The 5th edition of the SPIM ended on November 18th in Vichy, following 2 days dedicated to advances in skin research.
This exclusive biennial event is organised by the GREENTECH company Foundation and provides an opportunity for renowned scientists and young researchers to meet and share, attracting experts in physiology, biology, biochemistry, dermatology... from all over the world.
High-level interactive discussions enrich knowledge by bringing together a variety of disciplines, opening new areas of research and offering a showcase for students’ work.
This year, the SPIM, in a friendly spirit, gathered close to 150 scientists of 20 different nationalities from 4 continents: Europe, Asia, America (North and South) and Africa.
21 conferences were held on scientific topics of current interest, including the microbiome and autophagy, opening the way for true dermatological and cosmetic revolutions, as well as on skin structure and matrix, and on the scalp. A state of the art presented by leading scientists and young researchers.
Of these, 2 particularly talented young researchers were recognised by the GREENTECH Awards, recompensing the quality of their work in skin physiology.
THE WINNERS
Best Junior Scientist 2016
The Scientific Committee has selected, from the group of 9 doctoral or postdoctoral students presenting their work to scientists and industrials from the dermatology and cosmetics world:
Laura Cau
This PhD student was awarded a €15,000 bursary. She is working at UDEAR (Unité Différenciation Epidermique et Autoimmunité Rhumatoïde) at the CNRS in Toulouse, France. Her project focussed on filaggrin, a epidermal differentiation marker: “Role of peptidylarginine deiminases in the regulation of filaggrin proteolysis”.
Best Poster 2016
All participants voted for their favourite of the 15 posters exhibited related to skin physiology research. This year’s prize, a bursary worth €4,000, was awarded to:
Emer Duffy
Doctoral student at the University of Tasmania in Australia and currently doing post-doctoral studies at the Dublin City University in Ireland, her work focussed on volatile skin molecules: “Probing skin physiology through the analysis of volatile metabolites towards non-invasive dermatological screening and diagnostics”.
Through the SPIM, the GREENTECH company Foundation, created by the pioneer in plant biotechnology, helps advance the skin sciences and cross the worlds.
The event also spotlights contemporary art by exhibiting the works of internationally renowned artists, this year Robert Combas, a French artist considered to be the leader of the artistic movement “ Figuration Libre “.
