SRSS Seminar & AGM 2023
This is an in-person meeting and registration is required.
The talk by Rachel Watson is open to the public.
The AGM 2023 is for SRSS members ONLY.
The talk by Rachel Watson is open to the public.
The AGM 2023 is for SRSS members ONLY.
Speaker's information
Rachel Watson, ED A*SRL & SRIS
"Cutaneous photodamage"
Day: 11 July 2023 (Tues)
Time: 16:00 - 16:45
(followed by SRSS AGM 2023)
Venue: Matrix Building Biopolis, L2M Theatrette, 30 Biopolis Street, S 138671
Rachel Watson, ED A*SRL & SRIS
"Cutaneous photodamage"
Day: 11 July 2023 (Tues)
Time: 16:00 - 16:45
(followed by SRSS AGM 2023)
Venue: Matrix Building Biopolis, L2M Theatrette, 30 Biopolis Street, S 138671
ABSTRACT
I will review our knowledge of cutaneous photodamage in Caucasian skin and it’s impact on skin organisation and function, and discuss potential mechanisms which lead to preferential destruction of key elastic fibre components. I will also summarise what we understand of photodamage in darker (African or African/American) skin types (Fitzpatrick SPT IV-VI).
I will review our knowledge of cutaneous photodamage in Caucasian skin and it’s impact on skin organisation and function, and discuss potential mechanisms which lead to preferential destruction of key elastic fibre components. I will also summarise what we understand of photodamage in darker (African or African/American) skin types (Fitzpatrick SPT IV-VI).
BIO
I am a basic scientist with an honours degree in Anatomy & Cell Biology and a PhD in Biomedicine. I work at the interface between fundamental science and clinical application to increase the mechanistic understanding of clinically relevant topics in skin health and disease; my research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of human ageing.
I have had long-standing (> 25 years) collaborations with key opinion leaders in Dermatology which has provided me a greater appreciation of the clinical needs faced by patients as they age, and further allows me to use my particular skills to investigate and dissect pathways impacting on the ageing process. In this presentation I will review our current understanding of skin changes associated with ageing and the mechanisms which underpin changes in skin structure and function.
Having led the University of Manchester (UK) Skin Ageing programme, a multidisciplinary partnership between researchers and industry (Walgreens Alliance Boots; total investment since 2009 of c£12m), I have recently relocated to Singapore to take up Executive Director roles at A*STAR Skin Research Labs (A*SRL) and the Skin Research Institute of Singapore (SRIS). I maintain an honorary position at the University of Manchester to allow my continued supervision of existing PhD candidates to completion. I also maintain a leadership role within the European Society for Investigative Dermatology (ESDR; board member).
I look forward to bringing together clinicians, scientists and engineers within the Singapore ecosystem to provide solutions for skin disease, improving the health of the Singaporean, and global, population.
I am a basic scientist with an honours degree in Anatomy & Cell Biology and a PhD in Biomedicine. I work at the interface between fundamental science and clinical application to increase the mechanistic understanding of clinically relevant topics in skin health and disease; my research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of human ageing.
I have had long-standing (> 25 years) collaborations with key opinion leaders in Dermatology which has provided me a greater appreciation of the clinical needs faced by patients as they age, and further allows me to use my particular skills to investigate and dissect pathways impacting on the ageing process. In this presentation I will review our current understanding of skin changes associated with ageing and the mechanisms which underpin changes in skin structure and function.
Having led the University of Manchester (UK) Skin Ageing programme, a multidisciplinary partnership between researchers and industry (Walgreens Alliance Boots; total investment since 2009 of c£12m), I have recently relocated to Singapore to take up Executive Director roles at A*STAR Skin Research Labs (A*SRL) and the Skin Research Institute of Singapore (SRIS). I maintain an honorary position at the University of Manchester to allow my continued supervision of existing PhD candidates to completion. I also maintain a leadership role within the European Society for Investigative Dermatology (ESDR; board member).
I look forward to bringing together clinicians, scientists and engineers within the Singapore ecosystem to provide solutions for skin disease, improving the health of the Singaporean, and global, population.
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