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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear BPHY students and faculty,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Conference on</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#500050"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">"Predictive Modeling in Biology
and Medicine"</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#500050"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">will take place<br>
at the Alumni & Visitors Center, University of California, Riverside, from November<br>
17th - 19th, 2023: </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://icqmb.ucr.edu/predictive-modeling-biology-and-medicine-conference" target="_blank">https://icqmb.ucr.edu/predictive-modeling-biology-and-medicine-conference</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Conference is sponsored by the Center for Quantitative Modeling in Biology, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Department of Mathematics, </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (CNAS)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">and Office of Research and Economic Development (RED), University of California,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Riverside.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The conference will focus on recent progress in mathematical and computational<br>
modeling of biological systems, model translational predictions in biology and<br>
medicine and data-driven and machine learning methodologies in biology. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The conference will bring together researchers at different stages of their career </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">to exchange ideas and novel approaches as well as to promote interdisciplinary </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">collaborations with the special focus on promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
<span style="color:black">Special sub-workshop on </span> <span style="color:black">promoting</span> <span style="color:black">DEI in Education and Research will</span><br>
<span style="color:black">be held on the first day, November 17th, 2023.</span><br>
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<span style="color:black">There will be 8 plenary speakers and 11 invited speakers ranging from early</span><br>
<span style="color:black">career to senior level researchers. A poster session is planned to promote</span><br>
<span style="color:black">research of graduate and undergraduate students and postdoctoral associates.</span><br>
<span style="color:black">By bringing together researchers in different disciplines and at different</span><br>
<span style="color:black">career stages, the aim of the Conference is to promote communication and</span><br>
<span style="color:black">collaboration among researchers with diverse backgrounds, as well as help</span><br>
<span style="color:black">new generations of researchers, especially those from underrepresented groups</span><br>
<span style="color:black">to establish their own research programs.</span><br>
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<span style="color:blue">Registration is Free</span><span style="color:black">. The number of seats in the Center is limited and, therefore,<br>
potential participants are encouraged to register soon. Please register here: </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#500050"><a href="https://ucrmath.wufoo.com/forms/predictive-modeling-in-biology-medicine-con" target="_blank">https://ucrmath.wufoo.com/forms/predictive-modeling-in-biology-medicine-con</a><br>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Travel Support:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#500050"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We invite graduate students, postdoctoral associates
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undergraduate students, especially those from under-represented groups,<br>
to apply for travel support to attend the conference when registering for the<br>
conference.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Roya Zandi</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Professor of Physics</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Director, Biophysics Graduate Program </i><br>
<i>University of California</i><br>
<i>Riverside, CA 92521</i><br>
<i>Tel: (951) 827-2096</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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