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Malcolm Snead

Biology expert specializing in the chemical sense of taste, the role of salivary proteins in taste transduction and tooth enamel cloning
  • Professor and Chair, Division of Biomedical Studies, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC
Office: (323) 442-3178

Expertise

  • recombinant DNA research
  • social value of genetic engineering
  • tooth enamel cloning
  • cellular and genetic approaches to enamel biomimetics and amelogenin expression
  • human genome sequencing
  • cellular and molecular biology
  • oral and maxillofacial pathology
  • developmental biology

Additional Information

  • Recipient, NIH Merit Award (for his work in biomimetics and contributions to dental and craniofacial research) (2001)