
A taste of the important research and scientific developments from Keio University, Japan's oldest institute of higher education. Keio Research Highlights: Big Lessons from Small Creatures: Shrimp as a Model for Life's Developmental Processes

December 5, 2025

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Integrating innovative imaging and genetic tools to deepen our understanding of life's complex forms and their evolution. The image was generated by Google's Gemini.

Big Lessons from Small Creatures: Shrimp as a Model for Life's Developmental Processes

Studying shrimp tails reveals universal secrets of growth, offering new insights into how life shapes itself.
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Keio Ranked 3rd among Law Schools for Number of Successful Candidates and Pass Rate for 2025 National Bar Examination



Vice-President Tsuchiya Speaks as a Panelist at the Edward Boyle Memorial Lecture



Keio University Co-Hosts "DWIH Tokyo Symposium: Innovations for an Aging Society".



Keio President Itoh Meets University Presidents at Brown, Carnegie Mellon, Harvard, and Yale.



Vice-President Amagai Signs US-Japan AI Research Partnership at the US Department of Commerce.



Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi, Winner of the 2008 (13th) Keio Medical Science Prize, Receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

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Meet some researchers at Keio University's Faculty of Letters, Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Business and Commerce, and Faculty of Law. These videos highlight their diverse projects and accomplishments across our ten faculties, fourteen graduate schools, and plethora of research institutes and centers. Note, the videos are in Japanese.

Keio Research Highlights: Big Lessons from Small Creatures: Shrimp as a Model for Life's Developmental Processes

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