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  • Matteo Santoro Pharm.D., Ph.D.

    Matteo Santoro Pharm.D., Ph.D.

    Postdoctoral Scholar, Pathology

    BioDr. Santoro joined Shamloo’s lab in March 2021 focusing his research on Parkinson’s disease, neuronal vulnerability, and identification of therapeutic markers in relation to α-synucleinopathies. Prior to his arrival at Stanford, he held a position as a clinical monitor at Syneos Health where he gained key knowledge needed to translate lab-based findings into clinical and commercial applications. Previously, Dr. Santoro held a postdoctoral position at the University of Aberdeen (Scotland, UK) working on amyloid-beta extracts from Alzheimer’s disease patients. During his postdoctoral research, Dr. Santoro designed and optimized a cost-effective and rapid assay for the measurement of toxic amyloid-beta species in human biofluids. In 2017, he obtained his Ph.D. (4-year program) at the University of Aberdeen on Parkinson’s disease (PD), immunology, and behavior. The major findings Ph.D. findings were the following: 1) the characterization of a small protein called HMGB1 as an inflammatory mediator in PD; 2) the motor and non-motor behavioral characterization of three neurotoxin based mouse models of PD, 3) the characterization of the innate immune response in PD through the toll-like receptor signaling pathways 4) evaluation of the effects of chronic systemic inflammation on both resident and infiltrating immune cells in the CNS. In 2012 Dr. Santoro attained his Pharm.D. in chemistry and pharmaceutical technology (5-year program) at the University of Calabria (Italy) during which he undertook an internship at the King’s College London (SGDP Centre) and worked for over a year on a rat model of stroke.

  • Melissa Steele-Ogus

    Melissa Steele-Ogus

    Postdoctoral Scholar, Pathology

    BioMelissa Steele-Ogus grew up in Berkeley, California. She received a BS in Environmental Sciences and BA in Molecular Biology from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2012. She earned a PhD in Biology from the University of Washington in 2021, studying the actin cytoskeleton of Giardia lamblia. In her free time, she enjoys dancing, baking, and birdwatching. She may be secretly some sort of weird bug, but probably isn't.

  • Shih-Po Su

    Shih-Po Su

    Postdoctoral Scholar, Pathology

    BioI am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Pathology at Stanford University.

    My primary areas of expertise are Medical Image Computing and Mechanical Design.
    During my doctoral studies, I focused on "3D NIR-II/SWIR fluorescence imaging for small animals in preclinical studies".
    I successfully developed 3D NIR-II/SWIR fluorescence imaging using single-camera stereo vision to study the biodistribution of mice.

    At present, I am working on a project related to NIR-II fluorescence imaging in surgical guidance.
    Please feel free to contact me if you are interested in collaborating on research.