Research

Patient and Public Involvement Panel Increasing awareness of poor oral health and infective endocarditis

By running a bi-annual focus group on the link between infective endocarditis and oral health we get public perceptions on the disease and what more can be done.

Peri-implantitis research Exploring the bacteria that cause peri-implantitis

Mingjin focusses on investigating peri-implantitis, finding potential biomarkers for the causation of the disease.

Medical specialists Our group contains a number of highly qualified periodontitions and healthcare professionals.

Learn more about how our group is helping the growing population of people with gum disease.

Metagenomic Analyses Combination of R, python and Bash scripts to analyse bacterial genomes.

Take a look at our Github to see what code we are using to analyse saliva, heart valve and stool bacterial DNA.

Microscopy Imaging heart valves, biofilms and granualation tissue

Alongside our -omics approaches, we use microscopy to view the structural components of disease.