Dr. Todd Kitten - VCU School of Dentistry

VCU School of Dentistry
VCU Dental Building 1
521 N 11th St
Richmond, VA 23298-5045

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6097-7583

December 2, 2021: Our back-to-back papers just appeared online in Molecular Microbiology, representing a spectacular achivement for Tanya Puccio and a lot of hard work by many people:

Contribution of a ZIP-family protein to manganese uptake and infective endocarditis virulence in Streptococcus sanguinis. Puccio et al.

Manganese transport by Streptococcus sanguinis in acidic conditions and its impact on growth in vitro and in vivo. Puccio et al.
August 3, 2021: I am happy to announce that we have a new NIDCR-funded project in collaboration with the Xu lab: R01DE030121 (8/2021-7/2026), Xu & Kitten (MPIs) Oral Streptococcal Fitness and Virulence Genes. We are looking for postdocs!
October 29, 2020: Congratulations to Tanya Puccio on the successful defense of her dissertation!
January 21, 2020: We're excited to have a new R21 grant from NIDCR entitled: Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde? The duality of Streptococcus sanguinis as friend and foe.
February 4, 2019: Congratulations to Shannon Baker Green for successfully defending her dissertation!