Senior Principal Investigator
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From 1998-2015, Tom worked in Procter & Gamble’s Beauty Technology Division, understanding and intervening in hair and scalp disorders including dandruff, male pattern baldness, and age-related hair thinning.
The dandruff investigations led to Malassezia fungi and included identification of the dandruff causal species (M. globosa and M. restricta), an undiscovered pathogenic mechanism, novel intervention strategies, multiple publications and patents, and a technology currently in market in H&S. Tom leads a global consortium on Malassezia phylogeny, physiology, and pathogenesis.
The hair and follicle work led to a novel treatment for age-related women’s hair thinning leveraging increasing hair shaft diameter. The novel approach of working on hair diameter resulted in multiple publications and patents, as well as a successful new cosmetic product currently in global markets (at >100 million USD/year). In 2013 Tom relocated from Cincinnati to Singapore to lead development of P&G’s life sciences in the new Singapore Technical Center, SgIC.
The Human Hair and Commensal Mycobiome groups works on 2 distinct fronts, both of which continue Dr. Dawson’s previous interests:
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The dandruff investigations led to Malassezia fungi and included identification of the dandruff causal species (M. globosa and M. restricta), an undiscovered pathogenic mechanism, novel intervention strategies, multiple publications and patents, and a technology currently in market in H&S. Tom leads a global consortium on Malassezia phylogeny, physiology, and pathogenesis.
The hair and follicle work led to a novel treatment for age-related women’s hair thinning leveraging increasing hair shaft diameter. The novel approach of working on hair diameter resulted in multiple publications and patents, as well as a successful new cosmetic product currently in global markets (at >100 million USD/year). In 2013 Tom relocated from Cincinnati to Singapore to lead development of P&G’s life sciences in the new Singapore Technical Center, SgIC.
The Human Hair and Commensal Mycobiome groups works on 2 distinct fronts, both of which continue Dr. Dawson’s previous interests:
- The human cutaneous mycobiome, its role in skin health, and development of interventions to improve human skin health; and
- Human hair follicle metabolism – understanding energy production in the human hair follicle and developing intervention strategies to improve hair growth, especially associated with normal aging (as opposed to male pattern baldness).
Want to Know About Consumer Care Beauty? Find out more at: http://beautycarestrategics.org/
Our People
Antony SagayarajAntony Irudayaswamy manages corporate strategy and development. He has a diverse background including neurobiology, stem cells and microbiology.
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Ramasamy SrinivasScientific Manager
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Cheryl LeongResearch Fellow
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Martin PagacMartin is interested in discovering novel lipid-mediated microbe/host interactions in human skin via targeted LC-MS/MS approaches, with the goal to identify molecules which can be leveraged to reduce inflammation and improve skin health.
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Aishwarya SridharanResearch Fellow
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Joleen GohJoleen is a PhD student in the lab. She has an interest in genetic engineered microbes relevant in weird skin-associated diseases, in hope to alleviate the impact and socio-economic burden of these conditions.
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Lee Shi MunResearch Officer
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