College of Dentistry
Progulske-Fox Lab
Led by Ann Progulske-Fox · Oral Biology
What we study
The lab studies how Porphyromonas gingivalis causes disease, focusing on its surface proteins and interactions with human cells. They use molecular, biochemical, and tissue culture methods, plus a new technology called IVIAT to find disease-related genes.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Bacteria & microbes
- Cells in a dish
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Investigating the viable but not culturable (VBNC) state in P. gingivalis
Studying how P. gingivalis evades detection while causing disease.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Investigation of a viable but non-culturable state in Porphyromonas gingivalis and host cell invasion
2026 · PLoS ONE
Studies how a bacteria can survive without growing, and how it invades cells.
- Virulence diversity among Porphyromonas gingivalis strains: a review of genetic factors
2026 · Journal of Oral Microbiology
Reviews how different genes in a bacteria make it more or less harmful.
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- Labelling of a live obligate anaerobe using fluorescent D-amino acids
2025 · Anaerobe
Shows how fluorescent D-amino acids can track live obligate anaerobic bacteria.
- Fusobacterium is enriched in oral cancer and promotes induction of programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1)
2022 · Neoplasia
Finds Fusobacterium is more common in oral tongue cancer than in normal tissue.
- A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a novel mouth rinse in patients with gingivitis
2022 · BMC Oral Health
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