ESPCR 2009 meeting, Muenster (Germany), September 20-23, 2009
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
