Search Results for The Science Olympiads

Grant category: Education and Awareness Grants

Year: 2024

Geography: Denmark

Folkeuniversitetet in Aarhus will establish a free annual science festival, PARK, for the public to take place at Aarhus University Park. Leading scientists will give talks about the latest research results, with the aim of promoting curiosity and contributing actively to democracy. The program will also feature events within music, literature, and art.

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.

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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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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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.

Grant category: Serendipity Grants

Year: 2025

Geography: USA

Organisms are continuously bathed in a rich milieu of olfactory compounds. Defined by their ability to elicit the sense of smell, these molecules, and the receptors that sense them, have profound biological importance. Humans have hundreds of olfactory receptors, but paradoxically these are often expressed outside of the nasal cavity and on immune cells. Their function in these contexts is almost entirely unknown. The serendipitous finding illustrates that: a) olfactory receptors are enriched in inflamed skin and on lesion infiltrating lymphocytes; and b) odorants directly modulate lymphocyte function. Understanding the role and molecular mechanisms of these pathways in inflammation may open new avenues for treating skin disease with promise for targeted topical approaches.

To explore this serendipitous finding, the research project will combine in vivo models of skin inflammation with expertise in multiomic analyses of hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) and pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) patient tissues. The study will determine if exposure to olfactory molecules modulates skin inflammation in vivo, functionally dissect immune cell intrinsic olfactory signaling, and identify signatures of pathway activity in HS and PG.

This work will provide insight into the fundamental biology of immune-olfactory signaling and determine if there is functional relevance for skin inflammation. The project will also test the implications for HS and PG, where novel therapeutic approaches are urgently needed.

Grant category: Research Networking

Year: 2025

Geography: Germany

The Eczema and Psoriasis Research Incubator will be held on September 16, 2026, adjacent to the ESDR annual meeting in Heidelberg, Germany. This workshop is designed to accelerate progress in the understanding and treatment of psoriasis and eczema by fostering cross-disease and cross-disciplinary collaboration with patients, doctors, and researchers. Through interactive small-group challenge labs, participants will co-develop innovative research ideas with the potential to inform future multicenter studies, biomarker discovery, and precision medicine approaches. Dedicated opportunities for early-career researchers to showcase their work and facilitate their involvement in collaborations will ensure equitable participation and strengthen the global research pipeline. Open to international attendees, this incubator is intended as a launchpad for collaborative science, generating new ideas, networks, and frameworks to advance patient-centered skin research.