European Society for Pigment Cell Research
www.espcr.org

Université de Mons, Belgium

WELCOME LETTER for 2024 ESPCR MEMBERSPRESIDENT
Lluís Montoliu(CNB-CSIC, Madrid, Spain)
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Cecilia Herráiz(University of Murcia, Spain)
BOARD MEMBERS
Luzia Panzella(Naples, Italy)
Muriel Cario-André(Bordeaux, France)
Cédric Delevoye(Paris, France)
Véronique del Marmol(Brussels, Belgium)
Duarte Barral(Lisbon, Portugal)
Lionel Larribère(Heidelberg, Germany)
Heather Etchevers(Marseille, France)
Santos Alonso(Leioa, Spain)
Meri Tulic(Nice, France)
DELEGATE ADMINISTRATOR
Fabrice Journé(Mons, Belgium)
WEBMASTER
Lluís Montoliu(Madrid, Spain)

Madrid, 26 March 2024
Dear colleagues and friends,
It is time to begin thinking about renewing your ESPCR membership. Or, if you are
not yet a member and you belong to the research community interested inpigment cells, you might as well wish to become a member of the ESPCR. We will
warmly welcome in this small but historical scientific society.
Last year we held the IPCC 2023 conference in Bilbao (Spain), organized on behalfof our European society. This year, 2024, we are returning to the classical physicalannual meetings, as the ones we had before. The next ESPCR meeting (XXV) will
be held in Marseille (France) on 15-18 October 2024, organized by Heather
Etchevers (Chair), Corine Bertolotto, S. Mallet, Thierry Passeron, M.A. Richard,Meri Tulic. All the ESPCR 2024 meeting information is already available from thisdedicated web site: https://espcr2024.sciencesconf.org/
With this invitation letter we launch the formal registration/renewal campaign for2024 ESPCR members. Please visit our society web page (http://www.espcr.org)
and register or renew to obtain your 2024 ESPCR membership. We maintain the2023 annual fees: regular members annual fee is 115€ and student members
annual fee is 75€.
Of course, there will be ESPCR Travel Awards available for junior ESPCR members
willing to attend the ESPCR 2024 conference in Marseille. You will have to be2024 ESPCR member to qualify for these travel awards and to register withreduced conference fees.
With this message I am also taking the opportunity to announce our next ESPCR
award, Prof. Miguel Seabra (NOVA Medical School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa,Portugal), which will be presented in Marseille, at the 2024 ESPCR meeting
followed by a lecture of the awarded researcher. The ESPCR award recognizes andacknowledges scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the field ofpigment cell research.
Looking forward to greeting you all in Marseille later this year!
With my best wishes,

PAST PRESIDENT
Lluís Montoliu(Madrid, Spain)
2024 MEETING ORGANIZERSHeather Etchevers, Corine
Bertolotto, S. Mallet, Thierry
Passeron, M.A. Richard & MeriTulicLluís Montoliu, PhD
ESPCR PresidentESPCR created on June 23, 2009 in Brussels - Registration # 817455226 - ESPCR AISBL - VAT number: BE 0817.455.226
ESPCR AISBL official address: Université de Mons, Belgium
President: Dr. Lluis Montoliu, National Centre for Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), Darwin 3, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain, Tel: +34915854844 E-mail: montoliu@cnb.csic.es
Secretary and Treasurer: Dr. Cecilia Herráiz (University of Murcia, Carretera Buenavista s/n; El Palmar 30120, Murcia, Spain, Tel:+34 868889441. E-mail: ceciliahs@um.es