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<strong><span
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Date: </span></strong><u><span
style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Thursday, April 27, 2017</span></u><span
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8:30
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</span></strong><strong><span
style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> Location: </span></strong><b><span
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Hall, VIMS
Campus</span></b><span
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<span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This
biennial event
will showcase
the amazing
research
postdocs are
conducting in
the tidewater
region. <span>Our
Symposium will
provide career
building and
networking
opportunities
with speakers
and panelists
from academic,
private and
government
institutions.</span></span></p>
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<span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In
addition to
postdoc
presentations,
we will have
the honor of
hosting two
keynote
speakers: </span><strong><span
style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
color:#333333">Rick
W. Murray</span></strong><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">, the Division Director of Ocean
Sciences at
NSF (</span><span
style=""><span
style=""><a
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href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-murray-66984235" id="LPlnk795617"
previewremoved="true">https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-murray-66984235</a></span></span><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">), as well as <b>Kendall Powell</b>,
a freelance
science writer
and editor who
has covered
the challenges
facing early
career
scientists (<span
style="color:rgb(114,50,173)"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://kendallpowellsciwriting.com/"
class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk964728" previewremoved="true">http://kendallpowellsciwriting.com/</a></span></span><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">). A career
building
workshop will
also be
offered,
providing
attendees with
the
opportunity to
discuss with
invited
</span>panelists<span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> tips and
strategies for
pursuing
careers
academia,
industry, and
government.</span></p>
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sans-serif"> our<b>
<a
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webpage</a></b></font><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b> </b>to register for the
symposium,
submit an
abstract, view
the program,
or obtain
additional
information.
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<span
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<span
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background:yellow">Deadline: April 13<sup>th</sup>, 2017</span><span
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<span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">All
postdocs,
faculty,
staff,
students, are
welcome to
attend this
event, we only
ask that you
register.
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style="font-size:12pt;
font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We are currently inviting postdocs to
submit
abstracts for
poster or oral
presentations
at the
symposium. The
</span><span
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submission</a><span
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color:rgb(255,0,0)">(<span>Postdocs
presenters
only</span>)</span><span
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extended </span></span><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; background:yellow"><span
style="font-size:12pt"><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">de</span>adline is<span style="font-size:16pt">
April
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style="font-size:16pt">7</span></span><span
style="font-size:13.3333px"><span class="" style="font-size:16pt">th </span></span><span
style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:16pt">,</span><span
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2017. </span></span></span></p>
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<span
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registration
is <b><u><span
style="font-size:16pt">free of charge</span></u></b>. A light breakfast,
lunch, coffee
hour, and
happy hour
with heavy
appetizers
will be
provided, all
courtesy of
the VIMS
postdoc
association.
Prizes will be
awarded for
best poster
and
oral presentations.
And please
spread the
word!</span></p>
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<span
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you at VIMS!</span><span
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<em><span
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VIMS postdoc
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