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We would like to extend our congratulations to Regina Fölster-Holst, Section Head in Pediatric Skin Diseases, for winning first prize in the “Science Interactive” competition. Run by Science in Dialogue, this is an initiative to bring scientists into conversation with “people of all ages and educational backgrounds”, “committed to the exchange and discussion of research in Germany,” and the competition comes with a first prize of 10,000 Euros.

Regina is at the Dermatologische Klinik in Kiel, working on the genetic variability and pathophysiology of dermatitis. Viewing the skin as a “holy house” that protects as well as connects the inside to the outside of our bodies, she and her team designed eight miniature walk-in “houses” of different materials and construction. The aim was to let anybody, but especially children, interact with the exhibit, “making the functioning and the structure of the skin a multi-sensory and interactive experience.”

Through the project, Regina hopes to be able to find a way of communicating that will make the knowledge she has gained through research understandable by anybody.

Again, many congratulations!

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Any mistakes in translation from the German are entirely my own–rpg