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2023
Edinburgh Skin Network holds first symposium
Ed-SKIN has held its first symposium in Edinburgh. Ed-SKIN was formed to bring people together to better understand skin health, disease and personal care. It is a passionate, multi-disciplinary collaboration between leading biomedical scientists, dermatologists, engineers, vets, physicists and technology and innovation specialists united by the goal of accelerating next generation skincare.
The first Ed-SKIN symposium was an interdisciplinary networking event was held at the Playfair Library on 8th June. The event showcased the pioneering skin research being undertaken across Edinburgh institutes, complemented by keynote talks provided by Prof John McGrath (Kings College London) and Dr Ben Almquist (Imperial College London).
Around 1.9 billion people, almost a third of the world’s population, are affected by over 3,000 skin diseases. Leading culprits are eczema, wounds, psoriasis and skin cancers. Skin diseases can therefore have a profound impact on an individuals’ mental and physical well-being.
When the idea for Ed-SKIN arose back in 2020, I never imagined that it would develop into such a rich and enthusiastic interdisciplinary network. It is incredibly exciting seeing how Ed-SKIN is growing and stimulating new collaborations and a sense of community within the skin research field at Edinburgh. We have over 80 members now, spanning all University of Edinburgh campuses, Heriot Watt University and NHS Lothian
Winner of best early career researcher (ECR) talk prize was Dr Jana Travnickova (Postdoc, Prof Liz Patton's Lab at the MRC Human Genetics Unit at the MRC Institute for Genetics and Cancer). Winner of best poster prize was Abigail Elliot (PhD student, Dr Yi Feng's Lab at the Centre for Inflammation Research in IRR).
2022
Farewell Dr Dobie
We say a fond farewell to Dr Ross Dobie, co-founder and co-chair of Ed-SKIN.
Ross has been an absolute gem to work with and has been instrumental in working with Dr Jenna Cash to get Ed-SKIN going. Ross is leaving UoE to join Malvern Pananalytics at Nine in the BioQuarter.
We also welcome our new Deputy Chair, Dr Rose Ruiz Daniels! Rose works on Salmonid skin immunology in the context of sea lice resistance at the Roslin Institute.
Publications
Check out the latest review from the Radacsi group:
Combination of 3D Printing and Electrospinning Techniques for Biofabrication. (2022). Dan-Lei Yang, Fazal Faraz, Lie-Xin Wang, Norbert Radacsi Advanced Materials Technologies. DOI: 10.1002/admt.202101309
Advanced Materials Technologies paper
Grants
SWEA has awarded £99,970 for a public engagement project called '2000 voices'. The purpose of the project is to amplify eczema patient voices and share their experiences of living with eczema. The project is over 3 years and it is a collaboration with Bev Hood, ASCUS Art & Science, Dee Davidson, Eczema Outreach & the Brown Lab .
2021
Ed-SKIN logo competition winner
Congratulations to Dr Anabel Martinez-Lyon who won the Ed-SKIN logo competition! Anabel is a CRUK Research Fellow working in the Boulter lab at the MRC Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh University.