Senior Colgate Prize Winners

Year	Name of Recipient	Title of Paper
1959	W G Armstrong	An investigation into the collagenase resistance of carious dentine
1960	J E Eastoe	Preliminary observations on the composition of the nitrogenous fraction of developing enamel in human foetal teeth
1961	M N Naylor Highly commended J A Dawson	Cold sensation in human dentine Some observations on the morphology and histology of the horny teeth of the hagfish
1962	D C A Picton	Vertical mobility of cheek teeth with biting
1963	W H Bowen S A Leach	Bacteriological studies of experimental caries Role of sialic acid in the biological function of human salivary mucin
1964	C J Smith Highly commended RAD Williams J W Osborne	Alteration of epithelial lysosomes during oral carcinogenesis Biochemical aspects of the adaptation to fluoride by a micro-organism isolated from dental plaque The nature of Hunter-Schreger bands in enamel
1965	T Lehner	Autoimmunological investigation of recurrent aphthous ulceration
1966	Joint winners: J C Elliott JHP Main Highly commended J H Horsley	The preparation of single crystals of hydroxyapatite from chlorapatite Action of polyoma virus on long term organ cultures of tooth germs Isolation of fluorescent material present in calcified tissues
1967	L C Dryburgh	The epigenetics of early tooth development in the mouse
1968	Joint winners: DER Cornick B Matthews	The effect of F and Mg on acid production in plaque deposited on indwelling glass electrodes in monkey (Macaca brus) Cold-sensitive and hot-sensitive nerves in teeth
1969	G S McKay	The pattern of bacterial invasion of carious dentine
1970	Joint winners: B K Berkovitz D B Ferguson	The effect of surgical interference and drug administration on eruption in the rat lower incisor Effects of fluoride in low doses on serum proteins and enzymes in animals and man
1971	Joint winners: J D Harrison L F Greeenwood	Production of mucoceles by salivary duct ligation Site of termination of sensory nerve fibres from teeth
1972	R C Paterson	Bacterial contamination and the response of the exposed rat molar pulp
1973	G Embery	The biosynthesis of chondroitin 4-sulphate in the teeth of young rats
1974	Joint winners: A Brook A Tatevossian	Dental anomalies of number, form and size: their prevalence and aetiology in British children Studies on plaque fluid
1975	F C Smales	An investigation into inter-crystallite bonding in prisms of immature rat enamel
1976	No Award
1977	Joint winners: S J Challacombe W J Hume	Passage of IgG from serum into crevicular fluid in Rhesus monkeys An investigation into epithelial circadian rhythms uing the mouse filiform papilla model
1978	SLW  Lisney	Presynaptic inhibition of single pulpal afferents in the cat
1979	C M Scully	Comparative opsonic activity in oral fluids, and phagocytic activity of blood, crevicular and salivary polymorphonuclear leucocytes in Rhesus monkeys
1980	MWJ Ferguson	Alligator mississippiensis: a new model for investigating palatal development
1981	P Shellis	Enamel growth and structure in relation to tooth and body size in primates and related mammals
1982	R A Seymour	The pharmacokinetics and efficacy of three analgesics in post-operative dental pain
1983	P P Robinson	The re-innervation of re-implanted and auto-transplanted teeth in the cat
1984	J K Heath	Biochemical and biological properties of a bone-resorbing factor synthesised by periosteal fibroblasts
1985	C W Keevil	Proton-motive force driven 6-deoxyglucose uptake by Streptococcus mutans Ingbritt and itsecological significance
1986	R M Palmer	The role of dental papilla and follicle in the development of the mouse periodontium in culture
1987	M H Thornhill	The role of interferon-gamma in lymphocyte adhesion to endothelial cells in vitro
1988	M Levenkind	Electrochemical impedence characterisation of human dental enamel and dentine
1989	No entries
1990	R J Waddington	A biochemical analysis of proteoglycan in human alveolar bone
1991	J K-C Ma	Conservation of the glue-encoding streptococcal antigen VII in oral streptococci
1992	G R Ogden	Oral exfoliative cytology revisited: an immunocytochemical, histochemical and morphometric study
1993	B Doubleday	Nerve growth factor deprivation blocks collateral re-innervation of tooth pulp and skin
1994	S P Sweet	Oral candidiasis in HIV infestion: mucosal immunity versus strain selection
1995	V Booth	Monoclonal antibodies to Porphyromonas gingivalis and their use in passive immunisation
1996	D W Williams	A molecular-based method for identification of Candida in archival material
1997	D Brown	E-cadherin independent binding of αß7-positive lymphocytes to oral keratinocytes
1998	W Turner Highly commended J Naglik	Identification of a novel putative transcription factor associated with BMP-induced osteoblastic commitment
1999	G J Thomas	The role of αvβ6 integrin in modulating epithelial behaviour
2000	M Cobourne	Conservation of wingless/hedgehog interactions in ectodermal boundary formation during mammalian tooth formation
2001	Not awarded
2003	J McLachlan	Gene Expression analysis in human pulp using microarray technology
2004	NS Willmott	X-ray microtomographic study of dentinal caries in deciduous molars
2005	Joint winners: S Atkins M Nystrom	The effect of scarring on regeneration following peripheral nerve repair NSAIDS inhibit integrin-dependent squamous-cell carcinoma invasion
2006	D Dicara	Development of highly specific anti-v6 peptides for imaging orall cancer
2007	L Davies	Isolation and characterisation of mulitpotent cells from the oral mucosa
2008	Suttipalin Suwannakul	Subtypes of Porphyromonas gingivalis that differ in epithelial cell invasion
2009	David Conway	Socioeconomic risk factors associated with upper aerodigestive tract cancer.
2010	Nicola Innes	Sealing caries in primary molars: Hall technique RCT 5-year results.
2011	Mark Payne	Role of the commensal microbiota in  Porphyromonas gingivalis induced periodontitis
2012	R Howard- Jones
2013	Paul Hyde Commendation: Katie Bardsley Rachel Williams	Clinical implications from an RCT of complete denture impression materials Mimicking natural bone development to produce tissue for bone grafts Leptin synergistically enhances an ECM degrading gingival fibroblast phenotype
2014	Genevieve Melling Commended: Emma Board Davies	MicroRNA-145 inhibits and reverses pro-oncogenic transdifferentiation of oral fibroblasts Oral progenitor cells exhibit broad antibacterial properties.
2015	R. Bolt Commended: P. Ryan A. DÕOnofrio J. Walker	Viral status and microenvironment in oropharyngeal cancer A phenotypic re-evaluation of human gamma delta T cells in health and disease Novel bioactive glass cements for bone grafting Characterisation of mouse incisor tooth mesenchymal stem cells
2016	Dylan Herzog	Rapid detection of root canal bacteria in patients using fluorescence spectroscopy
2017	Daniel Morse	Contribution of Oral bacteria to Candid virulence and denture stomatitis.
2018	Amy Harding	Tissue engineering the extracellular matrix in oral carcinoma.