Basic Information

Email Address

• Email Address

  sato.yu.3zkyoto-u.ac.jp

Academic Degree

• 23 Mar. 2016

  京都大学修士（理学）
• 25 Mar. 2019

  京都大学博士（理学）

Academic Resume (Undergraduate School/Majors)

• 東北大学, 農学部応用動物科学科, 卒業

Research History

• From Apr. 2023, To Present

  Kyoto University, Wildlife Research Center, Assistant Professor
• From Apr. 2022, To Mar. 2023

  National Institute for Environmental Studies, 生物多様性領域, 特別研究員
• From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2023

  Kyoto University, Wildlife Research Center, 特任研究員
• From Oct. 2020, To Mar. 2022

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 海外特別研究員

ID,URL

• J-Global ID

  202201011200229170

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/sato.yu.3z

Research

Research Interests

• 希少動物保全学
• 集団遺伝学
• Conservation genetics

Research Areas

• Life sciences, Genetics, population genetics/genomics
• Environmental science/Agricultural science, Biological resource conservation, Conservation genetics

Papers

• Construction of High‐Precision Genomic Assembled Sequences and Assessment of the Effect of Its Quality to Population Genetic Analysis of Endangered Okinawa Rail and Japanese Golden Eagle

  Yu Sato; Kei Nabeshima; Atsushi Haga; Manabu Onuma

  Ecological Research, 17 Feb. 2026, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Whole Mitochondrial Genome Analysis of Killer Whales Reveals the Presence of Resident and Transient Ecotypes Around Hokkaido

  Momoka Suzuki; Mami Kawai; Takashi Hayakawa; Yuki F. Kita; Yu Sato; Miho Inoue‐Murayama; Akira Shiozaki; Shin Nishida; Shimpei F. Hiruta; Hiroshi Ohizumi; Fumio Nakahara; Shigeo Saino; Yoshikazu Uni; Ayaka T. Matsuda; Takashi F. Matsuishi; Yuko Tajima; Masao Amano; Tadasu K. Yamada; Motoi Yoshioka; Yoko Mitani

  Marine Mammal Science, 17 Dec. 2025, Peer-reviewed

  
• Evolutionary insights into Na+/K+-ATPase-mediated toxin resistance in the Crested Serpent-eagle preying on introduced cane toads in Okinawa, Japan

  Alisa Tobe; Yu Sato; Mitsuki Kondo; Manabu Onuma; Miho Inoue-Murayama

  BMC Ecology and Evolution, 14 Jul. 2025, Peer-reviewed

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• Demographic history of the Malayan tapirs (Tapirus indicus) in Southeast Asia

  Qi Luan Lim; Yu Sato; Norsyamimi Rosli; Miho Inoue‐Murayama

  Ecological Research, 27 Jan. 2025, Peer-reviewed

  
• ゲノム時代の絶滅リスク評価：個体群存続可能性解析と有効集団サイズ

  佐藤 悠

  地球環境, Dec. 2024, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Genomic data reveal strong differentiation and reduced genetic diversity in island golden eagle populations

  Yu Sato; Emily Humble; Rob Ogden

  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 29 Dec. 2023, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Genetic diversity of the endangered Japanese golden eagle at neutral and functional loci

  Annegret M. Naito‐Liederbach; Yu Sato; Nobuyoshi Nakajima; Taku Maeda; Takehiko Inoue; Toru Yamazaki; Rob Ogden; Miho Inoue‐Murayama

  Ecological Research, Sep. 2021, Peer-reviewed

  
• Genetic diversity and population structure in the Ryukyu flying fox inferred from remote sampling in the Yaeyama archipelago

  Yuto Taki; Christian E. Vincenot; Yu Sato; Miho Inoue-Murayama

  PLOS ONE, 18 Mar. 2021, Peer-reviewed

  
• Population history of the golden eagle inferred from whole-genome sequencing of three of its subspecies

  Yu Sato; Rob Ogden; Takushi Kishida; Nobuyoshi Nakajima; Taku Maeda; Miho Inoue-Murayama

