The Penmark

The Penmark is a monthly e-newsletter that covers the latest news and research coming out of Keio University. Named after Keio University’s logo, The Penmark shares research activities spanning multiple disciplines along with the research-based educational developments across Keio’s campuses where 10 undergraduate faculties, 14 graduate schools, numerous research institutions, and a university hospital are situated.

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No.66 / March 2026

Elucidating the Mechanisms behind Cancer Cell Proliferation

No.65 / February 2026

New Regenerative Therapy Restores Intestinal Function in Short Bowel Syndrome

No.64 / January 2026

Keio Scientists Identify New Opportunity for Treatment of ALS

2025

No.	Contents
No.63 / December 2025	KeMCo New Year Exhibition: Where the Horses Are Open January 8–February 7
No.62 / November 2025	Discoveries and Innovations in System Design at Keio University
No.61 / October 2025	Announcement of the Keio Medical Science Prize 2025
No.60 / September 2025	Keio Museum Commons Upcoming Exhibition on Movable-Type Printed Books
No.59 / July 2025	Groundbreaking Gene Technology Offers Hope for Incurable Lung Diseases
No.58 / June 2025	Keio Researchers Produce Functional Liver Organoids
No.57 / May 2025	“Two Cranes” Co-Creation Project: Symbiotic Upcycling of Plastics through 3D Printing Showcased at Expo 2025, Osaka, Kansai, Japan
No.56 / April 2025	Keio Clinical Trials on Treating Subacute Spinal Cord Injuries Reach New Phase
No.55 / March 2025	Examining Long and Short Vowel Durations in Japanese
No.54 / February 2025	Cave Findings in Southeastern Arabia Explain Prehistoric Lifestyle Shift
No.53 / January 2025	The Fukuzawa Memorial Center for Modern Japanese Studies’ 2025 Exhibition of Newly Acquired Materials to Run January 10–February 8

2024

No.	Contents
No.52 / December 2024	KeMCo New Year Exhibition 2025 “Where the Snakes Are” to Run January 9 – February 7
No.51 / November 2024	Combating Disease by Elucidating Distinct Genomic Regulation Patterns
No.50 / October 2024	Announcement of the 2024 Keio Medical Science Prize
No.49 / September 2024	KARs Prove Key to Paving the Road toward Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Disorders
No.48 / July & August 2024	Carbon Emissions by Japanese Corporations and Perceptions of Carbon Risk by Investors
No.47 / June 2024	Global Relationships between Speech and Music
No.46 / May 2024	Keio Scientists Investigate Mechanisms behind Unconventional Superconductivity
No.45 / April 2024	Free Will, Foreknowledge, and Creation: Further Explorations of Kant’s Molinism
No.44 / March 2024	Genomes Reveal Secrets to “Water Bear” Survival
No.43 / February 2024	Using AI to Diagnose Eye Diseases from Slit-Lamp Microscope Videos
No.42 / January 2024	American Literature, Japanese History, and Shojo Comics

2023

No.	Contents
No.41 / December 2023	KeMCo New Year Exhibition “Where the Dragons Are” to Run January 10–February 9
No.40 / November 2023	Professor Okuda Publishes Essay on James E. McGirt and Early 20th Century African American Culture
No.39 / October 2023	Keio Medical Science Prize 2023 Awardees Announced
No.38 / September 2023	Influenza Effects on Japanese Industry: Interactions between Pandemic, Economy, and NPIs
No.37 / July & August 2023	Fukuzawa Yukichi Memorial Keio History Museum 2023 Spring Special Exhibition “Sone ＆ Chujo, Architects and Keio University Part I: Meiji and Taisho Era”
No.36 / June 2023	Revealing the “Full Picture” of Neural Pathway Diversity in Primate Brains Through High-Resolution MRIs
No.35 / May 2023	Artists in Rivalry: Extraordinary Designs by Hokusai and Kuniyoshi
No.34 / April 2023	Keio University Hosts the 2023 U7+ Alliance Presidential Summit: Calling on G7 leaders for investment in education to promote peace and security
No.33 / March 2023	Keio Museum Commons Exhibition: Who Forms Archaeological Sites–In What Manner?
No.32 / February 2023	Researchers Shed Light on the Formation of the “Claustrum,” an Unexplained Region of the Brain
No.31 / January 2023	Translation Culture in Modern Japan and Yukichi Fukuzawa

