The 2nd Charles Institute Seminar Series ran from October 2020 until June 2021, with 19 speakers presenting in total.
The series saw an array of guest speakers from Ireland, UK, US & the EU, present on a wide range of topics from clinical, to basic research perspectives. It was fully online via Adobe Connect due to the global pandemic.
The chair was Prof. Desmond Tobin, and the series was supported by an unrestricted educational grant by RELIFE (part of A. Menarini Ireland), and synopses of the seminars featured in The Medical Independent (www.mindo.ie), as written by medical journalist Pat Kelly.
Below you can see list of speakers from series 2, as well as a synopsis of each talk (as featured in the Medical Independent).
Speaker 1: Prof Oliver Fitzgerald
14th October 2020: Unmet needs in Psoriatic Disease
Medical Independent Talk Synopsis 'Treatment gaps in psoriatic disease
Speaker 2: Dr Ollie Harrison
21st October 2020: Commensal-specific T cells: poised for wound repair
Medical Independent Talk Synopsis 'Insights into wound repair'
Speaker 3: Prof Liam Gallagher
28th October 2020: Malignant Cutaneous Melanoma: Progression-Related Biomarkers and Functional Mediators
Medical Independent Talk Synopsis 'Halting the march of melanoma'
Speaker 4: Dr Cédric Delevoye
25th November 2020: Skin Pigmentation viewed from the inside: the journey of the melanin pigment
Medical Independent Talk Synopsis 'Shedding light on melanin pigment'
Speaker 5: Dr Shirley Potter
2nd December 2020: Plastic surgery approaches to skin disease
Medical Independent Talk Synopsis 'Melanoma from bench to bedside'
Speaker 6: Prof Jean Krutmann
16th December 2020: Air Pollution & Skin
Medical Independent Talk Synopsis 'The science behind air pollution and skin health'
Speaker 7: Dr Colin Adrain
20th January 2021: iRhom proteins and ADAM17: key regulators of growth control & inflammation
Medical Independent Talk Synopsis 'Key regulators for growth and inflammation'
Speaker 8: Dr Jens Rauch
27th January 2021:Tackling acquired resistance mechanisms in malignant melanoma
Medical Independent Talk Synopsis 'Treatment resistance in malignant melanoma'
Speaker 9: Eoin O'Cearbhaill
10th February 2021: Inserting 3D Printed Microneedles into Skin
Medical Independent Talk Synopsis 'Getting to the point on microneedles'
Speaker 10: Prof. Amanda McCann
24th February 2021: Translational Oncology with a Difference
Medical Independent Talk Synopsis 'The feline factor in breast cancer research'
Speaker 11: Prof Marjana Tomic-Canic
3rd March 2021: From Bedside to Bench and Back:Why Wounds Don’t Heal and What Can We Do About It?
Medical Independent Talk Synopsis 'Clinical help in the healing process'
Speaker 12: Prof. Emma Teeling
10th March 2021: Growing old yet staying young: do bats hold the secret of extended longevity?
Medical Independent Talk Synopsis 'Unlocking the secrets of longevity and disease tolerance'
Speaker 13: Prof Markus Magerl
7th April 2021: Pathophysiology of chronic urticaria
Medical Independent Talk Synopsis 'Getting it right with chronic urticaria'
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Speaker 14: Prof. Liz Patton
21st April 2021: Discovering & targeting new melanocyte & melanoma cell populations in zebrafish
Medical Independent Talk Synopsis 'Fishing for answers on melanocytes and melanoma'
Speaker 15: Dr Andrew South
28th April 2021: Epidermolysis bullosa and cancer
Medical Independent Talk Synopsis 'The cancer connection in epidermolysis bullosa'
Speaker 17: Prof. Ralf Paus
26th May 2021: The Hair Follicle as a Chemosensory Organ
Speaker 18: Dr Robyn Hickerson
9th June 2021: Preclinical development of oligonucleotide therapeutics in an ex vivo skin model
Speaker 19:Prof. Girish Patel
16th June 2021: Skin cancer stem cells, from inception and beyond