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Officers and Council Members:

PASPCR Officers:

Frank Meyskens (President)
Andrzej Slominski (Secretary/Treasurer)
Zalfa Abdel-Malek (IFPCS President)
John Pawelek (past-President and IFPCS Representative)
Greg Barsh (President-elect)

PASPCR Council Members:

Term
2006 - 2008 James Grichnik Sancy Leachman Richard Spritz
2007 - 2009 Lidia Kos Caroline Le Poole Raymond Boissy
2008 - 2010 Marjan Huizing Ana Kadekaro Prashiela Manga


These links are for information on the PASPCR.

Listing of current PASPCR members (Last update 04/01/08).

The Bylaws and updated Amendments and Regulations of the PASPCR.

History of the PASPCR (Officers, council members and recipients of PASPCR awards and honors).

The lastest issue of the PASPCR Newsletter (.pdf file).

Back issues of the PASPCR Newsletter.

PASPCR Membership Registration Form

Summaries of the 14th PASPCR Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, 2007 (Photographs)


Positions - Wanted and Available

This link, Positions - Wanted and Available, contains job positions related to pigment cell research.


The InterPig Homepage (and other Research Related Resources)

The International Pigment DataBase (InterPig) - Resources for pigment related research.

The Mouse Coat Color Loci DataBase - A list of cloned coat color genes with links to other databases.

Yale School of Medicine Cell Culture Core - Cultures of melanocytes, keratinocytes, fibroblasts and endothelial cells.

The Albinism Database - Mutations of genes associated with albinism in humans.

Wellcome Trust Functional Genomics Mouse Pigmentary Mutants Repository - A repository for mouse pigmentary mutants under the direction of Dr. Lynn Lamoreux.

Wellcome Trust Functional Genomics Cell Bank - a collection of cultures of cells, in association with Professor Bennett's research group, containing mouse melanocyte and melanoblast lines carrying a variety of single pigmentary mutations. Other cell types include melanoma cell lines, fibroblasts, keratinocytes, mammary epithelial cells and myoblasts, and some human melanocytes.

Mutant Mouse Regional Resource Centers - The MMRRC program is sponsored by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The purpose of the program is to ensure the continued availability of scientifically valuable, genetically engineered mice and to distribute these mice to qualified researchers studying human and animal biology and disease.


Webpages of Interest:

International Federation of Pigment Cell Societies (IFPCS).

Asian Society for Pigment Cell Research (ASPCR)

European Society for Pigment Cell Research (ESPCR).

Japanese Society for Pigment Cell Research (JSPCR).

The Society for Melanoma Research (SMR)

The NIH Pigment Cell Research Interest Group.

DermWeb
DermWeb is a premier destination for dermatology links and resources on the Web. There are several areas of interest for practicing dermatologists, for dermatology students, and for the general public. DermWeb is operated by the Department of Dermatology and Skin Science at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Companies and other web sites involved in pigment and pigment cell related research and products.
The web sites of companies and other groups that may be of interest to the pigment community.


Fine print section

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History of the PASPCR Web site.

This page was modified last on April 1, 2008.


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