  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 23 Jul. 2020, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Japanese Golden Eagle Conservation Science: Current Status and Future Needs

  Rob OGDEN; Tomokazu FUKUDA; Takayuki FUNO; Mamoru KOMATSU; Taku MAEDA; Anna MEREDITH; Masaya MIURA; Haruki NATSUKAWA; Manabu ONUMA; Yuki OSAFUNE; Keisuke SAITO; Yu SATO; Des THOMPSON; Miho MURAYAMA

  Japanese Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 31 Mar. 2020, Peer-reviewed

  
• Development of 34 microsatellite markers for the Ryukyu flying fox (Pteropus dasymallus)

  Yuto Taki; Christian E. Vincenot; Yu Sato; Nobuyoshi Nakajima; Miho Inoue-Murayama

  Conservation Genetics Resources, 2020, Peer-reviewed

  
• Integration of wild and captive genetic management approaches to support conservation of the endangered Japanese golden eagle

  Y. Sato; R. Ogden; M. Komatsu; T. Maeda; M. Inoue-Murayama

  Biological Conservation, Sep. 2017, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Development of 20 microsatellite markers for the endangered Japanese golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos japonica) using next generation sequencing

  Sato Yu; Ito Hideaki; Onuma Manabu; Maeda Taku; Ogden Rob; Inoue-Murayam Miho

  Conservation Genetics Resources, 2015, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Effect of reduction of human activity on utilization of farmlands by wild boars (Sus scrofa) after evacuation from the nuclear accident at Fukushima

  SATO Yu; OGURA Shin-ichiro; YOSHIHARA Yu; TAMATE Hidetoshi

  Journal of the Japanese Agricultural Systems Society, 2015, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  

Awards

• 16 Sep. 2018

  日本動物遺伝育種学会第21回大会 優秀発表賞
• 18 Nov. 2022

  日本DNA多型学会第31回学術集会 若手研究賞
• 12 Nov. 2016

  日本動物遺伝育種学会第19回大会 学会長特別賞

Education

Teaching subject(s)

• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Advanced Lectures in Animal Conservation and Welfare

  9929, Fall, Graduate School of Science, 1
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Fundamental Conservation Biology

  9926, Spring, Graduate School of Science, 1
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Advanced laboratory skills in field biology

  9933, Fall, Graduate School of Science, 1
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Conservation Biology

  3774, Spring, Faculty of Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Seminar on Animal Conservation and Welfare A

  9938, Spring, Graduate School of Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  CICASP Seminar in Science Communication D

  9711, Fall, Graduate School of Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  CICASP Seminar in Science Communication C

  9710, Spring, Graduate School of Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Seminar on Animal Conservation and Welfare D

  9941, Fall, Graduate School of Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Seminar on Animal Conservation and Welfare C

  9940, Spring, Graduate School of Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Seminar on Animal Conservation and Welfare B

  9939, Fall, Graduate School of Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  CICASP Seminar in Science Communication B

  9709, Fall, Graduate School of Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  CICASP Seminar in Science Communication A

  9708, Spring, Graduate School of Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Introduction to Wildlife Science

  N902, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Advanced Lectures in Animal Conservation and Welfare

  9929, Fall, Graduate School of Science, 1
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Fundamental Conservation Biology

  9926, Spring, Graduate School of Science, 1
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Advanced laboratory skills in field biology

  9933, Fall, Graduate School of Science, 1
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Seminar on Animal Conservation and Welfare B

  9939, Fall, Graduate School of Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Seminar on Animal Conservation and Welfare A

  9938, Spring, Graduate School of Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Seminar on Animal Conservation and Welfare C

  9940, Spring, Graduate School of Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Seminar on Animal Conservation and Welfare D

  9941, Fall, Graduate School of Science, 2

Part-time lecturer

• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 21 Sep. 2025

  環境生物学

  前期, 大阪工業大学, 工学部
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  非常勤講師

  前期・後期, 大阪工業大学, 環境生物学

Administration

Faculty management (title, position)

• From 01 Apr. 2025

  広報委員会　委員
• From 01 Apr. 2025

  共同利用・共同研究計画委員会　委員