Eliana Marino Moreno

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Biography

Dr. Eliana Marino is a Principal Research Fellow and Head of the Immunology and Diabetes Laboratory at the School of Biomedical Sciences, Monash University. She and her team are trying to identify potential new mechanisms focusing on how diet, the microbiota and microbial SCFA may affects the immune system, gut homoeostasis and therefore improving the burden of people with diabetes and related complications.

Dr. Eliana Marino completed her BSc studies with first class in Venezuela (1998) and began her research career working at the Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research (IVIC), where she published 2 first author papers. Then in Australia she was awarded with the NHMRC -Dora Lush Biomedical Postgraduate Research Scholarship and received her PhD from New South Wales University in 2010. She completed 5 years of postdoctoral research between The Garvan Institute for Medical Research in Sydney and working with Prof. Charles Mackay at Monash University in Melbourne. After a brief period as a research officer she was awarded a JDRF Early Career Fellowship in 2013 and in 2014 awarded the prestigious Type 1 Millennium Award from Diabetes Australia - the largest allocated funding in Victoria.

Dr. Marinos career has been characterized by several important research advances in the field of immunology, inflammation and autoimmunity, specifically in B cell migr.

Research interests

Immunology, inflammation and autoimmunity, specifically in B cell migration, cross-presentation of auto-antigens and Treg cells.

Dr. Marino's current research is at the cutting edge of the field and her lab is one of the leading groups worldwide studying the role of diet and microbiota on the course of autoimmune diabetes and related complications such as kidney disease and obesity.

External positions

Adjunct Fellow, Charles Perkins Centre

14 Nov 2014 → 21 Dec 2021

Keywords

Diabetes
Diet and nutrition
Immunology
Inflammation
Microbiome
mucosal Immunology
Autoimmunity
Type 1 diabetes

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Projects 2013 2019

1 Not started
2 Active
4 Finished

The use of dietary supplements which release high levels of gut metabolites to lower blood pressure: a phase IIa clinical trial

Coelho Marques, F., Kaye, D., Mackay, C. & Marino Moreno, E.

The Heart Foundation

1/01/19 → 31/12/19

Project: Research

Specialized dietary intervention in human type 1 diabetes

Marino Moreno, E., Bell, K., Saad, S. & Hamilton-Williams, E. E.

21/06/18 → 20/12/19

17 Article
5 Review Article
1 Chapter (Book)
1 Comment / Debate
1 More
- 1 Scientific Review

Decreased maternal serum acetate and impaired fetal thymic and regulatory T cell development in preeclampsia

Hu, M., Eviston, D., Hsu, P., Mariño, E., Chidgey, A., Santner-Nanan, B., Wong, K., Richards, J. L., Yap, Y. A., Collier, F., Quinton, A., Joung, S., Peek, M., Benzie, R., Macia, L., Wilson, D., Ponsonby, A. L., Tang, M. L. K., O’Hely, M., Daly, N. L. & 5 othersMackay, C. R., Dahlstrom, J. E., The BIS Investigator Group, Vuillermin, P. & Nanan, R., 10 Jul 2019, In : Nature Communications. 10, 1, 13 p., 3031.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

Open Access

File

Dietary Short Chain Fatty Acids: How the gut microbiota fight against autoimmune and inflammatory diseases

McLeod, K. H., Richards, J. L., Yap, Y. A. & Marino, E., 2019, Bioactive Food as Dietary Interventions for Arthritis and Related Inflammatory Diseases. Watson, R. & Preedy, V. (eds.). 2nd ed. Academic Press, p. 139-159 21 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review

Gut microbial metabolite butyrate protects against proteinuric kidney disease through epigenetic- and GPR109a-mediated mechanisms

Felizardo, R. J. F., de Almeida, D. C., Pereira, R. L., Watanabe, I. K. M., Doimo, N. T. S., Ribeiro, W. R., Cenedeze, M. A., Hiyane, M. I., Amano, M. T., Braga, T. T., Ferreira, C. M., Parmigiani, R. B., Andrade-Oliveira, V., Volpini, R. A., Vinolo, M. A. R., Mariño, E., Robert, R., Mackay, C. R. & Camara, N. O. S., Nov 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : FASEB Journal. 33, 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

An insight into the intestinal web of mucosal immunity, microbiota, and diet in inflammation

Yap, Y. A. & Mariño, E., 20 Nov 2018, In : Frontiers in Immunology. 9, 9 p., 02617.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review

Open Access

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Gut microbial metabolites limit the frequency of autoimmune T cells and protect against type 1 diabetes

Marino, E., Richards, J. L., McLeod, K. H., Stanley, D., Yap, Y. A., Knight, J., McKenzie, C., Kranich, J., Oliveira, A. C., Rossello, F. J., Krishnamurthy, B., Nefzger, C. M., Macia, L., Thorburn, A., Baxter, A. G., Morahan, G., Wong, L. H., Polo, J. M., Moore, R. J., Lockett, T. J. & 4 othersClarke, J. M., Topping, D. L., Harrison, L. C. & Mackay, C. R., May 2017, In : Nature Immunology. 18, 5, p. 552-562 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review