The CHANEL-CERIES Research Award 2016 Honours a Leading Scientist and Supports Novel Research on Healthy Skin

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PARIS, Nov. 23, 2016 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/

     CHANEL Research announces the winner of the CHANEL-CERIES Research Award

2016: Professor David Kelsell, Ph.D. (UK) for his trail-blazing work in skin

molecular mechanisms.

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    "The CHANEL-CERIES Research Award was created in 1996 to support innovative

skin research projects and enrich global understanding of healthy skin,"

comments Christian Mahe, Senior Vice President Beauty Research and Innovation.

"`We are extremely proud to support our laureate's ground-breaking project and

look forward to sharing his future findings."

    Research into stress responses in healthy skin to throw new light on

cutaneous balance and repair

    David Kelsell Ph.D. holds the position of Deputy Director of Research at

the Blizard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry,

Queen Mary University of London.  His research focuses on new insights into the

molecular mechanisms responsible for maintaining and correcting the skin's

balance.

    "Professor Kelsell's research will focus on the presumptive role of iRHOM2

as a master regulator of stress responses in skin," states Professor Barbara

Gilchrest, Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston,

and President of the CERIES Scientific Advisory Board which selects the annual

Awardees.  "Using cultured human keratinocytes, he will examine how this as yet

little-studied protein modulates inflammation and otherwise protects the skin

from sun damage and either physical or chemical challenges."

"Indeed, the award will allow us to specifically investigate, using molecular

and cell biology tools, why the palm and sole skin is much thicker than other

parts of the body and how it responds to physical and environmental stress,"

continues Professor David Kelsell. "Receiving this award is truly a personal

honour but is also a reflection of the dedicated work of the Kelsell group as a

whole and the wonderful research collaborations we have had over the years."

    Professor Kelsell's project will pave the way for innovative cosmetic

research targeting both maintenance and repair of healthy skin.

    CHANEL-CERIES Research Award

    The CHANEL-CERIES Research Award of 40,000 Euros is supported by CHANEL

Research. It is intended to honour the accomplishments of a scientific

researcher with a proven track record in fundamental or clinical research work

and to encourage his or her continued research activity. The field of research

concerns the physiology or biology of healthy skin and/or its reactions to

environmental factors.

            Previous CHANEL-CERIES Award Winners

    2015: Emi Nishimura, M.D., Ph.D., Tokyo, Japan        2005: Masayuki

Amagai, M.D. Tokyo, Japan

    2014: Julia Segre, Ph.D, Bethesda, USA                2004: Thomas Schwarz,

M.D. Kiel, Germany

    2013: Robert L. Modlin, M.D., Los Angeles, USA        2003: Angela M.

Christiano, Ph.D., New York, USA

    2012: Martin Rocken, M.D., Ph.D., Tubingen, Germany   2002: Dennis R. Roop,

Ph.D., Houston, USA

    2011: Joke A. Bouwstra, Ph.D., Leiden, Netherlands    2001: Fiona M. Watt,

D. Phil., London, UK

    2010: Howard Y. Chang, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford, USA     2000: Michael Karin,

Ph.D., San Diego, USA

    2009: Sabine Werner, Ph.D., Zurich, Switzerland       1999: Jonathan Rees,

M.D., Edinburgh, UK

    2008: Paul A. Khavari, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford, USA     1998: Jean Krutmann,

M.D., Dusseldorf, Germany

    2007: Richard L. Gallo, M.D.,Ph.D., San Diego, USA    1997: Jens-Michael

Schroder, Ph.D., Kiel, Germany

    2006: Irwin McLean Ph.D., DSc, FRSE, Scotland, UK     1996: Akira

Takashima, M.D., Ph.D., Dallas, USA

SOURCE: CHANEL Research