The fifteenth London Skin Club was held in person at Queen Mary University London on the 6th March 2025. It was sponsored by Transnetyx and had an next generation technologies theme.
Keynote Speaker
Professor Muzz Haniffa, Faculty of Medical Sciences at Newcastle University, Wellcome Sanger Institute.
Talk Title: The tapestry of human prenatal immunity
Invited Speakers
Metka Gorkic. Centre for Cell Biology and Cutaneous Research, Queen Mary University of London. (Bishop Lab)
Talk Title: Investigating the cellular signatures of keratinocytes with a leader-cell potential
Dr Magdalene Ho. Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London (Almquist Lab)
Talk Title: Interactive DNA nano-bandages for wound healing
Dr Chris Morris. School of Pharmacy, University College London (Morris Lab)
Talk Title: Investigating the role of LC3-associated phagocytosis (LAP) in skin homeostasis
Dr Claire Piper. Inflammation Biology, Kings College London (Shaw Lab)
Talk Title: Anatomical variation in skin development and wound repair
The Fourteenth meeting of the London Skin Club was held in person at Kings College London on 20th November 2024. It was sponsored by Novogene and had an immunology and cancer theme.
Keynote Speaker
Professor Clare Bennett, UCL Cancer Institute, University College London
Talk Title: Defining Langerhans cell identity
Invited Speakers
Dr Holly Bachas Brook. Blizard Institute, Centre for Cell Biology and Cutaneous Research, Queen Mary University of London. (Connelly Lab and CREATE Biofabrication Lab)
Talk Title: Development of a functional human eccrine gland-on-chip model
Dr Shraddha Kamdar. School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, King’s College London and The Francis Crick Institute (Hayday Lab)
Talk Title: Human skin-derived Vd1 gd T cells comprise an unique lymphocyte population with multifaceted immunotherapeutic potentials when expanded ex vivo
Dr Jack Hayes. Faculty of Engineering. Imperial College London (Masen Lab)
Talk Title: Skin Augmentation: A Systems Approach to the Skin-Prosthetic Interface
Dr Cristina Tommasi. Division of Infection & Immunity. University College London (Breuer Lab)
Talk Title: How do viruses replicate in skin?
The Thirteenth meeting of the London Skin Club was held in person at University College London on 23rd May 2024. It was sponsored by Novogene and had a wound healing theme.
Keynote Speaker
Professor Matthew Hardman, Biomedical Institute of Multimorbidity, Centre for Biomedicine and Centre of Skin Research, University of Hull
Talk Title: Twenty years of wound research at the Academia-Industry interface: microbiome, hair follicles, hormones and more
Invited Speakers
Dr Rob Hynds, Stem cells and Regenerative Medicine Section of the Developmental Biology and Cancer Department, UCL GOS Institute of Child Health (Hynds Lab)
Talk Title: Epidermolysis bullosa in the airways
Dr Diana Blaydon, Centre for Cell Biology and Cutaneous Research, Queen Mary University of London (Blaydon Lab)
Talk Title: Exploring mouse paws as a model of human palmoplantar skin
Dr Satveer Mahil, St John’s Institute of Dermatology, Kings College London (Mahil Lab)
Talk Title: Single cell analysis of psoriasis resolution
Dr Jennifer Shelley, Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Imperial College London (Strid Lab)
Talk Title: Investigating Tertiary Lymphoid Structures in human skin cancer
The Twelfth meeting of the London Skin Club was held in Person at Queen Mary University of London on 6th December 2023. It was sponsored by the Life Long Health Network at QMUL and had a rare skin disease theme.
Keynote Speaker
Professor Edel O’Toole, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London
Talk Title: Harlequin ichthyosis: from bedside to bench and back again?
