<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Dear Colleagues, Students, Post-docs and Staff,</span></font></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;">I am happy to announce that our UCR </span><b style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;">CIDVR spring symposium</b> is approaching and <b>registration is now open</b>! </span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">The symposium will take place at UCR on <b>Friday May <span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;">16</span></b></span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-kerning: none;"><b>, 2025 from 1PM to 6 PM!</b></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;"><b><br></b></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Additional information about our symposium can be found on our website: <span style="text-align: start;"> https://cidvrsymposium.ucr.edu/</span></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-kerning: none">Please fell free to Join us to </span><span style="text-align: start;">watch our speakers deliver excellence science at the UC Riverside Genomics Auditorium</span><b> </b>- University of California, Riverside. </font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-kerning: none;"><b>Registration is free </b></span>(but required for coffee and reception estimates). Come out, show your support and collaborate with faculty in the field of Vector Research!</font></p><div><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><b><font face="Calibri" color="#ff2600" style="font-size: 14px;">Please register at <a href="https://cidvrsymposium.ucr.edu/registration">https://cidvrsymposium.ucr.edu/registration</a></font></b><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Calibri"></font></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;"><font face="Calibri" color="#4f7a28"><b>Our speakers this year will be:</b></font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;"><b><i>Dr. Omar Akbari</i>,</b> Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of California, San Diego</font></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;">(<a href="https://biology.ucsd.edu/research/faculty/oakbari">https://biology.ucsd.edu/research/faculty/oakbari</a>)</font></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;"><font face="Calibri"><i><b>Dr. Craig Montell</b></i>, Duggan Professor and Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;"><font face="Calibri">( <a href="https://www.mcdb.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/craig-montell">https://www.mcdb.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/craig-montell</a>)</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;"><font face="Calibri"><br></font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;"><font face="Calibri"><b><i>Dr. Lark L Coffey, </i></b>Professor of Pathology at the University of California, Davis </font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;"><font face="Calibri">(<a href="https://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/faculty/lark-l-coffey">https://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/faculty/lark-l-coffey</a>)</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;"><font face="Calibri"><br></font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;"><font face="Calibri"><b><i>Dr. Anupama Dahanukar,</i></b> Professor of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology at the University of California, Riverside</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;"><font face="Calibri">(<a href="https://entomology.ucr.edu/people/anupama-dahanukar">https://entomology.ucr.edu/people/anupama-dahanukar</a>)</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;"><font face="Calibri"><br></font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;"><font face="Calibri"><b><i>Dr. Karthikeyan Chandrasegaran,</i></b> Professor of Entomology at the University of California, Riverside </font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;">(<a href="https://entomology.ucr.edu/image/entm250-seminar-karthikeyan-chandrasegaranjpg">https://entomology.ucr.edu/image/entm250-seminar-karthikeyan-chandrasegaranjpg</a>)</font></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;"><font face="Calibri"><br></font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><i>Dr. Lucioano Cosme, </i></b></span>Professor of Entomology at the University of California, Riverside</font></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;">(<a href="https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/lcosme">https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/lcosme</a>)</font></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;"> </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;">Parking will be available at UC Riverside's parking lot #6. Additional parking details will be sent in the coming weeks.<o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;">Please share this announcement with your labs and colleagues and we hope to see you all on May 16, 2025!<o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;">To learn more about the Center and our symposium please visit our website at https://cidvrsymposium.ucr.edu/</font></p>
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<div>K. Le Roch, PhD<br>Professor of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology<br>Director Center for Infectious Disease and Vector Research<br>Institute for Integrative Genome Biology<br>Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology (MCSB)<br>University of California Riverside<br>900 University Avenue<br>Multidisciplinary Research Building (MRB) Room 3139<br>Riverside, CA 92521, USA<br>Phone office: (1) 951 827 54 22<br>Phone Lab: (1) 951 827 5934<br>Web Site: http://www.lerochlab.ucr.edu/<br></div><div><br></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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