Professor Guy Carpenter
Professor of Oral Biology
Research interests
- Host-Microbiome Interactions
- Dentistry
Biography
Professor Guy Carpenter has been studying saliva and salivary glands for 25 years at King’s College London.
He has over seventy publications, thirteen previous and five current PhD students, and has organised symposia at the International Association of Dental Research (IADR) conferences (5-7000 attendees) as well as co-organising Saliva Symposia with approximately 200 attendees. The IADR is the leading association for dental research.
A past president of the Salivary Research Group, he is currently the European President of IADR Salivary Group.
Seven of his PhD studentships have been BBSRC CASE awards co-funded by industry from oral health and food sectors.
Research has focused on the role of saliva in the mouth with an emphasis on oral lubrication - in health associated with food interactions such as taste, astringency and in disease associated with dry mouth/xerostomia caused by disease, medication or irradiation.
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Research
Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions
Millions of microorganisms live in and on our bodies forming microbiomes on different surfaces. Researchers in the Centre for Host Microbiome Interactions study our relationship with these bacteria and fungi in health or in oral and systemic diseases such as periodontitis, candidiasis, oral cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.
The Multiscale Biofilm Research Hub (MBRH)
The Multiscale Biofilm Research Hub (MBRH) has been established to promote interdisciplinary interactions and focus microbial biofilm related research at King’s.
Biofilms at mucosal surfaces
The study of dental caries, periodontitis, vaginal dysbiosis, chronic inflammatory diseases & infections within the oral cavity, intestinal tract & lungs
Project status: Ongoing
News
New industrial partnership aims to make plant-based food taste better
King’s College London oral biologists will be working with Motif FoodWorks and engineers from Imperial College London to improve the taste and nutritional...
Reduced statherin in acquired enamel pellicle on eroded teeth
Paper published: Reduced statherin in acquired enamel pellicle on eroded teeth compared to healthy teeth in the same subjects: An in-vivo study.
Spotlight
Spotlight on COVID: Confirming a mucosal response to COVID-19 in saliva
Guy Carpenter, Professor of Oral Biology shares insight into his research into developing a salivary secretory IgA assay to confirm a mucosal response to...
The publication feed is not currently available.
Research
Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions
Millions of microorganisms live in and on our bodies forming microbiomes on different surfaces. Researchers in the Centre for Host Microbiome Interactions study our relationship with these bacteria and fungi in health or in oral and systemic diseases such as periodontitis, candidiasis, oral cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.
The Multiscale Biofilm Research Hub (MBRH)
The Multiscale Biofilm Research Hub (MBRH) has been established to promote interdisciplinary interactions and focus microbial biofilm related research at King’s.
Biofilms at mucosal surfaces
The study of dental caries, periodontitis, vaginal dysbiosis, chronic inflammatory diseases & infections within the oral cavity, intestinal tract & lungs
Project status: Ongoing
News
New industrial partnership aims to make plant-based food taste better
King’s College London oral biologists will be working with Motif FoodWorks and engineers from Imperial College London to improve the taste and nutritional...
Reduced statherin in acquired enamel pellicle on eroded teeth
Paper published: Reduced statherin in acquired enamel pellicle on eroded teeth compared to healthy teeth in the same subjects: An in-vivo study.
Spotlight
Spotlight on COVID: Confirming a mucosal response to COVID-19 in saliva
Guy Carpenter, Professor of Oral Biology shares insight into his research into developing a salivary secretory IgA assay to confirm a mucosal response to...