Sea urchin is a delicacy in Japan and much of the Western world. Its roe, called uni, is used in sushi, gourmet cuisine, and sauces and flavorings. Bu...
Termites are among the rare organisms that can feed on wood. This remarkable ability has allowed them to become one of the most abundant animals in th...
In several recent papers, Prof. Shen and colleagues at the Micro/Bio/Nanofluidics Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), desc...
Researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have now described how a specific transcription factor, whic...
Dr. Johannes Schönke and Prof. Eliot Fried of the OIST Mathematics, Mechanics, and Materials Unit have introduced a new class of kaleidocycles into t...
Members of the Membrane Cooperativity Unit at OIST have devleoped a new imaging technique for observing individual protein molecules for a long time, ...
Researchers from the Neural Computation Unit at OIST have used the latest optical neural imaging technology to isolate and record the activity of the ...
Taking inspiration from the biological building methods used in cells and the extracellular membrane, the Bioinspired Soft Matter Unit, led by Prof. Z...