ESPCR AWARDS
ESPCR PRIZE and AWARDS Committee: Heather Etchevers, Lionel Larribère, Santos Alonso, Alistair Hume
The ESPCR has established three types of awards:
ESPCR Award and Lecture
The ESPCR Award has been established by the ESPCR Board in 2018 to recognize and acknowledge scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the field of pigment cell research. The ESPCR Award is given at the annual ESPCR meetings (every first meeting after the corresponding IPCC conference) and it is associated with a Keynote Lecture of the awarded researcher. Researchers awarded with this ESPCR Prize automatically become ESPCR Honorary Members.
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ESPCR Meeting
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Site
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Awarded Scientist
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21st ESPCR 2018
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Rennes (France)
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Alain Taïeb
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23rd ESPCR 2021
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ONLINE
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Mauro Picardo
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25th ESPCR 2024
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Marseille (France)
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Miguel Seabra
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Our last ESPCR awardee was Prof. Miguel Seabra
Last 2024 ESPCR award was awarded to Miguel Seabra at the ESPCR 2024 meeting in Marseille
(Photo credit: Found. Champalimoud)
H.S. Raper Medal and Lecture
The Henry Stanley Raper Medal
The H.S. Raper Medal "is an Award selected by the ESPCR as an international recognition of outstanding contributions to the biochemistry of pigmentation". The H.S. Raper Medal is awarded at the International Pigment Cell Conferences (IPCC), and from IPCC-2020 onwards, as agreed by the ESPCR Board in 2018, will be associated with a Keynote Lecture of the awarded researcher at the corresponding IPCC. Previous H.S. Raper Medalists are listed here and in the IFPCS web site for list of previous awardees.
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IPCC Meeting
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Site
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Awarded Scientist
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XV IPCC 1993
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London (UK)
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John M. Pawelek
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XVI IPCC 1996
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Anaheim, CA (USA)
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Giuseppe Prota
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XVII IPCC 1999
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Nagoya (Japan)
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Kowichi Jimbow
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XVIII IPCC 2002
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Egmond aan Zee (The Netherlands)
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Anthony J. Thody
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XIX IPCC 2005
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Reston, VA (USA)
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Shosuke Ito
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XX IPCC 2008
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Sapporo (Japan)
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José Carlos García-Borrón
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XXI IPCC 2011
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Bordeaux (France)
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Marco d'Ischia
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XXII IPCC 2014
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Singapore
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Jean-Paul Ortonne
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XXIII IPCC 2017
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Denver, CO (USA)
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Lionel Larue
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XXIV IPCC 2020
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Yamagata (Japan)
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Lluis Montoliu
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XXV IPCC 2023
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Bilbao (Spain)
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Alessandra Napolitano
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Last HS Raper Medal was awarded to Alessandra Napolitano (University of Naples, Italy) at IPCC2023
Fritz Anders Medal and Lecture
The Fritz Anders Medal
The Fritz Anders Lecture was established by the ESPCR in remembrance of the prestigious German scientist, Fritz Anders (Berlin, 1919-Giessen, 1999), Professor of Genetics at the University of Giessen, who pioneered studies of genetics of melanoma using fish animal models. The Fritz Anders medal is awarded at the annual ESPCR meetings (every second meeting after the corresponding IPCC conference) and it is associated with a Keynote Lecture of the awarded researcher. Previous Fritz Anders Lecture awardees at ESPCR meetings are listed:
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ESPCR Meeting
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Site
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Awarded Scientist
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9th ESPCR 2000
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Ulm (Germany)
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Peter Herrlich
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10th ESPCR 2001
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Rome (Italy)
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Richard Sturm
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11th ESPCR 2003
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Gent (Belgium)
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Julia Newton-Bishop
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12th ESPCR 2004
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Paris (France)
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Anton Berns
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13th ESPCR 2006
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Barcelona (Spain)
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Manuel Serrano
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14th ESPCR 2007
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Bari (Italy)
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Fabrizio d'Adda di Fagagna
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15th ESPCR 2009
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Münster (Germany)
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Greg Barsh
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16th ESPCR 2010
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Hinxton (UK)
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Heinz Arnheiter
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17th ESPCR 2012
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Geneva (Switzerland)
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Friedrich Beermann
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18th ESPCR 2013
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Lisbon (Portugal)
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Miguel Godinho Ferreira
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19th ESPCR 2015
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Edinburgh (Scotland, UK)
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Dorothy Bennett
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20th ESPCR 2016
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Milan (Italy)
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Richard Marais
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22nd ESPCR 2019
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Brussels (Belgium)
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Marisol Soengas
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24th ESPCR 2022
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ONLINE
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Corine Bertolotto
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26th ESPCR 2025
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Erlangen (Germany)
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Manfred Schartl
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2025 Fritz Anders Lecture and Medal: Manfred Schartl (University of Würzburg, Germany)
The next (2025) Fritz Anders Medal and Lecture will be presented at the ESPCR 2025 meeting
(Photo credit: Academy of Europe)
