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Sylvain De Guise

University of Connecticut

Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science

61 North Eagleville Road, Unit-3089
Storrs, CT  06269  

sylvain.deguise@uconn.edu

Project List:

Consortium for Advanced Research on Marine Mammal Health Assessment (CARMMHA)

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Lead

Investigation of Mechanisms for Reproductive Failure in the Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill to Understand Population Recovery Scenarios for Cetaceans

Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)Role: Research Scientist

The Combined Effect of Environmental and Anthropogenic Stressors on Fish Health

Year 3-5 Investigator Grants (RFP-II)Role: Principal Investigator, Project Data Point of Contact, Program Manager / Technical Coordinator, Outreach Point of Contact

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 4

2021

Takeshita, R., Bursian, S. J., Colegrove, K. M., Collier, T. K., Deak, K., Dean, K. M., et al. (2021). A review of the toxicology of oil in vertebrates: what we have learned following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, 24(8), 355–394.

2020

Herrman, J. M., Morey, J. S., Takeshita, R., De Guise, S., Wells, R. S., McFee, W., et al. (2020). Age determination of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) using dental radiography pulp:tooth area ratio measurements. PLoS ONE, 15(11), e0242273.
Rodgers, M. L., Simning, D., Sepulveda, M. S., De Guise, S., Bosker, T., & Griffitt, R. J. (2020). Exposure to Oil and Hypoxia Results in Alterations of Immune Transcriptional Patterns in Developing Sheepshead Minnows (Cyprinodon variegatus). Sci Rep, 10(1), 1684.

2019

De Guise, S., Levin, M. J., Jasperse, L., Risatti, G., & Wells, R. (2019). T Helper Cell Subsets And Their Functions In Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Frontiers in Immunology, 10, Article 1578.

Conference Presentations - 10

2020

De Guise, S., Levin, M., Jasperse, L., Herrman, J., Wells, R., Takeshita, R., et al. (2020). Changes in Bottlenose Dolphin Immune Functions Associated With the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Northern Gulf of Mexico – A Recurrence? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.

2019

De Guise, S., Levin, M., Jasperse, L., Gebhard, E., Herrman, J., Smith, C., et al. (2019). Changes in bottlenose dolphin immune functions associated with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the northern Gulf of Mexico, a recurrence? In World Marine Mammal Conference 2019. Barcelona, Spain : 12/09/19-12/12/19.
De Guise, S., Levin, M., Jasperse, L., Gebhard, E., Herrmann, J., Smith, C., et al. (2019). Recurrence of Bottlenose Dolphin Immune Function Changes Associated With the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Schwacke, L. H., Thomas, L., Smith, C., Bossart, G., Burt, L., De Guise, S., et al. (2019). Veterinary Expert System for Outcome Prediction (VESOP): A Bayesian model to predict changes in cetacean population vital rates from measures of individual health. In World Marine Mammal Conference 2019. Barcelona, Spain : 12/09/19-12/12/19.
Smith, C., Gomez, F., Colegrove, C., Rowles, T., Balmer, B., Takeshita, R., et al. (2019). The Long-Term Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Bottlenose Dolphins and the Development of Advanced Diagnostic Tools to Better Characterize Injury and Recovery. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.

2016

Serafin, J., Bosker, T., Perkins, C., Griffitt, R. J., De Guise, S., & Sepulveda, M. (2016). Combined Effects of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and other Environmental Stressors on an Estuarine Fish Species. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
Serafin, J., Bosker, T., Perkins, C., Griffitt, R. J., De Guise, S., & Sepúlveda, M. (2016). Combined Effects of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and other Environmental Stressors on an Estuarine Fish Species. In 7th Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) World Congress/SETAC North America 37th Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL : 11/06/16-11/10/16: Poster.

2015

De Guise, S., Bosker, T., Sepulveda, M. S., Griffitt, R. J., & Perkins, C. R. (2015). The combined effect of environmental and anthropogenic stressors on fish health. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.
Sepulveda, M. S., Klinkhammer, C., Griffitt, R. J., Perkins, C., Bosker, T., Mahapatra, C., et al. (2015). Evaluation of Multiple Stressors in Combination with Oil using Fundulus Grandis. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
van Balen, L., Vroom, R., Bosker, T., De Guise, S., Perkins, C., Sepulveda, M., et al. (2015). The combined effect of environmental and anthropogenic stressors on fish health. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.