<div dir="auto">Hi everyone, <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">PFA the upcoming Systems Biology conference at UCR. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best, </div><div dir="auto">Navaira Sherwani </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Mark Alber</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:malber@ucr.edu">malber@ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Apr 6, 2025, 11:33<br>Subject: Invitation to participate in SoCalSysBio 2025 to be held at UC Riverside on May 10th, 2025<br>To: Navaira Sherwani <<a href="mailto:navaira.sherwani@email.ucr.edu">navaira.sherwani@email.ucr.edu</a>><br>Cc: Mark Alber <<a href="mailto:malber@ucr.edu">malber@ucr.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Hi Nav,</div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Could you please send the following invitation to students in Biophysical Program?</div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Thank you.</div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Best regards,</div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Mark Alber</div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">----------------------------------------------------</div><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Dear Colleague,</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We are writing to invite you, on behalf of the organizing committee, to participate</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">in the </font><i><font color="#0000ff">SoCalSysBio 2025 </font></i></span><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">to be held at UC Riverside on May 10</span><sup style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">th</sup><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">, 2025: </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><a href="https://icqmb.ucr.edu/14th-annual-southern-california-systems-biology-symposium" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);font-family:Arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">https://icqmb.ucr.edu/14th-annual-southern-california-systems-biology-symposium</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The 14th Annual Southern California Systems Biology Symposium (<i>SoCalSysBio 2025</i>), </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">is </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">a premier event bringing together researchers </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">from across Southern California </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">to share cutting-edge research, foster community, and stimulate collaborations</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This event will provide </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">an opportunity for research groups from academic campuses </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">and hospitals across Southern </span><span style="font-family:Arial,san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