2022

No.	Contents
No.30 / December 2022	KeMCo New Year Exhibition "Where the Rabbits Are" to Run January 10 – February 9
No.29 / November 2022	Keio Team Selected in “Fugaku NEXT,” the $3.07 million USD Search for Japan’s Next Top Supercomputer
No.28 / October 2022	Keio Medical Science Prize 2022 Awardees Announced
No.27 / September 2022	Fumihiko Maki and Keio University II Designing the Between: SFC as Group Form
No.26 / July 2022	Keio Researchers Discover Potent Anti-Cancer Chemical "Iezoside" in Coral Reefs of Okinawa
No.25 / June 2022	Development of Highly Accurate Integration AI Using Deep Learning: Highest Score Ever Achieved by AI in Symbolic Integration Tests
No.24 / May 2022	Researchers Uncover Neurite Outgrowth Mechanism, File Patent for Spinal Cord Injury Treatment
No.23 / April 2022	Death by Suicide Spiked Among Young Women during COVID-19 Pandemic, Study Confirms
No.22 / March 2022	Century Akao Collection × Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Identifying Hands: attributional culture and the Kohitsu Family
No.21 / February 2022	World’s First Transplantation of Human iPSC-NS/PCs for Spinal Cord Injury: Keio University Hospital conducts foundational research toward unlocking regenerative medicine
No.20 / January 2022	World’s First Successful Transplantation Using Bioengineered Near-Human-Sized Liver: expediting the realization of organ-regenerative medicine

2021

No.	Contents
No.19 / December 2021	Keio Museum Commons New Year Exhibition 2022 “Where the Tigers Are”
No.18 / November 2021	Researchers Succeed at Creating Strong Antitumor T Cells by Revitalizing Exhausted T Cells ―Development of new CAR-T therapy in cancer immunotherapy―
No.17 / October 2021	Keio Medical Science Prize 2021
No.16 / September 2021	Unlocking the mechanism behind resolution of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis liver fibrosis progression – Expectations for the development of novel liver fibrosis therapies –
No.15 / July 2021	Technology Developed that Measures Cancer Biomarkers in Saliva in Just One Minute —Saliva test enables highly accurate and large-scale diagnosis of colorectal cancer patients—
No.14 / June 2021	Keio University’s Portal Site for Cultural Collections Connects to Japan Search, a National Platform for Digital Archives
No.13 / May 2021	New Keio President Kohei Itoh: “Creating a university and society that is one or two steps ahead of the curve”
No.12 / April 2021	“Consciously nurture creative insights and have a hand in confronting the global challenges humanity must surmount,” says President Akira Haseyama at the AY 2021 Graduate Entrance Ceremony
No.11 / March 2021	KeMCo’s Inaugural Event Series ‘Cross-scapes: Interconnecting Art’
No.10 / February 2021	Increasing child allowance increases education spending but this does not immediately improve academic performance—Research outcomes based on the "Japan Child Panel Survey"
No.9 / January 2021	Four Researchers from Keio University Selected Among the World's Most Influential Researchers (Highly Cited Researchers 2020)

2020

No.	Contents
No.8 / December 2020	Keio Launches New Website about Activities Enhancing Sustainability of Global Society
No.7 / November 2020	Keio and Tokyo Dental College discuss integration of Faculty of Dentistry
No.6 / October 2020	2020 Keio Medical Science Prize Laureates
No.5 / September 2020	Creating a Blockchain Platform to Protect Students’ Personal Data for Job Hunting
No.4 / July 2020	Japanese Universities Join Forces to Research COVID-19
No.3 / June 2020	“Keio Donner Project" Accelerating COVID-19 Research
No.2 / May 2020	Keio Ranked 10th in the Nature Index 2020 Rankings
No.1 / April 2020	Importance of Learning in Global Society