Abstract

Dr. Sunil Wadhwa entered our program in September 1996 after receiving his DDS from Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery. He is in the combined certificate/PhD program in Orthodontics/Oral Biology. During the fall semester he took Contemporary Topics in Oral Biology and the Oral Biology Journal Club. He is currently continuing to take those two courses. Sunil has completed lab rotations with Drs. Jon Goldberg, Mario Volpi and Carol Pilbeam. He has chosen Dr. Pilbeam as his thesis advisor and has selected a thesis committee composed of Drs. Pilbeam, Upholt, Kream and Godwin. Dr. Stephen Godwin of the Orthodontics Department completed the DSA program at Harvard in 1998 and is well positioned to advise Dr. Wadhwa in balancing his research and clinical training. Sunil has received approval for his Plan of Study and plans to take his General Exam early in the early summer. He received a American Association of Orthodontist's Foundation Biomedical Research Grant Award in 1999 for his fluid shear stress project with Dr. Pilbeam. In the past year he attended the AAO and NESO meetings and he plans to attend the upcoming AAO meeting in May 1999. He also plans to have an abstract ready for the year 2000 IADR meeting.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
Type
Unknown (K16)
Project #
5K16DE000157-11
Application #
6465771
Study Section
Project Start
2001-07-01
Project End
2002-06-30
Budget Start
1998-10-01
Budget End
1999-09-30
Support Year
11
Fiscal Year
2001
Total Cost
$172,411
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Connecticut
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Farmington
State
CT
Country
United States
Zip Code
06030

  Publications

Havens, Bruce A; Velonis, Dimitris; Kronenberg, Mark S et al. (2008) Roles of FGFR3 during morphogenesis of Meckel's cartilage and mandibular bones. Dev Biol 316:336-49
Mina, Mina; Havens, Bruce (2007) FGF signaling in mandibular skeletogenesis. Orthod Craniofac Res 10:59-66
Krebs, L J; Arnold, A (2002) Molecular basis of hyperparathyroidism and potential targets for drug development. Curr Drug Targets Immune Endocr Metabol Disord 2:167-79
Helms, J A; Della-Fera, M A; Mott, A E et al. (1995) Effects of chlorhexidine on human taste perception. Arch Oral Biol 40:913-20
Chandrasekaran, S; Tanzer, M L; Giniger, M S (1994) Characterization of oligomannoside binding to the surface of murine melanoma cells. Potential relationship to oligomannoside-initiated cell spreading. J Biol Chem 269:3367-73
Chandrasekaran, S; Tanzer, M L; Giniger, M S (1994) Oligomannosides initiate cell spreading of laminin-adherent murine melanoma cells. J Biol Chem 269:3356-66
Helms, J A; Kuratani, S; Maxwell, G D (1994) Cloning and analysis of a new developmentally regulated member of the basic helix-loop-helix family. Mech Dev 48:93-108
Tanzer, M L; Giniger, M S; Chandrasekaran, S (1993) Laminin oligosaccharides play a pivotal role in cell spreading. Symp Soc Exp Biol 47:147-54
Gronowicz, G; Hadjimichael, J; Richards, D et al. (1992) Correlation between tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)-induced cytoskeletal changes and human collagenase gene induction. J Periodontal Res 27:562-8
Chandrasekaran, S; Dean 3rd, J W; Giniger, M S et al. (1991) Laminin carbohydrates are implicated in cell signaling. J Cell Biochem 46:115-24

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