The 8th World Congress for Hair Research
Report
The 8th World Congress for Hair Research (WCHR2014), which took place in the beautiful International Conference Center in Jeju Island, Korea on 14-17 May, 2014, attracted an unprecedented number of 850 participants. The delegates came from more than 40 countries, representing all continents, and included physicians, scientists, industry personnel and medical and PhD students. The WCHR2014 organizing committee, headed by Prof. Won-Soo Lee (Wonju, Republic of Korea), produced a packed and varied program. Plenary sessions with keynote speakers (7 lectures) were combined with 10 symposiums, 6 free communications sessions and 5 workshops, providing a platform from laboratory science to clinical skills. Two hundred thirty seven abstracts were submitted to the conference, and were presented as posters or oral presentations. The poster sessions provided a stimulating ground for discussion and for forming a collaborative network among young investigators.
Much progress has been made in recent years in our understanding of many hair disorders, and especially of the genetic basis of AA and AGA. Additionally, new treatment modalities continue to emerge. It is to be believed that new technologies and novel in vitro and animal models will provide further important insights within the few next years. This dynamic meeting has addressed many of these research advances, and covered the depth and breadth of hair biology.