Predoctoral and postdoctoral students of UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry presented findings from the 2021 Summer Research Program during the 11th Annual Student Research Showcase in early December.

Taking place Dec. 3 via Cisco Webex, over 275 viewers tuned in for student oral presentations and the William T. Butler Distinguished Lecture, delivered this year by安东尼奥斯·米科斯（Antonios Mikos）, PhD, Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice University. His topic was “Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Disease Modeling.”

Mikos said biomaterials play an important role in the tissue engineering paradigm, not only in understanding the biology, but also in the development of new therapies for diseases and the formation of tissues.

Mikos’ research focuses on the synthesis, processing, and evaluation of new biomaterials for use as scaffolds for tissue engineering, carriers for controlled drug delivery, non-viral vectors for gene therapy, and platforms for disease modeling. His work has led to the development of novel orthopaedic, dental, cardiovascular, neurologic, and ophthalmologic biomaterials. In addition to authoring over 640 publications and 32 patents, he is among the top 1% of cited researchers in his field, being cited over 83,000 times with an h-index of 150.

米科斯（Mikos）实际上也参加了学生的口头演讲，他花了一些时间在他的演讲后回答问题，并在Webex突破室与与会者会面。

“We’re thrilled with another successful Student Research Showcase,” said Ariadne Letra, DDS, PhD, professor and interim associate dean for research. “It’s always so rewarding to see the high-quality research our students and mentors are putting forth. We thank Dr. Mikos for an inspiring presentation highlighting his biomaterials research and its applications in restoring function and facilitating healing for people after injury or disease.”

总共有42名牙科学生和前美好的学生从夏季项目中提交了摘要。将七个摘要分配给了六个类别中的每个类别，以判断和由三名教职员工组成的小组进行审查。来自每个类别的获奖摘要的提交者在展示期间介绍了他们的发现。

The remaining students participated in poster competitions held virtually the week of the showcase with six winners being selected in the same respective categories. Postdoctoral candidates, graduate students, and research trainees competed in a separate category with one winner being chosen.

“我要感谢所有为学生研究而贡献并参与成功的人，” Dharini van der Hoeven，MSC，PhD，副教授兼学生研究协调员。beplay苹果手机能用吗“我还想向比赛获胜者及其导师表示祝贺；没有我们学生的认真研究愿望以及我们教师提供指导的意愿，这是不可能的。”beplay苹果手机能用吗

学生研究展示奖获奖者如下beplay苹果手机能用吗：

• Best Abstract Award:
  • 放射学的应用：Omkar Patel, DS2, “Using Machine Learning to Diagnose Radiographic Furcation Involvement of Molars,” mentor: Jennifer Chang, DDS, MSD;
  • Cancer and Craniofacial Biology:Thanh Le, DS3, “Characterization of Sphingomyelin Biosynthetic Pathway Modulators as EGFR Inhibitors,” mentor: Dharini van der Hoeven, MSc, PhD;
  • 改善口腔卫生保健的交付：Elvira Nworah, DS4, “A Study of the Oral Health Risk Assessment Value Index (OHRAVI) Instrument,” mentor: Shawn Adibi, DDS;
  • Improving Educational and Treatment Success:DS4 DANE RISINGER，“评估牙科学生对教学课程和基于案例的课程的同步教学的观点”，导师：Neha Parikh，PhD；和Dharini van der Hoeven，MSC，博士；
  • 微生物学和免疫学：Ryan Lee，DS3，“秀丽隐杆线虫中的氧化应激反应是由BZIP转录因子ZIP-10介导的，”导师：Ransome van der Hoeven，博士；
  • 组织工程，生物材料和牙科应用：Cara Zou，DS1，“唾液组织工程3D结构的数字图像分析”，导师：Daniel Harrington，PhD。
• Best Poster Award:
  • 放射学的应用：Mackenzie Clayton，DS3，“人工智能对牙科学生临床决策的影响”，导师：Jennifer Chang，DDS，MSD；
  • Cancer and Craniofacial Biology:Amulya Gaddam，DS2，“与人类和小鼠牙齿发育相关的基因的系统评价”，导师：Junichi Iwata，DDS，博士；
  • 改善口腔卫生保健的交付：Tuyet Doan, DS3, “Evaluation of a Bio-Aerosol Sampling Technique for a Dental Clinic,” mentors: Maria A. Loza, DMD, MS; and Aaron Glick, DDS;
  • Improving Educational and Treatment Success:Ryan Fahmy，DS4，“美国和加拿大基于美国和加拿大的牙髓前牙齿牙齿牙齿牙齿牙齿方案的单锥闭塞技术”，导师：Leticia Guajardo，DDS；
  • 微生物学和免疫学：Ali al Hatem，DS3，“针对Mitis Group链球菌的保护机制的诱导”，导师：Ransome van der Hoeven，博士；
  • 组织工程，生物材料和牙科应用：泰勒·哈尼斯（Tyler Hanis），DS2，“打印层高度对使用树脂草稿牙科模型的尺寸精度的影响”，导师：F。KurtisKasper，博士；
  • 研究生/博士后：Alen Trubelja, Rice University graduate visiting student, “Laser-Based Carving of Branched Salivary Gland Templates in Biomimetic Hydrogels,” mentor: Daniel Harrington, PhD.
  • Aadocr学生研究日奖：beplay苹果手机能用吗瑞安·李（Ryan Lee），DS3。

Faculty judges included Shawn Adibi, DDS; Srinivas Ayilavarapu, BDS, DSc, MDS; Avni Bhula, BDS, DDS, MSc (Dent); Brett Chiquet, DDS, PhD; Walid Fakhouri, MSc, PhD; David Fray, DDS; Aaron Glick, DDS; Junichi Iwata, DDS, PhD; Anita Joy-Thomas, BDS, PhD; Kurt Kasper, PhD; John Klein, PhD; Chun-Teh Lee, DDS, DMSc; Ariadne Letra, DDS, PhD; Yahuan Lou, PhD; Maria Loza, DMD; Rade Paravina, DDS, PhD; Kimberly Ruona, DDS; Oluwabunmi (Bunmi) Tokede, BDS, DMSc; Gena Tribble, PhD; Wanida Ono, DDS, DMSc, PhD; Noriaki Ono, DDS, PhD; Marilia Sly, DDS, MSD; and Ransome van der Hoeven, PhD.

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The William T. Butler Distinguished Lectureship Fund was established in 2018 to honor the legacy of Professor Emeritus William T. Butler, PhD, who served on the faculty at UTHealth School of Dentistry from 1987 until his retirement in 2004. With over 245 publications, he achieved international acclaim as an expert in mineralized tissue. Butler made many contributions to our understanding of bone and dentin matrix proteins. He is widely known in the biomedical sciences community for his landmark publication on the structure of collagen, a description that still remains in biochemistry textbooks to this day, and the co-discoverer of the bone matrix protein, osteopontin.