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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sent on behalf of Dr. Sika Zheng, Director-Center for RNA Biology and Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dear all, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We will launch the UCR Center for RNA Biology and Medicine with an inaugural symposium on Nov 4, 2022. There will be opportunities for students, postdocs, and junior scientists to network and learn
from our prominent symposium speakers and their academic success. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Opportunity #1: Assistant hosts. Major responsibility: check in with a speaker regularly during the symposium. (optional) Drive a speaker from the Mission Inn to the symposium site.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Opportunity #2: Career panel during breakfast/lunch. Enjoy breakfast or lunch with a speaker and chat about career advice (and other science-related questions) in a casual manner. We will need
sufficient interests to include this in the symposium program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">To sign up, please fill out the following form</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> by Oct 12.
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ucriverside.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4N7LbLK3iOfLdYO__;!!OLyWHuc!SHwYWOP3IjG5MaybuoeO1wcXKWdln1XIAmNcmrJS1cS9Nvo_3Bjf2XNWcQ6clBeD1D-ctBQ9vfcDTOnDlvXK8bqH0CM1$">
https://ucriverside.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4N7LbLK3iOfLdYO</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">If you have not registered for the symposium or submitted a poster (there will be pos</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">t<span style="color:black">er awards), please visit</span>
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/rna.ucr.edu/inaugural-symposium__;!!OLyWHuc!SHwYWOP3IjG5MaybuoeO1wcXKWdln1XIAmNcmrJS1cS9Nvo_3Bjf2XNWcQ6clBeD1D-ctBQ9vfcDTOnDlvXK8VdjQqzy$">
https://rna.ucr.edu/inaugural-symposium</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Registration is free but necessary to determine lunch order. Please let me know if you have any suggestions. Look forward to seeing you all!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Best, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Sika Zheng, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Director, Center for RNA Biology and Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">University of California Riverside<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Office: 1-951-827-7670<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Lab: 1-</span>951-827-4525<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fax: 1-951-579-4118<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Email: </span><a href="mailto:sikaz@ucr.edu">sikaz@ucr.edu</a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Web: </span><a href="zhenglab.ucr.edu">zhenglab.ucr.edu</a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Pica</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">_______________________________________________</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Pica Preston I <i>BMSC Project Manager</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#538135">UC Riverside Center for RNA Biology and Medicine<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Email: <span style="color:#1F497D">
<a href="mailto:pica.preston@medsch.ucr.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">pica.preston@medsch.ucr.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Website: <a href="https://rna.ucr.edu/"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://rna.ucr.edu/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:#0D0D0D;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Hybrid work schedule as of January 2022: Available in-person on campus Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays 8:00AM-4:30PM. I will be available remotely on Mondays and
Wednesdays from 8:00AM-4:30PM.</span><o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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