Leonardo Caserta, PhD

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Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences

Interim Associate Director, Virology
Senior Research Associate

Animal Health Diagnostic Center

Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
Ithaca, NY 14853

Email: lcc88@cornell.edu

Education

  • PhD, Genetics and Molcular Biology, UNICAMP (University of Campinas), 2019
  • MS, Genetics and Molecular Biology, UNICAMP (University of Campinas), 2015
  • BS, Veterinary Medicine, UNESP (State University of São Paulo), 2011

Biography/Professional Experience

  • 2019 - Present, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
  • 2018 - 2019, Postdoctoral Research Associate, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
  • 2016, Teaching Training Internship. Discipline: Basic Microbiology, State University of Campinas, UNICAMP
  • 2012, Internship, Animal Virology Laboratory, Biology Institute, State University of Campinas, UNICAMP

Publications

  • C. CASERTA, L., G. NOLL, J. C., SINGREY, A., NIEDERWERDER, M. C., DEE, S., NELSON, E. A., & DIEL, D. G. (2022). Stability of Senecavirus A in animal feed ingredients and infection following consumption of contaminated feed. Transboundary and emerging diseases, 69(1), 88-96.
  • MARTINS, M., BOGGIATTO, P. M., BUCKLEY, A., CASSMANN, E. D., FALKENBERG, S., CASERTA, L. C., ... & DIEL, D. G. (2022). From Deer-to-Deer: SARS-CoV-2 is efficiently transmitted and presents broad tissue tropism and replication sites in white-tailed deer. PLoS pathogens, 18(3), e1010197.
  • C. CASERTA, L., MITCHELL, P. K., PLOCHARCZYK, E., & DIEL, D. G. (2021). Identification of a SARS-CoV-2 lineage B1. 1.7 virus in New York following return travel from the United Kingdom. Microbiology resource announcements, 10(9), e00097-21.
  • CARVALLO, F. R., MARTINS, M., JOSHI, L. R., CASERTA, L. C., MITCHELL, P. K., CECERE, T., ... & DIEL, D. G. (2021). Severe SARS-CoV-2 infection in a cat with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Viruses, 13(8), 1510.
  • PALMER, M. V., MARTINS, M., FALKENBERG, S., BUCKLEY, A., CASERTA, L. C., MITCHELL, P. K., ... & DIEL, D. G. (2021). Susceptibility of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) to SARS-CoV-2. Journal of virology, 95(11), e00083-21.
  • BASTOS, J. C. S., SIMAS, P. V. M., CASERTA, L. C., BRAGUNDE, A. E. A., DE LIMA MARSON, F. A., MARTINI, M. C., ... & ARNS, C. W. (2021). Rhinoviruses as critical agents in severe bronchiolitis in infants. Jornal de Pediatria.
  • MITCHELL, P. K., MARTINS, M., REILLY, T., CASERTA, L. C., ANDERSON, R., CRONK, B. D., ... & DIEL, D. G. (2021). Infection with SARS-CoV-2 Lineage B. 1.1. 7 in Three Malayan Tigers at the Virginia Zoological Park.
  • MCALOOSE, D., LAVERACK, M., WANG, L., KILLIAN, M. L., CASERTA, L. C., YUAN, F., ... & DIEL, D. G. (2020). From people to Panthera: Natural SARS-CoV-2 infection in tigers and lions at the Bronx Zoo. MBio, 11(5), e02220-20.
  • RIZOTTO, L. S., SIMÃO, R. M., SCAGION, G. P., SIMASAKI, A. A., CASERTA, L. C., BENASSI, J. C., ... & FERREIRA, H. L. (2019). Detection of avian metapneumovirus subtype A from wild birds in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 39, 209-213.
  • MARTINI, M. C.,* CASERTA, LEONARDO C.*; DOS SANTOS, MARCIA M. A. B.; BARNABÉ, ANA C. S.; DURÃES-CARVALHO, RICARDO; AIELLO PADILLA, MARINA; SIMÃO, RAPHAEL M.; RIZOTTO, LAÍS S.; SIMAS, PAULO V. M.; BASTOS, JULIANA C. S.; CARDOSO, TEREZA C.; FELIPPE, PAULO A. N.; ARNS, C.W.; FERREIRA, HELENA L. Avian coronavirus isolated from a pigeon sample induced clinical disease, tracheal ciliostasis, and a high humoral response in day-old chicks. AVIAN PATHOLOGY. , v.48, p.1 - 19, 2018. *Contributed equally to the article
