Launch of the Professional Certificate in Skin & Hair Follicle Science which covers all aspects of he human skin and hair follicle biological sciences Read more >
Published: 23 March, 2021
Listen to Prof. Des Tobin, Director of UCD Charles Instititue of Dermatology, discuss with Dr Megan Hanlon how he ended up researching the oft-ignored human hair follicle, in the latest episode of the 'Unraveling Science' podcast. Read more >
Published: 22 March, 2021
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2024-25: '' Harm, Calm & Alarm: Striking the Balance in Melanoma Diagnosis'' by Guest Speaker Professor Harald Kittler
Professor Harald Kittler, M.D Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Published: 26 November, 2024
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2024-25: "Understanding Aging & Doing Something About It" by Guest Speaker Professor Suresh Rattan
Professor Suresh Rattan, Ph.D., D.Sc. Professor Emeritus, Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics, Aarhus University, Denmark
Published: 07 November, 2024
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2024-25: "Clinical and Mechanistic Research on Diabetic Wound Healing" Guest Speaker Professor Wuquan Deng
Professor Wuquan Deng, MD, Ph.D, Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Chongqing University Central Hospital, China
Published: 07 November, 2024
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2024-25: Creating devices to administer macromolecules via the Buccal Epithelium:The EU BUCCAL-PEP consortium with Guest Speaker Professor David Brayden
Professor David Brayden, Ph.D., FAAPS, MRIA, Professor of Advanced Drug Delivery, University College Dublin
Published: 23 October, 2024
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2024-25: Life under the knife with Guest Speaker Ms Siún Murphy
Ms Siún Murphy, Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgeon, Blackrock Clinic & Hermitage Medical Centre Dublin.
Published: 02 October, 2024
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2024-25: How to make & use Sebaceous Gland organoids with Guest Speaker Professor Maurice van Steensel
Professor Maurice van Steensel, Lee Kong ChianSchool of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University & Skin Research Institute of Singapore, Singapore
Published: 16 September, 2024
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2023-24: Pathogenesis & Treatment of Chemotherapy-induced Alopecia with Guest Speaker Professor Ohsang Kwon
Professor Ohsang Kwon, Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University College Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Published: 03 July, 2024
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2023-24: Scabs & microbiota in wound healing with Guest Speaker Dr Elena Conde-Montero
Dr Elena Conde-Montero, Dermatology Consultant, Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor , Virgen de la Torre Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
Published: 29 May, 2024
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2023-24: Psycho-trichology - a new paradigm in hair loss management with Guest Speaker Prof. Yuliya Ovcharenko
Prof. Yuliya Ovcharenko, Department of Infectious Diseases & Clinical Immunology, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, UKRAINE
Published: 22 May, 2024
L6 Course Graduation Ceremony 19th March 2024: Certificate in Skin and Hair Science
UCD Charles Institute of Dermatology & Image Skillnet
Published: 19 March, 2024
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2023-24: NEUROFIBROMATOSIS TYPE 1: UPDATE & INSIGHTS with Guest Speaker Dr Angela Hernández-Martín
Dr Angela Hernández-Martín, Senior Consultant Dermatologist, Hospital Infantil Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain
Published: 21 February, 2024
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2023-24: Melanin, DNA photodamage and vitamin D with Guest Speaker Professor Antony R Young
Antony Young is emeritus professor of experimental photobiology at St John’s Institute of Dermatology, King’s College London, London, UK.
Published: 17 January, 2024
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2023-24: Tissue-engineered fibrillar fibronectin matrices spatiotemporally modulate β1 integrin-mediated cell responses from adhesion initiation to skin appendage repair with Guest Speaker Seungkuk Ahn PhD
Seungkuk Ahn PhD, ETH Zürich, Basel, Switzerland
Published: 10 January, 2024
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2023-24: Targeting the Integrin αvβ6 for imaging & therapy of Carcinoma with Guest Speaker Prof John Marshall
Prof John Marshall, Professor and Centre Lead for Tumour Biology, Barts Cancer Institute, London
Published: 24 November, 2023
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2023-24: Biomechanical regulation of skin epidermal barrier formation and regeneration in health and disease with Guest Speaker Prof. Dr. Carien M Niessen
Prof. Dr. Carien M Niessen, Dept of Cell Biology of the Skin, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Aging & Aging-associated Diseases (Dir), Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany.
Published: 15 November, 2023
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2023-24: Hairs, Feathers, Fingerprints: Development of specialised skin structures and their variation in evolution & disease with Prof Denis Headon
Prof Denis Headon, Roslin Institute/Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Published: 20 September, 2023
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2022-23: Sarah Walsh
Sarah Walsh is a consultant dermatologist and head of department at King’s College Hospital in London.
