Simpson Lab at UW
@simpsonlabuw.bsky.social
Illuminating keratinocyte cell biology in the Dept of Dermatology at Univ of Washington to understand epidermal differentiation/integrity & their compromise in skin disease. PI: Cory Simpson, MD/PhD, dermatologist specializing in rare blistering disorders.
When joining a small dept @uwdermatology.bsky.social I knew finding a peer grp would be crucial—I’m grateful for a crew of junior PIs @uwiscrm.bsky.social @uwmedicine.bsky.social. At a tough time for #academic #research labs it’s helpful to have supportive colleagues to share good news & struggles 🍻
August 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
When joining a small dept @uwdermatology.bsky.social I knew finding a peer grp would be crucial—I’m grateful for a crew of junior PIs @uwiscrm.bsky.social @uwmedicine.bsky.social. At a tough time for #academic #research labs it’s helpful to have supportive colleagues to share good news & struggles 🍻
Michael Martin gave a great talk on his project @uwdermatology.bsky.social testing new Rx for #HaileyHailey disease, a #genetic #skin #blistering disorder. Thx @drsakiyama.bsky.social & @amyserafino.bsky.social for fostering undergrad collab @uwmedicine.bsky.social & @gonzagauniversity.bsky.social!
August 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Michael Martin gave a great talk on his project @uwdermatology.bsky.social testing new Rx for #HaileyHailey disease, a #genetic #skin #blistering disorder. Thx @drsakiyama.bsky.social & @amyserafino.bsky.social for fostering undergrad collab @uwmedicine.bsky.social & @gonzagauniversity.bsky.social!
Great talk from summer student Porter from @uwsom-wwami.bsky.social. In my lab @uwdermatology.bsky.social he is studying #epidermolysis #bullosa simplex, a #genetic #skin #blistering disease most severe in newborns/children. We’ve known the #EBS cause for >30 yrs, yet still have no approved therapy.
August 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Great talk from summer student Porter from @uwsom-wwami.bsky.social. In my lab @uwdermatology.bsky.social he is studying #epidermolysis #bullosa simplex, a #genetic #skin #blistering disease most severe in newborns/children. We’ve known the #EBS cause for >30 yrs, yet still have no approved therapy.
Mixed emotions as we bid farewell to Afua to start her M.D. journey at WSU! So grateful for our 3+yr partnership as my 1st hire, who built a strong foundation for our lab @uwdermatology.bsky.social and will always be queen 👑 of western blots 🤩 Looking forward to seeing this future physician thrive!
August 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Mixed emotions as we bid farewell to Afua to start her M.D. journey at WSU! So grateful for our 3+yr partnership as my 1st hire, who built a strong foundation for our lab @uwdermatology.bsky.social and will always be queen 👑 of western blots 🤩 Looking forward to seeing this future physician thrive!
1st time at Society for #Pediatric #Dermatology #SPD2025 mtg to share work from my lab @uwdermatology.bsky.social. Our new project models #EpidermolysisBullosa simplex which causes painful blistering but has no approved Rx despite approval for other forms. We are working to change that for patients.
July 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
1st time at Society for #Pediatric #Dermatology #SPD2025 mtg to share work from my lab @uwdermatology.bsky.social. Our new project models #EpidermolysisBullosa simplex which causes painful blistering but has no approved Rx despite approval for other forms. We are working to change that for patients.
Wonderful start to summer @uwdermatology.bsky.social. Excited to welcome @uwsom-wwami.bsky.social med student Porter & @gonzagauniversity.bsky.social undergrad Michael for summer projects on rare #skin #blistering diseases #HaileyHailey & #EpidermolysisBullosa. Thanks to Arti for a delicious lunch!
July 12, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Wonderful start to summer @uwdermatology.bsky.social. Excited to welcome @uwsom-wwami.bsky.social med student Porter & @gonzagauniversity.bsky.social undergrad Michael for summer projects on rare #skin #blistering diseases #HaileyHailey & #EpidermolysisBullosa. Thanks to Arti for a delicious lunch!
