The Biologic & Materials Sciences Department is large and dynamic, with current research foci including cancer biology, materials sciences, microbiology and immunology, neurobiology, and tissue engineering. It has more than 35 postdoctoral scholars and visiting scientists currently participating in the Department. There is a long history of collaborative multidisciplinary research, and many faculty hold joint appointments, especially in the Medical School and College of Engineering. Excellent facilities within the department, school, and university enable broad technical approaches to molecular, cellular, and integrative oral sciences. Recent opportunities for research development grow from the University's new Life Sciences Institute and Initiative.

• Bradley Lab, Taste System Research
• DaSilva Lab, Headache & Orofacial Pain Effort
• Drach Lab, Antiviral Drug Research
• Fenno Lab, Oral Spirochetes in Periodontal Disease Research
• Geng Lab, Cell Adhesion and Migration Research
• Gerstner Lab, Oral Function and Pain Laboratory
• Hu Lab
• Kaartinen Lab, Organogenesis
• Kohn Lab, Biomimetics and Biomineralization Research
• Krebsbach Lab
• Krukonis Lab, Mechanisms and Regulation of Bacterial Pathogenesis
• Krull Lab, Cell migration/Axon Pathfinding During Development Research
• Kuroda Lab, Bioactive Polymers & Materials Research
• Liu Lab
• Ma Lab, Polymeric Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering Research
• Mishina Lab, Genetics of Mouse Development Lab
• Mistretta Lab, Taste System Research
• Pierchala Lab
• Prosthodontic Lab, Materials Science & Micromeasurement Research
• Simmer Lab, Tooth Development Research