An Oral Microbial Shield Against Chemotherapy

Join the September 2026 installment of the Division of Oral and Systemic Health Sciences' Seminar Series. All are welcome, and no RSVP is required. The event is in-person, and one unit of continuing education credit is available for attendees!

Dr. Hung Ton-That received a B.S. degree in Chemistry in 1996 and a Ph.D. degree in Microbiology in 2000 from UCLA. His graduate work aimed to elucidate the mechanism of sortase-catalyzed cell wall anchoring of surface proteins in Staphylococcus aureus. He moved to the University of Chicago for his postdoctoral studies investigating the mechanism of pilus assembly in Gram-positive bacteria. Between 2004 and 2018, he held faculty positions at the University of Connecticut Health Center and the University of Texas McGovern Medical School, continuing his studies of Gram-positive pili and their role in biofilm formation and bacterial pathogenesis. In July 2018, he joined the faculty of the Division of Oral and Systemic Health Sciences at the UCLA School of Dentistry. His research program currently focuses on the molecular assembly on the cell surface of Gram-positive pathogens, oxidative protein folding in these monoderms, and virulence mechanisms of the Gram-negative Fusobacterium nucleatum, and development of novel anti-infective strategies.