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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Malcolm L. Snead is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of dentistry and medicine, with particular focus on several interconnected subfields including rheumatology, molecular biology, orthodontics, periodontics, and biomaterials.

The scientist's research topics include bone and dental protein studies, oral microbiology and periodontitis research, dental materials and restorations, dental development and anomalies, collagen extraction and characterization, orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics, and oral and maxillofacial pathology.

Malcolm L. Snead has contributed to various research publications across multiple journals and venues, notably:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Frontiers in Physiology
  • Polymers
  • Acta Biomaterialia
  • Frontiers in Dental Medicine

Their recent papers include:

  • An Msx2-Sp6-Follistatin Pathway Operates During Late Stages of Tooth Development to Control Amelogenesis (2020, Frontiers in Physiology)
  • Engineered Peptides Enable Biomimetic Route for Collagen Intrafibrillar Mineralization (2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Fluoride Induces Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Ameloblasts Responsible for Dental Enamel Formation (2020, UNC Libraries)
  • Peptide-Enabled Nanocomposites Offer Biomimetic Reconstruction of Silver Diamine Fluoride-Treated Dental Tissues (2022, Polymers)
  • Optimization of peptide amphiphile-lipid raft interaction by changing peptide amphiphile lipophilicity (2023, Acta Biomaterialia)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Malcolm L. Snead comprise Kyle Boone, Candan Tamerler, Aya Kirahm Cloyd, Qiang Ye, and Paulette Spencer.

Malcolm L. Snead has received recognition in their field, including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1995 and a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in 2018.

Best Publications

  • A mutation in the homeodomain of the human MSX2 gene in a family affected with autosomal dominant craniosynostosis

    Ethylin Wang Jabs;Ulrich Müller;Xiang Li;Liang Ma

  • Human and mouse amelogenin gene loci are on the sex chromosomes.

    Eduardo C. Lau;Thuluvancheri K. Mohandas;Larry J. Shapiro;Larry J. Shapiro;Harold C. Slavkin

  • Biological Organization of Hydroxyapatite Crystallites into a Fibrous Continuum Toughens and Controls Anisotropy in Human Enamel

    S.N. White;W. Luo;M.L. Paine;H. Fong

  • Premature suture closure and ectopic cranial bone in mice expressing Msx2 transgenes in the developing skull.

    Yi Hsin Liu;Ramendra Kundu;Lanying Wu;Wen Luo

  • DNA sequence for cloned cDNA for murine amelogenin reveal the amino acid sequence for enamel-specific protein.

    Malcolm L. Snead;Eduardo C. Lau;Margarita Zeichner-David;Alan G. Fincham

  • Nano-mechanical properties profiles across dentin–enamel junction of human incisor teeth

    Hanson Fong;Mehmet Sarikaya;Shane N White;Malcolm L Snead

  • Fluoride Induces Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Ameloblasts Responsible for Dental Enamel Formation

    Kaori Kubota;Daniel H. Lee;Masahiro Tsuchiya;Masahiro Tsuchiya;Masahiro Tsuchiya;Conan S. Young

  • Isolation and characterization of a mouse amelogenin expressed in Escherichia coli

    J. P. Simmer;E. C. Lau;C. C. Hu;T. Aoba

  • Msx2 Gene Dosage Influences the Number of Proliferative Osteogenic Cells in Growth Centers of the Developing Murine Skull: A Possible Mechanism for MSX2 -Mediated Craniosynostosis in Humans

    Yi-Hsin Liu;Zequn Tang;Ramendra K. Kundu;Lanying Wu

  • Protein interactions during assembly of the enamel organic extracellular matrix.

    Michael L. Paine;Malcolm L. Snead

  • Regulated gene expression dictates enamel structure and tooth function.

    Michael L. Paine;Shane N. White;Wen Luo;Hanson Fong

  • Morphoregulation of teeth: modulating the number, size, shape and differentiation by tuning Bmp activity.

    Maksim V. Plikus;Maggie Zeichner-David;Julie-Ann Mayer;Julia Reyna

  • Control of ameloblast differentiation

    M Zeichner-David;T Diekwisch;A Fincham;E Lau

  • Self-assembly properties of recombinant engineered amelogenin proteins analyzed by dynamic light scattering and atomic force microscopy.

    J. Moradian-Oldak;M.L. Paine;Y.P. Lei;A.G. Fincham

  • 3. Protein-protein interactions of the developing enamel matrix.

    John D Bartlett;Bernhard Ganss;Michel Goldberg;Janet Moradian-Oldak

  • Principles and applications of cell delivery systems for periodontal regeneration.

    P Bartold;Yin Xiao;S. Lyngstaadas;Michael Paine

  • Hertwig's epithelial root sheath differentiation and initial cementum and bone formation during long-term organ culture of mouse mandibular first molars using serumless, chemically-defined medium.

    Harold C. Slavkin;Pablo Bringas;Conny Bessem;Valentino Santos

  • Enamel matrix proteins; old molecules for new applications

    SP Lyngstadaas;JC Wohlfahrt;SJ Brookes;ML Paine

  • Maintenance of amelogenin gene expression by transformed epithelial cells of mouse enamel organ.

    L.S. Chen;R.I. Couwenhoven;D. Hsu;W. Luo

  • The COOH Terminus of the Amelogenin, LRAP, Is Oriented Next to the Hydroxyapatite Surface *

    Wendy J. Shaw;Allison A. Campbell;Michael L. Paine;Malcolm L. Snead

Frequent Co-Authors

Harold C. Slavkin
Harold C. Slavkin University of Southern California
Pablo Bringas
Pablo Bringas University of Southern California
Mehmet Sarikaya
Mehmet Sarikaya University of Washington
Mary MacDougall
Mary MacDougall University of British Columbia
Samuel I. Stupp
Samuel I. Stupp Northwestern University
Robert E. Maxson
Robert E. Maxson University of Southern California
James P. Simmer
James P. Simmer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Candan Tamerler
Candan Tamerler University of Kansas
Martha J. Somerman
Martha J. Somerman National Institutes of Health
Wendy J. Shaw
Wendy J. Shaw Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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