<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-right: -0.75pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The community is invited to attend </span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CEPCEB’s 22nd Annual Distinguished Noel T. Keen Lecture, Awards Ceremony and Research Highlights, Friday December 18th, from 1pm. </span></p><br class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;" class=""><span style="color: red;" class="">RSVP <span style="color: red;" class=""><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1XuTHZANnLEXrFjqfCeEMCUfutKr_r-aeYVb2vnSHdXQ/edit" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);" class="">here</a> today, so we can organize the catering.</span></span></b></div><br class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This year’s speaker is Dr. </span><a href="https://pages.nyu.edu/birnbaum/" class="" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ken Birnbaum</span></a><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Professor of Biology and Acting Director of the Genome and Systems Biology Center at New York University. </span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Birnbaum artfully combines traditional and modern technologies – single-cell, imaging and computation – to understand processes of root development and regeneration in Arabidopsis and maize. As postdoc with Philip Benfey, Ken developed the use of fluorescent activated cell sorting to define mRNA transcripts in specific types of root cells. This propelled the discovery in developmental, gene regulation and metabolomics of specific cell types. Ken co-leads a NSF Research Coordination Network, the </span><a href="https://www.plantcellatlas.org/" class="" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Plant Cell Atlas Community</span></a><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> that facilitates community innovation to adoption of single cell and spatial ‘omic methods. </span></div><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-right: -0.75pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The </span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">December 13th</span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> event will also </span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">spotlight some of the creative research and outreach activities of our community, including collaborative research and activities of the Plants3D NRT training program</span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. The s</span>peakers will include postdocs and PhD students.</p><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-right: -0.75pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Awards to an undergraduate, graduate student and postdoc will be made based on nominations from CEPCEB PIs.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-right: -0.75pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The program will with refreshments (1pm) and will end with a delightful reception (~5-6:30pm). </span></p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: rgb(255, 38, 0); color: rgb(255, 38, 0);" class="">Please pass this on to colleagues and trainees. </b></div><br class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Best, </div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Julia Bailey-Serres, </span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Center for Plant Cell Biology</div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><img id="<image001.png@01DB3FDF.44149CA0>" alt="image001.png" border="0" style="opacity: 1;" class="Apple-web-attachment Apple-edge-to-edge-visual-media Singleton" apple-inline="yes" src="cid:image001.png@01DB3FDF.44149CA0"></div></body></html>