ASPCR-ASDR Awards

ASPCR  Travel Awards   for  the  ASPCR-ASDR  Conference 2013, Sydney Australia

·       A  limited  number  of  $ 500 partial travel  awards  are  available  from  the  ASPCR
·       The  candidate should be a PhD student, a junior scientist  or a clinician under            40  years
·       The  applicant  should be an ASPCR(Asian Society for Pigment Cell Research)                 member in good standing (subscription paid).
·       The  submitted  abstract  accepted  by  the  scientific  committee  as  suitable                   for oral or  poster  presentation  at  the  conference.
·       Have no other source of funds for this purpose.
        Deadline  for submitting applications  for ASPCR 2013 Registration/Travel Awards             is 8th Feb 2013.
·       Please send an informal letter of application by e -mail,  to :
·       Chairman Scientific Committee(ASPCR), through The  Conference Secretariat,                    ASPCR-ASDR 2013 on alexis@asnevents.net.au

Congratulations to the ASPCR Travel Award Winners:

* Ravinder Kumar (Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research)

* Chandeep Singh (Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research)

* MKD Tissera (Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children)

*Kelvin Yin (University of Queensland)

John Pawelek Lectureship 2013, Facilitated  by AMWAY Corporation  USA

Applications  are  called  by  the Scientific Committee(ASPCR) for  the  John Pawelek Lectureship in 2013.  This  lecture  is  to  be  delivered  during  the  ASPCR-ASDR  Conference  to  be  held    from 17-19 May  2013 in Sydney Australia.  The  presentation should  be  on  a  subject  related  to  pigment cell biology, translational  research  in  pigment cell research,  melanoma  research  or  clinical  research   related to  pigmentary  disorders. The  applicants should  send  a  500 word  summary  of the proposed presentation  and  CV  to  The  John Pawelek Lectureship  Committee, via e mail to parsad@mac.com . The Committee  comprises  of  3 persons  including  the  President  of  the  ASPCR, the  chair or Co-Chair  of  the  local  organizing committee(ASPCR) and  another  person  appointed  by  the  President  of ASPCR.

The decision  of  the  committee  will  be  final.  If  there  are  no suitable  submissions  the  Committee will  nominate and invite an eminent  basic science  or a  clinical  researcher to  deliver  the John Pawelek Lectureship  for  the   year  2013.
The  selected applicant  will  be  requested  to  deliver  a  30  minute  presentation  during  the  ASPCR-ASDR Conference.  He  will  be  presented  with the   ASPCR John Pawelek Medal by  the  President  of  the  ASPCR.
The  deadline  for  submission  of    abstracts  for  John Pawelek Lectureship  is  15th of January 2013 (please  note  this  deadline  is  before  the  abstract  submission deadline for  free  papers  or  posters)

Congratulations to the ASPCR John Pawelek Lectureship winner:

*Ai Young Lee (Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital)

ASDR Student/Trainee Travel Awards

The ASDR will be offering 3 travel awards of $500 each for students to attend the ASPCR-ASDR Joint May 2013 conference. If you, or your students, wish to apply, you will need to submit your abstract as instructed on the website (see abstract page) by the 8th February 2013 and provide evidence of your student status by providing your supervisors email address.

Congratulations to the ASDR/JSID Travel Fellowship winners:

*Risa Tamagawa-Mineoka (Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine)

*Hiroshi Kawasaki (Keio University)

*Hideo Kudo (Kumamoto University)