<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Hi everyone,</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">We have extended the deadline for abstract submission for the Early Career Scientists Symposium to<font color="#38761d"> <b>April 7th</b>!</font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The RPA and the Institute for Integrative Genome Biology (<b>IIGB</b>) encourage postdocs, visiting scholars, project scientists, and graduate students to attend and submit an abstract for <b>a talk or poster presentation</b>.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Date and place: <b>Friday, June 9th, 2023</b>, Genomics Building on the UCR Campus in Riverside, CA. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Objective: To give postdocs, visiting scholars, and graduate students opportunities to share their work with the community and gain experience as disseminators of knowledge. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Format: The Evaluation Committee will select <b>8 postdoc talks</b> (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A). <u>The poster session is open to all graduate students, visiting scholars, and postdocs. </u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Prizes for best talk and posters will be awarded.</b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Postdoc oral presentations will provide financial support for research in the amount of <b>$500</b> for the best presentation, <b>$300</b> for the second-place winner, and <b>$200</b> for the third-place winner. These awards will be transferred to the winner's department for research-related expenses, including conference travel. In addition, <b>three $75</b> gift cards will be given as awards for the poster presentations. These awards aim to recognize and reward outstanding academic research and presentation skills.</font></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;list-style-position:initial;font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#38761d">Deadline for abstract submission: <b>April 7th, 2023</b></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#38761d">Deadline for registration:  <b>April 30th, 2023</b></font></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font size="4"><u style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Please click <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDZglrY_KAU9-e2Y23Gh1OcbjOX_D6UIqejsVw_eeuu10sgw/viewform?usp=sf_link" target="_blank">HERE FOR REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT SUBMISSION.</a></u><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDZglrY_KAU9-e2Y23Gh1OcbjOX_D6UIqejsVw_eeuu10sgw/viewform?usp=sf_link" target="_blank"> </a></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Kindly <font color="#38761d">note that pre-registration is mandatory</font>. </span><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Lunch will be provided for speakers and registered attendees.</b><br></p><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>MORE INFORMATION</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://rpa.ucr.edu/page/symposium/" target="_blank">You can find the PROGRAM here</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=Y18zN2JiMjhhNjFiZDMxYWQzOTEyYzBhYjAwYWY3MWNiYzMzOWIyZWMxOGJhOGQ2YmEyNjgyYzhjZGYxMzdjNWI2QGdyb3VwLmNhbGVuZGFyLmdvb2dsZS5jb20" target="_blank">Checkout our CALENDAR and don't miss the dead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