Professional Memberships:
- Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2006)
- Member of Advisory Group, Oralgen Data Base at the Los Alamos National Laboratories This is a consortium formed by the NIDCR (NIH) and the Los Alamos Labs to advise on genomic approaches for the study of oral bacteria and their role in pathogenesis. (2005)
- Member, American Association for Dental Research (2000)
- Member, American Society for Microbiology and AAAS (2000)
Presentations:
- T. forsythia surface layer glycosylation and BspA modulate host immunity, First International conference on P. gingivalis and related bacterial species, Nagasaki University (2013)
- Tannerella forsythia surface glycosylation: a strategy for manipulating host immunity, Oral Microbiome, Immunity & Chronic Disease, University at Buffalo (2013)
- The role of Tannerella forsythia leucine-rich-repeat BspA protein in epithelial cell interactions, Gordon Conference on Periodontal Disease (2006)
- Invited Speaker, Houston Medical Sciences Center, University of Texas at Houston (1999)
- Novel oral streptococccal vaccine vectors (1999)