PCMR Cover Design Competition 2008 There is a PCMR Cover Design Competition 2008, with six possible covers to choose, corresponding to the published issues of the PCMR journal during 2008. Please visit the survey competition web site and select your best cover of choice. […]
Do White Blood Cells Make Cancer Deadly?
Previous PASPCR President, Prof. John Pawelek, proposes that tumors start to spread, or metastasize, after fusing with white blood cells. His interesting theory has been now explained in a recent article published in Scientific American (January 2009 issue). Quoting this article, it says: “The ability to spread underlies the killing power of cancer. The process […]
3rd Asian Society for Pigment Cell Research Meeting
The 3rd Asian Society for Pigment Cell Research Meeting will be held in Seoul, Korea, from the 11th to the 13th of June 2009. We expect to have many participants from Korea, Japan, China, India, Indonesia, Hongkong, Singapore, Philippine, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia, elsewhere in Asia and throughout the world. We are very […]
IFPCS Members database now available!
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. […]
Poster and flyer of the ESPCR 2009 meeting released
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 […]
IPCC 2011 WEB site
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 […]
New PCMR issue published (October 2008)
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 […]
Coat Color Genes WEB updated
Coat Color Genes WEB 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 […]
Last PASPCR Newsletter published includes the 20th IPCC Report
PASPCR Newsletter 16(2), August 2008 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. […]