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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Greetings all,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">On behalf of the SCEP organizing committee we are happy to announce that the
<b><u><span style="color:red"><a href="https://scep.ucr.edu/">13<sup>th</sup> annual Southern California Eukaryotic Pathogen symposium</a></span></u></b><span style="color:red">
</span>will take place on <b>November 8<sup>th</sup> 2023!</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Join us for a full day of trainee talks and posters at the Genomics Auditorium here at UC Riverside. Parking will be available in lot #6.
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submissions are now open</a></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">We are delighted to announce that our keynote speaker this year is
<b><u><a href="http://www.striepenlab.org/">Dr. Boris Striepen</a></u></b>, Mark Whittier and Lila Griswold Allam Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Striepen studies the cell and molecular
biology of apicomplexan parasites.<b> Presentation title: </b>“The Biology of Parasite Sex".</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">We will also welcome Associate Professor,
<b><a href="https://vjimenezor.wixsite.com/jimenezlab">Dr. Veronica Jimenez</a>,</b> Biological Sciences, California State University, Fullerton who will give the morning invited talk. The Jimenez laboratory focuses on studying the role that ion channels play
in sensing and adaptation to environmental conditions in protozoan parasites, with particular emphasis in trypanosomatids.
<b>Presentation title:</b> “Touchy-feely parasites: mechanosensation in Trypanosomes”.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Please pass this announcement on to your labs and colleagues and we hope to see you in the Fall here at UCR.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">All the best from the
<i>SCEP Organizing Committee</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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