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IPCC-2014 latest news: Deadline for Abstract Submission and for IFPCS Travel Awards applications extended to 25 April 2014

These are the latest news concerning the 22nd International Pigment Cell Conference, IPCC, to be held in Singapore on 4-7 September 2014, organized by Dr. Boon-Kee Goh, on behalf of the Asian Society of Pigment Cell Research (ASPCR). Deadlines for submitting your abstracts for the IPCC-2014 in Singapore and for submitting your applications for the […]

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Registration and Abstract submission for IPCC2014-Singapore are now OPEN

Registration and abstract submission for the XXII International Pigment Cell Conference (IPCC), to be held in Singapore, on 4-7 September 2014, are now OPEN. On behalf of the International Federation of Pigment Cell Societies (IFPCS) and the IPCC-2014 Organizers we warmly invite you everyone interested to submit their work and register to attend this exciting […]

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IPCC-2014-Singapore, 4-7 September 2014: Bringing Colours to Life: Advances in Pigment Cell Research and Translation in Clinical Practice

Dear IFPCS Members, on behalf of Dr. Boon-Kee Goh, Chair of the next (22nd) International Pigment Cell Conference (IPCC), which will be held at the Shangri-La Hotel, in Singapore, on September 4-7, 2014, it is my pleasure to circulate an updated announcement with important information: IPCC2014: Bringing Colours to Life: Advances in Pigment Cell Research […]

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New types of oculocutaneous albinism

Three new types of oculocutaneous albinism have been reported recently. OCA5 was first described by Zubair Ahmed’s lab in a Pakistani family and has been associated with a region within human chromosome 4 (4q24). OCA6 was first described by Wei Li’s lab in a Chinese family and is associated with mutations in the SLC24A5 gene. […]

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