Dr. Saúl Rojas Sánchez

Biography

Saúl Rojas Sánchez, Ph.D., is an Associate Research Scientist at Yale School of Medicine, specifically in the Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine from the National Autonomous University of Mexico as part of the doctoral program at the Postgraduate School in Biological Sciences. His research during his undergraduate studies focused on characterizing specific DNA sequences responsible for promoting transcription of U2 small nuclear RNA in the trypanosomatid parasite Leishmania major, the causative agent of leishmaniasis. Currently, his studies at the lab of Dr. Christian Tschudi involve understanding the molecular mechanisms that lead to increased infectivity and quiescence in the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei, the etiological agent of human and animal African trypanosomiasis.

Research Interests