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Please join us for two exciting talks by <b>Tapomoy Bhattacharjee</b> and <b>Raffaella De Vita</b> on Friday,
<b>January 31</b>, at 8 am Pacific/8 am Mountain/10 am Central/11 am Eastern in the US/4 pm in the UK/5 pm in central Europe/8:30 pm in New Delhi/11 pm in Beijing (<i><u>If the clock in your region has changed because of Daylight saving, please double check
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<u>First talk:</u><b> </b></div>
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<b>Tapomoy Bhattacharjee</b></div>
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<b><i>Physical confinement selectively favours bacterial growth based on cell shape</i></b></div>
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<u>Second talk:</u> </div>
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<b>Raffaella De Vita</b></div>
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<b><i>The Vagina Dialogues: Breaking Taboos with Biomechanics</i></b></div>
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Meeting link: <a href="https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/85782472395" id="OWA2f8c379b-d60f-f710-1b76-9f6bf38bfc99" class="x_OWAAutoLink" data-linkindex="0" data-loopstyle="linkonly" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px;">
https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/85782472395</a></div>
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Meeting ID: 857 8247 2395</div>
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Passcode: BPPB</div>
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Please find current and upcoming seminar information on the <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/bppb-seminar" id="OWA8e26dea3-add2-32bc-1397-8cb5292850b7" class="x_OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://sites.google.com/view/bppb-seminar" data-linkindex="1" data-loopstyle="linkonly" data-auth="VerificationFailed" style="margin: 0px;">
seminar website</a>, which includes a link to sign up for this mailing list. Feel free to forward this announcement to any colleagues and students you know who might be interested in attending but might not be on the email list. Our
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YouTube channel</a> has a continuously growing collection of past talks. <br>
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Looking forward to seeing you on Friday. <br>
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Best,<br>
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Jing<br>
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On behalf of the BPPB team: <br>
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Sonya Bahar, Jing Chen, Moumita Das, Andrej Kosmrlj, Enkeleida Lushi, and Ashok Prasad</div>
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Jing Chen, Ph.D.</div>
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Department of Biological Sciences</div>
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Email: <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><a href="mailto:chenjing@vt.edu" id="OWA8b44a8ef-fbc8-9337-f704-e82d68c36c11" class="x_OWAAutoLink" data-linkindex="0" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;">chenjing@vt.edu</a></span></div>
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