Thanks to all who attended the ESPCR 2025!

A heartfelt thank you to all participants of the ESPCR 2025 Meeting! Your presentations, discussions, and contributions made the conference truly unforgettable.

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Thank you for making ESPCR 2025 a success. We hope to see you again soon!

— The ESPCR 2025 Organizing Committee

The European Society for Pigment Cell Research (ESPCR) is a multidisciplinary scientific society founded in Italy in 1985 for the promotion of knowledge and research on the pigmentary system, including both normal and pathological conditions. The Society provides a forum for interactive discussions by bringing together basic researchers and clinicians from developmental biology, biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, immunology, pharmacology and toxicology, chemistry, bioinformatics and physics. 

This year, our annual symposium was hosted by the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) in the franconian city of Erlangen, Germany.

Held from 25 to 27 September 2025, the 26^th annual ESPCR meeting offered an exciting program around top topics in pigment cell and melanoma research. Experts shared their work, further, many talks selected from submitted abstracts, posters, and flash talks led to wonderful scientific exchange. 

In-Depth Workshop on Pigment Cell Models: Sensitivity, Innovation, and the Challenges of Cell Culture!

anja.bosserhoff@fau.de 

Local organizers

Prof. Dr. A.K. Bosserhoff, Ph.D. (Biochemistry, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)

Prof. Dr. C. Berking, M.D. (Dermatology, UKER/FAU)

Prof. Dr. S. Meierjohann, Ph.D. (Pathology, University of Würzburg)

Prof. Dr. M. Schartl, Ph.D. (Biochemistry, University of Würzburg)

Dr. Nicole Rachinger, Ph.D. (Biochemistry, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)

Dr. Sebastian Stäbler, Ph.D. (Biochemistry, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)

Lea Alsheimer, M.Sc. (Biochemistry, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)