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Passing of Dr. Gunther von Hagens

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It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of Dr. Gunther von Hagens on July 24, 2026, at the age of 81. Along with Dr. Harmon Bickley, he was a founding father of the ISP in 1986. His passing marks the loss of a truly singular figure in modern anatomical science and education. […]

Distinguished Member Award

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During the 22nd International Conference on Plastination in Odense, Denmark (July 20–23, 2026), the membership of The International Society for Plastination proudly presented the Distinguished Member Award to Dr. Dmitry Starchick. Dr. Starchick serves as Chairman of the Human Morphology Department at the North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov in Saint Petersburg, Russia, […]

Distinguished Member Award

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Dr.Kees De Jong, Professor of Clinical Anatomy and Embryology in the Department of Medical Biology at the Amsterdam University Medical Center, received the Distinguished Member Award posthumously during the 22nd International Conference on Plastination held in Odense, Denmark, from July 20 to 23, 2026. The award was bestowed posthumously by the membership of The International […]

Passing of Kees De Jong

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It is with a heavy heart that we share the passing of our dear colleague and friend, Kees De Jong. As a dedicated member of the ISP, Kees’s contributions were matched only by his kindness and warmth toward everyone he met. We have lost not only a brilliant mind in our field of plastination but […]

Distinguished Member Award

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Dr. Rafael Latorre, Professor of Anatomy, Department of Anatomy & Comparative Pathological Anatomy, College of Veterinary , University of Murcia, Spain received the Distinguished  Member Award  during the 21st International Conference on Plastination held in Istanbul, Turkey, July 15-18, 2024. The award was bestowed by the membership of The International Society for Plastination for his outstanding […]

Journal of Plastination now listed in CrossRef

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The journal of plastination is now register in CrossRef.  Beginning with the issue 1 volume 1 all articles received a DOI and all references of each article are also registered. All articles from volume 1 to Volume 35 were issued a DOI.

Journal of Plastination now listed in Scopus

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Issue 31(1) of the Journal of Plastination marked a significant step forward: papers published from there on will be indexed in SCOPUS. SCOPUS is Elsevier’s abstract and citation database. It covers nearly 36,377 titles from approximately 11,678 publishers, of which 34,346 are peer-reviewed journals in top-level subject fields: life sciences, social sciences, physical sciences and […]