Friday, 17th May ASPCR-ASDR Conference 2013

• Epidermal paracrine Factors Inhibit Melanomagenesis by Rescuing Melanocytes from UV-Induced DNA Damage - Zalfa Abdel-Malek
• Melanocytic differentiation and age-related stemness impairment of hair follicle-derived neural crest stem cells - Leihong Flora XIANG
• Gene expression signatures in melanocyte senescence: messages for the clinic - Dorothy C Bennett
• Alpha -MSH-mediated and nuclear receptors: a new view on the skin phototype - Mauro Picardo

• ASPCR John Pawelek Lecture (sponsored by Amway) Reduced WIF-1 expression involves in hyperpigmentation in patients with melasma - Ai-Young Lee
• Naevus Research in Southeast Queensland: An Update - H. Peter Soyer
• Treatment of Pigmented conditions with lasers - Greg J Goodman

Posters will be displayed over all three days for lesuirely viewing

• Skin microbiopsy effects on histopathological diagnosis of pigmented lesions - Parastoo Banan
• Dermatological challenges in solid organ transplant recipients: the first 18 months of a dedicated transplant dermatology database - E Coates
• Long-term results of noncultured cellular grafting for vitiligo - Emily Yiping Gan
• Triple combination in melasma in India - Kiran Godse
• Knowledge and attitude of general population towards effects of sun exposure and use of sunscreens in India - Kiran Godse
• Automated location of actinic keratosis from clinical photographs - Sam Hames
• Zinc oxide nanoparticle removal from wounded human skin - Lydia Hang
• Natural phenolics from the twigs of Cudrania tricuspidata as hypopigmenting agents against melanogenesis in B16 and Melan-a cell line and their mechanisms of action - Shuting Hu
• Leucine-rich glioma inactivated 3 increases melanin synthesis via tyrosinase upregulation - Hyo-Soon Jeong
• Formation of the hair fibre cuticle and surface - Leslie N Jones
• Assessing the direct and indirect contribution of rapamycin and tacrolimus to the formation of non-melanoma skin cancer. - Ji-Won Jung
• Expression and Function of Wnt Inhibitory Factor (WIF)-1 in Normal Human Melanocytes - Mi Sun Kim
• IFN-γ Inhibits Melanogenesis by Sequestration of CBP through STAT1 Activation - Mi Sun Kim
• Nanostructural change of human melanocytes stimulated with α-melanocyte stimulating hormone observed by atomic force microscopy - Mu-Hyoung Lee
• Effects of the KHG 26792 on Mel-Ab cells and skin equivalent model - Hailan Li
• Excellent reliability and validity of a novel Epidermolysis Bullosa Disease Activity and Scarring Index (EBDASI) compared to two other outcome measures - Clement CH Loh
• Transmission electron microscopy stereology of altered mitochondrial ultrastructure of melanocytes in perilesional vitiligo skin - Yan Lu
• Glycolic acid peels/azelaic acid 20% cream combination is as effective as triple combination in the treatment of melasma – results of a randomized controlled study - Rahul Mahajan
• Epidemiology of Renal Impairment in the Australian Epidermolysis Bullosa Population - Dedee F Murrell
• Paracrine effect of melanogenesis by increased expression of stem cell factor and endothelin-1 in Keratinocytes via direct PAR-2 activation - Sang Ho Oh
• Pilot multi-marker analysis to evaluate prognosis in stage Ib and II melanomas - Casey Rowe
• Tackling post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation with concomitant use of chemical Peels in patients with acne vulagaris on oral isotretinoin therapy: not that risky! - Sidharth Sonthalia
• Reliability study of four objective outcome measures for atopic dermatitis - Anh Q.T. Tran
• Immunosurveillance of melanoma by dendritic cells - Jason Waithman
• Gene expression profiles of actinic lentigines from Japanese and European women. - Emilie Warrick
• Actinic lentigines: hyperpigmentation associated with profound alterations of cutaneous architecture. - Emilie Warrick
• G to c polymorphism of p53 in codon 72 is common in actinic keratosis lesions - Miko Yamada

• Vitiligo: results from the Bordeaux cohort - Alain Taieb
• Variant HSP70i with treatment potential for vitiligo - I. Caroline Le Poole
• New horizon in basic and clinical research on vitiligo - Davinder Parsad
• Interfollicular epidermal stem cell and regulation of stemness - Kyoungchan Park

• Ovine wool follicle cell culture models.  - Nick Rufaut
• Identification of novel peptides derived from short Open Reading Frames and characterization of their potential for functionality - Joseph Rothnagel
• Follicular Units – another layer of complexity in hair biology - Rodney Sinclair
• Cutaneous immuno-surveillance and regulation of inflammation by interleukin 2 responsive dermal group 2 innate lymphoid cells - Ben Roediger

• Surgical management of vitiligo - Sanjeev Mulekar
• Visible light therapy in regenerative medicine: Vitiligo as a model for investigation - Cheng-Che E Lan
• Segmental Vitiligo: revisited - Binod K Khaitan

• Nicotinamide for skin cancer prevention - Diona Damian
• Novel Specific Therapies for Epidermolysis Bullosa - Dedee F Murrell
• E2F7 is a regulator of cytotoxic responses in keratinocytes and squamous cell carcinomas - Nicholas Saunders

Poster session continued