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Robert Kelsh, Chair of the ESPCR 2010 Meeting

The XVIth ESPCR Meeting (ESPCR 2010) is over. Robert Kelsh (Chair), Dot Bennett and Colin Goding must be praised for ensembling a terrific meeting, full of most interesting talks and lively discussions, at the facilities of the Wellcome-Trust Conference Centre in Hinxton-Cambridge, UK. Up to 180 delegates gathered this time, mostly from Europe, but also from USA, Australia, Japan and Korea.

Wellcome-Trust Conference centre, Hinxton-Cambridge, UK

Next year it will be the turn of the International Pigment Cell Conference (IPCC), (IPCC 2011), that will be organized by Alain Taïeb, in Bordeaux (France), September 21-24, 2011. Put a mark in your agenda for this forthcoming meeting. We hope to seeing you all again in Bordeaux!.

IPCC 2011

16th ESPCR meeting, final programme, Hinxton, UK, September 4-7, 2010

The final programme of the forthcoming 16th meeting of ESPCR, to be held in Hinxton (Cambridge, UK), on September 4-7, 2010, has just been released by the Organizers.

ESPCR 2010 Meeting

ESPCR 2010 Meeting

ESPCR 2010 Meeting

Deadline for Late Registration to attend the 2010 ESPCR meeting, to be held at the Wellcome Trust Conference Centre, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK, on September 4-7, 2010, is:

August 13, 2010

Registration and additional information available at the meeting web site

16th ESPCR meeting, ESPCR2010, Hinxton, UK, September 4-7, 2010

Important deadlines for the forthcoming 16th ESPCR meeting (ESPCR 2010) , organized by Dr. Robert Kelsh (Univ. Bath, UK) and to be held at the Wellcome Trust Conference Centre, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK, on September 4-7, 2010.

IMPORTANT DEADLINES:

Application for ESPCR registration awards: April 30, 2010

Abstract submission: May 31, 2010

Early registration at reduced fees: June 16, 2010

Late registration: August 13, 2010

New ESPCR Bulletin published (nº 66, April 2010)

A new ESPCR bulletin (nº 66, April 2010) has been published and it is now available from the members-only area of the ESPCR web site. All past bulletins, with the exception of those corresponding from the last three years, are also available from the BULLETIN ESPCR web page.

Remembering those former ESPCR Members that have left us...

From now on, there will be a section, at the ESPCR web site, devoted to remembering those former ESPCR Members that have left us. This is a deserved recognition for those colleagues that once belonged to and worked for our Society. We just hope we will not have to update this page too often.

First ESPCR Bulletin published (nº 1) March 1987

The ESPCR is born!. These were the very first words found in the first ESPCR bulletin, published in March 1987. The ESPCR Bulletin Editor was, at the time, Prof. F. Lejeune (Brussels). Since then, 66 issues have been published, 65 normal issues and 1 special issue, published in June 1993. All these issues are now available from the ESPCR web site. Only the issues corresponding to the last three years have restricted access to members, protected by username/password. These parameters can be requested by ESPCR members very easily, from the ESPCR web site too.

Now, thanks to a tremendous effort made by Ghanem Ghanem, current ESPCR Editor, who took the initiative to transform all previous files in scanned PDF documents, we could all enjoy all these ESPCR bulletins, electronically, easily, directly downloading them from the ESPCR web site, at the Bulletin Section.

Many thanks Ghanem!. The ESPCR is most grateful for all your continuous and generous dedication as Editor of the ESPCR Bulletin.

2010 ESPCR registration awards for the 16th ESPCR annual meeting

Dear ESPCR members,

Following a well established tradition, The European Society for Pigment Cell Research will provide SEVEN REGISTRATION  AWARDS  for attendance at XVI ESPCR meeting to be held at Hinxton-Cambridge (United Kingdom), on September 4-7, 2010.  Awards will cover exclusively conference registration and accommodation costs (in twin bed rooms), according to the ESPCR 2010 meeting web site. Applicants, typically  PhD student or junior scientists, may obtain full details at the ESPCR web site.  Awards will be made by the ESPCR Registration Awards Committee on a competitive basis.

Deadline for receiving applications: April 30, 2010

All the best,

Alessandra Napolitano, Chair, ESPCR Travel Awards Committee

PAYPAL

PAYPAL

Happy New Year!. Starting today, ESPCR can receive payments by credit card through a specific and secure ESPCR account established in PAYPAL. Currently, three forms of payment are available at the ESPCR for its members, to pay the corresponding annual fees: (1) bank wire transfer, (2) credit cards (via PAYPAL) and (3) cheques. Payments by cheques are surcharged whereas bank wire transfers and paypal payments are not. We hope this will greatly facilitate the registration and renewal administrative tasks, for registering members and for ESPCR Officers. Thanks for your patience, collaboration and understanding.