Search Results for The Science Olympiads
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…
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)
The LEO Foundation Award 2009 – Gold Award
Grantee: Dr. Christian Vestergaard
Amount: DKK 1,000,000
Grant category: LEO Foundation Awards
Year: 2009
Geography: Denmark
Presented to Danish dermatology researcher and dermatologist Dr. Christian Vestergaard, Department of Dermatology at Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark.
Dr. Vestergaard is a young talented scientist with an outstanding record of internationally recognised publications, and innovative ongoing research projects within the frontier fields of skin immunology and skin cancer. The award supports and acknowledges his work, and recognises his important role – linking basic science to the understanding of clinical questions.
Ownership
…research and development to advance the science of dermatology, setting new standards of care for people with skin conditions. LEO Pharma headquarters Visit LEO Pharma The LEO Group The LEO…
Publications
…bold skin research projects 07 Aug 2025 Read article DKK 6.3 million awarded to five initiatives to strengthen science education and awareness 30 Jun 2025 Read article Dr. Christoph Ellebrecht…
Excellence in wound healing leads to the LEO Foundation Award
…Landén the LEO Foundation Award in recognition of her outstanding research. She is a highly skilled, passionate and productive young scientist with major accomplishments that will positively impact future science.”…
The LEO Foundation Award 2019 – Region Americas
…Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, USA. He receives 100,000 USD for his research in skin stem cells and regeneration. The LEO…
Full thickness skin models from human pluripotent stem cells for identification and testing effectiveness of personalised therapies in atopic dermatitis
Grantee: Dr Dusko Ilic, MD, PhD, Reader in Stem Cell Sciences, Kings College London, Dr Reiko Tanaka, Lecturer, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College, London, Dr Patrick Harrison, Senior Lecturer, Department of Physiology, University College Cork, Ireland, and Professor Theodora Mauro, MD, Professor of Dermatology, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, USA
Amount: DKK 9,980,000
Grant category: Research Grants in open competition
Year: 2016
Geography: Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
This is an exciting project that, with the international group’s extensive research and know-how in mind, has the potential to create an intriguing base for novel personalised treatments for atopic dermatitis (AD). The project moreover holds an innovation potential that may make it stand out in the emerging global bio-economy.
The prevalence of AD, an inflammatory skin disease resulting in itchy, red, swollen and cracked skin, is constantly increasing. Today, it affects 15-30 percent children and 2-10 percent adults worldwide, presenting a significant economic burden to healthcare systems.
There is no cure for AD, only soothing of the symptoms. In the majority of AD patients, the disease is a consequence of a blend of genetic defects of the skin barrier defects and abnormal immune responses influenced by environmental factors.
Until now, the models used to assess the interplay are not particularly predictive. The group behind this project aims to change this by using the latest advances in stem cell science, gene editing and tissue engineering to develop and validate innovative 3D in vitro models of skin – making the models similar to skin in AD patients by emulating full thickness skin of varying barrier integrity; faulty, partially repaired or intact, and immune response composition.
As part of the project, the group will also develop mathematical computer models to accurately address the predictive, prognostic and therapeutic outcome of personalised AD therapy – in order to address co-dependence of the quantitative and qualitative changes in skin barrier and activation of immune cells.
The 3D models will also be made available to test various novel therapeutic approaches for AD treatment in a patient specific manner.