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Official XXIst International Pigment Cell Conference website - 21-24 Sept 2011, Bordeaux - France | updated: September 04 2011
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Mr Thomas Luger
Position
Professor and Chair of Dermatology, University of Muenster, Germany
University of Muenster
Münster · Germany
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iPCC2011 Lecture
Alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone: a major component of the skin immune system with a therapeutic potential
Biosketch
Professor Thomas Luger obtained his MD from Vienna University, where he was Resident and Assistant Professor of Dermatology. He is the Director and Chairman of the Department of Dermatology, and also the Director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Cell Biology and Immunobiology of the Skin at Münster University. His clinical interest is focused on allergic and autoimmune diseases of the skin, his main areas of research are the role of neuropeptides in mechanisms of immune tolerance, and the significance of endothelial cells in the pathogenesis of inflammatory reactions. Currently he became President of the German Society of Dermatology and Editor of the journal Experimental Dermatology. He is a former Dean of the Medical Faculty and Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Member of the German Academy of Natural Science Leopoldina, and Member of the Northrhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences.
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