Published: 21 June, 2023
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2022-23: Identifying Therapeutic Targets for Hidradenitis Suppurativa with Guest Speaker Dr Jean Fletcher
Jean Fletcher is an Associate Professor in Translational Immunology at Trinity College Dublin.
Published: 07 June, 2023
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2022-23: Awaiting the Potential for Early Pressure Ulcer Identification with Guest Speaker Prof Declan Patton
Declan is currently Director of Nursing & Midwifery Research and Deputy Director of the Skin Wounds & Trauma (SWaT) Research Centre at RCSI.
Published: 25 May, 2023
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2022-23: Recognition of Elicited CD4+ T Cell Epitopes in Autoimmune Disease with Guest Speaker Dr Eddie James
Dr James completed his PhD in biochemical engineering at Washington State University, before joining the Benaroya Research Institute to manage their tetramer core.
Published: 17 May, 2023
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2022-23: On the hunt for genes for hair anomalies with Guest Speaker Professor Regina Betz
Regina Betz is Professor of Dermatogenetics at the Institute of Human Genetics at the University of Bonn in Germany.
Published: 19 April, 2023
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2022-23: Insights into the transformation of skin resident T-cells with Guest Speaker Prof Sean Whittaker,
Professor Sean Whittaker, Cutaneous Oncology St Johns Institute of Dermatology | Kings College London
Published: 04 April, 2023
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2022-23: Cutaneous toxicities secondary to immunotherapeutic agents with Guest Speaker Dr Rubeta Matin
Dr Rubeta Matin, PhD FRCP [Derm] Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Published: 14 March, 2023
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2022-23: The Emperor has no clothes’ Why dermatologist’s beliefs about sunlight are wrong with Guest Speaker Professor Richard Weller
Professor Weller is an academic dermatologist at the University of Edinburgh.
Published: 01 March, 2023
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2022-23: Diving into Stem Cell Niche & Catching Hair Cycle Wave with Guest Speaker Prof Maksim Plikus
Prof Maksim Plikus PhD, Department of Developmental & Cell Biology, University of California in Irvine
Published: 01 February, 2023
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2022-23: Phenotype-switching in Cancer Progression with Guest Speaker Professor Colin Goding
Professor Colin Goding, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford
Published: 07 December, 2022
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2022-23: Dissecting the Mechanisms of Human Skin Mechanobiology using Bioengineering tools and technologies with Guest Speaker Prof. John Connelly
Prof. John Connelly, PhD Queen Mary University of London
Published: 16 November, 2022
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2022-23: Bacterio-therapy for the Management of Staphylococcus Aureus in Eczema with Guest Speaker Catherine O’Neill
Cath O’Neill received both her bachelor's degree and PhD from the University of Wales, where she studied bacterial biochemistry.
Published: 19 October, 2022
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2022-23: Investigating a role for MAIT cells in the pathogenesis of Hidradenitis suppurativa with Guest Speaker Dr. Andrew E. Hogan
Dr Hogan's research focuses on the metabolic regulation of MAIT cells and their role in chronic human diseases such as obesity, H.S and cancer.
Published: 28 September, 2022
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2022-23: Molecular mechanisms of melanin transfer and processing with Guest Speaker Duarte C. Barral
Mr Barral has been working in the field of membrane traffic and its regulation by GTPases of the Rab and Arf families for more 20 years
Published: 07 September, 2022
Charles Seminar Series 2021-22: Role of Regulatory T cells in Vitiligo: from pathogenesis to therapeutics with Guest Speaker Dr Mitesh Dwivedi, Online via Zoom.
In the fifth talk the seminar series, Dr Mitesh Dwivedi will discuss functions of Extracellular Vesicles and their particular cargo, as key players in intercellular communication.
Published: 30 November, 2021
Charles Seminar Series 2021-22: Extracellular Vesicles: Integrators of Homeostasis, Lessons from Pigmentation, with Guest Speaker Dr Graca Raposo, Charles Seminar Room and Online via Zoom.
In the fourth talk the seminar series, Dr Graca Raposo will discuss functions of Extracellular Vesicles and their particular cargo, as key players in intercellular communication in skin, regulating skin in health and disease.
Published: 10 November, 2021
Charles Seminar Series 2021-22: Decoding cell-fate decisions in pigment cell lineage: From cues to codes, with Guest Speaker Dr Vivek Natarajan (Online via Zoom)
In the third talk of the seminar series, Dr Vivek Natarajan will present some of the ongoing work from the laboratory on the specification of melanocytes as well as their directed migration that is needed to establish the stem cell pool.
Published: 27 October, 2021
Charles Seminar Series 2021-22: Vitiligo: From bench to bedside, with guest speaker Prof Karin Schallreuter, Wednesday 13th October at 12PM (In-Person at the Charles Institute Seminar Room & online)
In the second talk of the seminar series, Prof Karin Schallreuter will review the current state of our understanding of the etio-pathogenesis of vitiligo and discuss potential treatments.
