Mauro Picardo ASPCR-ASDR Conference 2013

Mauro Picardo

Mauro Picardo, is a dermatologist Director of the Cutaneous Physiopathology Laboratory and Metabolomic Center at the San Gallicano Dermatological Institute in Rome. He was trained at the Rome University “La Sapienza”. His main topics of interest are skin biochemistry, free radicals mediated damage of the skin , mechanism of control of skin pigmentation, depigmenting agents vitiligo. Moreover as chairman of the Integrated Center of Metabolomic Research (CIRM) at the San Gallicano Institute, coordinate lipidomic studies on acne and related disorders (seborrheic dermatitis, rosacea) in sebum and blood samples His group has defined several collaborations with national and international research groups He served or has served in the Board of national (SIDEMAST) and International (EIS, ESDR, ESPCR) scientific societies. s. In collaboration with Alain Taieb chair the Vitiligo European Task Force and the Pigmentary disorders group of the EADV. He was the organizer of several national and international conferences (ICD 1997, EIS 1998, ESPCR 2001, SIDAPA 2003, SIDEMAST-ADOI 2007, ESPCR 2007, International Symposium on Acne and related Disorders 2008). Dr Picardo is a member of the Editoral Board of some dermatological and biochemical journals including Pigment Cell and melanoma Research Associated editor of Pigment Cell Research. He is author of more than 250 publications in peer reviewed journals and of more than 30 chapters in different books. In collaboration with A Taieb is co-editor of a text “Vitiligo” (Springer ed, 2010). Dr Mauro Picardo is the President of the International Federation of Pigment Cell Societies.

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