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CSC 120, HSC 9062
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Valentino Santos

B.S.

Research Lab Technician III/Supervisor

Education Experience Publications

Education

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION	DEGREE	YEAR(s)	FIELD OF STUDY
East Los Angeles College, Los Angeles, CA	Certificate	1986	Electron Microscopy
Far Eastern University, Philippines	B.S.	1964	Biological Sciences

Research & Professional Experience

1994-Present	Research Lab Tech III/Supervisor, University of Southern California, Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, Los Angeles, CA
1981-1994	In-service training of teachers of grades K-12, Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, CA

Publications

Ravindranath RM, Tam WY, Bringas P Jr, Santos V, Fincham AG (2001). Amelogenin-cytokeratin 14 interaction in ameloblasts during enamel formation. J Biol Chem 2001 Jun 25; [epub ahead of print]

Slavkin HC, Chai Y, Hu CC, Mayo M, Bringas P, Santos V (1995). The role of growth factors in early tooth morphogenesis. In: Biological basis for tooth eruption, ed. Z. Davidovitch, CRC Press, Boca Ratan, Florida.

Chai Y, Mah A, Crohin C, Groff S, Bringas P Jr, Le T, Santos V, Slavkin HC (1994). Specific transforming growth factor-beta subtypes regulate embryonic mouse meckel’s cartilage and tooth development. Dev Biol 162:85-103.

Diekwisch T, David S, Bringas P Jr, Santos V, Slavkin HC (1993). Antisense inhibition of AMEL translation demonstrate supramolecular control for enamel HAP crystal growth during embryonic mouse molar development. Development 117:471-482.

Lau EC, Li ZQ, Santos V, Slavkin HC (1993). Messenger RNA phenotyping for semi-quantitative comparison of glucocorticoid receptor transcript levels in the developing embryonic mouse palate. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 46(6):751-8.

Mayo ML, Bringas P, Santos V, Shum L, Slavkin HC (1992). Desmin expression during early mouse tongue morphogenesis. Int. Journal. Dev. Biol. 36:255-263.

Chai Y, Crohin C, Groff S, Bringas P, Santos V, Slavkin HC (1992). Suggested functions of endogenous TGFB isoforms in regulating mandibular morphogenesis and tooth formation. Selected biomedical research summaries; Am. Society for Cell Biol. pp.1-2.

Slavkin HC, Shum L, Bringas P, Sakakura Y, Chai Y, Mayo M, Santos V, Werb, Z. (1992). EGF regulation of meckel’s cartilage morphogenesis during mandibular morphogenesis in serumless, chemically-defined medium in vitro. In: Chemistry and Biology of Mineralized Tissues (eds. H.C. Slavkin and P. Price), Elsevier Scientific Publications, Amsterdam, pp.361-368.

Slavkin HC, Kresja RJ, Fincham AG, Bringas P, Santos V, Sasano Y, Snead ML, Zeichner-David, M.. (1991). Evolution of enamel proteins a paradigm for mechanisms of biomineralizations. (eds. S. Suga and H. Nakahama). Pp. 383-389.

Slavkin HC, Bringas P Jr, Bessem C, Santos V, Nakamura M, Hsu MY, Snead ML, Zeichner-David M, Fincham AG (1989) Hertwig's epithelial root sheath differentiation and initial cementum and bone formation during long-term organ culture of mouse mandibular first molars using serumless, chemically-defined medium. J Periodontal Res 24(1):28-40

Evans J, Bringas P, Nakamura M, Nakamura E, Santos V, Slavkin HC (1988). Metabolic expression of intrinsic developmental programs for dentine and enamel biomineralization in serumless. Chemically-defined organotypic culture. Calcif. Tissue Int. 42:220-230.

Last Updated: 02/09/05