About the Program

Fabio Casu

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

Address: Marine Resources Research Institute, 217 Fort Johnson Road, Charleston, SC 29412
Phone: 843.953.9794
E-mail: casuf@dnr.sc.gov


Education

Ph.D., 2013, Medical University of South Carolina  
 M.Sc., 2003, Università degli Studi di Sassari

Research Interests

  • NMR-based metabolomics
  • Aquaculture 
  • Mariculture fish diets

Current and planned research projects: 

  •  Usage of soybean products in mariculture fish feeds

Publications

  • Casu, F., D.A. Klett, J.Y. Yost, M. Denson, & A.M. Watson. 2022. An NMR-based metabolomics assessment of the effect of combinations of natural feed items on juvenile Red Drum, Sciaenops ocellatus. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 10(4): 547. 
  • Lu, X., D. Deng, F. Huang, F. Casu, E. Kraco, R.J. Newton, M. Zohn, S.J. Teh, A.M. Watson, B. Shepherd, Y. Ma, M.A.O Dawood, & L.M.R. Mendoza. 2022. Chronic exposure to high-density polyethylene microplastic through feeding alters the nutrient metabolism of juvenile yellow perch (Perca flavescens). Animal Nutrition 9: 143-158. 
  • Casu, F., A.M. Watson, J. Yost, J.W. Leffler, T.G. Gaylord, F.T. Barrows, P.A. Sandifer, M.R. Denson, & D.W. Bearden. 2019. Investigation of graded-level soybean meal diets in Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) using NMR-based metabolomics analysis. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics 29: 173-184.
  • Watson, A.M., F. Casu, D.W. Bearden, J. Yost, M.R. Denson, T.G. Gaylord, P. Anderson, P.A. Sandifer, J.W. Leffler, & F.T. Barrows. 2019. Investigation of graded levels of soybean meal diets for Red Drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, using quantitative PCR derived biomarkers. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics 29: 274-285.
  • Casu, F., A.M. Watson, J. Yost, J.W. Leffler, T.G. Gaylord, F.T. Barrows, P.A. Sandifer, M.R. Denson, & D.W. Bearden. 2017. Metabolomics analysis of effects of commercial soy-based protein products in Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). Journal of Proteome Research 16: 2481-2494.
  • Casu, F., B.M. Duggan, & M. Hennig. 2013. The arginine-rich RNA-binding motif of HIV-1 Rev is intrensically disordered and folds upon RRE binding. Biophysical Journal 105(4): 1004-1017.