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Toshimi Baba

Research scientist in quantitative genetics

Holstein Cattle Association of Japan, Hokkaido Branch

About Me

I am a quantitative geneticist at the Holstein Cattle Association of Japan in Hokkaido Branch. And also, I am a visiting scholoar of Dr. Morota’s lab at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. My research focuses on statistical methods to implement efficient selection in animals and plants and the development of computational software for large-scale data analysis. My recent studies include the analysis of heterogeneous data and time-series data in the phenotypic prediction framework.

Interests

  • Quantitative genetics
  • Prediction based on multi-source data
  • Large-scale data analysis

Education

  • Ph.D. in Animal Bioproduction (Animal Breeding), 2012

    Iwate University, Japan

  • M.S. in Animal Science, 2009

    Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Japan

  • B.S. in Animal Science, 2007

    Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Japan

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Contact

  • Virginia tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061