cruz, explained how he trains scientists to write about science with style and grace.