Name Masayuki TAKEDA
Affiliation Animal Breeding and Genetics
Position Assistant Professor
Tel +81-22-757-4114
Mail masayuki.takeda.b1*tohoku.ac.jp (Please replace * with @)
Research Interest Cattle, Feed efficiency, Genomic prediction, GWAS, Rumen microbiome, Digital phenotyping
Career Born in Osaka and raised in Nara. After my Master’s in Animal Nutrition at Hokkaido University in 2008, I joined National Livestock Breeding Center. During my tenure there, I served as a JICA volunteer in Animal husbandry in Vietnam (2011-2013), and earned a Ph.D. in Animal Breeding and Genetics from Tohoku University in 2020. I have been to my current position since December 2025.
Research map https://researchmap.jp/masa_take_0129
Research Projects

I conduct research primarily on genetic improvement in cattle breeding.

  1. Improving feed efficiency: Cattle that grow with less feed may help save the world.
  2. Enhancing the efficiency of genetic evaluation: Identifying superior sires earlier, more affordably, and more accurately.
  3. Applying rumen microbiome information to breeding: Designing next-generation genomic selection by leveraging the “second genome” — the gut microbiota.
  4. Research on digital phenotyping: Those who master measurement, master breeding.
Research Seeds