Principle Investigator
Manish Bais, DVM, PhD.
W202A, 700 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118
617-638-4339; bmanish@bu.edu
Lab Members
Amit Chakraborty
Postdoctoral Associate
Rajnikant Raut
Research fellow/Postdoctoral Associate
Cheyleann Del Valle-Ponce De Leon
PhD Student
Madi Almadi
DSc Student
Chumki Choudhury
Visiting Scholar
Alumni
Kisa Iqbal
MSD Endodontic student (2022-2023)
Worked on LSD1 in oral cancer to finish thesis dissertation.
First winner of Hatton Competition Award, IADR 2023, Bogota Columbial for abstract”LSD1-Induced Signaling Mechanisms Inhibition Sensitizes Oral Cancer for Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy’ (https://www.iadr.org/about/news-reports/press-releases/iadr-announces-2023-hatton-competition-winners)
2nd Winner in Junior category at AADOCR Hatton Competition 2023 in Portland, OR for abstract”LSD1-Induced Signaling Mechanisms Inhibition Sensitizes Oral Cancer for Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy’ (https://www.aadocr.org/about/news-reports/press-releases/aadocr-announces-2023-aadocr-hatton-competition-and-award-winners)
Faiza Ali
DSc Endodontic student (2018-2021)
LOXL2 in cartilage regeneration and Osteoarthritis. Finish thesis research in May 2022. Co-author 4 scientific papers.
1st winner of best presentation Hinman International award of 2021
1st winner of Best Presentation Science day award 2021
Michael Diny
MSD Endodontic student (2020-2021)
1st winner of best presentation AADR Boston Chapter Award 2021
Thabet Alhousami
DSc Endodontic student (2017-2020)
Epigenetic targeting of LSD1 in oral cancer
Finished thesis in 2021.
Lead author to Molecular Cancer Research paper 2022
Mustafa Tashkandi
DSc Periodontology student (2016-2019), current Faculty Saudi Arabia
Genetic and epigenetic regulation of LOXL2 in TMJ/Knee osteoarthritis
Published studies in Arthritis Res Ther. 2017 (PMID: 28764769) and Scientific Reports 2021.
Saqer Alsaqer
MSD student (2015-2016):
The role of LOXL2 in TMJ and knee Osteoarthritis
Published studies in Oncotarget. 2017 (PMID: 28778066) and co-authored 3 more studies.
Weam Alshenibr
(2015-2016)
Evaluating role of LOXL2 in TMJ Osteoarthritis
Submitted the thesis to GSDM and published study Arthritis Res Ther. 2017 (PMID: 28764769)