The conference will focus on recent advances in pigment cell biology interfacing with other areas of research including neurobiology, endocrinology, immunology, photobiology and cancer research. The program will represent a unique blend of basic, translational and clinical science. It is expected that new avenues in pigment cells research will be discussed and future directions proposed to place this field on the forefront of basic and life sciences.
The meeting program offers exciting keynote speakers including Drs Sergei Grando (University of California Irvine), Michael F. Holick (Boston University), Lawrence Pfeffer (University of Tennessee), Michael Kastan (St. Jude Hospital), Ralf Paus (University of Lubeck), Jack Arbiser (Emory University), Russel J. Reiter (University of Texas, San Antonio), Edwin Blalock (University of Alabama), Gregory Barsh (Stanford University), Andrzej Slominski and Dianna Johnson (University of Tennessee Health Science Center). The local organizing committee is working hard to provide you with a meeting to remember. Read more >>.
The meeting will be held at Hamilton Eye Institute, UTHSC, in Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis is a thriving community of about one million, renowned as the birthplace of the blues. Read more >>
DIAMOND Corporate Patron: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies
GOLDEN Corporate Patrons: Unilever, Amway Corporation
SILVER Corporate Patrons: Procter and Gamble, Co., Memphis Dermatology Clinic, L'Oréal Paris
BRONZE Corporate Patrons: Avon Products, Inc., Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp
The conference is in part supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health sponsored by NIAMS, NIEHS and NCI.
Abstracts can be submitted on this website: click here to go to the submission form. Registration details are on this website: click here to go to the registration form.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of Methodist Healthcare and the Pan American Society for Pigment Cell Research Society. Methodist Healthcare is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Methodist Healthcare designates this educational activity for a maximum of 26 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
