College of Dentistry
Abranches Lab
Led by Jacqueline Abranches · Oral Biology
What we study
The lab studies how microbes tolerate stress, transport metals, use regulatory nucleotides, and modify surface proteins to impact virulence. They use experiments with bacteria like Streptococcus mutans.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Bacteria & microbes
- Projects
- 3
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Ecological Approaches for Caries Prevention and Management
Researching how Streptococcus mutans causes tooth decay to develop prevention strategies.
Importance of Post-translational modifications in Streptococcus mutans pathophysiology
Studying how protein modifications in Streptococcus mutans affect its ability to cause infections.
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To develop a vaccine for Streptococcus mutants
Creating a vaccine to protect against Streptococcus mutans infections.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- A Streptococcus mutans retrospective: from oral pathogen to bacterial paradigm
2026 · Journal of Bacteriology
- Oral hygiene agents at work: effects on Streptococcus mutans and caries risk
2026 · Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Reviews how different oral hygiene agents affect S. mutans and dental decay.
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- The genomic history of Streptococcus mutans from the Mesolithic until modern times
2026 · Genome biology
Analyzes ancient DNA to track how S. mutans evolved over thousands of years.
- The Streptococcus mutans collagen-binding protein Cnm enhances early biofilm formation with Candida albicans
2026 · Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Finds that a protein from S. mutans helps it form biofilms with Candida albicans.
- A Quantitative Framework for Characterizing Oral pH Dynamics
2026 · Journal of Dental Research
Develops a way to measure and analyze how plaque pH changes over time during dental decay.
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How to reach out
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