Congrats to Karina PhD student @uwdermatology.bsky.social who passed her general exam to be a doctoral candidate! 🥳🍾🎉 Her thesis will leverage a novel model of epidermolysis bullosa simplex to understand the biology of this orphan genetic skin blistering disorder that has no FDA-approved therapy🧬🔬🧫👩🔬
June 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Congrats to Karina PhD student @uwdermatology.bsky.social who passed her general exam to be a doctoral candidate! 🥳🍾🎉 Her thesis will leverage a novel model of epidermolysis bullosa simplex to understand the biology of this orphan genetic skin blistering disorder that has no FDA-approved therapy🧬🔬🧫👩🔬
Finally, on Day 4 of #SIDSanDiego2025 we bid farewell to colleagues, alums & mentors. What an energizing @siderm.bsky.social mtg! Proud of my team & their contagious enthusiasm. We met many new collaborators in academia/industry. This mtg gave me back some optimism in an uncertain time for science.
May 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Finally, on Day 4 of #SIDSanDiego2025 we bid farewell to colleagues, alums & mentors. What an energizing @siderm.bsky.social mtg! Proud of my team & their contagious enthusiasm. We met many new collaborators in academia/industry. This mtg gave me back some optimism in an uncertain time for science.
Day 3 of #SIDSanDiego2025 included an amazing talk by PhD student Karina from @uwdermatology.bsky.social featuring our new model of #EpidermolysisBullosa Simplex. More catching up w/wonderful friends & I was truly honored to be voted onto the @siderm.bsky.social Board of Directors for a 5-year term.
May 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Day 3 of #SIDSanDiego2025 included an amazing talk by PhD student Karina from @uwdermatology.bsky.social featuring our new model of #EpidermolysisBullosa Simplex. More catching up w/wonderful friends & I was truly honored to be voted onto the @siderm.bsky.social Board of Directors for a 5-year term.
Day 2 of #SIDSanDiego2025 did not disappoint! More outstanding talks, a lively poster session, and an awesome Society for Investigative Dermatology social event on the USS Midway 🛳️ 🇺🇸 @siderm.bsky.social
May 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Day 2 of #SIDSanDiego2025 did not disappoint! More outstanding talks, a lively poster session, and an awesome Society for Investigative Dermatology social event on the USS Midway 🛳️ 🇺🇸 @siderm.bsky.social
Amazing Day 1 of #SID2025 in San Diego! 😎 So much fun meeting up w/lab alums & collaborators @siderm.bsky.social
Awesome science🔬🧫🧬at #Pachyonychia Symposium followed by an outstanding plenary talk on Hailey-Hailey disease by PhD student Jessica 🤩 @uwdermatology.bsky.social @uwmedicine.bsky.social
Awesome science🔬🧫🧬at #Pachyonychia Symposium followed by an outstanding plenary talk on Hailey-Hailey disease by PhD student Jessica 🤩 @uwdermatology.bsky.social @uwmedicine.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Amazing Day 1 of #SID2025 in San Diego! 😎 So much fun meeting up w/lab alums & collaborators @siderm.bsky.social
Awesome science🔬🧫🧬at #Pachyonychia Symposium followed by an outstanding plenary talk on Hailey-Hailey disease by PhD student Jessica 🤩 @uwdermatology.bsky.social @uwmedicine.bsky.social
Awesome science🔬🧫🧬at #Pachyonychia Symposium followed by an outstanding plenary talk on Hailey-Hailey disease by PhD student Jessica 🤩 @uwdermatology.bsky.social @uwmedicine.bsky.social
Congrats to Karina for taking home the 1st place poster prize 🏆 at the @uwiscrm.bsky.social Symposium. And kudos to Jessica, who gave an awesome trainee lightning⚡️talk. Proud of both our PhD students for representing the Simpson Lab @uwdermatology.bsky.social @uwmedicine.bsky.social.
April 30, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Congrats to Karina for taking home the 1st place poster prize 🏆 at the @uwiscrm.bsky.social Symposium. And kudos to Jessica, who gave an awesome trainee lightning⚡️talk. Proud of both our PhD students for representing the Simpson Lab @uwdermatology.bsky.social @uwmedicine.bsky.social.
