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Vitiligo Book, Edited by Mauro Picardo and Alain Taïeb

A new book on “Vitiligo” has been just published by Springer, 2010. The book is edited by Prof. Mauro Picardo (Vice-President of IFPCS and former President of ESPCR) and Prof. Alain Taïeb (Secretary of ESPCR and member of the IFPCS council). Most of the authors responsible for the different book chapters are also IFPCS members.

Extracted from Springer’s web page: “Vitiligo is one of the most common cutaneous disorders. Great numbers of affected patients suffer from the high stigmatizing impact of this disease. Up to now, clinical guidelines for the treatment of vitiligo were non-existent. In order to fill this void, this textbook defines and gives a complete overview of the disease, both regarding the classification of differential diagnosis as well as the treatment. Written by the most authoritative experts in the field, all therapy recommendations are based on new evidence-based guidelines. It includes case studies with illustrations before and after the treatment in order to demonstrate the treatment success. This textbook will be a valuable resource for all physicians who are seeing patients with this disease“.

Table of Contents:

Section I: Defining the Disease.- Section II: Understanding the Disease.- Pathophysiology Overview.- Generalized Vitiligo.- Genetic.- Environmental Factors.- In Vivo Data.- Animal Model.- In Vitro Approaches.- Oxidative Stress.- Immune/Inflammatory Aspects.- Cytokines and Growth Factors.- Proopiomelanochortin and Related Hormones in Vitiligo.- Segmental Vitiligo.- The Concept of Mosaicism Applied to SV.- Neural Hypothesis.- In Vivo Data.- In Vitro Data.- Editor’s Synthesis.- Section III: Therapy.- How to Manage the Patients: Overview.- Evidence Based Medicine.- Phototherapies.- Local Treatments.- Systemic Treatments.- Non Defined Treatments.- Surgical Therapies and Combined Therapies.- Camouflage: Practical Aspects.- Patient’s Perspective.- Editor’s Syntesis.- Conclusions.- Appendix.- Treatment Regimen (Phototherapies): Pratical Aspects.- Techinques for Grafting.- Index

Current PCMR issue (February 2010)

A new issue of Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research has been published. This issue, corresponding to volume number 23:1 and February 2010, is the first issue for the new Editorial Team, with Ze’ev Ronai (Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA), as Editor-in-Chief , and Heinz Arnheiter (NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA) and Glenn Merlino (NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA), as Executive Editors for pigment cell biology and melanoma sections, respectively. Here, you can read a welcoming message from the new Editor-in-Chief, from his Editor’s page at the Journal’s web site.

Thanks for submitting your work on pigment cell biology for publication in Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research (PCMR).

All IFPCS members are entitled to access to full online PCMR contents through the members-only section of the IFPCS web site.

HUSCRI

Department : Hampton University Skin of Color Research Institute
Job Title : Basic Science Principal Investigator, Research Core Director

Description : The Hampton University Skin of Color Research Institute (HUSCRI), a newly established research institute, is seeking an outstanding principal investigator to assume leadership of the HUSCRI research program as its Principal Investigator, Research Core Director. The successful candidate will be hired at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor with experience in the area of cutaneous biology and specific interests in wound healing or pigment cell research. He/She will be expected to create and lead an innovative and aggressive research strategy that is harmonious with the mission and vision of Hampton University.  He/She will have the opportunity to initiate, foster, and grow collaborative relationships with investigators and neighboring institutions including Eastern Virginia Medical School and Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. Newly outfitted HUSCRI laboratories will be housed in a 20,000-square- foot biomedical research building on the campus of Hampton University.

Requirements:
• Successful candidates must have either a PhD or MD/PhD
• Strong publication record in peer reviewed journals
• Record of demonstrated leadership
• History of success in attaining federally funded grants in areas of interest preferred

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. The compensation package will be commensurate with experience. Interested candidates should submit their curriculum vita, a synopsis of their past and ongoing research projects and accomplishments, personal contact information, and names of three professional references along with postal and email addresses and telephone numbers electronically to sharon.gillis@hamptonu.edu or mailed to:

Dr. Pamela V. Hammond, Provost and Chairman of Search Committee
Office of the Provost
Hampton University
Hampton, Virginia 23668
HU is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer

Download this offer as a PDF document

4th ASPCR Cell Research Conference

First announcement: 4th Asian Society for Pigment Cell Research Conference, June 12-14, 2010, Guangzhou Baiyun International Convention center, Guangzhou, China.

Chair Persons
Prof. Xuejun Zhang
Prof. Jianzhong Zhang

Secretariat
Dr. Leihong Flora Xiang
Dr. Yong Cui

Please submit abstracts at aspcr2010@163.com by 31st March 2010

21st IPCC, Bordeaux (France), 21-24 September 2011

The new web site for the 21st International Pigment Cell Conference, to be held in Bordeaux (France), on September 21-24, 2011, has been released by Prof. Alain Taieb, Chair of the meeting. The IPCC2011 web site allows multiple ways of interaction and communication, such as submitting suggestions and comments or registering to stay in touch with the Organizers for receiving further announces and deadlines regarding this conference. The preliminary program for IPCC2011 and the start of early registration process are expected for June 2010.

PCMR 2009, 22:6

A new issue of the Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research scientific journal, associated to IFPCS and SMR, has been published: 2009, vol. 22, issue 6. This issue is the last under the responsability of Colin Goding as Editor-in-Chief. You can read his last Editorial comment in the current issue. Subsequent issues will be managed by Ze’ev Ronay, the new Editor-in-Chief, working in collaboration with the two new Executive Editors: Heinz Arnheiter (pigment biology) and Glen Merlino (melanoma research).

22nd JSPCR meeting, Fukuoka, Japan, 5-6 December 2009

22nd Meeting of the Japanese Society for Pigment Cell Research (JSPCR -2009)
DATE: December 5, 6 Fukuoka, Japan
PLACE: 8th Hall, FUKUOKA DENKI Building
B1F, 2-1-82, Watanabe-dori, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
TEL/092-781-0685
http://www.denki-b.co.jp/cgi-bin/index.cgiCONFERENCE ORGANIZER
Juichiro Nakayama (Fukuoka University, Japan)
 
MEETING SECRETARIAT
Shinichi Imafuku (Fukuoka University, Japan)
 
ORGANIZING INSTITUTIONS
Fukuoka University, Department of Dermatology
 
CONTACT ADDRESS
E-mail: dermatol@fukuoka-u.ac.jp
Homepage: http://www.gakkai-net.jp/shikiso/

Thomas B Fitzpatrick (picture from Harvard University Gazette)

The Thomas B Fitzpatrick Medal is a new IFPCS Award dedicated to the memory of late Thomas B Fitzpatrick, Edward C Wigglesworth Professor of Dermatology, Chairman Emeritus, Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA and selected by the IFPCS as an international recognition of outstanding contributions to the basic and clinical research on pigment cells and malignant melanoma.

It is for the best publication in the previous three years in the journal Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research, the official journal of the IFPCS and SMR. The award will be made based upon the decision of editorial board of PCMR and will be given, in principle, every three years during the IPCC following the indicated selection process.

This award has been made possible thanks to a most generous donation of Prof. Kowichi Jimbow, the Chair of the Organizing Committee of the XXth International Pigment Cell Conference, in Sapporo (Japan), where the first Thomas B Fitzpatrick Medal was awarded to Heinz Arnheiter (MDS, NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA).

Current PCMR issue

The newest Impact Factor of the scientific journal Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research, the official journal of the International Federation of Pigment Cell Societies and of the Society for Melanoma Research, is 4.634.