Recent Faculty Publications

Frappa N, Listopadzki TR, Lutnick E, Feng L, Crane JK, Duquin TR. (2026) Assessment of virulence traits in Cutibacterium acnes from shoulder periprosthetic joint infections. Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery (Oct), 35(10): 2382-2391.
Halfon MS, Bucher G, Childers AK, Molik DC, Luecke D, Poelchau MF, Sylvester T, Tvedte ES. (2026) How to write (and review) a Genome Report. Genome biology and evolution (Oct).
Aljaily SAM, Hamed IAY, Mustafa KS, Musa EAE, Kareem AKAA, Ibrahim EMA, Halfon MS, Azrag RS. (2026) Entomological response to control interventions during the first chikungunya and dengue outbreak in White Nile, Sudan. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (Oct).
Qureshi S, Grover R, Kramer JM, Suresh L. (2026) Detection of in vivo IgG1 antinuclear antibodies may have diagnostic utility in oral biopsies from patients with suspected chronic ulcerative stomatitis or systemic autoimmune connective tissue disease. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol . (Sep) doi:10.1016/j.oooo.2026.07.017
Metcalfe S, Settem RP, Ovalle EJ, Panasiewicz M, Escobar A, Kay JG. (2026) Polymicrobial-driven NLRP6 inflammasome regulates IL-1ß production and alveolar bone loss in a murine model of periodontitis. PLoS pathogens (Sep), 22(9): e1014574. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1014574
Tvedte ES, Bucher G, Luecke DM, Molik DC, Sylvester T, Blaxter M, Elsik CG, Howe K, McKenna DD, Murphy TD, Schrader L, Sotero-Caio CG, Waterhouse RM, Childers AK, Halfon MS, Poelchau MF. (2026) Toward standardization in arthropod and biodiversity genome projects. Genetics (Sep), 234(1).
Merrick CE, Patel KD, Kalita P, Gulati N, Gulick AM, Wencewicz TA. (2026) Modular Inhibitor Approach to Map the Catalytic Trajectory of an Iterative Siderophore Synthetase, DesD. ACS bio & med chem Au (Aug), 6(4): 393-409.
Aguado WD, Karageorgiou C, Kassem S, Rojas RH, Veilleux CC, Melin AD, Vogel ER, Ruhl S, Gokcumen O, Pajic P. (2026) Multiscale structural evolution of proline-rich protein genes shapes primate salivary defenses. Molecular biology and evolution (Aug).
Frappa N, Listopadzki TR, Lutnick E, Feng L, Crane JK, Duquin TR. (2026) Evaluation of acid production as a metabolic phenotype in Cutibacterium acnes shoulder periprosthetic joint infections. Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery (Aug).
Mairgani AA, Obidallah OM, Abadi AAM, Ramadan SA, Halfon MS, Azrag RS. (2026) Establishment of Anopheles stephensi in a former Anopheles arabiensis Sterile Insect Technique project area in northern Sudan. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (Aug).
Kataoka SH, Noorani A, Owaiwid AB, Ovik G, Lin HJ, Duncan HF, Lee TC, Sabatini C. (2026) Animal Research in Pulp Biology: A Missing Link in the Translation of Regenerative Endodontics Innovations. International endodontic journal (Aug) doi:10.1111/iej.70238
Kawashima K , Chida K, Oshi M, Yamada A, Narui K, Gandhi S, . Ebos JML, Abrams SI, Bhattacharjee A, Endo I and Takabe K. (2026) ASO Author Reflections: Neuron Projection Guidance-A transcriptomic perspective on tumor-induced neural recruitment in breast cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology (Aug), 33: 10461–10462. doi:10.1245/s10434-026-20049-w
DiPaola MJ, Carinha M, Masood U, Crane J. (2026) Antibiotic elution from polymethylmethacrylate cement over 60 days: an in vitro study of 21 antibiotic combinations against Cutibacterium acnes and coagulase-negative Staphylococcus. Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery (Jul).
Kataoka SHH, Lin HJ, Ovik G, Noorani A, Ban Owaiwid A, Hall R, Lee TC, Sabatini C. (2026) Effects of Low-Dose Dexamethasone on Metabolic Readouts and Lineage-associated Gene Expression in Human Dental Pulp Cells: An In Vitro Study. Journal of endodontics (Jul) doi:10.1016/j.joen.2026.07.011
Lardy M, Wang L, Guerrier C, Cheli VT, Paez PM, Khadra A. (2026) Mechanisms underlying spontaneous and evoked calcium responses in oligodendrocyte precursor cells: A modeling investigation. PLoS computational biology (Jun), 22(6): e1013430.
Karageorgiou C, Pajic P, Ruhl S, Gokcumen O. (2026) Convergent evolution through independent rearrangements in the primate amylase locus. Cell Reports (Jun), 45(6): 117445.
Grzech-Lesniak K, Wiench R, Shibli JA, Fiegler-Rudol J, Giovannacci I, Matys J, Grzech-Lesniak Z, Ziemlewski A, Ussowicz M, Dominiak M, Dowgierd K, Wróbel T, Meleti M, Júnior AB, Taalab MR, Szuta M, Dominguez JA, Vecchio AD, Camps-Font O, Arany P, Romanos GE, Romeo U, Aoki A, Nammour S, Vescovi P. (2026) Laser therapies as the adjunctive treatment of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw: Evidence synthesis and clinical recommendations. Official recommendations of the World Federation for Laser Dentistry (WFLD) and the Polish Society for Laser Dentistry (PTSL). Dental and medical problems (May).
Singh J, Grant TD, Gulick AM. (2026) Structure of a Stand-Alone Homodimeric Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase Condensation Domain Reveals Occlusion of the Canonical Carrier-Protein Interface. The Journal of Biological Chemistry (May)113208.
Stevenson JS, Dyer ED, Fey PD, Van Schooneveld TC, Wiley MR, Iwen PC, Carlino-MacDonald U, Russo TA. (2026) Two case reports on the identification and management of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated in Nebraska, USA. ASM case reports (May), 2(3).
Ishag OSB, Kafy HT, Sulieman JE, Mustafa KS, Saboon KSE, Halfon MS, Azrag RS. (2026) Tree-hole breeding mosquitoes in Sennar state, eastern Sudan. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (May), 120(5): 497-503.