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Jeffrey Banas

Professor of Pediatric Dentistry

Current Positions

  • Professor of Pediatric Dentistry
  • Director, Iowa Institute for Oral Health Research
  • Director, Graduate Program in Oral Science

Education

  • PhD in Microbiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • BS in Microbiology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana

Center, Program and Institute Affiliations

Selected Awards & Honors

  • Honorary Membership, Omicron Kappa Upsilon (Mu Chapter) Dental Honor Society

Professional Memberships

  • American Association for Dental Research
  • American Society for Microbiology

Selected Publications

  • Sebag, S.C., Hao, M., Qian, Q., Upara, C., Ding, Q., Zhu, M., Banas, J.A., Cao, H., Hong, L., Yang, L. A medium chain fatty acid, 6-hydroxyhexanoic acid (6-HHA), protects against obesity and insulin resistance. Acta Phram Sin B. (2024) Apr;14(4):1892-1894. doi: 10.1016/j.apsb.2024.01.002. Epub 2024 Jan 8. PMCID: PMC10985024.
  • Ding, Q., Upara, C., Zhu, M., Banas, J. & Hong, L. (2024). Novel fatty acid treatment for periodontitis with chronic kidney disease. AADOCR Annual Meeting.
  • Allen, S. L., Zhu, M. & Banas, J. A. (2024). Analysis of probiotic candidates' suppression of Candida albicans mediated inflammation. AAPD Annual Session.
  • Araujo, E. M., Kulanthaival, S., Banas, J. A., Zhu, M., Lima, B. & Vidal, C. M. (2024). Standardizing protocol for obtaining collagenase from Streptococcus mutans. AADOCR Annual Meeting.
  • Kulanthaival, S., Banas, J., Rysavy, O., Zeng, E., Drake, D. & Vidal, C. (2024). Different stimulation strategies to study the MMPs expression by DPSC. AADOCR Annual Meeting.
  • Calderon, S. J., Comnick, C. L., Villhauer, A., Marshall, T., Dahl, J. U., Banas, J. A. & Drake, D. R. (2023). A Social Media Intervention for Promoting Oral Health Behaviors in Adolescents: A Non-Randomized Pilot Clinical Trial. Oral (Basel, Switzerland) 3 (2) 203-214. DOI: 10.3390/oral3020018. PMID: 38162993. PMCID: PMC10757568.
  • Laird, N. Z., Phruttiwanichakun, P., Zhu, M., Banas, J. A., Elangovan, S. & Salem, A. K. (2023). Choline and geranic acid (CAGE) ionic liquids inhibit both elastase activity and growth of oral bacteria. Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A 111 (5) 682-687. DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.37485. PMID: 36565165.
  • Shu, Y., Upara, C., Ding, Q., Zhu, M., Zeng, E., Banas, J. A. & Hong, L. (2023). Spent culture supernatant of Streptococcus gordonii mitigates inflammation of human periodontal cells and inhibits proliferation of pathogenic oral microbes. Journal of periodontology 94 (4) 575-585. DOI: 10.1002/JPER.22-0333. PMID: 36369979. PMCID: PMC10133002.
  • Allen, S. L. & Banas, J. A. (2023). Analysis of novel streptococcal probiotic candidates' antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties. AAPD Annual Session.
  • Upara, C., Ding, Q., Zhu, M., Banas, J. & Hong, L. (2023). Therapeutic potential of 6-hydroxycaproic acid: a metabolite of Streptococcus gordonii. AADOCR Annual Meeting.

Selected Grants & Contracts

  • Longitudinal analysis of low pH streptococci and plaque microbiome in early childhood caries; NIDCR; Mangalam, Ashutosh (Co-Investigator), Cao, Jun (Co-Investigator), Kolker, Justine (Co-Investigator), Dawson, Deborah (Co-Investigator), Drake, David R. (Principal Investigator), Banas, Jeffrey A. (Principal Investigator)
  • Novel honeycomb gallo-silicate microspheres for rapid hemostasis of oral and maxillofacial wounds; NIDCR; Denry, Isabelle (Principal Investigator)
  • The Microbiome in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma; University of Iowa
  • Smart Release Antimicrobial Coatings for Dental Implants; NIDCR; Banas, Jeffrey (Co-Investigator), Denry, Isabelle (Principal Investigator)
  • Site-specific non-mutans streptococci etiologies of dental caries; NIDCR; Banas, Jeffrey A (Principal Investigator)
  • Ceramic Scaffolds with Engineered Chemistry and Topography; NIH; Dr. Isabelle Denry (Principal Investigator), Banas, Jeffrey A (Co-Investigator)
  • Streptococcus mutans Strain Susceptibility Differences to Host Defense Peptides; NIDCR; Banas, Jeffrey A (Principal Investigator)
  • Glucan Binding Proteins of Oral Streptococci; NIDCR; Banas, Jeffrey A (Principal Investigator)
  • BSL3 Microbiology Core; NIAID P01; Dennis Metzger (Principal Investigator), Banas, Jeffrey A
  • Mutant F. tularensis Interactions with Macrophages; NIAID P01; Dennis Metzger (Principal Investigator), Banas, Jeffrey A