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Sasaki Lab
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A paleontology lab that explores the diversity of life through the shapes of shells and fossils.
AboutAbout the lab
Understanding how living things are built, through the shapes of shells
The Sasaki Lab studies animal taxonomy, paleontology, and comparative anatomy.
Focusing mainly on mollusks (shellfish), the lab investigates them from four perspectives: species diversity, body plan diversity, habitat diversity, and the fossil record.
By comparing forms, the lab aims to understand the meaning of the shapes of living things and how they came to be.
The lab is located in the University Museum, where Associate Professor Sasaki is in charge of managing the museum's paleontological and zoological specimens.
Key terms
- Mollusks
- A group of soft-bodied animals without a bony skeleton, including shellfish, squid, and octopuses
- Body plan
- The basic design of an animal's body, including how its body parts are arranged and assembled
- Fossil record
- The record of how past life has changed over time, as traced from fossils preserved in rock layers
ResearchResearch themes
Focusing mainly on mollusks (shellfish), the lab studies them from four perspectives: species diversity, body plan diversity, habitat diversity, and the fossil record. Its goal is to understand the meaning of the shapes of living things and how they came to be, through comparing their forms.
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MembersFaculty
The members of the Sasaki Lab consist of faculty, researchers, doctoral and master's students, and research project collaborators.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorTakenori SasakiPublications ↗
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Rapana venosa MHNT” Didier Descouens / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Exploring the Diversity of Life through Mollusks: “Seashell collection ( )” Thomas Quine / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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