Published: 08 October, 2021
Second call for applications to the DevelopMed MSCA COFUND Fellowship Programme
Call 2 of the ‘Developing the Next Generation of Research Leaders in Precision Oncology’ (DevelopMed) Marie Sklodowska-Curie COFUND Programme is now officially open and runs until the 30th of November 2021.
Published: 01 October, 2021
Charles Seminar Series 2021-22: Dynamic regulation of ERK1/2 MAPK signaling: implications for skin & other tissues, with guest speaker Dr Jürgen Muller, Wednesday 29th September at 12PM (In-Person at the Charles Institute Seminar Room & via Zoom)
In the first talk of Charles Seminar Series for the 2021-22 academic year (Series 3) Dr Muller will explore the signalling dynamics of the MAPK Pathway and how those mechanisms control the outcome of MAPK signalling.
Published: 28 September, 2021
Charles Institute researchers to deploy latest generation of gene technology in hopes of developing transformative therapy for those who live with rare and painful skin disease epidermolysis bullosa (EB).
Researchers at the UCD Charles Institute of Dermatology are working on a gene-editing system to fix the mutation in the gene that causes people with one of the most severe forms of EB, Recessive Dystrophic, to be born without a particular type of collagen.
Published: 09 July, 2021
Study profiling Hair Pigmentation Patterns (HPPs) proves that stress can accelerate premature greying of hair, but greying can be reversible, when stress is reduced
Research conducted at Columbia University profiling Hair Pigmentation Patterns (HPPs) proves stress can accelerate premature greying but greying can be reversible when stress is reduced
Published: 02 July, 2021
Fullbright Scholarship awarded to Dr Danny Johnston at virtual ceremony
Dr Daniel Johnston has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to work on new models of inflammatory skin disease in Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Published: 14 June, 2021
Charles Seminar Series 2020-21:Skin cancer stem cells: from inception to beyond, with guest speaker Dr Girish K Patel, Wednesday 16th June at 12PM (via Zoom)
In the final talk of Charles Institute Seminar Series 2020-21 (Series 2) Dr Patel will talk about his research on cancer stem cells in common human skin cancers.
Published: 11 June, 2021
Prof Des Tobin elected as member to the Royal Irish Academy
Desmond Tobin, Professor of Dermatological Science and Charles Institute Director was one of 12 new science members elected last month as members of The Royal Irish Academy.
Published: 04 June, 2021
Charles Seminar Series 2020-21: Preclinical development of oligonucleotide therapeutics in an ex vivo skin model , with guest speaker Dr Robyn Hickerson, Wednesday 9th June at 12PM (via Zoom)
In this talk, Dr Hickerson will discuss her academic research at the University of Dundee on drug discovery for rare genetic skin disorders with focus on the development of nucleic acid-based therapeutics for the treatment of pachyonychia congenita and epidermolysis bullosa.
Published: 04 June, 2021
Charles Seminar Series 2020-21: The Hair Follicle as a Chemosensory Organ, with guest speaker Prof. Ralf Paus, Wednesday 26th May 2021 at 12PM
In his presentation Prof Ralf Paus will explore some examples of the astounding chemosensory activity of human scalp HFs, focusing on how the HF's "smell" and"taste" activity is employed to regulate human scalp hair growth and how this fascinating human hair research frontier may lead into the development of new non-drug therapeutics in future dermatology, well beyond the management of hair disease.
Published: 21 May, 2021
Charles Seminar Series 2020-21,'Scarring Alopecias' with guest speaker Matt Harries, Wednesday 12th May at 12Pm
The aim of this talk is to present a rational and pragmatic guide to the assessment, investigation, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with PCA, focusing on particularly on lichen planopilaris and frontal fibrosing alopecia.
Published: 07 May, 2021
Charles Institute Seminar Series with guest speaker Dr Andrew South: Wednesday 28th April at 12PM via Adobe Connect
In this talk, Dr Andrew South will discuss Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (RDEB) and how RDEB is a model for understanding the molecular basis of both fibrosis and rapidly developing, aggressive cancer.
Published: 22 April, 2021
Charles Institute Seminar Series with guest speaker Prof. Liz Patton: Wednesday 21st April at 12PM via Adobe Connect
In this talk Prof. Liz Patton will discuss how dynamic cellular heterogeneity underlies melanoma progression and therapy resistance and her research on chemical genetics, imaging and single- cell technologies to discover new cell states in melanoma.
