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BSID Annual Meeting, Sheffield, 14-16 April 2004

Published abstracts (from April 2004 British Journal of Dermatology) available for download here:



Wednesday 14 April 2004

12:30-13:25 Lunch

13:25 Welcome: Eugene Healy
13:30-17:00 BSID SKIN CLUB SYMPOSIUM - Sponsored by 3M Health Care
Chairman: Graham Ogg
Autoimmunity, cell mediated autoantigen responses and skin
13:30–14:15 Alopecia Areata.
Dr. Andrew Messenger/Dr. Andrew McDonagh, University of Sheffield, UK.
14:15–15:00 Systemic Lupus Erythematosis – the role of autoantibodies.
Professor David Isenberg, University College London, London, UK.
15:00–15:30 Coffee/Tea
15:30-16:15 Autoantigen specific T cell responses.
Professor Lars Fugger, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford, UK.
16:15–17:00

A mouse model of spontaneous autoimmune vitiligo.
Dr. Richard Cornall, Nuffield Dept of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, UK.



17:00-18:00 UK Professors of Dermatology meeting
   
18:30-19:15 EDUCATIONAL SESSION - Chairman: Graham Ogg
  “On the trail of the lonesome gene”.
Professor Colin Munro, University of Glasgow, UK.
19:15 Drinks Reception/Dinner


Thursday 15 April 2004

SCIENTIFIC SESSION A – Chairman: John McGrath

08:45

1

Evidence to suggest that the melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) is present at the melanosome. CL Jackson, SJ Robinson and E Healy.
09:00
2
Quantitative real-time PCR analysis of a novel mtDNA deletion in the minor deletion arc. A Harbottle and MA Birch-Machin.
09:15
3
Recurrent mutations in Kindlin-1, a novel keratinocyte focal contact protein, in Kindler Syndrome. GHS Ashton, WHI McLean and JA McGrath.
09:30
4
Autoantibodies to extracellular matrix protein 1 (ECM1) in lichen sclerosus. I Chan, N Oyama, SM Neill, F Wojnarowska, MM Black and JA McGrath.
09:45
5
Modulation of connexins in skin and neuronal cells. H Unsworth and D P Kelsell.
10:00
6
Gene chip analysis of wild type connexins versus mutant connexins. AC Thomas, W-L Di and DP Kelsell.
10:15-10:45
Coffee/Tea


SCIENTIFIC SESSION B – Chairman: Mark Birch-Machin

10:45
7
Retinoic acid receptor a expression in photoaged human skin and its modulation by All-trans retinoic acid. E Tsoureli-Nikita, REB Watson, JJ Bowden and CEM Griffiths.
11:00

8

Ultraviolet radiation and lipopolysaccharide induce secretion of cyclophilin B from human keratinocytes. P Fearon and NJ Reynolds.
11:15
9
A high risk psoriasis susceptibility haplotype, extended, telomeric to HLAC in a caucasian population. N Lench, MM Iles, I Mackay, R Patel, GS Sagoo, SJ Ward, B Dechairo, M Olavesen, A Carey, GW Duff, MJ Cork and R Tazi-Ahnini.
11:30
10
Psoralen metabolism and psoralen ultraviolet-A (PUVA) sensitivity: A role for cytochrome P450 CYP1B1. YY Deeni, G Smith, J Woods, J Ferguson, CR Wolf and SH Ibbotson.
11:45
11
Localisation of dithranol to mitochondria in live human keratinocytes by confocal imaging. A McGill, MA Birch-Machin and NJ Reynolds.

12:00

12

Keratinocyte transcriptome profiling suggests a dominance of innate immune responses in psoriatic epidermis. N Morar, JB Mee and RW Groves.

   
12:15-13:00

Keynote Guest Speaker - Sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline
Epidermal stem cells.
Professor Fiona Watt, Cancer Research UK, London.

