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The Joint Meeting of the German Society for Cell Biology and the “Frontiers in melanoma research” meeting of the German Melanoma Research Network will be held in Regensburg, Germany, March 10 – 13, 2010. It will also be the 33rd Annual Meeting of the German Society of Cell Biology (DGZ). The local organizing committee includes Prof. Dr. Anja Bosserhoff, member of the ESPCR and of the ESPCR council. You can download a poster of this meeting.

A new issue of the ESPCR Bulletin (number 64, August 2009) has been published. This ESPCR Bulletin can be browsed through the members-only section. ESPCR Members will require a valid username and password to access.

 Interested participants can download a prefinal programme / agenda for the forthcoming ESPCR 2009 meeting, to be held in Münster (Germany), on September 20-23, 2009, organized by Markus Böhm.

It is a pleasure to invite you to the 15th meeting of the European Society for Pigment Cell Research (ESPCR) to be held in Munster, Germany, Sept. 20-23, 2009.

Please visit our congress website www.espcr2009.de for more details on the ESPCR 2009 meeting including the prefinal scientific programme including all invited talks, short oral presentations, and poster titles.

Please note that early registration rates are available only for registrations received by July 31, 2009. Thus, please register early by visiting www.espcr2009.de and submitting the ESPCR 2009 registration form as indicated on the homepage.

We look forward welcoming you in Munster in September 2009!

Yours sincerely,

Markus Bohm -Organizer-

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.

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-

Dear colleagues,

On behalf of the Organizing Committee I would like to invite you to the 15th Meeting of the European Society for Pigment Cell Research (ESPCR) to be held in Munster, Germany, September 20 – 23, 2009.

Here, you can download a flyer of the ESPCR 2009 Meeting including the latest version of the preliminary scientific program.

A total number of 68 internationally reputed invited speakers and chairs have confirmed their attendance and will give the meeting a unique scientific value.

Please notice the following important time lines:

Only 4 weeks until deadline of abstract submission for 15th ESPCR Meeting!!!

Abstract submission: February 01 – May 31, 2009
Early registration: February 01 – July 31, 2009
Late registration: August 01 – September 15, 2009
On-site registration: September 16 – September 23, 2009

Special registration rates apply for young investigators and ESPCR members. There will also be a limited number of travel grants available for young researchers.

We encourage you to visit our ESPCR 2009 congress homepage www.espcr2009.de for further details on the congress venue, abstract submission, registration, accommodation, and social events.

We look forward for your contribution to the ESPCR 2009 Meeting. Let´s make this congress together with you an outstanding event, both at the scientific and social level.

Yours sincerely,

Markus Bohm
-Organizer of the ESPCR 2009 Meeting
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Markus Bohm, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Dermatology
University of Munster
Germany

A new issue of the ESPCR Bulletin (number 63, April 2009) has been published. This ESPCR Bulletin can be browsed through the members-only section. ESPCR Members will require a valid username http://dhuhealthcare.com/accutane-isotretinoin/ and password to access.

Dear colleagues, 

On behalf of the Organizing Committee it is a pleasure to inform you that the Abstract Submission and Registration for the 15th Meeting of the European Society for Pigment Cell Research (ESPCR) to be held in Munster, Germany, September 20-23, 2009, is open.

 

Abstract submission: February 01 – May 31, 2009

Early registration: February 01 – May 31, 2009

Late registration: August 01 – September 15, 2009

On-site registration: September 16 – September 23, 2009

 

Special registration rates apply for ESPCR members and young investigators. There will also be a limited number of travel grants for young researchers.

 

We encourage you to visit our ESPCR 2009 congress homepage for further information such as the Congress venue, preliminary program, abstract submission, registration, accommodation, and social events.

 

This is the list of confirmed guest speakers and chairs:

Zalfa Abdel-Malek, Cincinnati, USA

Francois Amblard, Paris, France

Tag Anbar, Al-Minya, Egypt

Greg Barsh, Stanford, USA

Friedrich Beermann, Epalinges, Switzerland

Iris Behrmann, Luxembourg

Dorothy Bennett, London, UK

Markus Bohm, Munster, Germany

Jan Borovansky, Prague, Czech Republic

Anja Bosserhoff, Regensburg, Germany

Thomas Brzoska, Bielefeld, Germany

Stephane Commo, Clichy Cedex, France

Heinz Decker, Mainz, Germany

Marco D’Ischia, Naples, Italy

Reinhard Dummer, Zurich, Switzerland

Alex Eberle, Basel, Switzerland

Oliver Gaide, Geneve, Switzerland

Marie-Dominique Galibert, Rennes, France

Jose Carlos Garcia-Borron, Murcia, Spain

David Gawkrodger, Sheffield, UK

Ghanem Ghanem, Brussels, Belgium

Nelleke Gruis, Leiden, The Netherlands

Daniel Gudbjartsson, Reykjavik, Iceland

Ruth Halaban, New Haven, USA

Eugene Healy, Southampton, UK

Vincent Hearing, Bethesda, USA

Tatiana Hochgreb, Pasadena, USA

Keith Hoek, Zurich, Switzerland

Klaus-Peter Hoffmann, Bochum, Germany

Celia Jimenez-Cervantes, Murcia, Spain

Claus Kerkhoff, Munster, Germany

Jean Krutmann, Dusseldorf, Germany

Jo Lambert, Ghent, Belgium

Lionel Larue, Orsay, France

Giovanni Leone, Rome, Italy

Thomas Luger, Munster, Germany

Dieter Manstein, Boston, USA

Brian McKay, Tucson, USA

Svenja Meierjohann, Wurzburg, Germany

Frank Meyskens, Irvine, USA

Lluis Montoliu, Madrid, Spain

Alessandra Napolitano, Naples, Italy

Jean-Paul Ortonne, Nice, France

Davinder Parsad, Chandigarh, India

Thierry Passeron, Nice, France

Ralph Paus, Lubeck, Germany

William Pavan, Bethesda, USA

Stan Pavel, Leiden, The Netherlands

D.S. Peeper, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Mauro Picardo, Rome, Italy

Tadeusz Sarna, Krakow, Poland

Dirk Schadendorf, Essen, Germany

Karin Schallreuter, Bradford, UK

Manfred Schartl, Wurzburg, Germany

Maria Victoria Schiaffino, Milan, Italy

Stefan W. Schneider, Mannheim, Germany

Hans R. Scholer, Munster, Germany

Thomas Schwarz, Kiel, Germany

Miguel Seabra, London, Germany

Andrzej Slominski, Memphis, Germany

Nico Smit, Leiden, The Netherlands

Richard Spritz, Aurora, USA

Alain Taieb, Bordeaux, France

Desmond Tobin , Bradford, UK

Yasushi Tomita, Nagoya, USA

Thomas Tuting, Bonn, Germany

Wietze van der Veen, Amsterdam, Germany

Luigi Zecca, Segrate, Italy

 

This year´s special features and highlights include:

1. The Fritz Memorial Lecture held by Professor Greg Barsh (Stanford University, USA):

“On search for novel genes regulating coat colour”

2. So-called Highlight lectures, among Professor Hans R. Scholer (Director of Max Planck Institute Munster, Germany – one of the world´s leading stem cell scientists):
“Stem cells – general overview and future directions”

3. A novel experimentally oriented workshop
“Experimental Approaches in Melanoma Research”

 

We look forward welcoming you in Munster in September 2009 for a vital and superb Meeting!

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Markus Bohm, MD
-Organizer-

Associate Professor

Department of Dermatology

University of Munster