Principles of Skin Measurements and Claims Course 2025 Was a Great Success
- TRI Princeton
- 24 hours ago
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Updated: 5 hours ago
The annual TRI ‘Principles of Skin Measurements & Claims Course’ was, once again, a great success. Over 127 delegates attended, with a good mix of online and in-person attendees from a range of companies. As always, those who were from member companies were offered free places as part of their membership benefits. Engagement was excellent with many questions, igniting debate and conversation.
Day 1 kicked off with an introduction, as well as setting-out the learning goals by Samuel Gourion-Arsiquaud and Paul Cornwell from TRI Princeton, with Paul acting as compere for the duration. This was followed by outstanding talks by TRI’s Dr Marcella Gabarra, who gave an overview of skin anatomy and physiology, and Dr Ritamaria Di Lorenzo from University of Naples Federico II, Italy who gave a comprehensive introduction to skin product evaluation. The morning session was rounded off by Dr Paul Cornwell highlighting what it actually means to create good cosmetics claim support, and how this translates into study design and data collection.
Day 1’s afternoon session focussed more on physical techniques used to monitor the impact on products on the skin. Dr Samuel Gourion-Arsiquaud outlined how his team can use spectroscopy (IR and Raman) in claims, Dr Matthieu Jomier from QIMA Life Sciences, France, showcased the use of Newtone’s clinical imaging analysis, including coupling with AI. Dr Marcella Gabarra gave an overview of UV skin protection studies and, finally, TRI’s Dr Jessica Turner explained how microscopy can be used within skin care claims development, substantiation and research. These talks were followed by a Kahoot! quiz, then dinner on the terrace overlooking Carnegie Lake.
Day 2 was focussed on the latest development in skincare testing models, with excellent talks from Elodie Gras Lavigne from Neuron Experts, based in France, about in vitro models for sensory studies, a double-act between Dr Paul Cornwell from TRI and Professor Perry Xiao from London Southbank University, UK about measurement of skin moisture and barrier function, a second talk from Paul about skin penetration studies, then an in-depth consideration of the use of confocal Raman spectroscopy for clinical testing. Lunch was followed by a tour of TRI’s facilities for in-person delegates, including lab demos of skin testing equipment.
Attendees can playback all talks by using the original Zoom link in the registration email until 24th November.
