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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Greetings CGNI members and past symposium registrants, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">The <b>17<sup>th</sup> annual SoCal Regional symposium on Glial-Neuronal Interactions in Health & Disease</b> will be hosted by CGNI on
<b>February 9, 2024</b>, <b>9:00am-6:00pm</b> at the Highlander Union Building, room 302 – UC Riverside.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt"><a href="https://ucriverside.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_brWgIiv4qVIm2sm">Click here</a> or follow the QR code below to register your attendance and/or submit a poster abstract. Submission for registration
and poster abstract deadline is <span style="color:red">February 2, 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;background:silver;mso-highlight:silver">Poster guidelines:</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">All posters will be displayed on traditional 4'x4' display board - push pins, and painters’ tape will be provided. Each posterboard is double-sided and will display 2 posters. Posters should have a maximum
width of 36’ and a maximum height of 48’. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Check out the <a href="https://cgni.ucr.edu/">
speaker line-up</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt"><a href="https://www.rushu.rush.edu/research/departmental-research/center-integrated-microbiome-and-chronobiology-research">Ali Keshavarzian MD.</a>, “Keynote speaker”, Rush University Medical Center
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt"><a href="http://www.bechlerlab.com/">Marie Bechler, PhD.</a>, SUNY Upstate Medical University
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt"><a href="https://www.reardonlab.com/">Colin Reardon, PhD.</a>, School of Veterinary Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt"><a href="https://profiles.ucr.edu/erica.heinrich">Erica Heinrich, PhD.</a>, School of Medicine, UC Riverside<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt"><a href="https://hsc.unm.edu/directory/noor-shahani.html?gad_source=1&gclid=cj0kcqiay9msbhd0arisanbk0a-zkiwe_eizvjuu3reqqgc4h_qlqxv6vkr1iuia6hijwhft2ntw8ygaakmgealw_wcb">Shahani Noor, PhD.</a>, CGNI “Return
Home” Speaker, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt"><a href="https://thesmithlaboratory.org/">Nathan Smith, PhD.</a>, “Glenn Hatton speaker”, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Please pass this announcement on to your labs and colleagues and we hope to see you next month for a fruitful day of research activities and engagement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://ucriverside.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_brWgIiv4qVIm2sm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="750" height="1000" style="width:7.8125in;height:10.4166in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DA4E10.72380C50" alt="A poster with a group of people
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Pica Preston</span></b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"> |
<i>Project Manager</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Division of Biomedical Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Website:
<u><span style="color:#0563C1"><a href="https://biomed.ucr.edu/">https://biomed.ucr.edu/</a></span></u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Onsite:</span></b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">
T, Th, F | <b>Remote:</b> M, W</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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