Welcome to the website of the Society for Skin Structure Research

The Society for Skin Structure Research was established in 1974 under the name of the Society for Electron Microscopy Research in Dermatology. We later changed the name to the Japanese Society for Electron Microscopy and registered as an academic society with the Science Council of Japan. In response to progress in academic research and to the increasing importance of research on skin biology and microstructure, in 1991 we renamed ourselves the Japanese Society for Ultrastructural Cutaneous Biology. In 2006, we took our current name: the Society for Skin Structure Research (SSSR).These changes show our determination to enhance the quality of our society and to widely publicize the importance of clinical activities and molecular biology, both of which are supported by morphologically based diagnostic and research methods including electron microscopy (for microstructural examination), light microscopy (for molecular pathology examination), dermoscopy, and the study of cutaneous eruptions.

The Society of Skin Structure Research boasts 32 years of remarkable achievement. Affiliated with the Japanese Dermatological Association, we continue to enhance our international stature by holding meetings jointly with international academic societies including the European Society for Dermatological Research and the International Society of Dermatopathology. The SSSR consists of about 120 members in clinical medicine and research.What unites the members is a basic knowledge of morphology and of the importance of morphology studied at all magnifications.

The Society aims at contributing to the progress and dissemination of dermatological science and to the improvement of related educational and medical practices by elucidating the mechanisms of human skin through molecular biological and molecular pathological studies on normal and abnormal skin.

Conferences of the Society have sessions on electron microscopy, molecular dermatopathology, and dermoscopy, and we provide our members with diverse opportunities for studying, exchanging information, and discussing clinical activities and research in dermatology from various viewpoints including based on skin morphology captured using methods that afford various degrees of magnification.

We welcome people from all fields, including dermatological practitioners, to join our society and participate in our annual conference.

Hiroshi Shimizu, MD, PhD. Department of Dermatology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine President