PRIZE WINNERS AT BSID BRADFORD 2019
Oral Presentation Prize Winners
Best Presentation:
O17 Tom Macleod – IL-36ɣ acts as a global sensor of epithelial infection following liberation and activation by several epithelial pathogens
- Macleod, J. Ainscough, S. Herrick, Y. Terao, J. Wenzel, M. Stacey, M. Wittmann
Best Presentation – Runner Up:
O5 Florence Enjalbert – Understanding the role of ABCA12 in the Pathogenesis of Harlequin Ichthyosis
F. Enjalbert, P. Dewan, M. Caley, M. Morse, D. Kelsell, E. O’Toole
Best Presentation by a Clinical Trainee:
O18 Margaret Hammond – The Skin Microbiome in Atopic Dermatitis: Interactions BetweenBacteria (Staphyloccocus) and Fungi (Alternaria)
M. Hammond, J. Chandra, M. Retuerto, R. Sherif, M. Ghannoum, S. Nedorost, P. Mukherjee
Best Presentation by a Scientist Trainee (PhD):
O21 Anna Berekméri – Non-invasive proteomic analysis of inflammatory skin diseases via tape stripping and mass spectrometry.
- Berekméri, A. Alase, T. Macleod, P. Laws, M. Stacey, M. Wittmann
Poster Presentation Prize Winners
Best Poster:
P30: Lydia Costello – Generation of a novel ageing skin model
- Costello,1 N. Fullard,1 M. Roger,1 B. Hulette,2 D. Hill,3 C. Bascom,2 T. Dicolandrea,2 R. Isfort,2 P. Lovat3 and S. Przyborski1,4
1Durham University, Durham, U.K.; 2Procter and Gamble, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.; 3Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. and 4Reprocell Europe, Sedgefield, U.K.
Best Poster – Runner Up:
P29: Rachael Sedman – Changes in structure and protease activity in the ageing scalp
- Sedman,1 D.J. Tobin,2 G.E. Westgate,1 A.D. Pawlus3 and M.J. Thornton1
1Centre for Skin Sciences, The University of Bradford, Bradford, U.K.; 2Charles Institute of Dermatology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland and 3Aveda, Hair Innovation & Technology, Blaine, MN, U.S.A.
Best Poster – Runner Up:
P10: Eleanor Earp – Somatic mutation in normal human skin: a patchwork of clones
- Earp,1,2 J. Fowler,2 S.H. Ong,2 C. King,2 R. Sood,2 M. Hall2 and P. Jones2
1Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, U.K. and 2Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, U.K.
PRIZE WINNERS AT BSID LONDON 2018
Oral Presentation Prize Winners
Best Clinical Trainee: O7 Jason Thomson – Exome sequencing of cohort of actinic keratoses to identify significantly mutated genes
Best Scientist Trainee (PhD): O21 Florence Enjalbert – Investigating the role of ABCA12 in the pathomechanisms of harlequin ichthyosis
Best Overall : O19 Christina Philippeos – Spatial and Single-cell Transcriptional profiling identifies functionally distinct human dermal fibroblast subpopulations
Best Runner up: O6 Matthew Caley: Loss of Lama3 drives M2 Macrophage differentiation in squamous cell carcinoma
Poster Presentation Prize Winners
1st Place: P46. C. Bridgewood: Interleukin-36gamma induces interleukin-23 production and angiogenesis in psoriasis
2nd (runner-up): P22. A. Rehman: Novel role of desmoglein-3 acting as a negative regulator of p53
3rd (runner-up): P20. J Q Tay: 1.25-Dihydorxyvitamin D3 down regulates matrix metalloproteinase-2 and alpha smooth muscle actin in wounded human dermal fibroblasts: Implications for scarring
PRIZE WINNERS AT BSID MANCHESTER 2017
Oral Presentation Prize Winners
Best presentation by a clinical trainee: Satveer Mahil – Preliminary validation of the IL-36 receptor as a potential therapeutic target in psoriasis.
S Mahil. M Peakman, R Trembath, J wright, J Barker and F. Capon.
Best presentation: Joseph Ainscough – Cathepsin S is up-regulated in psoriatic inflammation and activates the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-36y.
J Ainscough, T Macleod, A Latzko, A Alase, M Wittmann, M Stacey.
Best presentation (runner-up): John Lee – Large intragenic deletion in DSTYK underlies autosomal recessive complicated spastic paraparesis (SPG23) associated with loss of skin and hair pigment.
JYW Lee, CK Hsu, MA Nanda, L Liu, C Pourreyron, E Reid, RI Straussberg, WH McLean, MA Simpson, M Parsons, JA McGrath.
Poster Presentation Prize Winners
Best poster presentation: Jashani Dayal – The role of transforming growth factor β signaling in RDEB Cscc. J Dayal, A South, G Inman.
Best poster presentation (runner-up): Suzanne Pilkington – Langerhans cells in human epidermis express human beta defensin-3 relevance for skin ageing.
S Pilkington, R Dearman, I Kimber, CEM Griffiths.
PRIZE WINNERS AT BSID SOUTHAMPTON 2015
Best SpR Paper: O1 – iRhom2: a novel regulator of wound healing and cancer. T. Maruthappu, A.Chikh, D.Kelsell
Best Oral Presentation: Winner: O20 – A novel pathway of recognition of skin lipid antigens by T cells. S. Subramaniam, E. Bourgeois, M. Salio, V. Cerundolo, B. Moody, G. Ogg
Runner Up: O08 – Dissecting the role of iASPP, a novel regulator of epidermal homeostasis, in keratinocyte skin carcinogenesis. D.Robinson, C. Harwood, D. Bergamaschi
Best Poster: Winner: P08 – Epidermal growth factor signalling mediates mechanoregulation of keratinocyte proliferation. F. Kenny, A. Kao, A. Barber, E. O’Toole and J.T. Connelly
Runner Up: P6 – Recombinant production of human tissue kallikrein 5 W. Chen and W.-L. Di
PRIZE WINNERS AT BSID EXETER 2012
Oral Presentation Prize Winners
1st prize – Niwa Ali, King’s College London
A novel skin-resident vitamin D3-inducible human dendritic cell playing a critical role in tissue homeostasis and immunoregulation, as demonstrated in humanized mouse models of disease (O13)
2nd prize – Dr Vera Martins, Queen Mary, University of London
Loss of type VII collagen in squamous cell carcinoma increases angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo (O27)
3rd prize – Sarah Etheridge, Queen Mary, University of London
RHBDF2 mutations affect epidermal growth factor signalling in tylosis with oesophageal cancer (O24)
Poster Presentation Prize Winners
1st prize – Supatra Marsh, Queen Mary, University of London
The role of the basement membrane in normal epidermal homeostasis (P10)
2nd prize – Muhammad Rahman, Queen Mary, University of London
In vitro modelling of basal cell carcinoma reveals a novel PTCH1–GLI1 signalling axis that is unresponsive to Smoothened inhibitors in human keratinocytes (P2)
3rd prize – Dr Isioma Egbuniwe, King’s College London
Interleukin-10-producing B-cell populations in melanoma (P21)
Registrar’s Prize for Best Oral Presentation
Dr Rubeta Matin, Queen Mary, University of London
p63, an alternative p53 repressor in melanoma which confers chemoresistance and a poor prognosis (O1)