Dental school researchers win Journal of Dental Research Cover of the Year Award

UBSDM researchers with their JDR Cover of the Year, 2023 award. From left: Jason Osinski, Dr. Rose-Anne Romano, Dr. Satrajit Sinha, Theresa Wrynn, Erich Horeth, Kirsten Smalley.

UB SDM researchers with their JDR Cover of the Year, 2023 award. From left: Jason Osinski, Dr. Rose-Anne Romano, Dr. Satrajit Sinha, Theresa Wrynn, Erich Horeth, Kirsten Smalley.

By SARAH SMYKOWSKI

Published April 29, 2024

Award recognizes genetic studies of mouse salivary gland

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The JDR Cover of the Year Award recognizes a cover that features an aesthetically pleasing, scientifically novel image that enhances the impact of the article.
Photo of the Journal of Dental Research March 2023 issue featuring "Genetic Study of Elf5 and Ehf in the Mouse Salivary Gland." E.A.C. Song, K. Smalley, A. Oyelakin, E. Horeth, M. Che, T. Wrynn, J. Osinski, R.A. Romano*, and S. Sinha*. J Dent Res, 102 (3): 340-348, 2023.

Photo of the Journal of Dental Research March 2023 issue featuring "Genetic Study of Elf5 and Ehf in the Mouse Salivary Gland." E.A.C. Song, K. Smalley, A. Oyelakin, E. Horeth, M. Che, T. Wrynn, J. Osinski, R.A. Romano*, and S. Sinha*. J Dent Res, 102 (3): 340-348, 2023. Source: Journal of Dental Research, IADR/AADOCR

When it comes to oral health, few things are more important than saliva. UB School of Dental Medicine researchers are advancing our understanding of how salivary glands function properly through genetic studies of mice—knowledge that could improve treatments for patients who suffer from saliva deficiency.

Their paper, "Genetic Study of Elf5 and Ehf in the Mouse Salivary Gland," was featured on the cover of the March 2023 issue of the Journal of Dental Research (JDR). The study was led by Dr. Rose-Anne Romano (oral biology) and Dr. Satrajit Sinha (biochemistry) and co-authors Jason Osinski, Theresa Wrynn, Erich Horeth and Kirsten Smalley (oral biology). 

Now, the researchers are celebrating another win: the JDR Cover of the Year, 2023 award.

Given by the International Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (IADR) and the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR), the winning cover was selected for being "an aesthetically pleasing, scientifically novel image that enhances the impact of the article."

The Journal of Dental Research is a prestigious peer-reviewed scientific journal dedicated to the dissemination of new knowledge and information, encompassing all areas of research in the dental, oral and craniofacial sciences. This was the second such honor for Dr. Romano, whose work on transcriptomic and single cell analysis of the murine parotid gland won the JDR's Cover of the Year award in 2019.