Pigmentation has an impact on many aspects of life. Pigmentation is at the root of ethnic diversity among humans, and at the base of a colorful world of plant pigments and animal distinction. Pigment is a parasol for the DNA in our skin, and the lack thereof has dire, malicious consequences for cell survival and expansion in skin tumors. Since the pigmentation phenotype is readily visible, this avenue of research helps us connect a genotype to a phenotype. Whatever your favorite topic may be, we hope you find it among the major lines of interest we hope to tackle at the '07 Chicago PASPCR meeting.

The meeting program includes exciting keynote speakers including Drs Heinz Arnheiter, Mitchell Denning, Barbara Gilchrest, Mary Hendrix, Beatrice Mintz, Alan Houghton, Victoria Holloway Barbosa, Nina Jablonski, Rick Kittles and Carole LaBonne. On Saturday afternoon, parallel sessions cover a variety of topics. Plenary sessions are planned throughout the meeting. We hope to attract many dermatologists willing to take a day of their weekend to contribute and learn about novel developments in pigmentation abnormalities. The local organizing committee is working hard to provide you with a meeting to remember.

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The meeting will be held at the Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel Chicago, situated in the heart of vibrant Chicago, 163 E. Walton Place at North Michigan Avenue. Read more >>


Abstracts can be submitted on this website: click here to read more. Registration fees are set at $395, or $350 for members of PASPCR, ASPCR, ESPCR and JSPCR, and for students, for the whole program. Separate days cost $75 (Thursday and Sunday) and $150 (Friday and Saturday). If you register before July 1st, you receive a $40 discount (or $10 per day).

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