Janet Moradian-Oldak

M.Sc., Ph.D.

Associate Professor

School of Dentistry
Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology

 

Dr. Oldak collaborates with Dr. Fincham in pursuits of the role of amelogenin proteins to regulate biomineralization of enamel. She has shown that amelogenin undergoes self-assembly into nanospheres and has postulated that these nanospheres regulate HAP crystal size. She has recently shown that another previously unknown role for amelogenin is to organize the initial HAP ribbons ensuring their growth on the crystal C-axis, this promoting the growth of long HAP crystals that are characteristic of enamel.

 

 

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