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	WEDNESDAY 21ST MARCH - DAY 1
08.00 – 16:30	REGISTRATION
08:45 – 09:00	CONFERENCE OPENING AND WELCOME
	Thomas DAWSON Senior Principal Investigator, Institute of Medical Biology, A*STAR President, Skin Research Society Singapore
09.00 – 10.30	SESSION 1: THE WOUND ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY Chair: Keith HARDING, Cardiff University, Wales, UK
09.00 – 09.15	Zee UPTON, Institute of Medical Biology, Singapore David BECKER, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Wound care innovation for the tropics - Overview
09.15 – 09.45	Marjana TOMIC-CANIC, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA Human tissue storytelling: mechanisms, diagnostics and new treatments in wound healing
09.45 – 10.00	Moogaambikai Thangaveloo, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore Surviving burns: Connexin 43 downregulation prevents burn progression
10.00 – 10.15	Tony PARKER, Queensland University of Technology, Australia How bad is my child’s burn? Differences in blister fluid biochemistry to assess paediatric burn wounds
10.15 – 10.30	Chenghao LIU, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Inflammation-regulated LRG1 orchestrates vessel leakage, angiogenesis and fibroplasia in cutaneous wound healing
10.30 – 11.00	Morning tea break

 

 

11.00 – 12.30	SESSION 2: Mechanisms of Skin Integrity and Differentiation Chair: Zee UPTON, Institute of Medical Biology, Singapore
11.00 – 11.30	Keith HARDING, Cardiff University, UK Wound healing - can we learn any lessons from approaches to cancer?
11.30 – 11.45	Benjamin William Walters, Institute of Medical Biology, Singapore Histone acetylation: A key determiner of keratinocyte fate?
11.45 – 12.00	Thuy Tram DANG, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Investigating the influence of surface charge on biomaterial-mediated wound healing response by non-invasive imaging approach
12.00 – 12.30	Xin LU, University of Oxford, UK Regulating p53 and beyond: From cell death to sudden death
12.30 – 14.00	Lunch break
14.00 – 15.45	SESSION 3: Wound Healing & The Microbiome - Host-Microbe Interactions Chair: Thomas DAWSON, Institute of Medical Biology, Singapore
14.00 – 14.30	Elizabeth GRICE, University of Pennsylvania, USA Skin microbiome roles in inflammation and wound healing
14.30 – 14.45	Baptiste Janela, Singapore Immunology Network, Singapore Dermal cDC1 control sustained recruitment and survival of neutrophils through VEGFα secretion in response to cutaneous bacterial infection
14.45 – 15.00	Rathi Saravanan, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Thrombin derived host defense peptide modulates fibroblast growth and suppresses inflammatory response in vitro and in vivo
15.00 – 15.15	Hao LI, Molecular Engineering Laboratory, Singapore Elucidating the functional roles of skin microbial secreted proteases
15.15 – 15.45	Kimberly KLINE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Pathogenic mechanisms of Enterococcus Faecalis biofilm-associated wound infection

 

15.45 – 16.00	Xin LU - Introduction to Key Note Speaker, Birgit LANE
16.00 – 16.30	Birgit LANE, Institute of Medical Biology, Singapore Building skin research in Singapore
16.30 – 19.00	Poster Session & Networking Session
	End of Day 1
	THURSDAY 22ND MARCH - DAY 2
08.30 – 16:00	REGISTRATION
09.00 – 10.30	Session 4: Emerging Technologies for Studying Skin Health - Models Chair: David BECKER, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
09.00 – 09.30	Pankaj Karande, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA Fabrication of a vascularized full thickness human skin tissue by 3D bioprinting
09.30 – 09.45	Massimo Alberti, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore Microfluidics meets skin research: novel technologies for automated high-throughput ex vivo and in vitro skin testing
09.45 – 10.00	Tom CARNEY, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore Zebrafish genetics identify novel mechanisms maintaining the skin defensive barrier
10.00 – 10.30	Shann YU, University of Chicago, USA Engineering lymphangiogenesis in skin: How and Why?
10.30 – 11.00	Morning tea break
11.00 – 12.45	Session 5: Emerging Technologies in Wound Treatments Chair: Thuy Tram DANG, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
11.00 – 11.30	Claire HIGGINS, Imperial College London, UK Bioinspired treatments for pressure ulcers on the residual limb
11.30 – 11.45	Jiah Shin CHIN, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Development of scaffolds to promote chronic wound healing

 

11.45 – 12.00	Navin Kumar VERMA, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Tuning membrane selectivity of polyethylenimines for cost-effective advanced wound dressings
12.00 – 12.15	Helena Topouzi, Imperial College London, UK Exploiting inherent properties of hair follicle dermal papilla cells to promote wound healing
12.15 – 12.45	Mary CHAN, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Cationic hydrogels and polymers for biomedical and environmental disinfection
12.45 – 14.15	Lunch break
14.15 – 16.00	Session 6: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR STUDYING SKIN HEALTH – Non-invasive tools Chair: Steven THNG, Skin Research Institute Singapore, Singapore
14.15 – 14.45	Lai Guan NG, Singapore Immunology Network, Singapore Lights, microscope and action: Understanding skin immune responses by multiphoton and light sheet microscopy
14.45 – 15.00	Amalina Ebrahim Attia, Singapore Bioimaging Consortium, Singapore Multispectral optoacoustic tomography (MSOT) for three-dimensional reconstruction of non-melanoma skin cancers
15.00 – 15.15	Hyunjung KIM, Seoul Medical Center, Korea Development of at-home measurement device for skin barrier functions integrated with IoT technology for atopic dermatitis education and maintenance.
15.15 – 15.30	Chenjie XU, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Molecular sensors for the diagnosis of the abnormal fibroblasts derived from abnormal scars
15.30 – 16.00	Jens TITZE, DUKE-NUS Medical School, Singapore Skin barrier function and systemic blood pressure control
	End of Day 2

 

	FRIDAY 23RD MARCH - DAY 3
08.30 – 16:30	REGISTRATION
09.00 – 10.45	SESSION 7: ACNE & HAIR Chair: Carlos CLAVEL, Institute of Medical Biology, Singapore
09.00 – 09.30	Christos Zouboulis, Brandenburg Medical School Theodore Fontane, Germany Inflammation and acne: Brand new aspects resulting from sophisticated experimental models
09.30 – 09.45	Yann Barrandon, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland From skin to brain
09.45 – 10.00	Zoe LIM, Institute of Medical Biology, Singapore The role of premature senescence in AGA
10.00 – 10.15	Etienne Wang, National Skin Centre, Singapore Oncostatin M is produced by TREM2+ macrophages and maintains hair follicle stem cell quiescence during murine telogen
10.15 – 10.30	Satoshi Nakamizo, Institute of Medical Biology & Singapore Immunology Network, Singapore High-fat diet exacerbates neutrophilic folliculitis by facilitating CXCL2 in neutrophils
10.30 – 10.45	WOO Wei Meng, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore The role of Hedgehog signaling in hair follicle dermal microenvironment
10.45 – 11.15	Morning tea break
11.15 – 11:30	Skin Barrier Sessions in conjunction with PAPSBRS
	Welcome Address - President of PAPSBRS Maoqiang MAN, The Veterans Health Research Institute, San Francisco, USA
	Welcome Note from Local Organisers John COMMON, Institute of Medical Biology, A*STAR and Kenji KABASHIMA, Department of Dermatology, University of Kyoto, Japan
11.30 – 13.15	SESSION 8: Skin Barrier & Ageing Chairs: Birgit LANE, Institute of Medical Biology, Singapore Jeong Deog LEE, President of KSBR, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea
11.30 – 12.00	Theodora Mauro, San Francisco Veterans Hospital & University of California, USA Aged epidermal barrier dysfunction contributes to systemic inflammation
12.00 – 12.15	Carlos Clavel, Institute of Medical Biology, Singapore The hair follicle stem cell niche and its regulation during ageing
12.15– 12.30	Sophie Bellanger, Institute of Medical Biology, Singapore Nicotinamide controls the proliferation/differentiation balance in human primary keratinocytes
12.30 – 12.45	Audrey Shimei Wang, Institute of Medical Biology, Singapore Identification and characterization of senescent cells in aging skin
12.45 – 13.15	Emi NISHIMURA, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan Stem cells orchestrate hair follicle aging program
13.15 – 14.45	Lunch break
14.45 – 16.30	SESSION 9: SKIN BARRIER & DISEASE Chairs: Theodora MAURO, San Francisco Veterans Hospital & University of California, USA Hamm Ming SHEU, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
14.45 – 15.15	Sara BROWN, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK Genetic mechanisms in atopic eczema: What can we learn about skin barrier in vivo and in vitro?
15.15 – 15.30	Yuka SHIBATA, Kochi University, Japan Decreased skin water holding capacity in patients with muscular dystrophy
15.30 – 15.45	Sekyoo Jeong, Seowon University, Cheongju, Korea Enhancement of epidermal function delays relapse of psoriasis: A pilot self controlled trial
15.45 – 16.00	John COMMON, Institute of Medical Biology, Singapore Skin microbiome profiles of atopic dermatitis patients segregate into two community composition types that are stable before and after therapy
16.00 – 16.30	Kenji KABASHIMA, Department of Dermatology, University of Kyoto, Japan Interactions between barrier function and immune response in health and disease

 

16.30 – 17.00	PRIZE CEREMONY Zee UPTON, Institute of Medical Biology, Singapore and David BECKER, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
18:00 – 21:30	CONFERENCE DINNER @ Privé, Asian Civilisations Museum Buses to Privé leave the Matrix Building pick-up area at 17:30. Please arrange your own transport from the restaurant back home. The nearest MRT station is Raffles Place.

 

 

	SATURDAY 24TH MARCH - DAY 4
08.30 – 09:00	REGISTRATION
09.00 – 10.45	SESSION 10: SKIN BARRIER DEVELOPMENT & INTEGRITY Chairs: So Yun CHO, Director of Board of Members of KSBR Leah VARDY, Institute of Medical Biology, Singapore
09.00 – 09.30	Akiharu Kubo, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan Tight but dynamic: The sophisticated barrier system of mammalian skin
09.30 – 09.45	Li HE, Institute of Dermatology & Venereology of Yunnan province, Kunming, China MicroRNA-224-5p induced claudin-5 deficiency contributes to defective permeability barrier in sensitive skin
09.45 – 10.00	Kento Kitada, DUKE-NUS Medical School, Singapore Increased glucocorticoid hormone actions via melanocortin 3 receptor deletion induce skin-specific Na+ and water loss
10.00 – 10.15	Anisa RAHIM, Institute of Medical Biology, Singapore Unravelling gene regulation in the epidermis during differentiation
10.15 – 10.45	Florent GINHOUX, Singapore Immunology Network, Singapore Human dendritic cells: From development to functions.
10.45 – 11.15	Morning tea break
11.15 – 13.00	SESSION 11: Skin Barrier & THE IMMUNE SYSTEM Chairs: Chih-Hung (Abel) LEE, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan Kenji KABASHIMA, Department of Dermatology, University of Kyoto, Japan
11.15 – 11.45	Chang Ook PARK, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Tissue-resident memory T cells as an immune barrier
11.45 – 12.00	Rintaro Shibuya, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan Complement activation increases susceptibility to surfactant-induced irritant contact dermatitis
12.00 – 12.15	Anand Kumar Andiappan, Singapore Immunology Network, Singapore Whole transcriptome analysis of peripheral blood reveals strong proinflammatory signatures associated with skin relevant FLG mutants
12.15 – 12.30	Jiajia MA, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore A proteolytic regulator of epidermal integrity and inflammation
12.30 – 13.00	Franklin ZHONG, Institute of Medical Biology, Singapore NLRP1 inflammasome in skin inflammation and cancer susceptibility
13.00	END OF CONFERENCE