Michel Laurence
Hospital Saint-Louis
Biography
Laurence MICHEL is a team research group manager at Inserm Unit U976, Paris Saint-Louis Hospital. She works in the Skin Research Center conducted by Professor Martine BAGOT, head of the Saint-Louis Dermatology Department and director Armand BENSUSSAN, U976 director. During her carrier, she has been carried out clinical research in collaboration with the hospital Clinic Investigative Center, studying mechanisms of allergic and inflammatory cutaneous diseases in patients and providing her expertise in pharmacology for in vivo testing of new therapies in collaboration with pharmaceutics/cosmetics laboratories. She also worked as a fundamental researcher studying the mechanism of signalling pathways involved in inflammatory skin disorders and cutaneous cell resistance to treatment. Focus has been done on skin aging, dermal fibrosis, xerosis (dry skin), hair greying, depigmentation and hair loss, besides cutaneous pathologies (atopy,
cutaneous T cell lymphoma). External expert in national and international academic institutions. Author of 68 articles and 3 patents.
Abstract
Abstract : Study of the molecular and functional effects of wound dressings on human dermal fibroblasts