Faculty

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.

Aquatic ecology and toxicology

Physiology and Toxicology. The long-term goal of my research is to investigate the molecular and physiological mechanisms that allow organisms to cope with environmental stressors, including both anthropogenic and natural stressors. Specifically, I am interested in how stressor and toxin exposure in early life stages of local fish and invertebrate species translate to sublethal effects at later life stages.

Research Interests: Anthrozoology, including humans and their service dogs, impacts on humans of animal death, effects of humans on their pets’ behaviors, effects of timing of neutering dogs, mahouts’ relationships with elephants; and Animal Behavior, including elephant communication and social behavior, canine behavior

Research Interests: Gut microbiome, Probiotics, Prebiotics, Bovine Mastitis

Affective Science, Development and Plasticity, Systems Neuroscience, Translational Neuroscience