CICASP

You can now find (and follow) us on Bluesky (@cicasp.bsky.social) and Instagram (instagram.com/cicasp.inuyama/)!

We are currently accepting applications for Fall 2026 admission into our graduate program—International Course in #Primatology and #Wildlife Research at Kyoto University. cicasp.ehub.kyoto-u.ac.jp/program/applic…

It’s been a month since Chimpanzee Ai passed away. In response to your heartfelt messages, we’ve created a memorial site in her honor. We will update it regularly to share her life story, photos, scientific contributions, and messages from you all. ehub-kyoto-u.com/en/post/launch…

CICASP will hold a virtual open campus on Zoom on Thursday, January 29, 2026, for prospective applicants to our Short-term Internship Program and/or the graduate-level International Course in Primatology and Wildlife Research. Check out the website and don’t forget to register!

Through all-night fermentation experiments, Dr. Wanyi Lee and colleagues discovered how gut microbiomes of Japanese macaques🐵 adjust their functions to seasonal changes in diet 🍃: doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7…

Are you a coffee/tea ☕🫖 lover? Here is a new publication by our recent graduate, Rena Numabe, on the genetic basis of varying perception of caffeine bitterness in humans: doi.org/10.1093/chemse…

Some of the extinct #lemurs were more than a thousand times heavier than the smallest living lemurs. Check out this new paper by our doctoral student, Naoto Toyoda @lemurids, showing how skull shape 💀 evolution in lemurs is influenced by their body size: doi.org/10.1093/evolut…

Less than a week left to register for the upcoming Virtual Open Campus--Don't miss this opportunity to get to know our academic programs!

You can now follow us on Instagram! More posts are forthcoming... instagram.com/cicasp.inuyama/

CICASP will hold a virtual open campus this summer! Anyone interested in studying #primatology at EHUB in Kyoto University or participating in an internship is welcome to register. For detail, please see our website:wrc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/cicasp/2025-07…

One week left to register for the #Primatology & Wildlife Science Virtual Open Campus for prospective graduate students and interns--Please share widely!

Once again, CICASP will hold a virtual open campus for prospective graduate students and interns interested in #primatology and #wildlife research. For details, please see our website: wrc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/cicasp/2025-01…

Did not get enough lemur stories on World Lemur Day last month? Not to worry—join our next International #Primatology Lecture by Dr. Jörg Ganzhorn, which will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel. For more information, visit our website: cicasp.ehub.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news/events/in…

Graduate student Michihiro Yagami @EHUB_inuyama received a presentation award at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Mammal Society of Japan. Michihiro studies morphological adaptations for singing in gibbons by taking a close look at their laryngeal muscles.

The PWS Symposium returns, this time in Kyoto. Audience registration is open until October 25.

Big congrats to Morgane Longuet, who just graduated from our program with a doctoral degree. Morgane's research on fossil rhinos 🦏 and other ungulates 🐐🦛🦒is uncovering the deep environmental history of Southeast Asia.

Red spider lilies are in bloom on Inuyama Campus right now.

Can chimpanzees find hidden food after watching a video of someone hiding it? Find out in this new publication by our doctoral student, Shenwen Xu: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.10…