OIST and Bank of The Ryukyus @ryuginrobo signed a partnership to support startups and connect innovative research with local business acceleration. 🤝

Our online information session, the OIST Net Café is back in August!.If you are excited to learn more about our PhD and Research Internship program and hear from current PhD students what motivated them to join OIST, sign up here:

SCORE! is back at OIST. Okinawa high schoolers can present innovative scientific research ideas, meet researchers & entrepreneurs, and win a study trip to the U.S (1st place). 📝 Apply by Sept 22

Read the full paper in eNeuro:

Move over, Hollywood! 🎥🐁 Out now in @sfnjournals, @yoe, @b_ignatowska  et al. describe a marker-based motion capture method for mice, with transformative potential in neuroscience and healthcare.

Applications for the OIST Innovation Accelerator are now open! Apply by August 3rd and launch your startup in Okinawa, Japan #sciencestartups #deeptech

Students from 4 Okinawan high schools join a research project supported by OIST’s ESI section to survey local insects and build a biodiversity database. Fieldwork starts now! 🦋 #InsectWeek

Our recent research with @aims_gov_au and @usceduau might help combat coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish 💡🪸 #coralrefs.

Read the full paper in @OpticaPubsGroup Optica Quantum: #QuantumYear #IYQ2025 #QuantumScience.

Boson sampling has long been a showcase for #QuantumScience, but lacked real-world use. Now, OIST researchers demonstrate its power in simulated image recognition, paving the way for practical quantum AI:

OIST and @ArayaPress co-developed “OptiNiSt,” an optical #NeuralImaging tool enabling reliable, reproducible data analysis. Learn more 👉 .

OIST ranks highest among Japanese institutions for female authorship in published research, per the latest @NatureIndex report. We’ll continue working to support #genderdiversity in science. See the report 🔗:

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By exploiting the new knowledge that #CrownOfThorns starfish communicate via smell, scientists have created a highly attractive, synthetic pheromone that can be used to bait the starfish, allowing for efficient culling 🌹@unit_marine @usceduau @iScience_CP

If you’re curious about the event, you can watch last year’s lecture on our YouTube channel:.🎥

Ahead of our #OkinawaMemorialDay Lecture on June 17, OIST will also host a public exhibition (June 13th - July 2nd) exploring the history of the Battle of Okinawa. 📅 Register for the lecture here:.🔗

For students accepted or enrolled in the US: 5 days left to apply for our special admissions deadline (June 15th) ! #PhDProgram

Two OIST teams took to the water on May 30, 2025, joining the Maeganeku #Haarii Race at Maeganeku Fishing Port. For OIST, it was an opportunity to take part in a long-standing local tradition and strengthen ties with the wider community.

To learn more about the International Science Council’s recommendations, please read their press release: Or read the full Commentary in @naturesustainab:

They cover. ⏱️ Target to achieve sustainable levels of plastic production within a specific time frame.📃Scientific criteria and lists for harmful chemicals and plastic products.📊 Framework for monitoring and evaluation.🤝A robust science-policy-society interface.