Richard J. Lamont (Louisville; Molecular dialogue among oral bacteria (ie. P.gingivalis, F. alocis) and ways they manipulate host cells, some work on oral cancer)
Sarkis K. Mazmanian (Caltech; Gut microbiome)
Susan Gottesman (National Cancer Institute; Post-transcriptional mechanisms of regulation in bacterial systems, with a focus on the role of energy-dependent proteolysis in regulation and the role of small non-coding RNAs in regulating translation and mRNA stability)
Robert Quivey (Rochester; S. mutans, cavities)
Danielle Garsin (Univ of Texas HSC at Houston; Enterococcus faecalis pathogenesis, recent work on identifying an E. faecalis bacteriocin that kills Candida albicans and protects from it in several animal models)
Keith Kirkwood (Medical University of South Carolina; Inflammatory cytokine expression in osteoclastogensis and inflammatory bone loss/periodontal disease, recent focus in oral cancer)
Bonnie Bassler (Princeton Univ; Quorom sensing: process of cell-cell-communication in bacteria)
Zemer Gitai (Princeton Univ: Cell biology of bacteria, fundamental mechanisms by which self-assembly happens across a wide range of spatial scales, from atoms and metabolites to proteins and polymers to cells and communities)
Rachel Dutton (UC San Diego; Biofilm/microbial community studies, uses microbial communities from cheese as models)
Aaron Weinberg (Case Western; Host-pathogen interactions at the oral mucosal surface)