<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000">Dear colleagues,</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">I’m writing to share an invitation to the </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">SoCal Single Cell Retreat - Seeding Community and Inspiring Innovation</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, to be held on </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">April 10, 2026, at UC Riverside</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. The goal is to bring together the Southern California single-cell community across institutions and disciplines for a focused, one-day scientific and networking event. </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We’re especially excited to highlight opportunities for </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">early career researchers (students, postdocs, and pre-tenure faculty)</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> through short talks and posters. We hope this will be a low-barrier, high-impact venue for trainees to get feedback, build connections, and see the breadth of single-cell research happening across SoCal.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000">UCR is within easy driving distance of most Southern California institutions, making it a convenient one-day retreat without overnight travel. Additional logistical information about the venue, program, and parking will be provided to registrants.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.41136;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Registration and abstract submission details are also included in the flyer - </span><a href="https://forms.gle/nTN4AzGKyi4uJPjF9" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://forms.gle/nTN4AzGKyi4uJPjF9</span></a></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.41136;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">- Abstract submission for short presentation deadline </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">February 27. </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.41136;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">- Poster abstracts and registration close on </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">March 27</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000">Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions, and we’d love to see members of the SoCal science community there.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000">With regards,</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000">SoCal Single Cell Organizing Committee</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000">Sunil Kenchanmane-Raju (University of California, Riverside)</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000">Rachel Shahan (University of California, Los Angeles)</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000">Trevor Nolan (CalTech)</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000">Julia Bailey-Serres (University of California, Riverside)</font></span></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Best regards,</font><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Sunil</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Sunil K. Kenchanmane Raju,</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Assistant Professor and Plant Geneticist,</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Botany and Plant Sciences,</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Batchelor Hall #1125,</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">University of California, Riverside</font></div><div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Website: <a href="https://kenchanmanelab.com/" target="_blank">https://kenchanmanelab.com/</a></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Founder: <a href="https://plantpostdocs.com/" target="_blank">Plant Postdocs</a></font></div></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Mailing Address: (central office) </font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">3401 Watkins Drive,</span></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Batchelor Hall #2140,</font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">University of California, Riverside, CA - 92521</span></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"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