OIST Café is a casual science information session to introduce the OIST PhD program, Research Internship, and other workshops. What do cutting-edge research and education look like? What are the qualification and criteria to get into Graduate School? What are the career options after the graduation? OIST members such as PhD students and admissions officers will meet you to answer all your questions!


Online
coming-soon

OIST NetCafé (Information Session)

October 27, 2023 (Fri) 4:00PM - 5:30PM (JST UTC+9)

 

English
Online
Featuring Current Student

Lilian Magnus (OIST PhD Student, Year of 2020)

Lilian was born in Germany and after completing High School in Belgium, she moved to England to pursue her undergraduate degree (Biological Sciences) and Masters degree (Cellular and Molecular Biology) at Imperial College London. There, her research focused on cellular biology. After coming to OIST in January 2021, she switched fields slightly and joined the Laurino Unit of Protein Engineering and Evolution. Her PhD project focuses on cofactor binding specificity in Rossmann fold enzymes. Outside of the Phd, she enjoys going to the Okinawan beaches and traveling across Japan!

 

Dyon van Dinter (OIST PhD Student, Year of 2021)

Dyon was born and grew up in Spijkenisse, The Netherlands. He received his B.S. degree (Physics) and M.S. degree (Experimental Physics) at Leiden University in the Netherlands. During his master’s degree, he conducted multiple internships in Japan and Australia. His projects and academic interests are mainly focused on topological condensed matter physics. He joined the Quantum Materials Science Unit (PI: Yoshinori Okada) in January 2023 and has started studying topological superconductivity in iron-based superconductors. In his free time, he thoroughly enjoys playing football with OIST F.C. and engaging in volunteer activities with HelpOki.
 


Tokyo
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OIST Café in Tokyo (Information Session)

November 2, 2023 (Thu) 7:00PM - 9:00PM (JST UTC+9)

 

English/Japanese
Onsite
Featuring OIST Alumni

OIST staff and alumni from OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology) will come to Tokyo to answer all your questions about the PhD & Research Internship admission process, support for students as well as student life at OIST. We will update information on the speakers soon!


Tokyo
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OIST Café in Tokyo (Information Session)

November 3, 2023 (Fri) 2:00PM - 4:00PM (JST UTC+9)

 

English/Japanese
Onsite
Featuring OIST Alumni

OIST staff and alumni from OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology) will come to Tokyo to answer all your questions about the PhD & Research Internship admission process, support for students as well as student life at OIST. We will update information on the speakers soon!


Online
coming-soon

OIST NetCafé (Information Session)

Jan 2024

 

English
Online
Featuring Current Student

Stay tuned for the next OIST Cafe event information!


Online
coming-soon

OIST NetCafé (Information Session)

After June 2024

 

English or Japanese
Online
Featuring Current Student

Stay tuned for the next OIST Cafe event information!