  • JUDICE, CARLA CRISTINA; TAN, JESLIN J. L.; PARISE, PIERINA LORENCINI; KAM, YIU-WING; MILANEZ, GUILHERME PAIER; LEITE, JULIANA ALMEIDA; CASERTA, LEONARDO CARDIA; ARNS, CLARICE WEIS; RESENDE, MARIANGELA RIBEIRO; ANGERAMI, RODRIGO; AMARAL, ELIANA; JUNIOR, RENATO PASSINI; FREITAS, ANDRÉ RICARDO RIBAS; COSTA, FABIO TRINDADE MARANHÃO; PROENCA-MODENA, JOSE LUIZ; NG, LISA F. P. Efficient detection of Zika virus RNA in patients’ blood from the 2016 outbreak in Campinas, Brazil. Scientific Reports. , v.8, p.1 - , 2018.
  • RIZOTTO, LAÍS S.; SCAGION, GUILHERME P.; CARDOSO, TEREZA C.; SIMÃO, RAPHAEL M.; CASERTA, LEONARDO C.; BENASSI, JULIA C.; KEID, LARA B.; OLIVEIRA, TRÍCIA M. F. DE S.; SOARES, RODRIGO M.; ARNS, CLARICE W.; VAN BORM, STEVEN; FERREIRA, HELENA L. Complete Genome Sequence of an Avian Metapneumovirus Subtype A Strain Isolated from Chicken ( <i>Gallus gallus</i> ) in Brazil. GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS. , v.5, p.e00688-17 - , 2017.
  • BASTOS, JULIANA CRISTINA SANTIAGO; PADILLA, MARINA AIELLO; CASERTA, LEONARDO CARDIA; MIOTTO, NOELLE; VIGANI, ALINE GONZALEZ; ARNS, CLARICE WEIS Hepatitis C virus: Promising discoveries and new treatments. World Journal of Gastroenterology. , v.22, p.6393 - , 2016.
  • SIMAS, PAULO VITOR MARQUES; BARNABÉ, ANA CAROLINE DE SOUZA; DURÃES-CARVALHO, RICARDO; NETO, DANIEL FERREIRA DE LIMA; CASERTA, LEONARDO CARDIA; ARTACHO, LUIZA; JACOMASSA, FÁBIO ANDRÉ FACCO; MARTINI, MATHEUS CAVALHEIRO; BIANCHI DOS SANTOS, MÁRCIA MERCÊS APARECIDA; FELIPPE, PAULO ANSELMO NUNES; FERREIRA, HELENA LAGE; ARNS, CLARICE WEIS Bat Coronavirus in Brazil Related to Appalachian Ridge and Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Viruses. Emerging Infectious Diseases (Online). , v.21, p.729 - 731, 2015.
  • DURÃES-CARVALHO, RICARDO; CASERTA, LEONARDO C.; BARNABÉ, ANA C. S.; MARTINI, MATHEUS C.; FERREIRA, HELENA L.; FELIPPE, PAULO A. N.; SANTOS, MÁRCIA B.; ARNS, CLARICE W. Coronaviruses Detected in Brazilian Wild Birds Reveal Close Evolutionary Relationships with Beta- and Deltacoronaviruses Isolated From Mammals. Journal of Molecular Evolution. , v.81, p.21 - 23, 2015.
  • MARTINI, MATHEUS C.; GAMEIRO, JACY; CARDOSO, TEREZA CRISTINA; CASERTA, LEONARDO C.; GUALBERTO, ANA CAROLINA M.; KEID, LARA BORGES; OLIVEIRA, TRÍCIA M. F. DE S.; DOS SANTOS, MARCIA M. A. B.; ARNS, CLARICE W.; FERREIRA, HELENA L. Experimental infection of inbred BALB/c and A/J mice with Massachusetts and Brazilian strains of infectious bronchitis virus (IBV). Archives of Virology. , v.160, p.1785 - 1790, 2015.
  • DURÃES-CARVALHO, RICARDO; CASERTA, LEONARDO C.; BARNABÉ, ANA C.S.; MARTINI, MATHEUS C.; SIMAS, PAULO V.M.; SANTOS, MÁRCIA M.B.; SALEMI, MARCO; ARNS, CLARICE W. Phylogenetic and phylogeographic mapping of the avian coronavirus spike protein-encoding gene in wild and synanthropic birds. Virus Research (Print). , v.201, p.101 - 112, 2015.

Awards and Honors

  • 2020 AAVLD Trainee Awards - American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, ORAL PRESENTATION: "PRRSV genotyping by MinION amplicon sequencing"
  • 2021 AAVLD Travel Award - American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, ORAL PRESENTATION: "Development of rapid targeted and random protocols for MinION long reads sequencing in conjunction with bioinformatic pipelines for Senecavirus A"