Pharmacology Highlights
Alan Brash, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology, recipient of the John H. Exton Award for Research Leading to Innovative Biological Concepts.
The discovery by Brash and his colleagues of a lipoxygenase and other previously uncharacterized enzymes in human skin solved a long-standing mystery — how the oxidation of dietary essential fatty acids by lipoxygenases to form certain lipid products maintains the skin’s barrier function and prevents loss of water through the skin, essential for life on dry land.
Photo Caption: Alan Brash and nominator Claus Schneider at the award ceremony