PROGRAM

13.00-13.05

Welcome & Introduction

Markus Böhm (Münster), Ralf Paus (Miami, USA & Manchester, UK)

13.05-13-35

Lecture 1

The role of hormones in hidradenitis suppurativa pathogenesis:  A speculative re-exploration

(20 min + 10 min discussion)

13.35-13.50

Oral presentation from selected ESDR poster abstracts

Skin-derived beta-endorphin mediates radiation therapy fatigue (#531)

(10 min + 5 min discussion)

13.50-14.05

Oral presentation from selected ESDR poster abstracts

Type 2 cytokines regulate dermal adipocyte function early in life through hormone-sensitive lipase (#322)

(10 min + 5 min discussion)

Sabrina Satzinger (Cologne, Germany)

14.05-14.20

Oral presentation from selected ESDR poster abstracts

Role of calcitonin gene-related peptide in atopic dermatitis (#413)

(10 min + 5 min discussion)

Saly Abdelhadi  (Stockholm, Sweden)

14.20-14.50

Lecture 2

Human scalp hair follicles operate a fully functional peripheral equivalent system of the central hypothalamic-pituitary-somatotropic (HPS) axis

(20 min + 10 min discussion)

Ralf Paus (Miami, USA & Manchester, UK)

14.50-15.20

COFFEE BREAK

15.20-15.50

Lecture 3

Neuroendocrine mediators and cutaneous senescence

(20 min + 10 min discussion)

Markus Böhm (Münster, Germany)

15.50-16.05

Oral presentation from selected ESDR poster abstracts

GRP induces prometastatic signaling in melanoma (#425)

(10 min + 5 min discussion)

Jérémy Raymond (Orsay, France)

16.05-16.20 

Oral presentation from selected ESDR poster abstracts

Human hair follicles can “taste”: Stimulation of the bitter taste receptor TAS2R4 inhibits hair growth ex vivo by up-regulating TGF-β2 (#571)

(10 min + 5 min discussion)

Jennifer Gherardini (Miami, USA)

16.20-16.35 

Oral presentation from selected ESDR poster abstracts

Melatonin induces melanoma cell death and synergizes with BRAF/MEK inhibitors by altering cell bioenergetics (#484)

(10 min + 5 min discussion)

16.35-17.05

Lecture 4

Cannabinoids in dermatology – current state and future directions

(20 min + 10 min discussion)

Tamas Biro (Debrecen, Hungary)

17.05-17.35

Podium Discussion

“If I had to choose only one innovative & important frontier in dermatoendocrinology research on which I’d love to fully focus over the next 2 years, assuming I had the funding & manpower, which one would this be?”

17.35-17.40

Closing Remarks