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This is the official BlueSky account of The University of Queensland's Dermatology Research Centre. The account follows the UQ Social Media Guidelines.
ACEMID has been named one of five finalists in the Shaping Australia Awards: Problem Solver category

Public voting is now open!!

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ACEMID: revolutionising early detection and the fight against melanoma | UQ, USYD, Monash
www.shapingaustraliaawards.com.au
October 24, 2025 at 6:14 AM
👏 One month on, we are still celebrating the landmark publication from Mitchell Mostina, Kiarash Khosrotehrani & Abbas Shafiee. Their groundbreaking research continues to make waves across the media. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/adhm...

#dermatology #innovation #skin #organoid
Coordinated Development of Immune Cell Populations in Vascularized Skin Organoids from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Vascularized skin organoids are developed from human induced pluripotent stem cells and contain macrophages, Langerhans cells, and neutrophils. Vascularized skin organoids offer a transformative plat....
doi.org
September 16, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Reposted by UQ Dermatology Research Centre
🚨 New in Nature Medicine (@nature.com)!
PanDerm, a @monashuniversity.bsky.social-led AI tool, boosts skin cancer detection by 11%!

Congratulations to A/Prof Zongyuan Ge and PhD Candidate Siyuan Yan on this fantastic publication!

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A multimodal vision foundation model for clinical dermatology - Nature Medicine
Trained on large and multicenter datasets with different imaging modalities, a foundation model is shown to have strong performance on the full spectrum of clinically relevant tasks and to increase us...
www.nature.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This week a UQ DRC co-authored editorial was published in JAMA Dermatology - melanoma in situ management requires more nuance than current practice. WLE for MiS is treating over-diagnosis not disease and a change from classic diagnostic labels to prognosis-informed language would help clinicians.
Is Wide Local Excision After Primary Excision of Melanoma In Situ Unnecessary?
Dessinioti and coauthors1 present a retrospective study undertaken in Greece reporting the clinical outcomes for 401 people diagnosed and treated for melanoma in situ from 1991 to 2023 at a major mela...
jamanetwork.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Today is Giving Day for the PA Research Foundation! Every dollar donated is matched for these 24 hours, doubling the impact of every gift!

Donations over $2 are tax-deductible, if you would like to assist the work of Dermatology research in Brisbane please consider using the link below:
Donate to Dermatology Research Centre
On Thursday 4 September 2025 every donation you make will be DOUBLED! That’s double the investment into research, life-saving equipment and world-leading patient care.
donations.pafoundation.org.au
September 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
We are getting ready for the Princess Alexandra Research Foundation GIVING DAY on Thursday 4 September 2025 where all donations made to support our scientific research is doubled by the foundation! Please consider donating at this link donations.pafoundation.org.au/givebig/derm...
September 1, 2025 at 8:52 AM
@hpsoyer.bsky.social had the pleasure of hosting Dr Abel Chih-Hung Lee and Dr Kathy Chien-Hui Hong from Taiwan last week at the Dermatology Research Centre, UQ, Brisbane to show them our @acrf-acemid.bsky.social ACEMID Study site at the Princess Alexandra Hospital.
September 1, 2025 at 8:38 AM
#ASDR2025 Day 1 finished with the Ross Barnetson lecture by Prof @hpsoyer.bsky.social, in which he shared with the audience the "R-evolution of dermoscopy". Dermatological imaging has certainly come a long way 🔎📸
July 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
#ASDR2025 Day 1, Session 4 "ASSC Session" included talks from DRC's postdoc Seen Ling Sim and PhD student Sam Kahler 👏🏻
July 17, 2025 at 6:56 AM
#ASDR2025 Day 1, Session 3 "ASSC Session" included presentations from ASDR early career researcher award winners and DRC team members Laura Sormani, and Chenhao Zhou, as well as a presentation from Joachim Torrano 👏🏻
July 17, 2025 at 4:49 AM
#ASDR2025 Day 1, Session 2 on Keratinocyte and Squamous Cell Carcinomas featured a presentation by DRC's A/Prof Lea Dousset on topical sirolimus to prevent squamous cell carcinoma! 👏🏻
July 17, 2025 at 3:45 AM
#ASDR2025 has kicked off, with a fantastic talk from Prof Harald Kittler about fairness and diversity of AI in medicine 🤖.

Day 1, Session 1 on Microenvironment also featured talks from our team members Wendy Kao and Katie Lee (presented by @thestarklab.bsky.social)! 👏🏻
July 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
👥 Part of our team came together this morning for a great session, sharing updates on some of our ongoing research projects! It was great having Professor Harald Kittler 🇦🇹 with us and to get his valuable insights and feedback!

@hpsoyer.bsky.social
@thestarklab.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Welcome to the official BlueSky account of the University of Queensland Dermatology Research Centre! ⭐ We're excited to share our latest research, news, and insights into dermatological science and innovation. Follow us to stay updated on our latest work 🧴🔬🌞

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July 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM