Research Assistant
Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC
2250 Alcazar St.
CSA 149 – HSC 9062
Los Angeles, CA 90033-9062
Phone: (323) 442-2701
Fax: (323) 442-2981
visakan@usc.edu
Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, India
B.D.S., 2016
Dental Surgery
- 2019 – present – Research Assistant – Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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Visakan G, Bapat RA, Su J, Moradian-Oldak J. (2022) Modeling ameloblast-matrix interactions using 3D cell culture. Front Physiol. 2022;12:1069519. Published 2022 Dec 1. doi:10.3389/fphys.2022.1069519.
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Su J, Bapat RA, Visakan G, & Moradian-Oldak, J. (2022) Co-emergence of the amphipathic helix on ameloblastin with mammalian prismatic enamel. Molecular Biology & Evolution. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msac205
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Visakan G, Su J, Moradian-Oldak J. (2022) Ameloblastin promotes polarization of ameloblast cell lines in a 3-D cell culture system. Matrix Biol. 2022 Jan;105:72-86. doi: 10.1016/j.matbio.2021.11.002. Epub 2021 Nov 20. PMID:34813898; PMCID: PMC8955733.
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Mukherjee K, Visakan G, Phark JH, Moradian-Oldak J. (2020) Enhancing Collagen Mineralization with Amelogenin Peptide: Towards the Restoration of Dentin. ACS Biomater Sci Eng. 2020 Apr 13;6(4):2251-2262. doi:10.1021/acsbiomaterials.9b01774. Epub 2020 Feb 21. PMID: 33313393; PMCID:PMC7725229.
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Su J, Bapat RA, Visakan G, Moradian-Oldak J. (2020) An Evolutionarily Conserved Helix Mediates Ameloblastin-Cell Interaction. J Dent Res. 2020 Aug;99(9):1072-1081. doi: 10.1177/0022034520918521. Epub 2020 May 13. PMID:32401578; PMCID: PMC7375739.