Hung Ton-That, Ph.D.
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Hung Ton-That obtained a B.S. degree in Chemistry and a Ph.D. degree in Microbiology from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1996 and 2000, respectively. He did graduate work with Dr. Olaf Schneewind, aiming to elucidate the mechanism of sortase-catalyzed cell wall anchoring of surface proteins in Staphylococcus aureus. He moved to the University of Chicago for his postdoctoral studies, investigating the mechanism of pilus assembly in Gram-positive bacteria. Between 2004 and 2018, he held faculty positions at the University of Connecticut Health Center and the University of Texas McGovern Medical School, continuing his studies of Gram-positive pili and their role in biofilm formation and bacterial pathogenesis. In July 2018, he joined the faculty of the Division of Oral Biology and Medicine at the UCLA School of Dentistry. His research program currently focuses on the molecular assembly on the cell surface of Gram-positive pathogens, oxidative protein folding in these monoderms, and virulence mechanisms of the Gram-negative pathobiont Fusobacterium nucleatum.
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Graduate Students
Nicholas Ramirez Matthew Scheible Belkys Sanchez Sara D. Siegel Melissa E. Reardon-Robinson Melissa Broadway Arlene Swierczynski Anu Swaminathan Anshiya Ramanitharan Anjali Mandlik Andy H. Gaspar |
Postdocs
Alexandra Polasko, Ph.D Minh T. Nguyen, Ph.D. Martha Camacho, Ph.D. Truc Thanh Luong, Ph.D. Luis Vega, Ph.D. Abu Amar Al Mamun, Ph.D. Bethany Tiner, Ph.D. Cuong Thach Nguyen, Ph.D. Nguyen Hoai Nguyen, Ph.D. Ju Huck Lee, Ph.D. Bo Chen, Ph.D. Chungyu Chang, Ph.D. Chenggang Wu, Ph.D. I-Hsiu Huang, Ph.D. Niloofar Rashidi, Ph.D. Elizabeth Rogers, Ph.D. Shilpa Basavanna, Ph.D. Prabhat Dwivedi, Ph.D. Tim Forthegill, Ph.D. Qunliang Li, Ph.D. Suleyman Yildirim, Ph.D. Arunima Mishra, Ph.D. |
Research Assistants
Kevin To Emily Peluso Yimin Chen Yan Wang Alexis Bradford Melissa D'Amore Meena Easwaran Xin Ma Apeksha Agranayak Sarah Coffman Sara Carlson Roberto Padua Naiqing Ye |
Undergraduates
Diane Nguyen Sophia Choi Griffin Gowdy HyLam Ton-That Nelly Escalante Amanda Fuenzalida Byron Stern Kevin To Michael Shehata Alexander Lin Chris Dimapasok Ryan Zalla Reyhaneh Tirgar Cara Schwab Erika Flores Ellen Taylor Bryan Tran Duy Trinh Trang Nguyen Kimberly Hall Totini S. Chatterjee Daniela Gomez Melissa E Reardon Sara Carlson |
Dental/Medical Students
Neda Yooya Hao-Yun Chen Marina Funtik Edward D. McDonald |