Kaspar Lab @ OSU
@kasparlab.bsky.social
The goal of our research is to explore the human microbiome and eliminate disease-associated bacteria through microbial ecological engineering. Part of the College of Dentistry in the Division of Biosciences at The Ohio State University.
Red 🔴, Blue 🔵 and….Green 🟢? Just in time for July 4, check out our latest publication on the design and evaluation of new fluorescent strains of oral streptococci to use in microscopy applications, such as mixed-species biofilms journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
July 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Red 🔴, Blue 🔵 and….Green 🟢? Just in time for July 4, check out our latest publication on the design and evaluation of new fluorescent strains of oral streptococci to use in microscopy applications, such as mixed-species biofilms journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Kaspar Lab at @aadocr.bsky.social #AADOCR2025 in New York City!!
March 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Kaspar Lab at @aadocr.bsky.social #AADOCR2025 in New York City!!
We are excited and thankful to have received a NoA today from NIDCR on a new R03 examining nutritional niches within oral biofilms. This grant was reviewed last summer and went through council in the fall. Encouraging to see new grants being released given the current circumstances #NIH #OralHealth
March 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
We are excited and thankful to have received a NoA today from NIDCR on a new R03 examining nutritional niches within oral biofilms. This grant was reviewed last summer and went through council in the fall. Encouraging to see new grants being released given the current circumstances #NIH #OralHealth
Congrats to Izzy Williams and Allen Choi who presented today at The Ohio State Denman Undergraduate Research Forum. Both are seniors, and both are first authors on recent lab publications. Allen will be a D1 at OSU next fall, Izzy looking to apply to dental schools in 2026.
March 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Congrats to Izzy Williams and Allen Choi who presented today at The Ohio State Denman Undergraduate Research Forum. Both are seniors, and both are first authors on recent lab publications. Allen will be a D1 at OSU next fall, Izzy looking to apply to dental schools in 2026.
Our award winners from Research Day 2025:
- Nicole Fleming: Alumni Achievement
- Robbie Bettinger: Alumni Merit, 3rd place DDS
- Jarett Pittman: Dentsply SCADA, 2nd place DDS
- Jacob Harris: 1st place PhD
- Lab: Basic Science Paper of the Year for journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Congrats!
- Nicole Fleming: Alumni Achievement
- Robbie Bettinger: Alumni Merit, 3rd place DDS
- Jarett Pittman: Dentsply SCADA, 2nd place DDS
- Jacob Harris: 1st place PhD
- Lab: Basic Science Paper of the Year for journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Congrats!
February 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Our award winners from Research Day 2025:
- Nicole Fleming: Alumni Achievement
- Robbie Bettinger: Alumni Merit, 3rd place DDS
- Jarett Pittman: Dentsply SCADA, 2nd place DDS
- Jacob Harris: 1st place PhD
- Lab: Basic Science Paper of the Year for journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Congrats!
- Nicole Fleming: Alumni Achievement
- Robbie Bettinger: Alumni Merit, 3rd place DDS
- Jarett Pittman: Dentsply SCADA, 2nd place DDS
- Jacob Harris: 1st place PhD
- Lab: Basic Science Paper of the Year for journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Congrats!
Kaspar Lab The Ohio State University College of Dentistry Research Day 2025!
February 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Kaspar Lab The Ohio State University College of Dentistry Research Day 2025!
Big next few weeks for the lab, showcasing our research - out now in @asm.org AEM is our new study showing a specific strain of S. mitis, ATCC 49456, effectively inhibits caries pathogen biofilm formation though high levels of hydrogen peroxide production! journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
A strain of Streptococcus mitis inhibits biofilm formation of caries pathogens via abundant hydrogen peroxide production | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Antagonistic properties displayed by oral bacteria have been sought as therapeutic
approaches against dental caries pathogens like Streptococcus mutans. An emergent theme has been the ability of selec...
journals.asm.org
February 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Big next few weeks for the lab, showcasing our research - out now in @asm.org AEM is our new study showing a specific strain of S. mitis, ATCC 49456, effectively inhibits caries pathogen biofilm formation though high levels of hydrogen peroxide production! journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Hello Bluesky! Check out our latest research detailing the design, development and validation of new fluorescent strains of oral streptococci! This includes BFP, GFP and RFP variants of S. gordonii, S. mutans and S. sanguinis, used to make our avatar image! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Design, Development and Validation of New Fluorescent Strains for Studying Oral Streptococci
Bacterial strains that are genetically engineered to constitutively produce fluorescent proteins have aided our study of bacterial physiology, biofilm formation, and interspecies interactions. Here, w...
www.biorxiv.org
January 27, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Hello Bluesky! Check out our latest research detailing the design, development and validation of new fluorescent strains of oral streptococci! This includes BFP, GFP and RFP variants of S. gordonii, S. mutans and S. sanguinis, used to make our avatar image! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...