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IFPCS Members Database

Now you can browse the current list of IFPCS Members (public details) through a convenient dynamic and fully searchable interface built at the IFPCS website. Additional information of each member is restricted to IFPCS members, through the member-only area.

The Poster and Flyer for the 15th ESPCR 2009 meeting, to be held in Münster (Germany), on September 20-23, 2009, organised by Prof. Markus Böhm, has been released. Additional information can be obtained by checking the ESPCR web, the ESPCR 2009 meeting web and by sending an email to the official ESPCR 2009 meeting email address.

The WEB site for the next International Pigment Cell Conference (IPCC2011), to be held in Bordeaux (France) in 2011 has been released. This meeting is organised by Prof. Alain Taïeb.

Please, visit the IPCC 2011 web site and fill a form if you wish to submit comments or suggest any idea concerning the topics and organization of the conference.

PCMR OCtober 2008 issue

A new issue (October 2008) of the scientific journal Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research has been published and released. Its contents include these topics and manuscripts.

Color Genes WEB

The WEB page that contains the most updated information about COLOR GENES has changed its name to better reflect the wide variety of loci involved in pigmentation, including some that do not affect or involve coat color. Therefore, the old name of “Coat Color Genes” has been updated to COLOR GENES. This WEB page is available from the ESPCR WEB site.

The Coat Color Genes WEB has been updated. 79 new loci have been added as cloned and uncloned pigmentary genes. This site, hosted at the ESPCR WEB, now holds information of 210 genes that are directly or indirectly related to pigmentation, and also includes up to 84 mouse pictures, generously contributed by several ESPCR members and colleagues, illustrating the phenotype of some of these mutations.

The latest issue of the PASPCR Newsletter has been just published (vol. 16(2); August 2008). This issue includes the 20th IPCC Report, prepared by Prashiela Manga and Emilia Costin.

 The next scheduled biennial meeting (3rd) of the Asian Society for Pigment Cell Research (ASPCR) will be held in Seoul (Korea), on June 11-13, 2009. Additional specific information regarding this conference will be posted at the 3rd ASPCR meeting WEB site and here. This meeting will be organised by Chang-Hun Huh.

15th ESPCR annual meeting, Münster (Germany)

 The next scheduled annual meeting of the European Society for Pigment Cell Research (ESPCR) will be held in Münster (Germany), on September 20-23, 2009. Additional specific information regarding this conference will be posted at the 15th ESPCR meeting WEB site and here. This meeting will be organised by Markus Böhm.

The next scheduled annual meeting of the PanAmerican Society for Pigment Cell Research (PASPCR) will be held in Memphis (Tennessee, USA), on September 4-7, 2009. Additional specific information regarding this conference will be posted at the PASPCR WEB site and here, whenever available. This meeting will be organised by Andrzej Slominski.