Prof. Dr. M. Biggiogera, president Lab Biologia Cellulare e Neurobiologia Dipartimento di Biologia Animale Piazza Botta 10 l-27100 Pavia Italy Tel: + 39 382 506 322 Fax: + 39 382 506 325	Prof. Dr. P. Hozák, past president Institute of Molecular Genetics Videnska 1083 CZ - 14220 Prague 4 Czech republic Tel: + 420 241 062 219 Fax: + 420 241 062 219
Prof. Dr. C. Van Noorden, secretary laboratory of Cell Biology and Histology University of Amsterdam Academic Medical Centre Meibergdreef 15 NL-1105 AZ Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel: + 31 20 566 4970 Fax: + 31 20 697 4156	Prof. Dr. I. Mylonas, MD, treasurer Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich 1. Frauenklinik - Klinikum Innenstadt Maistrasse 11 D-80337 Munich Germany Tel: + 49 89 5160 4111 Fax: + 49 89 5160 4916
Prof. Dr. med. Axel Walch Institute of Pathology Helmholtz Zentrum München German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH) Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Oberschleissheim, Germany Tel: +49 89 3187 2739 Fax: +49 89 3187 3349	Prof. Dr. Paul Debbage Institute of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology Müllerstrasse 59 A-6020 Innsbruck Austria Tel: + 43 512 9003 71178 Fax: + 49 512 9003 73170