Enjoyed meeting a great new crowd of scientists at the Amer Assoc for Anatomy @anatomyorg.bsky.social in Portland! Thank you to @anatomyorg.bsky.social for the invitation to share our work from @uwdermatology.bsky.social on mechanisms of #skin #blistering disease & potential new molecular therapies.
March 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Enjoyed meeting a great new crowd of scientists at the Amer Assoc for Anatomy @anatomyorg.bsky.social in Portland! Thank you to @anatomyorg.bsky.social for the invitation to share our work from @uwdermatology.bsky.social on mechanisms of #skin #blistering disease & potential new molecular therapies.
Always love the excitement of the #AAD mtg for #dermatology. But as I sit in scientific sessions, I want my clinical/industry colleagues & patient advocacy groups to know #NIH funded research was critical for delivering nearly all modern therapies we use for our patients #AAD2025 #StandUpForScience
March 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Always love the excitement of the #AAD mtg for #dermatology. But as I sit in scientific sessions, I want my clinical/industry colleagues & patient advocacy groups to know #NIH funded research was critical for delivering nearly all modern therapies we use for our patients #AAD2025 #StandUpForScience
On #RareDiseaseDay I’m proud to have 2 amazing PhD students @uwdermatology.bsky.social building organotypic models of #HaileyHailey disease & #EpidermolysisBullosa to find new therapies. Thanks to @pnrigenetics.bsky.social for hosting an outstanding symposium for clinicians, researchers & advocates.
March 1, 2025 at 1:57 AM
On #RareDiseaseDay I’m proud to have 2 amazing PhD students @uwdermatology.bsky.social building organotypic models of #HaileyHailey disease & #EpidermolysisBullosa to find new therapies. Thanks to @pnrigenetics.bsky.social for hosting an outstanding symposium for clinicians, researchers & advocates.
Excited to attend #AAD2025 in Orlando next week and to lead our session on "Leveraging Teledermatology to Improve Patient Access." Mark your meeting agenda to join us on Sunday at 1:00 PM in Room W314B.
February 27, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Excited to attend #AAD2025 in Orlando next week and to lead our session on "Leveraging Teledermatology to Improve Patient Access." Mark your meeting agenda to join us on Sunday at 1:00 PM in Room W314B.
Our review on #acantholytic #skin #blistering disorders is out @thejidjournal.bsky.social. #Darier, #HaileyHailey, & #Grover dz weaken #desmosomes that hold the #epidermis together but lack any FDA-approved Tx. We summarize recent pubs pointing to new Tx strategies: www.jidonline.org/article/S002...
February 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Our review on #acantholytic #skin #blistering disorders is out @thejidjournal.bsky.social. #Darier, #HaileyHailey, & #Grover dz weaken #desmosomes that hold the #epidermis together but lack any FDA-approved Tx. We summarize recent pubs pointing to new Tx strategies: www.jidonline.org/article/S002...
Had an awesome visit to the other UW (Univ of Wyoming) to speak w/the Molecular Biology Dept. Great engagement w/amazing scientists--the lunch/Q&A w/postdocs & students was especially inspiring and energizing. Thank you so much for the invite @scienceguy38.bsky.social & @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social.
February 8, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Had an awesome visit to the other UW (Univ of Wyoming) to speak w/the Molecular Biology Dept. Great engagement w/amazing scientists--the lunch/Q&A w/postdocs & students was especially inspiring and energizing. Thank you so much for the invite @scienceguy38.bsky.social & @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social.
Proud of UW med student Rafael Homer for representing @simpsonlabuw.bsky.social & UW #Dermatology at the Western Medical Research Conference in Carmel, CA. His project used our #Darier disease model to find new treatment strategies for this orphan #skin #blistering disorder. @uwmedicine.bsky.social
January 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Proud of UW med student Rafael Homer for representing @simpsonlabuw.bsky.social & UW #Dermatology at the Western Medical Research Conference in Carmel, CA. His project used our #Darier disease model to find new treatment strategies for this orphan #skin #blistering disorder. @uwmedicine.bsky.social
December 14, 2024 at 7:01 PM