Dr Emma Board-Davies
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Overview
I am a Post Doctoral Research Associate with Dr. Charles Heard (School of Pharmacy) and Prof. Alastair Sloan (School of Dentistry). My project is focused on generating medicinal films to treat gingivitis. To this aim I am undertaking techniques such as microbiology, the culture of gingival tissue models and immunohistochemistry.
Biography
I completed my PhD in the School of Dentistry, supervised by Prof. Phil Stephens, Dr. Lindsay Davies and Prof. Alastair Sloan. I was investigating the antibacterial properties of oral mucosal stem cells, undertaking techniques in areas such as microbiology, cell culture, proteomics and molecular biology. I then went on to complete a 6-month MRC CiC funded project, developing a novel antimicrobial dental cement with Prof. Alastair Sloan. During this project incorporated liposomes within the cements in addition to performing biomechanical and antimicrobial analysis of the cements.
Publications
2023
- Board-Davies, E. L., Rhys-Williams, W., Hynes, D., Love, W. G. and Williams, D. W. 2023. Antimicrobial effects of XF drugs against Candida albicans and its biofilms. Frontiers in Fungal Biology 4, article number: 1225647. (10.3389/ffunb.2023.1225647)
2022
- Knight, R. et al. 2022. Oral progenitor cell line-derived small extracellular vesicles as a treatment for preferential wound healing outcome. Stem Cells Translational Medicine 11(8), pp. 861-875. (10.1093/stcltm/szac037)
- Board-Davies, E. L., Rhys-Williams, W., Hynes, D., Williams, D., Farnell, D. J. and Love, W. 2022. Antibacterial and antibiofilm potency of XF drugs, impact of photodynamic activation and synergy with antibiotics.. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 12, article number: 904465. (10.3389/fcimb.2022.904465)
2020
- Yee Lim, S. et al. 2020. Mucoadhesive thin films for the simultaneous delivery of microbicide and anti-inflammatory drugs in the treatment of periodontal diseases. International Journal of Pharmaceutics 573, article number: 118860. (10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.118860)
2018
- Davies, L. C., Board-Davies, E., Shamlou, B., Boberg, E., Garming-Legert, K. and Le Blanc, K. 2018. Stromal progenitor cell modulation by thalidomide in the treatment of oral chronic graft-versus-host disease. Cytotherapy 20(5), pp. 755-758. (10.1016/j.jcyt.2018.02.370)
2016
- Board Davies, E. 2016. The antibacterial properties of oral mucosa lamina propria-progenitor cells.. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.