Skin microbiota 2019: From basics to applied cosmetics and skin care

Dr. Florence Abdallah from University Paris-Sud - Inserm, France will chair the session dedicated to Skin and Microbiota.

This session is made up of two parts that aim at outlining major findings of skin microbiota and highlighting the importance of skin microbiota modulation for cosmetic application.

The first part
Skin Microbiota : Recent advances and perspectives

This part consists on giving a general overview of the literature for major understandings of skin microbiota including main findings on microbial community composition and plasticity, the crosstalk with skin immune system in health and disease and the current available tools to study skin microbiome diversity.

The second part
Strategies to modulate and affect skin microbiota in health and diseases?

This part  is dedicated to the different possible mechanisms to modify skin microbiota. Since the microbiota is the era of new revolution for the cosmetics and skin care, various cosmetic products composed of probiotics or prebiotics will be presented and discussed.

Finally, an open discussion, questions marks and perspectives in skin microbiology research in health and in disease, and to promote beauty.

Among other speakers:

Dialogue between the skin and the microbiota: The immune system is under control
Chantal Pichon, French National Centre for Scientific Research, France

Intestinal barrier, gut microbiota and psoriasis
Mariusz Sikora, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland