Faculty

Philip Ruzycki, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: p.ruzycki@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
Key words

Nancy Saccone, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: nlims@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Human and Statistical Genetics
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
Statistical genetics, complex human diseases, analysis methods
Key words
genetics, substance dependence, addiction, human disease gene mapping, association studies, linkage analysis

Jose Saenz, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: saenzj@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Gastric epithelial responses to acute and chronic gastric injury
Key words
double-stranded RNA, host response, Helicobacter pylori

Rajan Sah, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: rajan.sah@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Study the function of novel ion channels as they relate to growth and metabolism
Key words

Naresha Saligrama, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: nareshas@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Adaptive immune responses in neuroinflammatory, neurodegenerative, and neuropsychiatric diseases
Key words
Neuroimmunology, Autoimmunity, T cell receptors, Antigens

Lawrence Salkoff, PhD
Professor
- Email: salkoffl@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
How ion channels function in physiology and behavior
Key words
neurobiology, genome analysis, development, behavior, physiology

Vijay Samineni, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: vksamineni@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
Intersection between visceral sensation, organ function, and emotions
Key words
Visceral Pain, Genomics, Neural Circuits, Emotions

Mark Sands, PhD
Professor
- Email: mssands@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Pathophysiology and novel therapies for lysosomal storage diseases
Key words
gene therapy, hematopoiesis, metabolism, neurobiology, neurodegeneration, stem cells

Celia Santi Grau Perez, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: santic@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Aspects of sexual reproduction that involve membrane excitability and control of membrane voltage in spermatozoa, which are essential for the sperm to fertilize the egg
Key words
male fertility, ion channels, sperm physiology,

Marco Sardiello, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: sardiello@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
My laboratory uses genetics, cell biology and systems biology approaches to study how the cell regulates its metabolic programs and how dysfunctions in these programs lead to neurological disease
Key words