Faculty

Research interests: Animal Behavior, Neurobiology, Stress Physiology, Human-Animal Interactions, Ecological Medicine, Green Care, Care Farming

I am a veterinarian with epidemiology and biostatistical training and my specialty where I practice my training is in dairy cattle health and welfare. My lab, the Dairy Epi Lab

My primary research focus is the critical neonate and broodmare, with a particular interest in periparturient conditions of the mare and foal, and hemolytic and hemorrhagic disorders and advances in treatment. I'm also interested in equine gastrointestinal conditions and renal disease.

Adaptation to environmental challenges, animal behavior, energy metabolism, endocrinology, cell biology

Aquaculture, aquacultural engineering, cultivation systems, recirculation systems, protected species conservation, hatchery operations, animal behavior, water quality management, sperm, reproduction, nutrition, machine learning, and computational fluid dynamics

Research focuses on developing and applying epidemiological tools to monitor food safety hazards and identify mitigation strategies to reduce the dissemination of foodborne pathogens in pre-harvest and the spread of infectious diseases in agricultural systems (including integrated crop-livestock, diversified, organic farms, small-scale and backyard farms).

Investigating flexibilities in nutritional physiology and metabolism for sustainable dairy cattle production; protein and energy metabolism in dairy cattle; mammary gland utilization of amino acids and energy substrates.

Neonate immunity (colostrum management) in domestic and wild ruminants

Focused on translational research in small animal gastroenterology under the One Health philosophy. One main focus of the lab is the gut microbiome and metabolome and its various effects on other organ systems including the gut-brain-axis and the peripheral immune system. Under this umbrella we also investigate novel treatment strategies including fecal microbiota transplantations. A second important research focus revolves around novel diagnostic and treatment options for feline chronic enteropathies including inflammatory bowel disease and feline low-grade intestinal T-cell lymphoma. We are closely collaborating with veterinary and human pathologists to identify novel biomarkers as diagnostic and therapeutic targets utilizing traditional (H&E, immunohistochemistry) and novel techniques. The Marsilio lab is proud to provide a diverse, inclusive, collaborative, and safe environment for everyone.

My research focuses on cancer biology in both human and comparative animals. We aim to understand the biological significance of tumor suppressors, e.g. p53 tumor suppressor family proteins, or oncogenes and their regulations in cancers by employing molecular cell biology, metabolomics, functional genomics (e.g. ChIP-seq and RNA-seq), bioinformatics, genetics and pharmacological approaches.