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Markus Böhm and Tanja Böhm

The 15th ESPCR meeting, held in Münster (Germany) during September 20-23, 2009, has just finished. Markus Böhm, his wife Tanja Böhm, and all the members of his lab and collaborators of the University that contributed to the success of this conference must be commended for a fantastic job, bringing together in a charming univeresity city, more than 200 scientists interested in Pigment Cell Biology. All the delegates will remind with sweet memories their participation in the ESPCR 2009 meeting.

Mauro Picardo and Lionel Larue

In Münster, there was a change in the Officers of the ESPCR. Most importantly, Lionel Larue (Institut Curie, Orsay, France) took the seat of the President of the Society, following the excellent work developed by Mauro Picardo (San Gallicano Research Institut, Rome, Italy) in the previous three years. The new Secretary is Alain Täïeb and the new Treasurer is Lluís Montoliu. Marie-Dominique Galibert, Rosalie Luiten and Robert Kelsh also joined the ESPCR council.

Ghanem Ghanem

Finally, in Münster also, the ESPCR was formally refounded, after the official registration of the Society as a not-for-profit International Scientific Association, according to the Belge law. This very important event would have not been possible without the most generous, instrumental and crucial work of Ghanem Ghanem (Univ. Libre Brussels), who systematically http://dhuhealthcare.com/accutane-isotretinoin/ followed all the administrative path and eventually managed to achieve this long-awaited goal, namely, the official registration of our Society.

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ESPCR 2009 meeting booklet available to download

The “meeting booklet” of the next ESPCR 2009 meeting (to be held in Münster (Germany), September 20-23, 2009, organized by Markus Böhm) with the entire scientific and social program, plus a number of additional interesting and helpful information has been uploaded and made available from the ESPCR 2009 meeting web page.

Please note that the preregistration deadline for the ESPCR 2009 Meeting will end on September 15, 2009! Please note that on-site registration for the meeting will be more expensive and can be paid cash only (no credit cards or cheques possible).

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Today, June 23rd, 2009, the new ESPCR constitution has been registered in Belgium, thanks to the generous and dedicated work of Ghanem Ghanem, who acted as the ESPCR delegate before the Belgium Government, and to that of present and previous ESPCR council members, that pepared and reviewed the document eventually filed.

For this historic date, 11 ESPCR Members gathered in Brussels (10 members http://www.iveamobility.com/diazepam10mg/ physically in Brussels: Mauro Picardo, Ghanem Ghanem, Alain Taïeb, Alessandra Napolitano, Jo Lambert, Lionel Larue, Dot Bennett, Lluís Montoliu, Patrick Riley and Stan Pavel, as shown in the attached picture, plus José Carlos García-Borrón, represented by a proxy), before a notary, to approve and register the new ESPCR constitution, in order to become an officially registered non-profit international association, according to the Belgian law of June 27th, 1921, on non-profit organizations, non-profit international associations and foundations.

The registration process is expected to finish by September 2009 when the newly founded ESPCR will receive an official number, as approved international non-profit association, and its corresponding tax identification number (VAT). Additional details will be communicated by ESPCR Officers in due time. The new ESPCR constitution will be presented in Münster, at the ESPCR 2009 meeting.

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ESPCR 2009 meeting

Dear colleagues, Dear friends,

Upon request from several members of our society, I am happy to inform you that the abstract deadline for the 15th Meeting of the ESPCR, to be held in Münster, Germany, September 20-23, 2009, will be extended to June 10th, 2009.

Until now we have received a very promising number of abstracts indicating that our ESPCR 2009 Meeting will become http://www.iveamobility.com/soma500mg/ a stimulating and successful international meeting. By slightly extending the deadline, I hope that this will create more relaxation to all of us for preparation of an abstract. Please note that there
will be also an extra slot for “fresh from the bench abstracts”. These abstracts – although printed the ESPCR 2009 Meeting booklet – however, will be posters only, and they will not be printed in the October 2009 issue of PCMR.

I look forward for your special contribution to the ESPCR 2009 Meeting and to welcome in Münster, Germany, in September 2009!

Best wishes,
Markus Bohm, MD
-Organizer of the ESPCR 2009 Meeting-

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PCMR access through IFPCS web site

Members-Only Area of IFPCS WEB SITE

Registered IFPCS Members are entitled to access full online contents of the scientific journal Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research (PCMR), through the MEMBERS-ONLY area of the IFPCS web site. Exclusive access requires unique (personal) username and password combinations, available for each registered IFPCS member. These parameters can be easily requested to the system, which will send an automatic reminder to the email address associated to the corresponding registered IFPCS Member.

If you are a registered IFPCS Member and fail to access the MEMBERS-ONLY area of the IFPCS web site, please contact the IFPCS webmaster who will fix the problem and inform you what to do.

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ESPCR

The ESPCR Membership Renewal and Registration for 2009 has been initiated. We welcome all ESPCR Members to renew their 2009 Membership and all interested colleagues, not yet members of the ESPCR, to join our Society. Please , proceed to the JOIN-RENEW web page of the ESPCR web site and follow the indications provided therein. You can also read the Welcome Letter prepared by Prof. Mauro Picardo, current President of ESPCR.

WE KINDLY REQUEST ALL ESPCR MEMBERS TO RENEW THEIR 2009 MEMBERSHIP BY MARCH 31st, 2009.

Current Membership Annual Fee for 2009 will be the same as for 2008 (70 Euros for Ordinary Members, and 35 Euros for PhD Students). From 2009 onwards, the ESPCR registration will include, mandatory, subscription to PCMR online contents, through the members-area of the IFPCS web site. This year, 2009, exceptionally, the subscription costs will be waived to ESPCR Members and covered by the Society.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING-RENEWING YOUR 2009 ESPCR MEMBERSHIP !!!