Brief description of what your group does:

HIV/AIDS associated malignancies

Malignant transformation in potentially malignant oral lesions

DNA ploidy of solid tumours

Current group members (incl. group head):

Post-graduate students graduated in the past 5 years: 

Collaborations within the ICMM

1. Prof M Pepper & Dr M Ambele – molecular profile of oral cancer development (Prof WFP van Heerden & Me MB van Heerden
2. Prof M Pepper – stem cells in the dental pulp (Dr S Nel)
3. Dr C du Randt – DLK-1 expression in umbilical cord (Me MB van Heerden & Dr T Kungoane)

National and international collaborations:

International

1. Prof Pablo Vargas & Dr Felippe Fonseca, Department of Oral Pathology, Piracicaba Dental School, UNICAMP, Brazil. Adenocarcinoma NOS of salivary glands & CD 56 in odontogenic tumours
2. Collaboration with Prof Keith Hunter (Sheffield University) with regards to mucoepidermoid carcinoma research project.
3. Prof.  Daniel Buser; Professor and Chairman of the Department of Oral Surgery at the University of Bern, Switzerland
4. Prof. Dean Morton. Professor and Chairman of the Department of Oral Health and Rehabilitation at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry.
5. Prof. Stephen Chen, ITI President, University of Melbourne, Australia
6. Prof. Will Martin. University of Florida, USA
7. Dr. Vladimir Todorovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Last updated 28/03/2019