Exploring the skin microbiome in health and disease

Being our biggest organ and a primary protective barrier from pathogens, the microbiome of this highly varied environment is now being described in unprecedented detail, revealing complex multispecies communities that play important roles in skin health, the development of the immune system and in wound healing. This collection aims to bring together knowledge of what these microbes are, how they colonise this often nutrient poor and challenging niche, and how they work together to suppress the growth of pathogens, while in themselves also being potential accidental pathogens if the skin barrier is broken. 

This collection will feature new primary research and review articles arising from the “Exploring the skin microbiome in health and disease” symposium held at the Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2024 in Edinburgh, 8-11 April 2024.  
  
The collection is also open for new submissions from all researchers across the skin microbiome field. Please indicate within your submission that it is intended for the collection. 
 
Guest Editors: Georgios Efthimious (University of Hull, UK); Albert Bolhois (University of Bath, UK); Andrew Edwards (Imperial College London, UK) 
 
Status: Open for submissions 
Deadline for submissions: 7th October 2024 
Journals submission links: Microbiology Editorial Manager
                                                 Journal of Medical Microbiology Editorial Manager
                                                 Microbial Genomics Editorial Manager