Identification of interbacterial adhesion between oral Schaalia species and streptococcal serine-rich repeat glycoproteins

Schaalia odontolytica and Schaalia sp. HMT-172 surface proteins bind to streptococcal serine-rich repeat glycoproteins.

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Oral Biology

As the first and oldest department of oral biology in a U.S. dental school and the first department to offer a PhD in oral biology, we proudly uphold a legacy of excellence that spans decades. Th...

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The evolution of human spit goes back to primates

"Our work highlights how evolutionary adaptations to diet and disease may have influenced primate biology, including humans."

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Saliva Protein Genes in Humans were Shaped During Primate Evolution

Abstract. Genes within the secretory calcium-binding phosphoprotein locus diversified along with the formation of a calcified skeleton in vertebrates, the

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Ghost sharks grow forehead teeth to help them have sex

Male “ghost sharks” — eerie deep-sea fish known as chimaeras that are related to sharks and rays — have a strange rod jutting from their foreheads, studded with sharp, retracta...

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Behold the Gloriously Weird Spotted Ratfish. It Has Teeth on Its Forehead for Sex

Researchers have finally traced the origin of the spotted ratfish’s bizarre forehead teeth, which are used for mating

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The gene from Denisovan to Neanderthal to modern mucus

A “genetic sandwich” reveals how a block of DNA entered several populations successively and was affected by natural selection.

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The MUC19 gene: An evolutionary history of recurrent introgression and natural selection

We study the gene MUC19, for which some modern humans carry a Denisovan-like haplotype. MUC19 is a mucin, a glycoprotein that forms gels with various biological functions. We find diagnostic variants ...

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Convergent evolution through independent rearrangements in the primate amylase locus

Structurally complex regions of the genome are increasingly recognized as engines of evolutionary convergence due to their propensity to generate recurrent gene duplications that give rise to similar ...

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UB oral biologists recognized on global stage

Patricia Diaz, Hyuk-Jae “Edward” Kwon and Frank Scannapieco have received "distinguished scientist" awards from the IADR.

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Sialic Acid Identity Modulates Host Tropism of Sialoglycan-binding Viridans Group Streptococci

Microbial interactions with multiple species may expand the range of potential hosts, supporting both pathogen reservoirs and zoonotic spillover. Viri…

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Assistant Professor/Associate Professor, Oral Biology

The University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine (SDM) invites applications from qualified early- to mid-career oral health scientists and/or clinician-scientists for a full-time tenure track acade...

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Eighteen million years of diverse enamel proteomes from the East African Rift - Nature

The isolation of dental proteins from fossils deposited 1.5 million to 18 million years ago in the Turkana Basin in Kenya, a tropical region, demonstrate the promise of dental enamel for palaeoproteom...

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A look at the fossil skull from Steinheim

The skull provides some of the best evidence for the ancestral population of Neandertals, and had a tumultuous history in the decades after its discovery.

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