Editor’s Note: Ostrow faculty members Drs. Malcolm Snead and Yan Zhou were among the authors of “Supramolecular Nanofibers Enhance Growth Factor Signaling by Increasing Lipid Raft Mobility,” published on April 12, 2016 in Nano Letters, which has an impact factor of 13.592. We asked Dr. Snead to share his scientific discovery with our community. Cell signaling […]
Associate Dean of Research Yang Chai PhD ’91, DDS ’96 has just received $2.1 million to continue research that could one day allow scientists to use stem cells to regrow living tissue. The five-year grant, funded by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, will give Ostrow researchers the opportunity to better understand what […]
Ostrow research associate Andres Stucky shares what he learned at this year’s Research Day. Each spring, the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry hosts Research Day. During the event, faculty members, residents and students from Ostrow — including the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy and the USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy […]
Dentistry to lead multidisciplinary effort to bring innovative treatments to market. Above: Yang Chai PhD ’91, DDS ’96 Tissue regeneration is about to become a lot more fact than science fiction, thanks to a $2 million grant that’s being divided among 10 research centers and universities, including the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC. […]
Associate professor of clinical dentistry Reyes Enciso has been named the recipient of the 2015 William H. Rollins Award for Research in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology. Above: Dr. Reyes Enciso MS ’09 Associate professor of clinical dentistry Reyes Enciso has been named the recipient of the 2015 William H. Rollins Award for Research in Oral […]
The findings, highlighted in the journal Development, could one day provide biological treatment alternatives to dental implants. Above: Yang Chai PhD ’91, DDS ’96 Ostrow researchers have made an important discovery that could eventually lead dental professionals to replace missing dentition with a completely regenerated tooth structure. The recent discovery, published in Development, focused specifically […]
Above: Amy Merrill-Brugger PhD ’05 Ostrow researcher and assistant professor of craniofacial molecular biology Amy Merrill-Brugger PhD ’05 received the National Institute of Health Research Project Grant (R01) for her scientific investigation on inherited human conditions that cause facial bones to develop abnormally. “Congenital disorders are particularly devastating as our facial bones support tools to […]
Ostrow researchers are closer than ever to being able to regrow enamel, thanks in part to a recent scientific discovery published in the latest issue of the journal Biomaterials. In the article, Dr. Malcolm Snead, who is chair of the division of biomedical sciences at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, shared […]
The 2014 performance review is in for the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry—and Ostrow faculty members fared very well. In an editorial published in the April 2015 issue of the international journal, editor-in-chief Dr. Stephen F. Rosenstiel laid out basic metrics concerning the publication’s 2014 performance, including the number of manuscripts received and published, web page […]
Alireza Moshaverinia PhD ’12, PROS ’12 has received a 2015 Zumberge Individual Research Award to develop a hydrogel that could help treat a common surgical complication from dental implants. Above: Alireza Moshaverinia Ph.D. ’12, PROS ’12 The prestigious award, worth $30,000, is just one of several hundred thousands of dollars that the James H. Zumberge […]
