Prof. Laurent Misery is the head of the department of dermatology at the University Hospital of Brest and the director and founder of the Laboratory Interactions Neurons-Keratinocytes (LINK) at the University of Western Brittany. He is president of the special interest group of sensitive skin of the International Forum for the Study of Itch (IFSI). His translational research (clinical and biological) is focused on itching and the interactions between the skin and nervous system.