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SKIN RESEARCH SOCIETY (SINGAPORE)

tentative programme

All           Day 1           Day 2           Day 3           Day 4

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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