Invited Speakers
Dr Joanna Jackow, Dermatology, Kings College London (Jackow Lab)
Talk Title: New avenue to treat rare skin diseases: precision therapeutic gene correction using gene editing
Dr Dale Bryant, Francis Crick Institute/University College London (Kinsler Lab)
Talk Title: RNA therapy for congenital melanocytic naevi
Dr Oliver Teenan, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London (Higgins Lab)
Talk Title: miRNA biomarkers for scleroderma diagnosis
Dr Eleri Jones, Centre for Cell Biology and Cutaneous Research, Queen Mary University of London (Caley Lab)
Talk Title: Repairing the epidermal skin barrier in Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa
The Eleventh meeting of the London Skin Club was held in Person at Imperial College London on 10th March 2023. It was sponsored by the Imperial College Wound Healing Network.
Keynote Speaker
Prof Francesco Del Galdo, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds (Del Galdo Lab)
Talk title: TBC
Invited Speakers
Dr Clarisse Ganier, Kings College London (Watt Lab)
Talk title: A multi-scale spatial atlas of human skin links cancer cell states to site of origin
Ms Jennifer Andrews, University of Salford (Hashmi Lab)
Talk title: ‘An evaluation of the biochemical components of the foot skin using in-vivo Raman Spectroscopy
Mr Thomas Kirk, Queen Mary University London (Rognoni Lab)
Talk title: Discovering the molecular regulators of the dermal fibroblast state switch
Dr Vignesh Jayarajan, University College London (Di Lab)
Talk title: Short-term Rho-associated kinase inhibitor treatment maintains keratinocyte stem cell properties
The Tenth meeting of the London Skin Club was held in Person at Kings College London on 12th May 2022.
Keynote Speaker
Prof David Kelsell, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London (Kelsell Lab)
Talk title: Deciphering disease triggers in the syndromic keratodermas; insights into cardiomyopathy and oesophageal cancer
Invited Speakers
Ms Helena Brezovjakova, Institute of Child Health, University College London (Qasim Lab)
Talk title: Universal genome-edited skin grafts
Mr Connor Daniels, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London (Ladame Lab)
Talk title: Development of a novel biosensor for the diagnosis of skin cancer
Ms Charlotte Chaloner, Immunobiology, Kings College London (Barral Lab)
Talk title: Immune Responses to Lipids in the Skin
Dr Ros Hannen, Queen Mary University of London
Talk title: TBC
The Ninth meeting of the London Skin Club was impacted by Covid-19 and was therefore held online on November 12th 2020.
Keynote Speaker
Dr Kimberley Mace, Division of Cell Matrix Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Manchester University (Mace Lab)
Talk title: Impact of ageing on myeloid cell function during wound healing
Invited Speakers
Dr Fiona Kenny, The Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, Kings College London (Stramer Lab)
Talk title: Supercellular interactions drive cell and ECM alignment in keloid fibroblasts
Dr Magdalena Plotczyk, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London (Higgins Lab)
The Eighth meeting of the London Skin Club was held on November 8th 2018 at University College London. This meeting was sponsored by Unilever and the Centre for Wound Healing and Regeneration at Imperial College London.
Keynote Speaker
Professor Vladimir Botchkarev, Centre for Skin Sciences, University of Bradford (Botchkarev Lab)
Talk title: Epigenetic regulation of skin development and keratinocyte differentiation
Invited Speakers
Ms Mara Pop, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London (Almquist Lab)
Talk title: Manipulating microRNA expression in skin cells using nanostraw technology
Dr Maanasa Polubothu, Institute of Child Health, University College London (Kinsler Lab)
Talk title: Novel germline duplications of gene PPP2R3B predispose to melanocytic melanocytic naevi and melanoma
Mr Chris Smith, Centre for Cell Biology and Cutaenous Research, Queen Mary University of London (Braun Lab)
Talk title: Investigating the differences in wound healing characteristics of skin and gingival keratinocytes
Ms Rachael Sutherland-Sedman, Centre for Skin Sciences, University of Bradford (Thornton Lab)
Talk title: Modelling the hair follicle environment
Dr Toru Hiratsuka, Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, King’s College London (Watt Lab)
Talk title: The role of pulsing activity of ERK MAPK for keratinocyte differentiation
The Seventh meeting of the London Skin Club was held on April 19th 2018 at Queen Mary University of London. This meeting was sponsored by Unilever and Miltenyi.
