Skin & Bio-Sustrates Team Present Work at ISBS Conference in New Orleans

Dr Samuel Gourion-Arsiquaud and Dr Jessica Turner from TRI’s Skin and Bio-substrates Team gave two podium presentations at the recent International Society of Biophysics and Imaging of The Skin (ISBS) World Congress held in New Orleans, USA, on June 4-6th, 2024. The presentations, titled ‘The Impact of External Factors on Peptide Penetration Inside Human Skin Samples Visualized by Fluorescence Microscopy’ and ‘Climate Change and Sunscreen Toxicity: The Penetration of Organic UV Filters into Human Skin Increases with High External Temperatures’ are both available to read now in the TRI Library.

The theme of the ISBS World Congress this year was ‘Population and Climate Diversity…Under Your Skin’. In other words, how the environment and skin types affect skin health.  Very much in sync with this theme, Samuel presented recent work from TRI showing how organic sunscreens can be absorbed by the skin and how high temperature climates can enhance this skin penetration. In a similar vein, Jessica shared recent experimental data that showed that sunlight damage to the skin can enable the penetration of peptides through the skin. She argued that increased solar exposure could lead to the absorption of irritant materials, such as airborne particulate pollutants, in polluted regions of the world. Both presentations are available to read in the TRI Library.

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