North East Skin Research Update

In the afternoon Dr Philip Hampton gave  a presentation on “ IL17 inhibition; past, present and future”. The evening part of the research update was held at “By The River “ on the Quayside in Gateshead. Six registrars presented abstracts in a lightning format.

Presentations

  1. Tunable Caf1 protein polymers as an innovative and scalable solution for regenerative wound care.  Yuanjinze Nie
  2. A study of circadian rhythms in psoriasis. Henry Grantham 
  3. Ex vivo modelling of folliculin (FLCN) knockout full length human hair follicles: gaining new insights into cutaneous tumour development in Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome. Dr. William Fostier
  4. Investigating the course of atopic eczema up to 1 year following completion of NBUVB. Sonali Bajaj
  5. Investigating the impact of FLG mutations on the skin transcriptome in atopic dermatitis. Ashley Rider 
  6. Methotrexate induces epidermal DNA-damage response and filaggrin in atopic eczema. Amaani Hussain

We were grateful to UCB Pharma for their sponsorship of the event.