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Shun Yoshida, a fourth-year undergraduate student, received the Outstanding Achievement Award in the Invertebrate Group at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Animal Behavior.

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Shun Yoshida, a fourth-year undergraduate student (Department of Complex and Intelligent Systems, Intelligent System Course), November 22, 2025 ~At the "44th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Animal Behavior" held at Hakodate Arena and Hakodate Civic Hall on the 24th,Invertebrate Group Excellence AwardWas awarded.

Ms. Yoshida is researching how individual characteristics in a group of earthworms affect the behavior of the entire group.
This research is being conducted as a joint project between the University of Tokyo and Tohoku University.

This award is given to three outstanding presentations selected from the invertebrate group session.

Presentation Title: The Combination of "Activity" and "Silence" in a Group: Exploring the Collective Behavior of Tubifex Worms Through Mathematics
Authors: ◎Shun Yoshida (Future University Hakodate), Katsuya Mori (Tohoku University), Daiki Wakita (University of Tokyo), Takeshi Kano (Future University Hakodate)