Pigment Cell Research Cover Design Competition 2007
Also this year, we would like you to pick your favorite cover of
Pigment Cell Research
(to change title to
Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research
as of January 2008), and give you a chance to win a copy of
Melanoma: Critical Debates
, edited by Julia Newton Bishop and Martin Gore as well as a one year
FREE
subscription to
Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research
for 2008.
Please also notice that the journal is now the official journal of both the International Federation of Pigment Cell Societies as well as the Society for Melanoma Research.
More information at
www.pigment.org
Simply select your favourite cover design from the six displayed below, complete your contact details and click submit.
To view an enlarged version, click on the cover.
Entries are limited to one vote per person.
20:1 The cover image is provided by Ryan Sawby and shows a blue footed Booby from the Galapagos. The image relates the Review on blue pigmentation in vertebrates by Joe Bagnara, Phil Fernandez and Royozo Fujii in this issue.
20:2 The cover this month comes from Suzanne Carreira and shows 501 melanoma cells stained for F-actin (red) and Mitf (green) in which the lower cell has been depleted for Mitf using siRNA and consequently becomes more invasive.
20:3 The image this month comes from Evelyne Coudrier and shows some melanosomes (grey) aligned on phalloidin stained actin filaments (red) in MNT-1 cells. The optical section showing the actin filaments has been overlaid with the corresponding optical section in transmission showing the melanosomes.
20:4 The cover image this month comes from Shin-Ichi Nishikawa and shows GFP-expressing melanocyte stem cells (green) in the bulge region. While they show close contact with the K15-positive keratinocytes (red) no contact between the melanocyte stem cells is detectable.
20:5 The cover image this month is related to the paper from Joshi et al. in this issue, and shows a ‘heat map’ of calcium release on melanosome uptake into keratinocytes.
20:6 The cover image, provided by Mercedes Rodriguez and Poalo Nuciforo, shows immunohistochemistry of a metastatic melanoma using an anti-E-cadherin antibody. Since loss of E-cadherin is a hallmark of escape from adhesion to keratinocytes and therefore invasive potential, its frequent reexpression in metastases indicates that the gene expression profile of a melanoma must be dynamic and controlled in part by environmental conditions.
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