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Estela Medrano
(picture from her lab web page at Baylor College of Medicine)

Colleagues and Friends,

It is with deep sadness that I convey the message that Estela Medrano passed away the morning of August 30th due to a car accident on her way home from the airport. What a loss. Estela was an outstanding scientist and a wonderful colleague. She was just about to become the new Society for Melanoma Research (SMR) Secretary/Treasurer. Such a tragedy and a profound loss for her family, friends and pigment cell community. A Memorial Lecture and memorial are being planned.

As a tribute in her memory, a post at the IFPCS blog (http://www.ifpcs.org/blog/?p=193) will publish all comments received from people wishing to remember Estela Medrano. Please add a comment or send your message to webmaster@ifpcs.org and it will be attached to this post.

Respectfully,

Frank Meyskens
President, PASPCR
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The Journal: Pigment Cell Research

 The PanAmerican Society for Pigment Cell Research (PASPCR) is a scientific society devoted to those of us interested in various aspects of pigment cells. Our Society is a very interactive one, meeting on an annual basis, and is composed of clinicians, developmental biologists, biochemists, immunologists, cell biologists, molecular biologists, chemists and physicists, among other disciplines. Look at the PASPCR Information Page for more information on our Society.

Membership News:

The Pigmentation and Melanoma Research Congress (PASCPR 2010) will be held in Vancover, Canada. Additional information can be found at www.paspcr2010.org.
"The Colors of Our Skin": A mini-review on human skin color from the PASPCR.
Do White Blood Cells Make Cancer Deadly? Go to this link about the latest research by John Pawelek in Scientific American Magazine.
The PASPCR Commentary Page has the latest in research news and thoughts on pigment cell biology and physiology.
There is a new and improved Mouse Coat Color Genes web page, curated by Lluis Montoliu (CNB-CSIC, Madrid, Spain) and Dorothy C. Bennett (St. George's, University of London, UK). Check it out.

The PASPCR is part of a Federation of Societies. Below are the links to the homepages of our three sister societies, the Asian Society for Pigment Cell Research (ASPCR), the European Society for Pigment Cell Research (ESPCR) and the Japanese Society for Pigment Cell Research (JSPCR) and the home page of the International Federation of Pigment Cell Societies (IFPCS). Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research is the official Journal of the IFPCS and the Society for Melanoma Research (SMR).

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