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Professor Joester’s research group is driven by the desire to understand not only the design, i.e. the structure and functional organization of biominerals, but also their integrated synthesis. On a cellular level, these two, design and its execution, are inextricably linked. Their highly interdisciplinary approach reflects this complexity and rests on both the engineering of biomaterials synthesis in cell culture and the biologically inspired synthetic (re)construction of artificial mineralizing systems. In this way, they hope to find ways to create new materials of functional and architectural sophistication that rival that of biominerals.
Following their recent discovery of a highly soluble Mg-rich intergranular film in vertebrate tooth enamel, they embarked on an investigation into its role in tooth decay and bioinspired approaches to prevent caries. Research in the Joester group therefore includes (bio)synthesis, functional properties, and degradation of biominerals.
Education/Academic qualification
Chemistry, PhD, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Chemistry, MSc, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Chemistry and Pharmacy, BA, University of Tübingen
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Acquisition of a K2 Camera for Soft Matter Transmission Electron Microscopy
Gianneschi, N., Dichtel, W., Dravid, V. P., Farha, O. K., Joester, D., Meade, T. J., Mirkin, C. A., Mrksich, M., Scott, E. A., Stupp, S., Weiss, E. A. & Wu, J.
Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health
8/12/19 → 8/11/24
Project: Research project
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Unlocking the Cryo-Domain: Bio-Cryo-Tomography from Micro to Atomic Scale
2/1/21 → 3/31/23
Project: Research project
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Iron oxide nanozymes stabilize stannous fluoride for targeted biofilm killing and synergistic oral disease prevention
Huang, Y., Liu, Y., Pandey, N. K., Shah, S., Simon-Soro, A., Hsu, J. C., Ren, Z., Xiang, Z., Kim, D., Ito, T., Oh, M. J., Buckley, C., Alawi, F., Li, Y., Smeets, P. J. M., Boyer, S., Zhao, X., Joester, D., Zero, D. T., Cormode, D. P., & 1 others , Dec 2023, In: Nature communications. 14, 1, 6087.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multi-scale characterization of Developmental Defects of Enamel and their clinical significance for diagnosis and treatment
Houari, S., DeRocher, K., Thuy, T. T., Coradin, T., Srot, V., van Aken, P. A., Lecoq, H., Sauvage, T., Balan, E., Aufort, J., Calemme, M., Roubier, N., Bosco, J., Jedeon, K., Berdal, A., Joester, D. & Babajko, S., Oct 1 2023, In: Acta Biomaterialia. 169, p. 155-167 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mesoscale structural gradients in human tooth enamel
Free, R., DeRocher, K., Cooley, V., Xu, R., Stock, S. R. & Joester, D., Dec 27 2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119, 52, e2211285119.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Proteomic and Transcriptomic Analyses in the Slipper Snail Crepidulafornicata Uncover Shell Matrix Genes Expressed During Adult and Larval Biomineralization
Batzel, G. O., Moreno, B. K., Lopez, L. S., Nguyen, C. K., Livingston, B. T., Joester, D. & Lyons, D. C., 2022, In: Integrative Organismal Biology. 4, 1, obac023.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Superlattice ordering transitions driven by short-range structure in barium calcium carbonates
Whittaker, M. L., Pri-Gal, E., Schmidt, A. & Joester, D., Feb 2 2022, In: Faraday Discussions. 235, p. 416-432 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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