โ Scribed by Robert G. McKinnell
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
The first international con-Dr. Roberto Revoltella and his organizing committee. They invited to the Pisa meeting extraordinarily distin-ference of this group was at Nice, France just twentyfive years ago. The Society was then a loose amalgam-guished scientists from around the world to share with conference attendees their most recent results. The So-ation of scientists interested in the basic biology of cell differentiation and how knowledge of this basic cell ciety was gratified to note how many graduate students and young scientists participated. The older scientists biology might be applied to an understanding and the eventual treatment of cancer. The Society is now incor-got to meet young investigators and we believe that both profited by the exchange of ideas. porated with officers, a board of directors, and many loyal members. It publishes the journal Differentiation
The scientific events were the reasons for the Pisa meeting. They provided new insights and refreshed old (Heidelberg, Springer-Verlag) which has a world-wide distribution. With subsequent meetings in Copenha-ideas because of their scientific excellence. This special issue of the Journal of Cellular Physiology reveals that gen, Minneapolis, Heidelberg, Boulder, Vancouver, Helsinki, Hiroshima and now Pisa, our objectives of excellence. However, elegant memories remain of that exquisite part of Italy. We all look forward to returning twenty-five years ago have been maintained and enhanced. All of our meetings have focused on differentia-to beautiful Tuscany and historic Pisa. tion and cancer. Pisa was no exception and it was a meeting that will be long remembered.
Scrutiny of the papers contained in this volume provides an indication of the quality and diversity of scien-
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