Cooperation

Skin barrier research group

Our research is highly collaborative and brings together expertise in lipid chemistry, biophysics, skin biology, lipidomics and pharmaceutical sciences. We work with academic, clinical and industry partners in Europe and beyond, combining complementary methods and model systems to address skin barrier research from molecules to human skin.

Molecular biophysics & structural studies

Advanced approaches to lipid organization, dynamics and structure, including solid-state NMR, X-ray and neutron scattering.

Daniel Huster, Leipzig University, Germany
Sebastian Björklund, Malmö University, Sweden
Adina Eichner, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Michal Kurka, CEMNAT, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic
Norbert Kučerka, Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia
Bruno Demé, Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), Grenoble, France
Miloš Steinhart, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic

Skin biology & barrier dysfunction

Reconstructed epidermal models and models of epidermal differentiation disorders and other skin diseases, with a focus on lipid metabolism and molecular mechanisms underlying barrier dysfunction.

Nathalie Jonca, INSERM, Toulouse, France
Roger Sandhoff, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
Olga López Serrano, University of Barcelona, Spain
Florian Gruber, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

Sphingolipid chemistry & biology

Sphingolipid synthesis, metabolism and advanced lipid analysis in experimental and clinical systems.

Jarmila Kruseová, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
Michal Holčapek, Mass Spectrometry Group, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic
Robert Ahrends, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria
André Nadler, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
Thorsten Hornemann, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

Drug delivery & skin models

Human and reconstructed skin models, permeation studies and topical and transdermal delivery.

Jarmila Zbytovská, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Czech Republic
Robert Čáp, Sanus Surgical Center, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Catarina Pereira-Leite, Lusófona University, Lisbon, Portugal
Marta Wojcieszak-Michalak, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Mila Boncheva Bettex, Haleon, Nyon, Switzerland
Jonathan F. Lovell, University at Buffalo, USA
Contipro a.s., Czech Republic