Published: 16 April, 2021
Charles Institute Seminar Series with guest speaker Prof. Markus Magerl: Wednesday 7th April at 12PM via Adobe Connect
In this talk, Prof Magerl will discuss the pathophysiology of Chronic Urticaria
Published: 31 March, 2021
Sept 21: Launch of the Professional Certificate in Skin & Hair Follicle Science
Launch of the Professional Certificate in Skin & Hair Follicle Science which covers all aspects of he human skin and hair follicle biological sciences
Published: 23 March, 2021
Unraveling Science Ep 27: Prof Des Tobin: Dermatology, Hair Follicles and Accurate Modelling
Listen to Prof. Des Tobin, Director of UCD Charles Instititue of Dermatology, discuss with Dr Megan Hanlon how he ended up researching the oft-ignored human hair follicle, in the latest episode of the 'Unraveling Science' podcast.
Published: 22 March, 2021
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2020-21, Emma Teeling- Wednesday 10th March at 12PM via Adobe Connect
In this talk, Prof Teeling will explore the genomic basis of bats extended longevity and tolerant immunity and get the audience to reflect on the question 'Why should society care?'
Published: 05 March, 2021
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2020-21, Marjana Tomic-Canic: Wound Healing- Wednesday 3rd March at later time of 1PM
The speaker will present her latest findings on the translational, multi-disciplinary program in wound healing she heads. The seminar will reference novel approaches to reduce incidence and accelerate wound healing of chronic wounds.
Published: 26 February, 2021
Charles Institute Seminar Series 2020-21, Amanda McCann: Translational Oncology with a difference, -Wednesday 24th February at 12PM
In this research presentation, Prof. Amanda McCann will give an overview of Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) and the potential role that therapeutic induced senescence (TIS) plays in chemoresistance.
Published: 19 February, 2021
Applications open for DevelopMed MSCA COFUND Fellowship Programme
First call for applications to the DevelopMed MSCA COFUND Fellowship Programme
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Charles Seminar Series 2020-21, Eoin O'Cearbhaill: Inserting 3D Printed Microneedles into Skin
Assoc. Prof. Eoin O'Cearbhaill will outline a range of strategies being employed by the UCD Medical Device Design Group to overcome existing limitations in design, prototyping and testing of microneedle patches for both biosensing and drug delivery applications in this talk.
Published: 04 February, 2021.jpg)
Dr Jens Rauch: Tackling acquired resistance mechanisms in malignant melanoma
In his talk, Dr Rauch will focus on combinations of experimental and computational approaches to tackle acquired resistance in malignant melanoma.
Published: 26 January, 2021
Dr Colin Adrain, iRhom proteins and ADAM17: key regulators of growth control & inflammation
Dr Colin Adrain is our first speaker as part of Charles Institute Seminar Series 2020/21 Trimester 2 lineup. In this talk he will describe the pathophysiological roles of a protein called iRhom2, which is an essential cofactor for ADAM17.
Published: 20 January, 2021
‘Solar distancing’, with sunscreen
May is melanoma awareness month, and melanoma is certainly the most aggressive form of skin cancer and one which affects thousands of people a year in Ireland.
Published: 01 May, 2020
“Branca Bunús” pitched as part of the NovaUCD VentureLaunch Accelerator Programme Showcase and Awards
Prof. Wang and Dr. Lara-Sáez pitched “Branca Bunús” as part of the NovaUCD VentureLaunch Accelerator Programme Showcase and Awards at the UCD O’Brien Centre for Science.
Published: 27 November, 2019
UCD Charles Institute of Dermatology researchers sported their butterfly tattoos for #EBAwarenessWeek (21-27 Oct)
Help research in this area to find a cure to this painful genetic condition.
Published: 01 October, 2019
Launch of Professional Certificate Clinical Dermatology
Launch of the Professional Certificate Clinical Dermatology which covers all aspects of clinical dermatology with a comprehensive lecture schedule delivered by expert Consultant Dermatologists.
Published: 01 September, 2019
UCD Get Sun Smarter Event
Join us for our 2nd annual ‘Get Sun Smarter’ awareness event, 11am – 2pm on 9th & 10th April in the O’Brien Centre for Science East
Published: 01 May, 2019
EB Awareness Week 2018
Our dedicated researchers in the @CharlesUCD releasing their butterflies for EB awareness week campaign SEE ME, NOT EB!
Published: 28 October, 2018
UCD Skin Cancer Awareness Event
Monday 14th May marked the first Skin Cancer Awareness Event at UCD. The event took place in the UCD Student Centre and was organised by SBI in collaboration with the Irish Skin Foundation, colleagues from UCD Conway Institute and BREAST-PREDICT.
Published: 01 May, 2018
Licensing deal signed with the aim of developing a treatment for the rare and debilitating skin disorder
Amryt and Professor Wenxin Wang aim to develop a treatment for Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB)
Published: 01 February, 2018
Macromolecular Engineering by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerisation
We are delighted to welcome world renowned polymer chemist Prof Kris Matyjaszewski (Carnegie Mellon University) to University College Dublin.
Published: 01 August, 2016