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)