Montagna symposium 2013-light and skin: How light sustains, damages, treats, images and modifies skin biology

摘要

The 62nd Annual Montagna Symposium on the Biology of Skin, "Light and Skin: How Light Sustains/ Damages, Treats, Images and Modifies Skin Biology," was held from October 10 to 14, 2013, in Stevenson, Washington. Life and skin evolved under sunlight; dermatology will forever be entwined with photomedicine. We routinely use microscopy, optical diagnostics, phototherapy, photodynamic therapy, and lasers while dealing with melanoma, non-melanoma skin cancer, photosensitivity disorders, and photo-aging. Moreover, there are misunderstandings, recent surprises, mysteries, and challenges. How do the protean cutaneous and systemic effects of light really happen? Exactly what is healthy and unhealthy about light? Can these effects be separated? What is the ideal sunscreen? What can we "see" inside live skin? Which technologies are pushing the limits for therapy and diagnosis? How to "translate" promising research all the way to practical impact? The Symposium was organized by Molly Kulesz-Martin and chaired by Rox Anderson with Session Chairs David Fisher, Barbara A. Gilchrest, and Steven Jacques.