Journal Of Investigative Dermatology

21 November 2011: Audio abstracts from the November 2011 JID, including regulation of skin homeostasis, requirements for natural moisturizing factors in skin, and a prospective, multicenter study on bullous pemphigoid.

06 December 2011: Audio abstracts from the December 2011 JID, including a system for assessing hair pigment stem cells, a study of black patients with a rare autoimmune disease, and a screen for identifying drugs to treat childhood vascular tumors.

16 December 2011: Audio abstracts from the January 2012 JID, including an assessment of the Dermatology Life Quality Index, a study of pemphigus in Taiwan, and the role of HLA alleles in vitiligo.

20 December 2011: Join presenter Corinna Wu as she speaks to Dr. Michael Zasloff, professor of surgery and pediatrics at the Georgetown University School of Medicine, about the Remarkable (and Mysterious) Wound-Healing Process of the Bottlenose Dolphin.

18 January 2012: Audio abstracts from the February 2012 JID, including the carcinogenic effect of UVA1, the correlation between psoriasis and diabetes, and the role of mast cells in scar formation.

28 March 2012: Audio abstracts from the March 2012 JID, including the connection between psoriasis and metabolic syndrome, a mouse model for autoimmune skin disease, and prognostic information for cutaneous lymphoma patients.

04 April 2012: Audio abstracts from the April 2012 JID, including what causes itching in atopic dermatitis, a drug for treating sun damage, and measuring quality of life for psoriasis patients.

07 May 2012: Audio abstracts from the May 2012 JID, including genetic risk factors for non-melanoma skin cancer, a cause of symptoms in pachyonychia congenita, and a target for treatment of psoriasis.

31 May 2012: Antimicrobial Peptides: Old Molecules with New Ideas. Join presenter Corinna Wu as she speaks to Dr. Richard Gallo, professor of medicine and pediatrics and chief of the division of dermatology at the University of California, San Diego, about new research into antimicrobial peptides.

07 June 2012: Audio abstracts from the June 2012 JID, including the effectiveness of topical vitamin A, dietary supplements, and laser therapy for prevention of skin cancers.

03 July 2012: Audio abstracts from the July 2012 JID, including a mouse model of vitiligo, the effect of visible light on skin aging, and patients' willingness to pay for dermatology treatments.

22 August 2012:: Audio abstracts from the August 2012 JID, including the molecular organization of human skin, the genetics of pigmented birthmarks, and a topical therapy that promotes wound healing.

10 October 2012: Audio abstracts from the September 2012 JID, including the arrangement of lipids in the skin, the limitations of the PASI, and cancer risks for kidney transplant recipients.

12 October 2012: Join presenter Monica Salazar, University of Colorado medical student, as she speaks with Dr. Eugene A. Bauer, Chief Medical Officer of Dermira, about how the barriers between academic and biopharmaceutical research are becoming increasingly transparent, which benefits patients and researchers, but also presents some challenges.

25 October 2012: Join presenter Dr. Robert Dellavalle as he speaks with Dr. Paul R Bergstresser, former JID Editor-in-Chief, about the inception and development of the JID 75th Anniversary issue.

06 November 2012: Join presenter Dr. Robert Dellavalle as he speaks with Dr. Patrick Brunner from the Medical University of Vienna, Austria, about the changing views of the role of Langerhans cells. The skin harbors several types of dendritic antigen-presenting cells including Langerhans cells (LC), and genetically-driven removal of the LC population results in increased T-cell immunity against haptens and infectious agents.

12 November 2012: Audio abstracts from the October 2012 JID, including factors important for hair growth, drug-resistant melanoma cells, and flu vaccine safety in classic Kaposi's sarcoma patients.

20 November 2012: Join presenter Dr. Robert Dellavalle as he speaks with Dr. Lynn Cornelius, Chief of Dermatology at the Washington University School of Medicine, about preparing the next generation in academic medicine. New technologies and discoveries along with increasing gender, cultural, and generational diversity of faculty challenges academicians to identify and communicate the lessons necessary for academic success.

04 December 2012: Join presenter Dr. Robert Dellavalle as he speaks with Dr. Pierre Coulombe, Chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Johns Hopkins University, about the keratin mutations that underlie Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex and how understanding the role of keratin proteins in the skin has broadly benefited basic science research.

18 December 2012: Join presenter Dr. Robert Dellavalle as he speaks with Dr. Anna De Benedetto, from the University of Rochester Medical Center, about the relationship between skin barrier disruption and subsequent immune responses and skin disorders such as eczema, psoriasis, and blistering.