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Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (L) and Sydney Brenner, a British biologist and Nobel laureate who is to serve as president of the planned institute, take part in a groundbreaking ceremony April 6 in the village of Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, to mark the start of construction of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology's main campus, scheduled to open around 2012.

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

NAHA, Japan - Sydney Brenner, a British biologist and Nobel laureate named as president of the planned Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, at a news conference in Onna, Okinawa on April 6. A groundbreaking ceremony was held later in the day to mark the start of construction of the institute's main campus in Onna, scheduled to open around 2012.

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (L) and Sydney Brenner, a British biologist and Nobel laureate who is to serve as president of the planned institute, take part in a groundbreaking ceremony April 6 in the village of Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, to mark the start of construction of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology's main campus, scheduled to open around 2012. (Kyodo)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

NAHA, Japan - Sydney Brenner, a British biologist and Nobel laureate named as president of the planned Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, at a news conference in Onna, Okinawa on April 6. A groundbreaking ceremony was held later in the day to mark the start of construction of the institute's main campus in Onna, scheduled to open around 2012. (Kyodo)