Principal investigator
S. Celeste Morley, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
- Email: morleys@wustl.edu
A native of North Carolina, Celeste moved to St. Louis in 2005 for her fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Her post-doctoral research with Paul Allen, Ph.D., in the Department of Pathology and Immunology, was supported by the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society-St. Jude’s Award for Basic Research. Celeste opened her laboratory as an independent investigator in the summer of 2010. She lives in south St. Louis with her husband and two daughters.
Left to right: Hemant Joshi, Emily Krone, Betsy Todd, Selina Lin, Celeste Morley, Ed Anaya
Personnel
Hemant Joshi
Senior Scientist
Hemant is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Morley lab. He joined the lab in February 2018.
Selina Lin
Senior Scientist
Betsy Todd
Senior Research Technician
Betsy is the senior technician in the Morley lab, having been with Celeste since 2009. She received her BA in Molecular Biology at Blackburn College in Carlinville, IL and MA in Biology from Washington University in St. Louis. Betsy manages the laboratory as well as performing critical experiments to elucidate the function of L-plastin in macrophage development and lymphocyte function.
Edgar Anaya
Research Specialist
Edgar is an experienced research assistant, who came to the Morley lab in 2016, from El Paso, TX. He graduated from The University of Texas at El Paso in 2008, receiving his BA in Biology. His ambition for learning more at the bench extends from molecular work to clinical studies. He also enjoys tacos al pastor, grilled chicken and eclectic music.
Emily Krone
Research Technician II
Past personnel
Anvitha Addanki
Undergraduate student
Rashmi Ramani
Staff Scientist
Taylor Szasz
Research Technician
Donna Thompson
Senior Research Technician
Emma Walker
DBBS Graduate Student