Research

peripheral nervous system, neuroimmune interactions, neuro-stem cell interactions, oral mucosa, computational modelling

Cancer Models, Infectious Disease and Inflammation Models, Neuronal Models

Interests

Our lab studies the nervous system of the oral mucosa to understand how its development, organisation and function regulate health and disease mechanisms. We use a wide range of experimental techniques, including molecular and genetic manipulations, advanced microscopy, next-generation sequencing approaches, bioinformatics and computational modelling. We are now aiming to develop complex oral mucosa in vitro models to allow us to further investigate neuroimmune and neuro-epithelial interactions.