[SCAN] Some science around the skin
Sofia Souza, Biomolecular Diagnostic Lab, ITQB NOVA
| When |
15 Feb, 2017
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12:00 pm to 01:00 pm |
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| Where | Auditorium |
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Title: Some science around the skin
Speaker: Sofia Souza
Affiliation: Biomolecular Diagnostic Lab, ITQB NOVA
Abstract:
In this lecture three interesting molecules/set of molecules of the skin will be presented, along with its currently accepted molecular function. In the first part, some conclusions of a physical-chemistry study of the skin barrier will drive our attention to the sphingolipid ceramide. Subsequently during a project to develop a non-invasive method to measure blood glicemia through the skin, our measurements of a set of amino acids in sweat samples will take us to the Natural Moisturizing Factor. And the third skin molecule that was also observed in our 1H-NMR metabolomic analysis of sweat samples is urocanate. To finish, a 3D epidermis tissue cultured at Biomolecular Diagnostics Laboratory of ITQB NOVA will be presented, together with several ongoing projects with this reconstructed skin.
