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The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Barrier Function of Mammalian Skin

Grantee: Associate Professor Pankaj Karande, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, US on behalf of Gordon Research Conferences, US

Amount: DKK 495,729

Grant category: Research Networking

Year: 2024

Geography: USA

The skin barrier is the first defense against the external environment, and barrier disruption plays a key role in skin and systemic diseases that impact millions of people. The main purpose of the GRC Barrier Function of Mammalian Skin conference is to bring together young investigators and prominent leaders to present the latest developments in skin barrier research.

The 2025 conference, Technologies and platforms for understanding, modelling and intervening in skin barrier function and disorders, will bring together researchers, scientists, engineers, and clinicians involved in research related to skin health and disease. Diverse areas of science will be covered, including cell biology and pathology, microbiology, environmental sciences, bioengineering, biophysics, physical chemistry, and drug delivery.

The meeting will be held August 10-15, 2025.

The LEO Foundation has provided support for the previous Gordon Research Conferences.

»I dream of making knowledge about skin accessible to everyone«

…including professionals, patients, and curious individuals. The podcast also aims to help listeners critically assess online information about skin health. Iben Marie Miller, a PhD and dermatologist, believes effective science

SID Resident and Post Doc Retreat

Grantee: Rebecca Minnillo, Society for Investigative Dermatology (SID)

Amount: EUR 25,000

Grant category: Research Networking

Year: 2025

Geography: USA

The Resident and Post Doc Retreat is a conference hosted by the Society for Investigative Dermatology (SID) each year since 2001. The program format provides a protected space in which residents can interact with senior faculty and established investigators for the purpose of fostering attendees’ interest in academic research careers. The program is a combination of formal lectures and presentations, informal discussions, brainstorming sessions and social activities. The retreat is held at the time of the SID annual meeting, which allows attendees to establish connections with each other, and to other meeting attendees. These social networks foster collegiality, collaborations, and appreciation for the creative, multidisciplinary nature of science and other productive interactions.

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ESDR Future Leaders Academy 2025

Grantee: Thomas Florestan, European Society for Dermatological Research (ESDR)

Amount: EUR 25,000

Grant category: Research Networking

Year: 2025

Geography: Switzerland

ESDR Future Leaders Academy, a 3-day event from 6.-8. November 2025 held in Nice with the theme ’Excellence in skin science, future is ours’. The goal of this initiative is to foster excellence in academic dermatology and encourage gifted young dermatologists to further pursue their careers through guidance and mentoring. The program is primarily open to European residents currently engaged in skin-related research (MD, PhD, Post-Doc). There will be 25 applicants who will be selected to present their current research, along with 7 mentors who will make a more personal and inspiring presentation. Besides scientific sessions there is a strong emphasis on encouraging young people to network and to exchange ideas during the academy.

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13 intriguing skin research projects to receive funding

…which reflects the global research community’s increasing interest in advancing skin science, and we are proud to be able to provide support for excellent research in this area through our…

The 18th International Workshop on Langerhans Cells #LC2025

Grantee: Eynav Klechevsky, Associate Professor, Washington University in St. Louis on behalf of the Workshop

Amount: DKK 499,812

Grant category: Research Networking

Year: 2025

Geography: USA

The 18th International Workshop of Langerhans Cells and Related Myeloid Cells in the Skin will take place on September 3–5, 2025, at Washington University in St. Louis. This global scientific meeting brings together researchers to explore the biology and interaction of immune cells in the skin – how they protect us, how they contribute to diseases like eczema, psoriasis, and skin cancer, and how they can be targeted for new treatments. The workshop fosters discovery, collaboration, and innovation in skin science, with talks by leading scientists, and early-career researchers, males and females from around the world. Read more information here.

Education and Awareness Grants (round 3)

The LEO Foundation awards DKK 14 million to five new skin research projects

…a special regenerative salamander (axolotl) are used as models. Peter Reddien’s research project is a basic skin science project with a novel approach to understanding the skin’s potential for regeneration….

Education and Awareness Grants (round 1)

Bloom Festival 2020-2021

Grantee: Svante Lindeburg, Golden Days

Amount: DKK 1,000,000

Grant category: Education and Awareness Grants

Year: 2019

Geography: Denmark

Bloom – at the core:

Bloom is an innovative festival about science and nature, which enlighten us on the Universe, the World and Ourselves. Framed in the lush Søndermarken at Frederiksberg in the heart of the capital city of Denmark, where some of the World’s greatest scientists, poets and philosophers have found inspiration through history, Bloom emerges each Spring as a sensual, experimental and thought-provoking festival version of natural sciences.

By uniting the best from the world of festivals with the best from the scientific world, Bloom arm wrestles with Life’s greatest questions and over two days invite the audience to debates, talks, laboratories, conversations and nature walks under open skies.