Rucha Bapat, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scholar – Research Associate
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
ruchabap@usc.edu

Education
Experience
Publications

Dr D Y Patil Dental College and Hospital, Pune, India 
B.D.S., 2011
Dental Surgery

University of Southern California
Ph.D., 2020
Craniofacial Molecular Biology

  • 2020 – present – Postdoctoral Scholar – Research Associate – Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2015 – 2020 – Research Assistant – Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

  1. Kegulian N, Visakan G, Bapat RA, Moradian-Oldak J. Ameloblastin and its multifunctionality in amelogenesis: A review. Matrix Biology, Volume 131, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matbio.2024.05.007.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Shao C, Bapat RA, Su J, Moradian-Oldak J. (2022) Regulation of Hydroxyapatite Nucleation In Vitro through Ameloblastin-Amelogenin Interactions. ACS Biomater Sci Eng. 2022 Jan 24. doi: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c01113. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35068157.

  5. 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.

  6. Bapat RA, Su J, Moradian-Oldak J. (2020) Co-Immunoprecipitation Reveals Interactions Between Amelogenin and Ameloblastin via Their Self-Assembly Domains. Front Physiol. 2020 Dec 23;11:622086. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2020.622086. PMID: 33424645; PMCID: PMC7786100.

  7. Bapat RA, Moradian-Oldak J. (2019) Immunohistochemical Co-Localization of Amelogenin and Ameloblastin in Developing Enamel Matrix. Methods Mol Biol. 2019;1922:219-228. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9012-2_22. PMID: 30838580; PMCID:PMC8011542.

  8. Su J, Bapat RA, Moradian-Oldak J. (2019) The Expression and Purification of Recombinant Mouse Ameloblastin in E. coli. Methods Mol Biol. 2019;1922:229-236.doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9012-2_23. PubMed PMID: 30838581; PMCID: PMC8011534.

  9. Su J, Kegulian NC, Arun Bapat R, Moradian-Oldak J. (2019) Ameloblastin Binds to Phospholipid Bilayers via a Helix-Forming Motif within the Sequence Encoded by Exon 5. ACS Omega. 2019 Feb 28;4(2):4405-4416. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.8b03582. PubMed PMID: 30873509; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6410667.

  10. Ruan Q, Liberman D, Bapat R, Chandrababu KB, Phark JH, Moradian-Oldak J. (2016) Efficacy of amelogenin-chitosan hydrogel in biomimetic repair of human enamel in pH-cycling systems. J Biomed Eng Inform. 2016 Mar;2(1):119-128. PubMed PMID:27331142; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4912123.

  11. Mazumder P, Prajapati S, Bapat R, Moradian-Oldak J. (2016) Amelogenin-Ameloblastin Spatial Interaction around Maturing Enamel Rods. J Dent Res. 2016 Aug;95(9):1042-8. doi: 10.1177/0022034516645389. PubMed PMID: 27146703; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4959624.