Among the themes which will be addressed :

Session 1: General introduction to the skin microbiota

• Overviewing skin microbiota in health
• Skin microbiota assembly and ecology: composition and diversity
• Interactions between cutaneous microbial species
• Skin microbiome interactions with host immunity

Session 2: Involvement of the microbiota in skin pathologies

• Symbiosis versus dysbiosis
• Deregulation of the microbiota in atopy dermatitis, acne vulgarises and psoraisis, cause or consequence?
• General presentation of the most used culture methods, their main characteristics,
  their main advantages and disadvantages

Session 3: How to study microbiota and skin microbiota ?

• Study and research models
• New high-throughput sequencing tools for microbial fingerprinting
• General presentation of the most used analysis and sequencing methods to assess the quality and quantity of the skin microbiota

Session 4: The manipulation of microbial communities

• Biological tools to manipulate the skin microbiota to influence health and dermatological disorders
• What techniques are used of microbiota manipulations
• Practical cases

Session 5: How to prepare and launch your range of cosmetic products ?

• Inventory of cosmetic products on the world market with microbiota
• Formulation strategies for cosmetic products using a scientific, clinical, and legislative approach
• The impact of cosmetic products on the skin microbiota