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New Pubcast released for Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

A new pubcast has been released for the Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research scientific journal, associated to the International Federation of Pigment Cell Societies (IFPCS). This new video refers to the work of Caroline Le Poole’s laboratory (Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, Oncology Institute, Loyola University, Maywood, IL, USA) on “HSP70i is a critical component of the immune response leading to vitiligo” by Mosenson et al., an article that was published in Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research, Volume 25, Issue 1, pages 88–98, January 2012.

HSP70i is a critical component of the immune response leading to vitiligo
Jeffrey A. Mosenson, Andrew Zloza, Jared Klarquist, Allison J. Barfuss, Jose A. Guevara-Patino, I. Caroline Le Poole

Article first published online: 14 NOV 2011; DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2011.00916.x

This new Pubcast (video) is available at: http://www.scivee.tv/node/39524

Other previous PCMR-related Pubcast videos are available at: http://www.scivee.tv/node/17730

IFPCS members can access to full-online PCMR contents through the members-only area of the IFPCS web site.

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Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research, 2011, Vol. 24, Oct, pp 922-31

A new pubcast has been released for Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research. This new video refers to the work of Zigang Dong’s laboratory (The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, MN, USA) on “Embryonic stem-cell-preconditioned microenvironment induces loss of cancer cell properties in human melanoma cells” by Kim et al., an article that was published in Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research, Volume 24, Issue 5, pages 922–931, October 2011.

Embryonic stem-cell-preconditioned microenvironment induces loss of cancer cell properties in human melanoma cells
Myoung Ok Kim, Sung-Hyun Kim, Naomi Oi, Mee Hyun Lee, Dong Hoon Yu, Dong Joon Kim, Eun Jin Cho, Ann M. Bode, Yong-Yeon Cho, Tim G. Bowden, Zigang Dong

Article first published online: 16 AUG 2011; DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2011.00891.x

This new Pubcast (video) is available at: http://www.scivee.tv/node/36173

Other previous PCMR-related Pubcast videos are available at: http://www.scivee.tv/node/17730

IFPCS members can access to full-online PCMR contents through the members-only area of the IFPCS web site.

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Prof. Alain Taïeb, Chair of the 21st IPCC, Bordeaux, France, 21-24 September 2011

Yesterday, September 24, the 21st IPCC finished with the moving song “Black or White“, by Michael Jackson.  This was a really nice end for this conference, that progressed with a great success in attendancy (>540 delegates registered) over the past week. The meeting was particularly successful thanks to the excellent scientific program that the Chair of the meeting, Prof. Alain Taïeb, and his team put together. The Organizers of the 21st IPCC must be praised for this memorable superb meeting, where the latest scientific achievements of our pigment cell community were discussed and most adequately mixed with the tasty products of the surrounding vineyards.

Palais des Congres, Bordeaux, France, venue of the 21st IPCC

At the International Federation of Pigment Cell Societies we are already preparing our next meeting. Prof. Boon-Kee Goh (ASPCR) will be the Chair of the 22nd IPCC, that will be held in Singapore in September 2014. At the closing ceremony of IPCC-2011, Prof. Boon-Kee Goh presented the highlights of his country and the spectacular resources existing in Singapore. You are all invited to attend the next meeting of the International Federation of Pigment Cell Societies, IPCC-2014, in Singapore. News and information on the IPCC-2014 will be made available from its web site: http://www.ipcc2014.org

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New officers at the IFPCS council (2011-2014): From left to right: Takahiro Kunisada, Andrzej Slominski, Mauro Picardo and Kyoung Chan Park

In Bordeaux (France), at the 21st IPCC organized by Prof. Alain Taïeb, it has been constituted the new IFPCS council that will govern the International Federation of Pigment Cell Societies (IFPCS) during the following 3 years period (2011-2014), until the next IPCC, 22nd, already planned for Singapore in 2014, that will be organized by Prof. Boon-Kee Goh.

The current members of the IFPCS Council are:

Mauro Picardo, ESPCR (President)
Kyoung Chan Park, ASPCR (Vice-President)
Andrzej Slominski, PASPCR (Secretary)
Takahiro Kunisada, JSPCR (Treasurer)

Alain Taïeb, ESPCR
Lionel Larue, ESPCR
Frank Meyskens, PASPCR
Greg Barsh, PASPCR
Chikako Nishigori, JSPCR
Emi Nishimura, JSPCR
Prasad Kumarasinghe, ASPCR
Davinder Parsad, ASPCR

Boon-Kee Goh, ASPCR (ex officio, Organizer of the 22th IPCC-2014)
Ze’ev Ronai, PASPCR (ex officio, Editor of Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research)
Shigeki Shibahara, JSPCR (ex officio, Past IFPCS President)

Lluis Montoliu, ESPCR (IFPCS webmaster)