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21st IPCC – 2011 in Bordeaux: a great success!

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 […]

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New Pubcasts released for Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Two new pubcasts have been released for Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research (PCMR), the scientificic journal associated to IFPCS and SMR. The first video refers to the work of Frank L. Meyskens’  laboratory (Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA) on “Melanoma: is hair the root of the problem?” by Garcia et […]

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New Pubcast released for Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

A new pubcast has been released for Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research (PCMR), the scientificic journal associated to IFPCS and SMR. This new video refers to the work of  Mauro Picardo’s laboratory (Laboratory of Cutaneous Physiopatology, San Gallicano Dermatologic Institute, IRCCS, Rome, Italy) on “Wnt/β-catenin signaling is stimulated by -melanocyte-stimulating hormone in melanoma and melanocyte […]

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The Takeuchi Medal at IPCC 2011 awarded to Prof. Yasushi Tomita

On behalf of the President of the International Federation of Pigment Cell Societies (IFPCS), Prof. Shigeki Shibahara, the President of the Japanese Society for Pigment Cell Research (JSPCR), Prof. Takahiro Kunisada, and of the JSPCR Awards Committee, it is my pleasure to announce and congratulate the 2011 Takeuchi Medal awardee: Prof. Yasushi Tomita (awarded the Takeuchi Medal […]

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2011 IFPCS Awards

On behalf of the President of the International Federation of Pigment Cell Societies (IFPCS), Prof. Shigeki Shibahara, and of the IFPCS Awards Committee, it is my pleasure to announce and congratulate the 2011 IFPCS awardees. These are: 2011 IFPCS Awardees Myron Gordon Awardees Prof. Zalfa Abdel Malek Prof. Ruth Halaban Prof. Shin-ichi Nishikawa Seiji Memorial […]

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New Pubcast released for Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

A new pubcast has been released for Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research (PCMR), the scientificic journal associated to IFPCS and SMR. This new video refers to the work of  Graeme J. Walker’s laboratory (Skin Carcinogenesis Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Herston, Qld, Australia) on “Differential roles of the pRb and Arf/p53 pathways in murine […]

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