Program


Thursday, January 28, 2027

11:15-12:45 Networking event for early-career researchers
13:00-14:00 Welcome reception with sandwiches and soup
WOUND REPAIR
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14:00-14:10 Opening comments (Sabine Werner)
14:10-14:35 Jeff BiernaskieUniversity of Calgary, Canada
Fibroblast-immune cell interactions underlying regenerative skin wound healing in reindeer
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14:50-15:05 Short talkAffiliation
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15:05-15:20 Short talkAffiliation
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15:20-15:45 Sara WickströmMPI Münster, Germany
Mechanical regulation of cell states

15:45    —    16:25   •   Coffee break

16:25-16:50 Andrés HidalgoYale School of Medicine, New Haven, USA
Preemptive immune defense of the skin
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17:05-17:20 Short talkAffiliation
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17:20-17:45 Paul MartinUniversity of Bristol, UK
Live imaging the parallels between wound healing and cancer

15:35    —    16:20   •   Poster session & Apéro



Friday, January 29, 2027

SKIN CANCER
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08:30-08:55 Caroline RobertGustave Roussy, Paris, France
mRNA translation and resistance to melanoma treatments
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09:10-09:35 Lukas FlatzUniversity of Tübingen, Germany
What drives autoimmune skin toxicities in immunotherapy?

09:35    —    10:20   •   Group photo, Coffee break & Poster session

10:20-10:45 Jean-Christophe MarineVIB Leuven, Belgium
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11:00-11:25 Angela KoehlerMIT, Cambridge, USA
Expanding the repertoire of druggable targets
11:25-11:50 Phil JonesWellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK
Oncogenic mutations in normal epidermis
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12:05-12:20 Short talkAffiliation
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12:20    —    16:00   •   Lunch & Free time (joint outdoor activity)

SKIN BIOMECHANICS AND ENGINEERING
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16:00-16:25 Adrián Buganza TepolePurdue University, West Lafayette, USA
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16:25-16:50 Ronald RainesMIT, Cambridge, USA
Lessons from collagen: chemical biology in the extracellular matrix
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17:20-17:45 Sarah HedtrichUniversity of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
In situ gene editing as next generation therapy for genodermatoses
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18:00    —    19:00   •   Poster session


19:30   •   Conference dinner



Saturday, January 30, 2027

INFLAMMATORY SKIN DISEASES
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09:00-09:25 Beatrice Dyring-AndersenCopenhagen University, Denmark
The proteomic landscape of skin disease: mass spectrometry as a tool for drug discovery
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09:40-09:55 Short talkAffiliation
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09:55-10:10 Short talkAffiliation
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10:10-10:35 Claudia Traidl-HoffmannAugsburg University, Germany
Breaking barriers: predictive biomarkers and microbiome insights for atopic disease modification
10:35-10:50 Short talkAffiliation
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10:50    —    11:30   •   Extended coffee break with sandwiches & soup   /  Poster session

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11:45-12:10 Kenji KabashimaKyoto University, Japan & A*SRL, Singapore
Novel concept of inducible skin-associated lymphoid tissue (ISALT) to understand inflammatory skin diseases
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12:40-13:05 Yasmine BelkaidInstitut Pasteur, Paris
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13:05    —    13:20   •   Poster and short talk awards & Concluding remarks


13:30   •   Departure