Dr. Sakaguchi has been appointed as the new Director of Biology and Genetics Undergraduate Programs within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Dr. Sakaguchi been a professor at ISU for over 30 years and has conducted research in the areas of neuroscience, stem cells, and tissue engineering. He has also been an instructor for several different courses including BIOL 212 (Principles of Biology II), 328 (Molecular and Cellular Biology of Human Diseases), 394 (Study Abroad - Caribbean Marine Biology), 436 (Neurobiology), LAS 103D (Frontiers in the Discipline-Stem Cells and Cellular Engineering), NEURO 556 (Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience), 557 (Advanced Neuroscience Techniques) and 661 (Current Topics in Neuroscience).

Dr. Sakaguchi can be reached at (dssakagu@iastate.edu) with questions and concerns about the Biology or Genetics programs.