The amazing “piglet squid” (Helicocranchia sp.) gets its nickname for its small round body, wiggling tail, and siphon that looks like the nose of a pig. This one was spotted by MBARI researchers 900 meters (2,950 feet) underwater off the Monterey Bay. Credit: MBARI

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How do clownfish get their stripes? New work from OIST by Vincent Laudet and colleagues.

Under the sea in #Fiji we took ~1000 photos 📸 across 29 #coralreef sites. These were stitched together creating a beautiful #3D reef reconstruction. We use this to measure aspects of the #habitat, which is critical when exploring reef #fish 🐠 health. #conservation

What beautiful, complex structures!

It’s #WorldReefAwarenessday! OIST #PhD student and scientist from the Marine Climate Change Unit (Ravasi's Lab) survey coral and fish to study their altered states and resilience. Learn more: bit.ly/3uB9bJu #OISTSupportsSDGs

Important research involving Ravasi's Lab in establishing natural laboratories to study the effects of climate change on corals.

OIST は米国の医療機器分野、日米関係や学術分野で活躍を続ける藤田浩之博士を理事として迎えました。藤田博士は「OISTについて初めて知った時、将来的に日本が本当の意味で変化を求める時、OISTという機関が果たすべき役割が必ずあると確信しました。」と語ります。bit.ly/3560soA

OIST has welcomed Dr. Hiroyuki Fujita as a member of the Board of Governors. Dr. Fujita comments, "When I first learned about OIST, I was convinced that the institution would surely have a role to play when #Japan seeks real changes in the #future.” bit.ly/3w9byoE

Calling All International Deep Tech #Startups! OIST-BNV Innovation Hub (“OBI-Hub”) is a new platform for eligible startups to access financial #Investment and tailored business services to bring their #innovation to market. RT/Apply: bit.ly/34WN8CH Beyond Next Ventures｜ビヨンドネクストベンチャーズ

Congratulations Dina Mostafa !

OIST is #hiring! Come lead the internal communications program at our rapidly growing graduate university and research institution. Great opportunity to work with an excellent team😁and people from over 50 countries. Don't hesitate, apply today or #RT: bit.ly/3vjW7so

Hiring postdocs for my new lab at the Human Technopole! Please do carefully elaborate in the motivation letter why you want to join my lab. careers.humantechnopole.it/o/postdoctoral…

Congratulations on this really interesting paper! Gustavo Sanchez Ferdinand Marlétaz

Buy this book by my OIST colleague Simone Pigolotti! OIST 沖縄科学技術大学院大学

As an international institution and university, we welcome professionals from all over the world. Due to COVID19, many of our newcomers are in limbo and working online. #Thankyou to those overcoming vast time differences and more.✈️You'll glimpse these views on your journey soon!

As part of our Empowering Research seminar series on #ResearchCulture we have a talk from Dr Elisabeth Bik Elisabeth Bik looking at, "The Dark Side of Science: Misconduct in Biomedical Research". Join us at 4pm, Thursday 8 July. Email: [email protected] for the link.

A giant among larvaceans. ⁠ Bathochordeaus is considered a giant among larvaceans, but it's about the size of a breakfast muffin. Look closely, and you'll see this giant larvacean towering beside the tiny, regular variety larvacean to its right.⁠

Time to go home #OISTedu #Okinawa

👩‍🔬Nina’s #OISTExperience: “Did you know OIST has a Research Support Division? Did you know labs share state-of-the-art facilities, DNA sequencing machines and more?" Read why OIST is different from most Universities in how we mentor: bit.ly/3AVtKVj #WorldYouthSkillsDay