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Massimo Bionaz is an Associate Professor in Dairy Nutrigenomics at Oregon State University's Department of Animal and Rangeland Sciences within the College of Agricultural Sciences. His research spans multiple interconnected areas of dairy science, nutrigenomics, and animal welfare.
Dr. Bionaz's primary research interests include: (1) Nutrigenomics in dairy cows, focusing on development of high-throughput systems to study nutrient-gene interactions, particularly examining transcriptomic and epigenomic effects of long-chain fatty acids; (2) Milk and human health, investigating effects of milk components on obesity and bone development, with emphasis on mesenchymal stem cells and microRNA present in milk exosomes; (3) Welfare and management of dairy cows, developing integrative welfare systems and studying inflammatory conditions during peripartum; (4) Systems biology, further developing the Dynamic Impact Approach for analyzing complex omics datasets; and (5) Feeding hemp byproducts to ruminants, evaluating the effects of spent hemp biomass on animal performance and product quality.
His publication record demonstrates expertise in nutrigenomics, dairy cow metabolism, and systems biology approaches. Recent publications highlight work on hemp biomass utilization in ruminant diets, PPAR signaling in dairy cows, milk components and human health, and welfare assessment systems.
- Best poster presentation, PNW Animal Nutrition Conference (2019)
- Editor's Choice, Journal of Dairy Science (2019)
- Best poster presentation, International Conference on Biological Ontology & BioCreative (2016)
- Star Reviewers, The American Physiology Society (2014)
Dr. Bionaz teaches several courses including ANS 439/539 Dairy Production Systems, ANS 538 Lactation Biology, and various research-focused courses. His lab utilizes advanced equipment including KingFisher Duo magnetic separator, DMI 6000 Leica microscope, and Agilent HPLC 2600 for molecular and cellular analyses.
