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 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.

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The PASPCR Commentary Page has the latest in research news and thoughts on pigment cell biology and physiology.
New commentary for November by Meenhard Herlyn.
The web site for the 20th International Pigment Cell Conference, to be held in Sapporo, Japan, can be found at this link.
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 Yale School of Medicine Department of Dermatology Cell Culture Core
Ruth Halaban is a director of a new cell culture core that will be a resource for a) freshly cultured and immortalized skin cells and skin equivalents; b) genetically modified skin cells; c) specialized media; d) antibodies and molecular probes for detection of skin specific markers. For more information go to this link.
Most of Lynn Lamoreux's mouse stocks of pigment mutations have now been cryopreserved at the Mutant Mouse Regional Resource Center (MMRRC). Their web site is www.MMRRC.org.

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).

Link to the ASPCRLink to the ESPCR Link to the JSPCR Link to the IFPCSLink to the SMR

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