SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY AND PHYSICS OF THE EPIDERMAL BARRIER |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Walt Holleran (University of California, San Francisco) |
7:40 pm - 8:35 pm | Gopi Menon (Global Research and Development, Avon)
Comparative biology of the barrier |
8:35 pm - 9:30 pm | Bob Lochhead (University of Southern Mississippi)
A polymer chemist's view of the epidermal barrier |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:45 am | Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | MEMBRANE STRUCTURES AND TRANSPORTERS |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Discussion leader: Peter Elias (University of California, San Francisco) |
9:15 am - 10:00 am | Gerd Schmitz (University Hospital Regensburg, Germany)
ABCA subfamily transporters and lamellar body formation |
10:00 am - 10:40 am | Jean-Pierre Hachem (University of Brussels, Belgium)
pH-dependent protease signaling and the barrier |
10:40 am - 11:10 am | Coffee Break |
11:10 am - 11:50 am | Lilly Bourgignon (University of California, San Francisco)
Hyaluronan-CD44 signaling in keratinocyte differentiation and epidermal barrier function |
11:50 am - 12:30 pm | Johanna Brandner (University Hospital Hamburg, Germany)
Functions of tight junction proteins in the epidermis |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | NANOSCALE CHARACTERIZATION OF SKIN PERMEABILITY |
| Discussion leader: Mike Roberts (University of Queensland, Australia) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Johannes Nitsche (State University of New York, Buffalo)
Microscopic model for stratum corneum permeability |
8:10 pm - 8:50 pm | Joseph Kushner (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Fundamental investigation of localized transport regions in low-frequency sonophoresis |
8:50 pm - 9:30 pm | Yuri Anissimov (University of Queensland, Australia)
Asymmetry of the stratum corneum barrier |
9:30 pm - 10:30 pm | Poster Session |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | WATER AND THE STRATUM CORNEUM |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion leader: Joachim Fluhr (Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany) |
9:10 am - 9:50 am | Tony Rawlings (AVR Ltd, United Kingdom)
Hydration of the stratum corneum |
9:50 am - 10:30 am | Peter Elias (University of California, San Francisco)
Glycerol and the regulation of stratum corneum water |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee break |
11:00 am - 11:45 am | Alan Verkman (University of California, San Francisco)
Aquaporin water channels and skin function |
11:45 am - 12:30 pm | Mitsuhiro Denda (Shiseido)
The electrochemical condition of hydrated stratum corneum affects epidermal homeostasis |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | NOVEL ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES |
| Discussion Leader: Richard Guy (University of Bath, UK) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Samir Mitragotri (University of California, Santa Barbara)
High throughput system for optimizing transdermal drug delivery |
8:10 pm - 8:50 pm | Nick Benson (DermTech International)
Noninvasive sampling of nucleic acids from the stratum corneum |
8:50 pm - 9:30 pm | Stephen Hendrix (Procter & Gamble)
Novel microarray analysis of skin surface biomarkers |
9:30 pm - 10:30 pm | Poster Session |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | IMAGING THE STRATUM CORNEUM |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Discussion Leader: Phil Wertz (University of Iowa)
Introduction to the morphology of the stratum corneum |
9:30 am - 10:20 am | Lars Norlen (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Novel method of imaging vitrified stratum corneum |
10:20 am - 10:50 am | Coffee break |
10:50 am - 11:40 am | Marek Haftek (Hopital Edouard Heriot, Lyon, France)
Corneodesmosomes |
11:40 am - 12:30 pm | Roger Wepf (Beiersdorf)
'Imagining' the epidermal barrier |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | HOT TOPICS SESSION |
| Moderator: Manige Fartasch (University of Erlangen, Germany) |
| Speakers selected from poster submissions (8) |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | FOLLICULAR PENETRATION |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Discussion leader: Juergen Lademann (Charite-Universitatsmedizin, Berlin, Germany) |
9:30 am - 10:20 am | Nina Otberg (Charite-Universitatsmedizin, Berlin, Germany)
In vivo investigation of follicular penetration |
10:20 am - 10:50 am | Coffee break |
10:50 am - 11:40 am | Joke Bouwstra (University of Leiden, The Netherlands)
In vitro follicular permeation of dyes |
11:40 am - 12:30 pm | Michael Bonner (University of Bradford, United Kingdom)
Human skin sandwich model for assessing follicular penetration during drug delivery |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | DEBATE: DOES TRANSEPIDERMAL WATER LOSS CORRELATE TO EPIDERMAL BARRIER PROPERTIES? |
| Moderator: Randy Wickett (University of Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| Pro: Joachim Fluhr (Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany) |
| Con: Rob Chilcott (CBD Porton Down, United Kingdom) |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |