Adrian Skov

A group of smiling PhD graduates in academic dress are throwing their hats in the air inside the main OIST auditorium.

Institutional News

A heartfelt congratulations to the OIST graduates of 2025!

The 2025 ceremony saw the conferment of forty PhD-degrees to graduates from across the sciences.

Abstract illustration of human-centered machine learning. A blocky representation of a human head in the foreground, followed by an illustration of a neural network, on a background of binary numbers.

Research Update

Learning at peak efficiency

Optimizing transport, trust, and tutelage.

Graphical illustration of a natural scene viewed through a video camera viewfinder, with the focus indicator on a fish. Next to the fish is an energy meter. Other, small animals are visible in the background: squirrels in a woodland and birds in the sky.

Research Update

Animal energy usage made visible through video

Pairing video with simple, lab-based oxygen measurements vastly expands the study of movement energy in ecology, physiology, and beyond.

ATP prevents proteins associated with Parkinson’s disease and ALS from aggregating and becoming harmful

Research Update

ATP prevents harmful aggregation of proteins associated with Parkinson’s and ALS

ATP, the ‘fuel’ of our cells, has been found to make the cytosol in axons more liquid, stopping proteins from clustering and causing harm.

Two photos from scanning electron microscopes, showing the newfound species of tapeworms.

Research Update

New tapeworm species discovered in oval squid

Two species of cestodes have been found in the guts of wild-caught oval squids.

A crowd of children around a digital microscope, their faces fixated on the small display. One of the children has put her finger under the microscope. Adults are watching on in the background.

Institutional News

OIST Science Festival 2025 inspires the next generation of researchers

Kids of all ages felt, learned, and tested what it’s like to be a scientist.

Professor Hikami standing against a white backdrop. (Taken in 2016)

Institutional News

Professor Shinobu Hikami retires from OIST

A professor of physics for more than fifty years, Professor Hikami leaves a lasting impact on both the university and the field.

Group photo of high school students, their teachers, and the judges of the 13th annual SCORE! competition on the main stage.

Institutional News

Curiosity, creativity, and courage at the 13th annual SCORE! competition

High schoolers from across Okinawa learned what it means to run a passion project, create awareness, and discuss research findings with scientists.

Nanographenes prolong super-resolution microscopy from minutes to hours.

Research Update

Nanographenes prolong super-resolution microscopy from minutes to hours

By replacing traditional fluorophores with nanographenes, it’s now possible to observe phenomena at the 10-nanometer scales over long periods.

An artist's impression showing a blueprint-like drawing of a squirrel with a football in its hands, on a background with a grid and lines in Lévy walk patterns.

Research Update

Foraging footballers suggest how we come together to act as one

New study finds football teams move as though they are a single person, offering new insights into collective behavior.

SO-SMART research project kicked off to improve accessible and sustainable transportation

Institutional News

Towards sustainable local mobility with citizen engagement and big data

Recent ideathon at OIST kicked off a joint research project between Japanese and European universities to create sustainable and accessible public transportation.

28 January 2025

Illustration of an anthropomorphized robot stacking colored blocks back to back with a human toddler.

Research Update

New, embodied AI reveals how robots and toddlers learn to understand

With a brain-inspired architecture, the model offers insights into cognitive development and information processing in neural networks.

23 January 2025