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History of the ESPCR: Before the European Society for Pigment Cell Research (ESPCR) was founded, in Italy in 1985, a series of meetings were organized under the name of "European Workshops on Melanin Pigmentation" (EWMP):
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EWMP
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1st EWMP
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1978
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Lyon (France)
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J.P. Ortonne and J. Thivolet
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2nd EWMP
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1979
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London (UK)
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A.S. Breathnach
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3rd EWMP
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1981
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Prague (Czech Rep.)
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J. Duchon
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4th EWMP
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1982
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Edinburgh (UK)
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J.A.A. Hunter
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5th EWMP
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1984
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Marseille (France)
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C. Aubert
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6th EWMP
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1985
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Murcia (Spain)
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J.A. Lozano
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It was precisely at the Murcia meeting, in 1985, where it was decided the creation of the ESPCR. This was done almost immediately after in Naples (Italy) and the ESPCR was registered officially there on December 11th, 1985, by Professors Giuseppe Prota, Patrick Riley and Natale Cascinelli, the founders of ESPCR. The initial legal text mentioned an end of the legal entity in 2000. The first ESPCR meeting was held in Sorrento (Italy) on October 11-14th, 1987. Recently, on June 23, 2009, the ESPCR society was officially registered in Belgium, as an international not-for-profit association.
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