Svetislav Zaric

Svetislav Zaric

Svetislav Zaric
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), Peninsula Dental School
Plymouth University, United Kingdom

Biography

Svetislav Zaric is an Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Biomedical sciences in the Peninsula School of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth University. He completed his BDS (2003) and MSc. in Periodontology and Oral Medicine (2007) from University of Belgrade, Serbia. He completed his PhD in Microbiology/Immunology Queen’s University, Belfast in 2010.

Research Interest

Microbiology of periodontal diseases, host-pathogen interactions, Toll-like receptors signalling, immunopathogenesis of chronic inflammation and mechanisms involved in the resolution of inflammatory response.
particularly interested in the chemical composition of Porphyromonasgingivalis LPS, with regards to its lipid-A structure and sialylation, and in consequences these changes have on the host’s immune response. Other areas of research interests are molecular and cellular mechanisms responsible for tissue injury during inflammation, identification of therapeutic targets for resolution of inflammation and oral-systemic health connection.