8.00am Registration

SESSION 1: Clinical Research

Chair: Dr Peter Foley

8.55am Welcome and Introduction

9.00am Overcoming Resistance of Melanoma Cells to Immunotherapy
Professor P. Hersey

9.25am RPA Experience with Alefacept Preliminary Results
Katherine Armour

9.35am Changes in Scalp Hair Follicle Density with Advancing Age
Rodney Sinclair

9.45am Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia – Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis
Asoka Herat

9.55am Buccal Cells as a Source of mRNA and Protein for Analysis of a Zinc Deficiency Disorder
Agnes Michalczyk

10.05am Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum and its Genetic Correlation with CVD Diseases
Siew Ung Wong

10.15am Swimming Pool Flotation Devices: A Possible Source of Molluscum Contagiosum Infection
Anna Braue

10.25am Regulation of Wheal and Flare by Tea Tree Oil: Complementary Human and Rodent Studies
Prue Hart

10.35am Morning tea break

SESSION 2: Cutaneous Development and Wound Healing

Chair: Professor Ross Barnetson

10.50am Plenary Lecture
Professor Daniel N Sauder

11.40am Calcium Mobilisation does not Mediate Wound-Induced c-fos Expression in Fetal Skin
Tim Rayner

11.50am The Transcription Factors c-Rel and RelA Control Epidermal Development and Homeostasis in Embryonic and Adult Skin via Distinct Mechanisms
Raffi Gugasyan

12.00pm Defective In Vitro Epidermal Wound Healing in Mice Lacking the Tetraspanin CD151
Leonie Ashman

12.10pm Novel Vitronectin-Growth Factor Complexes for Skin Repair
Damien Harkin

12.20pm Human Growth Hormone (hGH) presented by K14hGH-transgenic Skin Grafts Induces a Strong Immune Response but no Graft Rejection
Jie Zhong

12.30pm A Comparative Study Between Electron Microscopy and Immunofluorescence Mapping For the Diagnosis of Epidermolysis Bullosa
Eleni Yiasemides

12.40pm T-Cell Induced Keratinocyte Apoptosis
Ilse Daehn

12.50pm T-Cell Surface Molecules Inhibit Skin Fibroblast Proliferation and Collagen Synthesis
Antiopi Vareleas

1.00pm Lunch

SESSION 3: Photobiology and Skin Cancer

Chair: Professor Gary Halliday

2.00pm Keratinocyte Stem Cell Biology
Dr Pritinder Kaur

2.25pm Dose and Wavelength Dependence for Ultravoilet-Induced suppression of Contact Hypersensitivity Responses to a Recall Antigen in Humans
Tai Anh Phan

2.35pm Melanin Protects from Erythema Induced by Solar-simulated and 310nm Ultravoilet Radiation, but not 290nm
Tai Anh Phan

2.45pm Evaluation of the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Melanotan in Healthy Caucasians
Terry KT Ooi

2.55pm p14ARF Expression is a Predictor of Prognosis in SCC of the Anterior Tongue
Rhonda-Anne Kwong

3.05pm melSIM: Software for the In-silico Simulation of Melanocytic Tumour Growth
Stephen Gilmore

3.15pm Afternoon tea

SESSION 4: Clinical and Laboratory Research

Chair: A/Professor Rod Sinclair

3.30pm Keratin Associated Proteins: A One Hundred Year Perspective
Dr Joseph Rothnagel

3.55pm The UVA Waveband in Sunlight Contributes to Immunosuppression and Gene Mutation in Humans
Professor Gary Halliday

4.30pm Meeting close