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
26. PATHWAYS TO AN INTEGRATED UNDERSTANDING OF MARINE ENVIRONMENTS AND ECOSYSTEMS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION
Adiwira H*., Yasunaka S., Kass JM., AçikbaÅŸ AHO., Adiningsih S., Gairin E., Ilham HBC., Lahcene E., Li Y., Nishihira G., Peñalver-Pereira P., Armitage D., Brännström A., Dieckmann U., Fujii T., Husnik F., Kawamiza M., Masuda T., Plessz C., Sallan L., Shimada T., Lam Smith S., Strutton PG., Wirasatriza A., Suga T.
Frontiers in Marine Science, 12:1680145. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1680145
25. THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON PHYTOPLANKTON PHYSIOLOGY: A MESOCOSM AND MODELING STUDY
Armin G., Boros G., Kis M., Murányi M., Horváth H., Krassován K., Masuda T., Bernát G*., Inomura K*.
Microbiology Spectrum, 10.1128/spectrum.00457-25
24. NUTRIENT DYNAMICS MODULATED BY DIAPYCNAL MIXING AND PARTICLE SINKING PATHWAYS WITHIN AN INTRATHERMOCLINE EDDY IN THE TROPICAL WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC
Hu Z., Liu Z., Liu X*., Masuda T., Shiozaki T.,Yamada H.,Lin H., Huang B., Furuya K.
Geophysical Research Letters, 52(13): e2024GL113616, doi: 10.1029/2024GL113616
23. EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE AND LIGHT INTENSITY ON THE AUTOTROPHIC GROWTH OF PROROCENTRUM BALTICUM (DINOPHYCEAE) ISOLATED FROM THE OYASHIO-KUROSHIO MIXED WATER REGION, NORTH PACIFIC
Funaki C., Kuwata K., Lum W.M., Takahashi K., Masuda T., Ichinomiya M., Katayama T, Kodama T, Iwataki M., Takahashi K*
Plankton and Benthos Research, 19(4): 191–202, doi: 10.3800/pbr.19.191
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