Corine Bertolotto, PhD
Team leader, Research Director
Méditerranéen de Médecine Moléculaire in Nice Institut National de La Sante Et de La Recherche Medicale

Presentation title;
Molecular mechanisms involved in uveal melanoma.

Craig J Ceol, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Department Program in Molecular Medicine

Presentation title;
Targeting BMP signaling as anti-melanoma therapy

Yoko Funasaka MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Dermatology, Nippon Medical School

Presentation title;
The effect of repetitive irradiation of Intense Pulsed Light on melanin-harboring photoaged mice

Ryo Futahashi, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher
Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST)

Presentation title;
Color vision and color formation in dragonflies

Prashiela Manga, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine

Presentation title;
Chemical vitiligo (tentative)

Kazutoshi Mori, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

Presentation title;
Dynamics of function and regulation of the endoplasmic reticulum

Chikako Nishigori MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University

Presentation title;
Pigmentation and DNA Repair disorders (tentative)

Emi K. Nishimura MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Stem Cell Biology, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Presentation title;
Melanocytes and their Niches (tentative)

Richard A. Spritz, M.D.
Professor and Director
Human Medical Genetics and Genomics Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Presentation title;
A Genetic Odyssey: From Albinism to Vitiligo

Mitsunobu Tanimoto
Oncology Clinical Development Planning Ono Pharmaceutical, Japan

Presentation title;
What Immuno-Oncology has brought about

Leihong Flora Xiang, MD, PhD
Vice chair and professor
Department of Dermatology, Huashan Hospital Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University

Presentation title;
Clinical signs and bio-markers for evaluating the activity, progression and prognosis in patients with vitiligo

Tamotsu Yoshimori, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
Department of Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University

Presentation title;
24 Years of Autophagy: towards Understanding the Cellular Self-Degradation System Fighting against Diseases and Aging

Chengfeng Zhang MD, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Dermatology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Presentation title;
The role of autophagy in the biological functions of melanocytes