   
13:00-14:00
Lunch


SCIENTIFIC SESSION C – Chairman: Sally Ibbotson

14:00
13
Cutaneous responses to a single exposure of ultraviolet radiation (UVR) in relation to melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) genotype. S Robinson, S Dixon, A Collins, C Gough and E Healy.
14:15

14

The incidence of a novel mitochondrial DNA deletion in human skin, as a highly sensitive marker for sunlight exposure. KJ Krishnan, A Harbottle and MA Birch Machin.
14:30
15
Elevated caspase-3 expression is an early event in PDT-induced apoptosis in human skin. KP Wright, REB Watson, K McLean, N Amiruddin, S Walker, G Evangelou, S Andrews and LE Rhodes.
14:45
16
UVB-induced Langerhans cell trafficking in polymorphic light eruption. A Blackburn, TC Ling, M Brownrigg, LE Rhodes and NK Gibbs.
     
15:00-15:45 British Photodermatology Group Guest Lecture
The UVA waveband in sunlight contributes to immunosuppression and gene mutation in humans.
Professor Gary Halliday, University of Sydney, Australia
     
15:45-17:15 Coffee/Tea and Posters
   
17:15-18:30 Annual General Meeting
   
19:30-23:30 Drinks Reception/Dinner



Friday 16 April 2004

SCIENTIFIC SESSION D – Chairman: Marie Cumberbatch

08:45
17
T-cell responses to the contact allergen 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene (DNCB): possible role for bioactivation in hapten formation. C Pickard, A Smith and PS Friedmann.
09:00

18

Chemical contact and respiratory allergens induce different epidermal cytokine secretion profiles in mice. M Cumberbatch, RJ Dearman and I Kimber.
09:15
19
Accelerated telomere erosion during cutaneous T cell mediated inflammation. JR Reed, M Vukmanovic-Stejic, J Cook, J Fletcher, CH Orteu, M Salmon, P Beverley, MHA Rustin and AN Akbar.
09:30
20
Functional blocking of the melanin-concentrating hormone receptor by vitiligo patient autoantibodies. RVSRK Gottumukkala, S Akhtar, DJ Gawkrodger, PF Watson, AP Weetman and EH Kemp.
09:45
21
Genetic association between an AACC insertion in the 3’UTR of the stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme (SCCE) gene and atopic dermatitis. Y Vasilopoulos, MJ Cork, R Murphy, HC Williams., DA Robinson, GW Duff, SJ Ward and R Tazi-Ahnini.
10:00
22
MHC associations in alopecia areata: evidence of a breakdown of extended class II and class I susceptibility haplotypes within the class III region around NOTCH4. D Wengraf, A Cox, MJ Cork, DJ Gawkrodger, MP Birch, AG Messenger, AJG McDonagh and R Tazi-Ahnini.
     
10:15-11:15   Coffee/Tea and Posters


SCIENTIFIC SESSION E – Chairman: Edel O'Toole

11:15

23

FAS analysis in mycosis fungoides (MF) and sezary syndrome (SS). EM Wain, TJ Mitchell, R Russell-Jones and SJ Whittaker.
11:30
24
Mechanisms of increased cylindroma cell migration on extracellular matrix. ML Hamilton, CJ Fitchett, N Baksh, IM Leigh and EA O’Toole.
11:45
25

The P53-specific CD8+ T cell response in patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. AP Black, L Jones, A Bailey, E Wee, R Turner and GS Ogg.

12:00
26
Evidence for replication of epidermodysplasia verruciformis-type human papillomaviruses in non-melanoma skin cancers. KJ Purdie, T Surentheran, JC Sterling, L Bell, J Cronin, JM McGregor, CM Proby, CA Harwood and J Breuer.
 
 
12:15-13:00 Local Guest Speaker – Sponsored by Galderma (UK) Limited
The Hedgehog signalling pathway; the benefit of the zebrafish as a research model.
Professor Philip Ingham, University of Sheffield, UK.
     
13:00 Close of meeting and prizes
13:05 Collect feedback forms
     
13:10-14:00 Lunch and depart


The complete poster list (including late-breakers) is available as a PDF download here:

 

 

 
   
 
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