St John's Institute of Dermatology

St John's Institute of Dermatology is one of the world's leading centres for patients with skin disease.

It began life in 1863 as both a skin diseases hospital and a postgraduate teaching institute. Both entities relocated in the 1980s to St Thomas' Hospital, when they were also formally joined and renamed St John's Institue of Dermatology.

There are five highly specialised laboratory services dedicated to the diagnosis and management of skin disease within St John's.

Last updated on 12/11/2013

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Skin Tumour Unit at Guy's Hospital

Friday, 7 October, 2016

Novel missense mutation in a patient with recessive pretibial epidermolysis bullosa and a mild phenotype

Cunningham L , Dr Lu Liu , Menzies S , McGrath JA , Lally A

Thursday, 11 August, 2016

Ectodermal dysplasia-skin fragility syndrome resulting from a new atypical homozygous cryptic acceptor splice site mutation in PKP1.

Hsu CK , Dr Lu Liu , Can PK , Kocatürk E , Dr James R. McMillan , Güngör Ş , Hürdoğan Ö , Surgan A , Degirmentepe EN , Lee JY , Simpson MA , McGrath JA

Monday, 2 November, 2015

The cytolinker plectin regulates nuclear mechanotransduction in keratinocytes.

Almeida FV , Walko G , Dr James R. McMillan , McGrath JA , Wiche G , Barber AH , Connelly JT

Saturday, 22 August, 2015

Novel autosomal dominant mutation in loricrin presenting as prominent ichthyosis.

Pohler E , Cunningham F , Sandilands A , Cole C , Digby S , Dr James R. McMillan , Aristodemou S , McGrath JA , Smith FJ , McLean WH , Munro CS , Zamiri M

Thursday, 24 May, 2012

Mutations in the c-Secretase Genes NCSTN, PSENEN, and PSEN1 Underlie Rare Forms of Hidradenitis Suppurativa (Acne Inversa)

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS; OMIM142690) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that presents with nodules, cysts, and abscesses in apocrine gland–bearing sites.

Andrew E. Pink , Michael A. Simpson , Nemesha Desai , Dimitra Dafou , Alison Hills , Peter S Mortimer , Catherine H Smith , Richard C. Trembath , Jonathan N.W. Barker

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Dr Maria Demontis

Clinical scientist

Silvia Ferreira

Senior Biomedical Scientist

Krista De Four

Tissue Sciences Service Delivery Manager