Her research interests include the function of the gastrointestinal tract and its association with diet and the environment including commensal and pathogenic bacteria. Since early in her career, Dr. Saqui-Salces has been involved in the study of the mechanisms involved in modulation of the gastrointestinal epithelium function. She is exploring the changes on intestinal epithelial composition, endocrine secretion and local immune response of production animals fed diets with high fiber content. Dr. Saqui-Salces is currently working on establishing intestinal organoids as in vitro models to study these changes and as model for infectious diseases, like enteropathy caused by Lawsonia intracellularis infection.