The 1st SPIM- Skin Physiology International Meeting assembled in 2008 at Vichy, researchers from public and industrial sectors; coming from different and various fields, but all of them focused on the subject of skin physiology.

Three young researchers were the winners of this 1st SPIM (Skin Physiology International Meeting): Miss L’Emira Guida HARFOUCHE, a young researcher from Lebanon who works on CEA EVRY- France) shared the grant of €20,000 with a young PhD Student from INSERM – Rouen, Mr Jean Baptiste JANELA. The poster from Dr Florence DEBACK-CHAINIAUX (URBC- Belgium) was voted by all participants and received the award of best poster with an amount of €4,000.

Participants enjoyed the convivial mood enabling exchanges of high quality and the beginning of promising partnerships, confirming the interest of this meeting in this structure, so that the next edition will take place in the same city, next November 2010. The structure will be the same, new lecturers are expected for presentations in the field of skin physiology.