Edinburgh Skin Network Symposium

The Ed-SKIN Steering  Committee is delighted to announce that abstract submissions are now open for the first Edinburgh Skin Network (Ed-SKIN) Symposium. The symposium will bring together a wide range of researchers who have an interest in skin science, engineering and clinical practice, in an interdisciplinary development and networking event.

The symposium will take place in-person on Thursday 8th June 2023 at the Playfair Library and will be followed by a drinks reception at the Royal College of Physicians, where we will be able to explore their exhibit "Skin - a layered history". We have a great line up of invited speakers including Dr Ben Almquist (Imperial; hydrogel drug delivery systems for skin) Dr Rebecca Gentek (fetal-derived mast cells in skin development and melanoma), Dr James Glover (developmental basis of fingerprint pattern formation), Dr Lisa MacIntyre (compression garments for prevention and treatment of hypertrophic burn scars)

We invite all PhD students and post-doctoral researchers working in the field of skin research to submit a <300 word abstract for the opportunity to give a poster presentation or short talk on their research. This is a great opportunity to showcase the incredible skin research being pursued in Edinburgh.  Prizes are up for grabs for best poster and best short talk.

Please email your abstracts to jenna.cash@ed.ac.uk and rose.daniels@ed.ac.uk . The deadline for abstract submission will be 5 pm April 28th.

We welcome everyone at the University of Edinburgh, Heriot Watt University and NHS Lothian to attend, regardless of whether your current research activities contain a skin theme or not.

Please note that this is an in-person only event. We are unable to provide online access to registrants. Also, this event has a maximum of 180 participants and registration may close prior to the deadline (Friday 1st June) if this maximum is reached.

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For any enquiries, please contact Jenna Cash (jenna.cash@ed.ac.uk).

Sponsors

• Sanofi

Ed-SKIN Symposium 

 

PROGRAM

Thursday 8^th June 2023, Playfair Library 

 09.30 - 9:40 - Intro/Welcome   

9:40 - 10:15 - Dr Ben Almquist (Imperial College London) - Diabetic Ulcers, Data and Drug Delivery  

10:15 - 10:45 – Dr Rebecca Gentek (CRM) – Fetal-derived mast cells in skin development and melanoma  

10:45 - 11:00 - Abigail Elliot - Tumour initiation at single cell resolution: oncogenic HRAS drives phenotypic plasticity within the epidermis    

 

• COFFEE BREAK & POSTER SESSION 

 

11:30 – 12:00 – Dr James Glover (Roslin) – Development of fingerprint patterning  

12:00 – 12:15 – Dr Ying Sze - Post-surgical tactile pain – driven by novel tactile corpuscles? 

12:10 – 12:25 – Angus Comerford - Observational changes to primary cilia in the ageing skin with implications on wound repair 

12:25 – 12:40 – Dr Jana Travnickova - Transcriptional and cellular heterogeneity in melanoma and residual disease 

 

• LUNCH BREAK & POSTER SESSION     

 

13:30 – 14:10 – Keynote speaker Prof John McGrath (Kings College London) – Healing wounds: taking the intravenous way  

14:10 – 14:40 – Dr Lisa MacIntyre (Heriot Watt University) – Compression garments for the treatment and prevention of hypertrophic burn scars.  

14:40 – 15:05 – Dr Ian Holland - Rotational Internal Flow Layer Engineering (RIFLE): A new biofabrication technology for potential skin tissue engineering 

 

• COFFEE BREAK 

 

15.20 – 15:45 – Dr Claire Leitch – A-Star eczema registry trials  

15:45 – 16:00 – Dr Carla Roca Bayerri - Understanding LRRC32 in keratinocyte biology of relevance to atopic eczema 

16:00 – 16:15 - Laura Confalonieri - Assessment of pH changes for detection of bacterial growth and biofilm formation 

16:15 - 16:30 – Dr Andrew Stevenson - Ultraviolet exposure is associated with lower mortality: an analysis of data from the UK Biobank cohort study 

16:30 - 16:45 – Closing and Awards  

 

17:00 - 19:00- Drink reception at the RCS