Dr. Carine Mainzer joined Silab Inc. in 2016 as a scientific support manager. Before joining Silab Inc., she was a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Dermatology at University of California San Francisco under the supervision of Dr. Peter Elias and Dr. Yoshikazu Uchida, where her work focused on the communication between inflammatory and cutaneous cells under bacterial challenges. She obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Lyon (France) in 2014 where her thesis work focused on the involvement of the insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 on epidermal differentiation and aging. Dr. Carine Mainzer has been involved with the cosmetic industry for several years now, working notably with Johnson & Johnson Consumer France, Natura, and Silab. Her current position offers her the opportunity to continue applying her scientific expertise to research problems of the cosmetic industry in various areas of skin technology.