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2020 ASDR Virtual Meeting

Australasian Society for Dermatology Research

20-21 November 2020

ASDR

The objectives and aims of the Association are
  • To promote scientific research in dermatology, skin biology and allied subjects through the study of individual humans, animals and model systems.
     

  • To provide a forum for interaction and information exchange between doctors treating patients with disorders of the skin and scientists working in the field of cutaneous research.

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  • To enhance the treatment of people with disorders of the skin through making available the latest advances in research and diagnostic techniques.

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  • To investigate possible sources of funding for skin research.

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  • To establish links with the International Skin Research Societies, in particular the American Society of Investigative Dermatology, the Japanese Society of Investigative Dermatology, the British Society of Investigative Dermatology and the European Society of Dermatology Research. In addition to establishing formal links with these societies, The Australasian Society of Dermatology Research would aim to participate in joint meetings.

The Conference
Program

Program

Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)

Note that Daylight saving is not observed in QLD!!!

09:30-09:35

Opening by Prof Dedee Murrell (2020 ASDR president)

09:35-10:30

Session 1 - sponsored by Janssen chaired by Prof Dedee Murrell

09:35-09:50

Daniel Furtner (Janssen)

Janssen’s Pipeline: Addressing Unmet Needs in Immunodermatology

09:50-10:10

Prof Emma Guttman

Translational Research in Atopic Dermatitis and Novel Treatments

10:10-10:20

Yicong Liang

Evaluation of the Toxicity of Glucocorticoids in Patients with Autoimmune Blistering Disease (AIBDs) Using the Glucocorticoid Toxicity Index (GTI)

10:20-10:30

Kate Simpson

A comparison of the EUROIMMUN Dermatology Profile ELISA compared to the novel BIOCHIP Mosaic 7 in the diagnosis of immunobullous disease in the Australian population

10:30-10:45

Morning break

10:45-12:10

Session 2 - chaired by Prof Peter Soyer

10:45-11:15

A/Prof Michael Samuel

Enhancing mechano-reciprocity: a new approach to accelerating the healing of diabetic wounds

11:15-11:30

Dr Mitchell Stark

Mutational profiling in benign neoplasms of the skin

11:30-11:45

Dr Loredana Spoerri

Melanoma phenotypic heterogeneity is regulated by MITF-mediated cell matrix interaction

11:45-12:00

Prof Tarl Prow

Next generation technologies for quantifying skin ageing

12:00-12:10

Ho Yi Wong

Targeting field cancerisation in epidermal cancers

12:10-13:10

Lunch break

13:10-13:55

Session 3 - chaired by Dr Mitchell Stark

13:10-13:25

Dr Oliver Dreesen

Identification and Quantification of Senescent Cells In UV-induced Skin Pathologies

13:25-13:35

Racheal Wadlow

Investigating the Contribution of Vascular Sox9 to Fibrosis in Scleroderma

13:35-13.45

Dr Farzana Ahmed

Distinct molecular signatures orchestrate tumor subpopulations in melanoma models mimicking tumor microenvironment and drug tolerance

13:45-13:55

Ghazaleh Hashemi Mazlaghanian

The Effect of Conditional Sox9 Knockout in the Endothelium on Melanoma Tumour Vascularisation and Metastasis

15:30

AGM

09:30-11:00

Session 4 - chaired by A/Prof Joe Rothnagel

09:30-09:45

Dr Zlatko Kopecki

Multifunctional Ultrasmall AgNP Hydrogel Accelerates Healing of S. aureus Infected Wounds

09:45-10:00

Prof Kiarash Khosrotehrani 

Cell fate decisions in endothelial cells determine skin wound scarring

10:00-10:15

Prof Allison Cowin

Development of cell-based therapies for wound repair

10:15-10:30

Dr Christina Bursill

High-density lipoproteins rescue diabetes-impaired wound healing

10:30-11:00

Prof Carlos Clavel

Regulation of the Hair Follicle Stem Cell Niche Fate during growth, pigmentation and ageing

11:00 -11:25

Morning break

11:25-12:45

Session 5 - chaired by Prof Nikolas Haass

11:25-11:35

Ruby Lee

Evolution of skin cancers in organ transplant recipients at a high-throughput surveillance clinic in Queensland

11:35-11:45

Dr John Frew

Molecular Insights into the Pathogenesis of Hidradenitis Suppurativa using a Translational Medicine Approach: From Bedside to Bench and Back Again

11:45-12:15

Prof Katsuto Tamai

Drug development for regenerating epidermal stem cells in epidermolysis bullosa patients

12:15-12:30

A/Prof Johannes Kern

First insights into EB related pain from a DDEB mouse model

12:30-12:45

Prof Dedee Murrell

The importance of developing validated outcome measures for clinical trials in dermatology

12:45-13:30

Lunch break

13:30-14:40

Regsitrars forum - chaired by Prof Helmut Schaider

13:30-14:00

Dr Ajit Viswalingam (Novartis)

Novartis’ Immunodermatology Pipeline - In for the long run

14:00-14:10

Janice Yeon

Dermatological presentations for a walk-in skin clinic in Fiji

14:10-14:20

Nick De Rosa

Skin disease in Australian heart and lung transplant recipients

14:20-14:30

Thomas Stewart

Cellular Neurothekeoma

14:30-14:40

Andrew Swarbrick

Cutaneous Malakoplakia: A failure to phagocytose

14:40-14:50

Afternoon break

14:50-15:00

Awards & closing remarks by Prof Kiarash Khosrotehrani (2021 ASDR president)

Registration

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Registration

Registration fee is covered in the ASDR membership
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Members need to ensure that their membership is up to date
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Non-members please become a member using the link below
Abstracts

Abstracts

Abstract submission deadline: Tuesday 3 November
Extended to Sunday 8 November!

Submit an abstract of max 300 words to ASDR2020virtual@gmail.com and indicate whether you wish to apply for a "poster", "oral" or "poster & oral" presentation. Please also indicate if you wish to present during any of the two registrars forums.

Awards

Awards

Kindly offered by

4 x $250 awards for the 4 best abstract presentations!

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Contacts

Contacts

General inquiries to
Edwige Roy & Loredana Spoerri via email to ASDR2020virtual@gmail.com
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ASDR 2020 virtual meeting is supported by

Sponsors

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