Principle Investigator

 

  Manish Bais, DVM, PhD.

W202A, 700 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118

617-638-4339; bmanish@bu.edu

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Lab Members

Amit Kumar Chakraborty, MSc, PhD.

Postdoctoral Associate

 

Rajnikant Dilip Raut, MSc, PhD.

Postdoctoral Associate

 

Cheyleann Del Valle-Ponce De Leon, BSN

PhD Candidate in Biomolecular Pharmacology Program

 

Madi Almadi

DSc Student

 

Chumki Choudhury, MSc

Visiting Scholar

 

Haripriya Ramasamy
BDS, MSc Oral Biology
PhD student in Orofacial and Skeletal biology program

 

Alumni

Saleh Alghufaili

MSD Endodontic student (2024-2025)

 

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)