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Welcome to the team, Petrina!

The Centre for Translational Skin Research, The Department of Dermatology at Westmead Hospital, and the Melanoma and Skin Condition Team at the Centre for Cancer Research, WIMR, welcome Petrina Chand to the team as a Master’s student. Here is more about Petrina and her exciting research project: By Petrina Hi everyone! My name is Petrina …

Will storage temperature affect the proteome profile of skin samples collected by tape-stripping?

For molecular profiling analysis including proteomics (large-scale analysis of proteins), the human samples are stored at temperatures lower than −20°C immediately after collection. However, the storage and transport of human samples at −20°C or lower temperatures remain a challenge due to the lack of required personnel and infrastructure for frozen biospecimen storage and transport, especially …

Phase-IV Clinical Trial Studying the Effect of PDE4 Inhibitor on Atopic Dermatitis

Recently, an open competitive grant application by members of the CTSR (Prof Pablo Fernandez-Penas as PI and Dr Ali Azimi as Sub-PI) was approved for funding by Pfizer through its Global Medical Grants Programme. The study is a 1.5 years long Phase IV clinical trial involving the investigation of the effect of nonsteroidal phosphodiesterase 4 …