Welcome to the Santos Lab!

We are a chemistry lab applying organic synthesis in medicinal chemistry and chemical biology. Central to our work is synthetic methods development and discovery of molecules that improve human health.

Synthetic Methods Methods that install boron and silicon atoms into carbon-carbon bonds	Mitochondrial Uncouplers  Small molecule drug discovery program for the  treatment of obesity, fatty liver disease, metabolic diseases, and aging
SphK Inhibitors Development of sphingosine kinase (SphK) 1 & 2 inhibitors  as medicine for multiple sclerosis, metastatic cancers and kidney fibrosis	S1P Transporters Medicinal chemistry program to inhibit sphingosine-1-phosphate transport for the treatment of chronic kidney disease and multiple sclerosis

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