Ace Santiago, Ph.D.

Scientist at 10x Genomics with chemistry and biology training at Cornell and Harvard

Research Interests

biochemistry
proteins
biophysics
single-molecule imaging
genomics
Cell Biology
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Microbiology (medical)
Genetics
Microbiology
Immunology
Molecular Biology
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Materials Chemistry
Surfaces, Coatings and Films

About

Experienced Biochemist and Biophysicist with 13+ years in protein and nucleic acid research, specializing in genomics assay development, multi-omics, biomolecule analytics, microbiology, and cellular imaging. Multi-disciplinary Scientist with outstanding academic training and 4 years of industrial research experience, adept at studying biomolecular interactions and gene expression to understand protein function and cellular physiology.

Publications

Concentration- and chromosome-organization-dependent regulator unbinding from DNA for transcription regulation in living cells

Nature Communications / Jul 06, 2015

Chen, T.-Y., Santiago, A. G., Jung, W., Krzemiński, Ł., Yang, F., Martell, D. J., Helmann, J. D., & Chen, P. (2015). Concentration- and chromosome-organization-dependent regulator unbinding from DNA for transcription regulation in living cells. Nature Communications, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8445

Staphylococcus aureus cell growth and division are regulated by an amidase that trims peptides from uncrosslinked peptidoglycan

Nature Microbiology / Jan 13, 2020

Do, T., Schaefer, K., Santiago, A. G., Coe, K. A., Fernandes, P. B., Kahne, D., Pinho, M. G., & Walker, S. (2020). Staphylococcus aureus cell growth and division are regulated by an amidase that trims peptides from uncrosslinked peptidoglycan. Nature Microbiology, 5(2), 291–303. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-019-0632-1

The Length of Lipoteichoic Acid Polymers Controls Staphylococcus aureus Cell Size and Envelope Integrity

Journal of Bacteriology / Jul 27, 2020

Hesser, A. R., Matano, L. M., Vickery, C. R., Wood, B. M., Santiago, A. G., Morris, H. G., Do, T., Losick, R., & Walker, S. (2020). The Length of Lipoteichoic Acid Polymers Controls Staphylococcus aureus Cell Size and Envelope Integrity. Journal of Bacteriology, 202(16). https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.00149-20

Metalloregulator CueR biases RNA polymerase’s kinetic sampling of dead-end or open complex to repress or activate transcription

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences / Oct 19, 2015

Martell, D. J., Joshi, C. P., Gaballa, A., Santiago, A. G., Chen, T.-Y., Jung, W., Helmann, J. D., & Chen, P. (2015). Metalloregulator CueR biases RNA polymerase’s kinetic sampling of dead-end or open complex to repress or activate transcription. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(44), 13467–13472. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1515231112

Adaptor protein mediates dynamic pump assembly for bacterial metal efflux

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences / Jun 12, 2017

Santiago, A. G., Chen, T.-Y., Genova, L. A., Jung, W., George Thompson, A. M., McEvoy, M. M., & Chen, P. (2017). Adaptor protein mediates dynamic pump assembly for bacterial metal efflux. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(26), 6694–6699. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1704729114

Mechanical stress compromises multicomponent efflux complexes in bacteria

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences / Nov 26, 2019

Genova, L. A., Roberts, M. F., Wong, Y.-C., Harper, C. E., Santiago, A. G., Fu, B., Srivastava, A., Jung, W., Wang, L. M., Krzemiński, Ł., Mao, X., Sun, X., Hui, C.-Y., Chen, P., & Hernandez, C. J. (2019). Mechanical stress compromises multicomponent efflux complexes in bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(51), 25462–25467. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1909562116

Quantifying Multistate Cytoplasmic Molecular Diffusion in Bacterial Cells via Inverse Transform of Confined Displacement Distribution

The Journal of Physical Chemistry B / Nov 02, 2015

Chen, T.-Y., Jung, W., Santiago, A. G., Yang, F., Krzemiński, Ł., & Chen, P. (2015). Quantifying Multistate Cytoplasmic Molecular Diffusion in Bacterial Cells via Inverse Transform of Confined Displacement Distribution. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 119(45), 14451–14459. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b08654

Metal-induced sensor mobilization turns on affinity to activate regulator for metal detoxification in live bacteria

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences / May 28, 2020

Fu, B., Sengupta, K., Genova, L. A., Santiago, A. G., Jung, W., Krzemiński, Ł., Chakraborty, U. K., Zhang, W., & Chen, P. (2020). Metal-induced sensor mobilization turns on affinity to activate regulator for metal detoxification in live bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(24), 13248–13255. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1919816117

Single-Molecule Dynamics and Mechanisms of Metalloregulators and Metallochaperones

Biochemistry / Oct 01, 2013

Chen, P., Keller, A. M., Joshi, C. P., Martell, D. J., Andoy, N. M., Benítez, J. J., Chen, T.-Y., Santiago, A. G., & Yang, F. (2013). Single-Molecule Dynamics and Mechanisms of Metalloregulators and Metallochaperones. Biochemistry, 52(41), 7170–7183. https://doi.org/10.1021/bi400597v

Single‐molecule dynamics of the molecular chaperone trigger factor in living cells

Molecular Microbiology / Sep 30, 2016

Yang, F., Chen, T., Krzemiński, Ł., Santiago, A. G., Jung, W., & Chen, P. (2016). Single‐molecule dynamics of the molecular chaperone trigger factor in living cells. Molecular Microbiology, 102(6), 992–1003. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.13529

The cell cycle in Staphylococcus aureus is regulated by an amidase that controls peptidoglycan synthesis

May 10, 2019

Do, T., Schaefer, K., Santiago, A. G., Coe, K. A., Fernandes, P. B., Kahne, D., Pinho, M. G., & Walker, S. (2019). The cell cycle in Staphylococcus aureus is regulated by an amidase that controls peptidoglycan synthesis. https://doi.org/10.1101/634089

Single‐molecule dynamics of the molecular chaperone trigger factor in living cells

Molecular Microbiology / Sep 30, 2016

Yang, F., Chen, T., Krzemiński, Ł., Santiago, A. G., Jung, W., & Chen, P. (2016). Single‐molecule dynamics of the molecular chaperone trigger factor in living cells. Molecular Microbiology, 102(6), 992–1003. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.13529

The cell cycle in Staphylococcus aureus is regulated by an amidase that controls peptidoglycan synthesis

May 10, 2019

Do, T., Schaefer, K., Santiago, A. G., Coe, K. A., Fernandes, P. B., Kahne, D., Pinho, M. G., & Walker, S. (2019). The cell cycle in Staphylococcus aureus is regulated by an amidase that controls peptidoglycan synthesis. https://doi.org/10.1101/634089

Single-Molecule Specific Mislocalization of Red Fluorescent Proteins in Live Escherichia coli

Biophysical Journal / Jul 01, 2016

Ghodke, H., Caldas, V. E. A., Punter, C. M., van Oijen, A. M., & Robinson, A. (2016). Single-Molecule Specific Mislocalization of Red Fluorescent Proteins in Live Escherichia coli. Biophysical Journal, 111(1), 25–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2016.05.047

Education

University of the Philippines Diliman

Bachelor of Science, Chemistry

Quezon City

Cornell University

Doctor of Philosophy, Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Experience

Harvard Medical School

Postdoctoral Fellow / June, 2017Present

Cornell University

Postdoctoral Associate / August, 2016April, 2017

10x Genomics

Scientist II / August, 2021Present

Development of single cell and spatial multi-omics technologies

Siemens Healthineers

Senior Biochemist / March, 2020August, 2021

Analytical development of clinical diagnostics assays

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