Keynote Speaker
Professor John McGrath, St John’s Institute of Dermatology, King’s College London (McGrath Lab)
Talk title: Inherited blistering skin diseases: discovery and recovery
Invited Speakers
Mr Ankit Patel, Centre for Cell Biology and Cutaneous Research, Queen Mary University London (Bergamaschi Lab)
Talk title: P63 upregulation contributes to acquired BRAFi resistance in melanoma
Dr Colin Boyle, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London (Higgins Lab)
Talk title: Hacking the skin’s ability to bear load
Dr Veronica Kinsler , Institute of Child Health, University College London (Kinsler Lab)
Talk title: Cutaneous arteriovenous malformations – genomic investigation and functional analysis.
Dr Richard Woolf, Department of Immunobiology, King’s College London (Hayday Lab)
Talk title: Human skin-resident innate-like T cells in health and disease
The Sixth meeting of the London Skin Club was held on December 1st 2017 at Kings College London. This meeting was supported by Miltenyi Biotec and Unilever.
Keynote Speaker
Dr Maria Kasper, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute
Talk title: Niche signalling and molecular adaptations during skin regeneration
Invited Speakers
Dr Kif Liakath-Ali, Centre for Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine
King’s College London (Watt Lab)
Talk title: Role of an evolutionarily conserved ribosome-rescue mechanism in epidermal homeostasis
Mr Guillem Hurault, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London (Tanaka Lab)
Talk title: How can machine learning methods help our understanding of Atopic Dermatitis?
Dr Adrian Biddle, Centre for Cell Biology and Cutaneous Research, Queen Mary University of London (Biddle Lab)
Talk title: Cancer stem cells in squamous cell carcinoma: heterogeneity, plasticity and therapeutic response
Mr Ming Yang, Institute of Child Health, University College London (Di Lab)
Talk title: Correction of aberrant connexin-26 function by silencing of a dominant pathogenic mutation in keratinocytes – a novel therapeutic intervention for keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome
The Fifth meeting of the London Skin Club was held on May 18th, 2017, at Imperial College London and was sponsored by Unilever.
Keynote speaker
Professor Phil Jones, Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge (Jones Lab)
Talk title: How oncogenic mutations alter epidermal stem cell behavior
Invited speakers
Dr Emily Mayhew, Historian in Residence, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London
Talk title: Total Facial Reconstructions Sixty Years On – photographs of the Guinea Pig Club
Dr Ryan O’Shaughnessy, Institute of Child Health University College London, and Blizard Institute Queen Mary University London (O’Shaughnessy Lab)
Talk title: Finding markers of hypertrophic scarring in unscarred skin
Ms Dexu Kong, School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University London (Gautrot Lab)
Talk title: Interfacial mechanics controls cell adhesion and expansion on non-viscous liquids
Ms Helena Topouzi, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London (Higgins Lab)
Talk title: Subpopulations of fibroblasts in human skin have distinct characteristics in vitro
Dr Gernot Walko, Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative medicine, Kings College London (Watt Lab)
Talk title: Genome-wide screens identify key players driving human epidermal stem cell self renewal
The fourth meeting of the London Skin Club was held on November 23rd, 2016, at Kings College London. It was sponsored by Unilever.
Keynote speaker
Dr Ryan Driskell, London Law Trust Medal Fellow, Centre for Stem cells and Regenerative Medicine, Kings College London
Talk title: Dermal Papilla Cells, Hair Follicles, Fibroblasts and Scar-less Wound Repair In The Skin
Invited speakers
Dr Anna Thomas, Postdoctoral researcher, Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (Kinsler Lab).
