Higgins Lab

New paper is up! Elephant skin is all tangled up! A long time collaboration between @drdavidhu and @HigginsBioeng! Check it out nature.com/articles/s4200…

Abstract submission is now open for the next European Hair Research Society Meeting, which is 29-31 May 2025 in Warsaw, Poland (abstract deadline Jan 31, 2025). This is a such a wonderful meeting and a ‘must attend’ for anyone interested in hair research! ehrs2025.com

In this interview, Dr. Claire Higgins from @HigginsBioeng, who recently received the LEO Foundation Award, talks about her academic focus and her fascination with skin. leo-foundation.org/en/2024/09/09/…

Am thrilled to be the 2024 EMEA Leo Foundation Award recipient👩‍🔬Thanks go to all our collaborators, both scientific and clinical, and the patients who have donated their skin and hair for research, without which none of our work would be possible🌟@imperialcollege @ImperialBioeng

I love the Olympics! And after #TeamGB got a bronze medal in the synchronised diving this morning I went into town and saw a knitted @TomDaley1994 postbox topper…of him knitting. Great day!! @TeamGB

"Plantar skin: A callus design?" a commentary by Jack Hayes & Claire Higgins @HigginsBioeng doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.… #JIDJournal #dermscience #dermtwitter

We are THRILLED to have been ranked 2nd in the world and 1st in the UK and Europe in this year's QS @worlduniranking! 🎊🥳 #QSWUR Thank you to everyone in #OurImperial community for making this result possible! 💙

Excited about hearing Prof Mat Hardman @UniOfHull talk at the London Skin Club next week…an intriguing title for what promises to be a great talk #londonskinclub #woundhealing

@Jack_Hayes2 and I have written a commentary on a publication from earlier this year, which challenged the current dogma and showed that intrinsic properties of foot skin contribute to slow healing observed after plantar injury @theJIDJournal authors.elsevier.com/a/1j4pw,WJlgRgi #woundhealing

It’s my work anniversary … tin. Can’t believe I’ve been at Imperial, in the wonderful @ImperialBioeng for 10 years! Time has flown by 🥂

This publication has been several years in the making and I am so excited it is now published :-). We found that mechanical and chemical stimuli elicit differential modifications in chromatin accessibility, in dermal papilla vs papillary fibroblasts @NickPantelireis @KrysiaBroda

📢 Please join our group! We have a fully-funded PhD opening (October 2024 start) on computational modelling of skin microbiome in wound healing. Do you have a biomath background and want to learn more about skin microbiome? Then it is for you 🤩 Application due 6 June.

Are you looking for a PhD to conduct computational modelling and in vitro work assessing how microbiome impacts wound healing. Look no further as we have a fully funded position available for an Oct’24 start date. imperial.ac.uk/chemical-biolo… @TanakaGroup @AlmquistLab @ImperialBioeng

While I have bronchitis and couldn’t attend the #BSID2024, I couldn’t be more proud of my group for representing the Higgins lab in my absence. Special mention to @arhodes2000 who received the best poster prize for her PhD work #sensoryneurons #hairfollicle #serotonin @HashemiLab

Sad that I’m missing the #BSID2024 but happy that my group is well represented with 7 members present. If you are there, go to their posters to find out what the Higgins lab is working on #hairresearch #skinsensation #amputeeskinhealth #woundhealing #scleroderma @HealthySkin4All

Just like that it’s all over. Had a great time at #WCHR2024 with @arhodes2000 who gave an amazing talk. The solar eclipse was spectacular. So glad we got to see it and the clouds moved out of the way for the crucial 4 minutes. Looking forward to the next meeting in Seoul now.

Meeting of the International Federation of Hair Research Societies (IFHRS) during the World Congress for Hair Research in Dallas 🇺🇸🔝 #WCHR2024 #TricoHRC #GrupoPedroJaen

Hot off the press! Download the 72 page Final Program Guide for #WCHR2024! We have a packed program with 32 sessions and various Pre-Congress Workshops and Symposiums covering topics in #hairresearch that you won’t want to miss. View program here: hair2024.org/program/

@GDRichardsonlab @nubiosciences @vascbiolmed Amazing news Gavin. Well deserved and I’m super happy for you! Will have to go out for a drink to celebrate 🍾🥂 :-).

Excited to share I will be promoted to full Professor, beginning August. I`m very grateful for the support & encouragement provided by my Mentors over the years and to my team members both past and present. Without you this wouldn`t have been possible! @nubiosciences @vascbiolmed

Looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues at the #WCHR2024 in Dallas in April. I will be cochairing the Hair Microenvironment session with @rendlm @RendlLab. Has anyone got any tips on how to choose a good Stetson…I want to get one for the Texas hoedown themed gala 👩‍🌾🎉🤠