DR. TAKAKO MASUDA
Marine microbiologist
DR. TAKAKO MASUDA
MARINE MICROBIOLOGIST
BIOGRAPHY
Takako Masuda is a marine microbiologist currently working at the Marine Environment Division, Fisheries Resources Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency. Since her doctorate studies, she has been focusing on how microscopic size phytoplankton influence ecosystems. Specifically, on pico- and nano-phytoplankton community response to environmental changes and the role of N2 fixers.
RECENT PUBLISHED WORK
22. CROCOSPHAERA WATSONII - A WIDESPREAD NITROGEN-FIXING UNICELLULAR MARINE CYANOBACTERIUM
Masuda T.*, Mareš J., Shiozaki T., Inomura K., Fujiwara A., Prášil O.
J. Phycol. 00, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13450
21. IMMUNOCYTOCHEMICAL VISUALIZATION OF PROTEINS FROM CYANOBACTERIAL CELLS WITH HIGH AUTOFLUORESCENCE OF PHYCOERYTHRIN AND PHYCOUROBILIN
Masuda T.*, Majerová D., Piwosz K., Tsurumaki T., Fujita Y., Prášil O.
J. Vis. Exp. (199), e65168, doi:10.3791/65168 (2023)
doi: 10.3791/65168
20. COEXISTENCE OF DOMINANT MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON SUSTAINED BY NUTRIENT SPECIALIZATION
Masuda T.*, Inomura K., Mareš J., Kodama T., Shiozaki T., Matsui T., Koji S., Takeda S.,Deutsch C., Prášil O., Furuya K., Microbiology Spectrum (2023)
19. ACCUMULATION OF CYANOBACTERIAL PHOTOSYSTEM II CONTAINING THE "ROGUE" D1 SUBUNIT IS CONTROLLED BY FtsH PROTEASE AND SYNTHESIS OF THE STANDARD D1 PROTEIN
Masuda T., Bečková M., Turóczy Z., Pilný J., Sobotka R., Trinkroho J.P., Nixon P.J., Prášil O*.,Komenda J*.
Plant and Cell Phzsiology, pcad027 (2023)
18. THE BALANCE BETWEEN PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND RESPIRATION EXPLAINS THE NICHE DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN CROCOSPHAERA AND CYANOTHECE
Masuda T.*, Inomura K., Gao M., Armin G.,Kotabová E., Bernát G., Lawrenz-Kendrick E., Lukeš M., Bečková M., Steinbach G., Komenda J., Prášil O.
Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 21 58-65 (2023)