Talk title: Identifying mutations of mosaic skin conditions
Mr Mehrdad Kiani, PhD Student, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London (Almquist Lab).
Talk title: Temporal and sustained release of siRNAs for wound repair
Dr Tanya Shaw, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology of Inflammation, Kings College London (Shaw lab)
Talk title: Cellular Plasticity in Wound Repair and Scar Formation
Mr Farrell McGeoghan, PhD student, Centre for Cell Biology and Cutaneous Research, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, QMUL (O’Toole lab).
Talk title: Identification of Novel Pathways Linked to the Pathogenesis of Recessive X-Linked Ichthyosis
The third meeting of the London Skin Club was held on May 26th, 2016, at the UCL Institute of Child Health, University College London. It was sponsored by Unilever.
Keynote speaker
Prof. Ralf Paus, Dermatological Sciences Research Group, School of Translational Medicine, University of Manchester (Paus Lab)
Talk title: Hair follicles: what makes them tick?
Invited speakers
Dr Marta Bagnati, Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre for Complement and Inflammation Research, Imperial College London (Behmoaras Lab)
Talk title: Systems-genetics approaches in macrophages identify core regulators of wounds healing and fibrosis
Ms. Stephanie Telerman, PhD student, Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Kings College London (Watt Lab)
Talk title: Role of Blimp1 during skin development and regeneration
Mr. Michel Klaassen, PhD student, Skin Tribology group at University of Twente & Visitor at Imperial College Tribology group (Masen Lab)
Talk title: Towards reducing the prevalence of shear induced skin trauma – Effects of the microclimate on frictional behaviour of skin
Dr. Matthew Brooke, Postdoctoral Researchers, Centre for Cell Biology and Cutaneous Research, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, QMUL (Kelsell Lab)
Talk title: The iRHOM2-ADAM17 axis in epidermal proliferation and inflammation
The second meeting of the London Skin Club was held on November 11th, 2015, at Queen Mary University London. This meeting was sponsored by Unilever and the Institute of Bioengineering at QMUL.
Keynote speaker
Prof. Paul Martin, (Martin Lab) School of Biochemistry, Bristol University
Talk title: Investigating the roles of inflammation in skin repair and cancer
Invited speakers
Mr. Mark van Logtestijn, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London (Tanaka Lab).
Talk title: The depth-dependent barrier function of the stratum corneum
Dr. Rosalind Hannen, Centre for Cell Biology and Cutaneous Research, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, QMUL (Philpott Lab).
Talk title: Beyond the adrenal gland: The essential role of skin-synthesised glucocorticoids in health and disease
Ms. Cristina Tommasi, Institute of Child Health, University College London (O’Shaughnessy Lab).
Talk title: Virus-host interactions in Varicella zoster virus infection
Dr. Emanuel Rognoni, Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Kings College London (Watt Lab)
Talk title: Fibroblasts in neonatal wound repair
The first meeting of the London Skin Club was held on May 21st, 2015, at Imperial College. This meeting was sponsored by Unilever.
Keynote speaker
Prof. Fiona Watt, Watt Lab, Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine,
Kings College London
Role of the epidermal barrier in cancer susceptibility
Invited speakers
Dr. Christos Tziotzios, Department of Dermatology, Kings College London (McGrath Lab).
Cicatricial alopecia: clinical overview and our research focus
Dr. Matthew Caley, Centre for Cutaneous Research, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, QMUL (O’Toole Lab).
The role of the basement membrane in cutaneous SCC
Mr. George Theocharidis, Centre for Cutaneous Research, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, QMUL (Connelly Lab).
Type VI collagen: a novel regulator of ECM assembly and wound repair
Dr. Elisa Dominguez-Huttinger, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London (Tanaka Lab).
Uncovering the disease mechanisms of Atopic dermatitis through mathematical modelling
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