Statistical programming for candidate gene discovery
Phenotyping and physiological assay development
Grant writing and project management
2010 Postdoctoral Associate, BTI at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
LC/MS metabolic fingerprinting and multivariate data analysis
Maize breeding program assistance
2008 Ph.D. in Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA
Forest disease etiology and epidemiological modeling
Phytohormone-based abiotic stress x disease crosstalk
2005 Research Intern, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2004 Research Intern, Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA
Maize breeding program assistance
2008 Ph.D. in Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA
Forest disease etiology and epidemiological modeling
Phytohormone-based abiotic stress x disease crosstalk
2005 Research Intern, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2004 Research Intern, Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA
DiLeo, M.V., Strahan, G.D., den Bakker, M., Hoekenga, O.A. 2011. Weighted correlation network analysis (WGCNA) applied to the tomato fruit metabolome. PLoS ONE.
DiLeo, M.V., Stewart, A.C., Deslattes Mays, A. 2011. Finding biology in data: Gene regulatory network discovery through data mining [Poster]. ACS Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
DiLeo, M.V., Stewart, A.C., Deslattes Mays, A. 2011. Finding biology in data: Gene regulatory network discovery through data mining [Poster]. ACS Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
DiLeo, M.V., Pye, M.F., Roubtsova, T., Duniway, J.M., MacDonald, J.D., Rizzo, D.M., Bostock, R.M. 2010. Abscisic acid in salt stress predisposition to Phytophthora root and crown rot in tomato and chrysanthemum. Phytopathology.
DiLeo, M.V., Bostock, R.M., Rizzo, D.M. 2009. Phytophthora ramorum does not cause physiologically significant systemic injury to California bay laurel, its primary reservoir host. Phytopathology.
DiLeo, M.V., Bienapfl, J.C., Rizzo, D.M. 2008. Phytophthora ramorum infects hazelnut, vine maple, blue blossom, and manzanita species in California. Plant Health Progress.
Ockels, F.S., DiLeo, M.V., Bonello, P. 2007. Desiccation at ambient temperature effectively preserves plant tissues infected with Phytophthoras. Plant Health Progress.
