Name: Lin Tao Position Title: Associate Professor
EDUCATION
Beijing Medical University, China DDS 1978 Dentistry
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, China MS 1981 Oral Medicine
University of Connecticut, USA PhD 1989 Oral Microbiology
University of Oklahoma, USA Postdoc 1991 Bacterial Genetics
EXPERIENCE
1998- Associate Professor, Department of Oral Biology, UIC College of Dentistry.
1995-1998, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Ob-Gyn, UMKC School of Medicine.
1993-1998, Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Biology, UMKC School of Dentistry.
1991-1993, Assistant Professor of Research, Department of Microbiology, University of Oklahoma.
1985-1989, Resident Dentist I, Department of Oral Diagnosis, UConn Dental School, CT 06032
1983-1989, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Oral Biology, UConn Dental School, CT
1978-1983, Resident Dentist, Department of Stomatology, Beijing Union Hospital.
AWARD and HONOR
1998-2001 Research Award, National Institute of Health, HIV/AIDS Vaccine Program
1997-2002 First Award, National Institute of Health, National Institute for Dental Research
1996-1998 Research Award, American Heart Association
1994-1996 Research Award, American Foundation for AIDS Research/Concerned Parents for AIDS
1983-1989 University of Connecticut Graduate School Fellowship
1978-1981 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship
REVIEWER
1996- Journal of Bacteriology
1995- Journal of Dental Research
1995- Veterans Administration Medical Research Grants
SOCIETY
1985- American Association for Dental Research (AADR)
1990- American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
1998- International Infectious Disease Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology
INVITED LECTURER
1 Harvard School of Dentistry-Forsyth Dental Research Center. 1992. A novel binding protein-dependent transport system in Streptococcus mutans responsible for multiple sugar metabolism.
2 Fourth International ASM Conference on Streptococcal Genetics (Santa Fe, NM). 1994. Regulation of the multiple sugar metabolism operon of Streptococcus mutans.
3 M6 Pharmaceuticals. 1994. Pathogenicity of Streptococcus gordonii in endocarditis.
4 University of Vermont. 1995. Regulation of the multiple sugar metabolism operon of Streptococcus mutans.
5 University of Minnesota, 1995. Regulation of the multiple sugar metabolism operon of Streptococcus mutans.
6 University of Minnesota, 1995. Testing periodontal microorganisms by PCR.
7 University of Iowa, 1996. Bacterial genetics: molecular approaches to study oral microorganisms.
8 University of Iowa, 1996. Testing periodontal microorganisms by PCR.
9 University of Connecticut. 1996. Bacterial Genetics in Dentistry.
10 Harvard School of Dentistry-Forsyth Dental Research Center. 1997. Endocarditis: streptococcal genes induced in the heart.
11 University of Michigan, 1997. Endocarditis: streptococcal genes induced in the heart.
12 Fifth International ASM Conference on Streptococcal Genetics. 1998. Endocarditis: streptococcal genes induced in the heart. (Vichy, France)
13 International Infectious Disease Society for Ob-Gyn Annual Conference (New Orleans, LA). 1998. Initial evidence for transmission of vaginal Lactobacillus phages.
14 Second International Conference on Bacterial Vaginosis (Aspen, CO). 1998. Initial evidence for transmission of vaginal Lactobacillus phages.
15 University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, 1998. Endocarditis: streptococcal genes induced in the heart.
16 3M Pharmaceuticals Headquarter. 1998. Initial evidence for Lactobacillus phage transmission in women. St. Paul, MN.
17 Pharmacia & Upjohn. 1999. Initial evidence for Lactobacillus phage transmission in women. Bridgewater, NJ.
18 Infectious Disease Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology. 1999. Viral infection of vaginal lactobacilli. Toronto, Canada.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1 Tao, L., D. LeBlanc, and J.J. Ferretti. 1992. Novel streptococcal integration shuttle plasmid vectors for gene cloning and inactivation. Gene 120:105-110.
2 Tao, L., J.M. Tanzer, and T.J. MacAlister. 1993. Cell shape alteration and transformation efficiency of mutants of Streptococcus mutans. J. Dent. Res. 72:1032-1039.
3 Tao, L., J.M. Tanzer, H.K. Kuramitsu, and A. Das. 1993. Identification of several rod loci and cloning the rodD locus in Streptococcus mutans. Gene 126:123-128.
4 Tao, L., R.R.B. Russell, and J.J. Ferretti. 1993. Cloning of Streptococcus mutans multiple sugar metabolism (msm) operon in heterologous streptococcal hosts. Infect. Immun. 61:1121-1125.
5 Sutcliffe, I, L. Tao, J.J. Ferretti, and R.R.B. Russell. 1993. MsME, a lipoprotein involved in sugar transport in Streptococcus mutans. J. Bacteriol. 175:1853-1855.
6 Tao, L., I.S. Sutcliffe, R.R.B. Russell, and J.J. Ferretti. 1993. Transport of sugars, including sucrose, by the msm system of Streptococcus mutans. J. Dent. Res. 72:1386-1390.
7 Tao, L., and J.J. Ferretti. 1994. Inactivation and isolation of two loci for Streptococcus gordonii H2O2 production. J. Dent. Res. 73:427.
8 Tao, L., S. Hollingshead, A. Suvorov, J.J. Ferretti and W.M. McShan. 1995. Construction of a Streptococcus pyogenes recA mutant and cloning of the complete recA gene via the PCR method. Gene 162:59-62
9 Colby, S.M., G.C. Whiting, L. Tao, and R.R.B. Russell. 1995. Insertion inactivation of the Streptococcus mutans dexA (dextranase) gene results in altered adherence and dextran catabolism. Microbiology 141:2929-2936.
10 Tao, L., I.S. Sutcliffe, R.R.B. Russell, and J.J. Ferretti. 1995. Regulation of the multiple sugar metabolism operon in Streptococcus mutans. In Ferretti, JJ, Gilmore, MS Klaenhammer, TR and Brown, F. (eds): Genetics of Streptococci, Enterococci and Lactococci. Dev. Biol. Stand. Basel. Kargar, 1995, 85:343-350.
11 Kilic, A.O., S.I. Pavlova, W. Ma, and L. Tao. 1996. Analysis of bacteriophages and bacteriocins in American dairy products and characterization of a phage from yogurt. App. Environ. Microbiol 62:2111-2116.
12 Pavlova, S.I., A.O. Kilic. S.M. Mou, and Tao, L., 1997. Phage infection in vaginal lactobacilli: an in vitro study. Infect. Dis. Ob. Gyn. 5:36-44.
13 Tao, L., Pavlova, S.I., Mou, S.M., Ma, W., and A.O. Kilic. 1997. Analysis of Lactobacillus products for phages and bacteriocins that infect vaginal lactobacilli. Infect. Dis. Ob. Gyn. 5:244-251.
14 Herzberg MC, Meyer MW, Kilic A, Tao L. 1997. Host-pathogen interactions in bacterial endocarditis: Streptococcal virulence in the host. Adv Dent Res 11:69-74.
15 Tao L, Pavlova SI. 1998. Vaginal Lactobacillus phage plaque and electron micrograph. Infect. Dis. Ob. Gyn. 6:236.
16 Tao, L. 1998. Streptococcal integration vectors for gene inactivation and cloning. Methods in Cell Sciences. 20:59-64.
17 Tao, L., M. Herzberg. 1999. Identifying in vivo-expressed streptococcal genes in endocarditis. Methods in Enzymology. (In press)