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    <div class="html-content"><p>Undergraduates, graduates students, postdocs, and faculty are invited to learn about opportunities. Travel Funding! Research Retreats!</p>
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    <div>—————————————————————</div>
    
    <div><em>Focus: </em></div>
    
    <div><em>All Life Sciences, Biomedical Sciences</em></div>
    
    
    <div><strong>Mission of Keystone: </strong></div>
    <div>Keystone Symposia will serve as a catalyst for the advancement of biomedical and life sciences by <span>connecting scientists within and across disciplines at conferences and workshops</span> held at venues that create an environment conducive to information exchange, generation of new ideas, and acceleration of applications that benefit society.</div>
    
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    <p>Over 50 conferences are held per year; each range in length from 3 to 4 days and attract an average of 250 participants per meeting.</p>
    <p><strong><em>Symposia locations are usually winter and mountain retreats selected for relaxed environments that optimize information exchange and promote collaborative relationships.</em></strong></p>
    <p>(<em>ref: Keystonesymposia.org</em>)</p>
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    <div><strong>Guest Speaker:</strong></div>
    <p>Dr. Laina King, the Director of Diversity in Life Science Programs  at the Keystone Symposia wants to talk to you about travel awards to the different Keystone sponsored meetings.  For more information, please visit <a href="http://www.keystonesymposia.org/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">www.keystonesymposia.org</a>.  Visit the site and look for meetings that match your research interest.  <span>Dr. King has funding</span>!</p>
    
    <div><strong>Location &amp; Time:</strong></div>
    <div>UMBC Campus – Meyerhoff Chemistry Building</div>
    <div>Conference Room, 120</div>
    
    <div>Monday, May 14, 2012</div>
    <div>2:30 – 3:30 PM</div>
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    <div class="html-content"><p>Undergraduates, graduates students, postdocs, and faculty are invited to learn about opportunities. Travel Funding! Research Retreats!</p>
    <p><a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/11664" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><img src="http://promiseagep.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/keystone3.gif?w=540&amp;h=320" alt="" width="540" height="320" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a></p>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    <div>—————————————————————</div>
    
    <div><em>Focus: </em></div>
    
    <div><em>All Life Sciences, Biomedical Sciences</em></div>
    
    
    <div><strong>Mission of Keystone: </strong></div>
    <div>Keystone Symposia will serve as a catalyst for the advancement of biomedical and life sciences by <span>connecting scientists within and across disciplines at conferences and workshops</span> held at venues that create an environment conducive to information exchange, generation of new ideas, and acceleration of applications that benefit society.</div>
    
    <div>
    <p>Over 50 conferences are held per year; each range in length from 3 to 4 days and attract an average of 250 participants per meeting.</p>
    <p><strong><em>Symposia locations are usually winter and mountain retreats selected for relaxed environments that optimize information exchange and promote collaborative relationships.</em></strong></p>
    <p>(<em>ref: Keystonesymposia.org</em>)</p>
    </div>
    
    <div><strong>Guest Speaker:</strong></div>
    <p>Dr. Laina King, the Director of Diversity in Life Science Programs  at the Keystone Symposia wants to talk to you about travel awards to the different Keystone sponsored meetings.  For more information, please visit <a href="http://www.keystonesymposia.org/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">www.keystonesymposia.org</a>.  Visit the site and look for meetings that match your research interest.  <span>Dr. King has funding</span>!</p>
    
    <div><strong>Location &amp; Time:</strong></div>
    <div>UMBC Campus – Meyerhoff Chemistry Building</div>
    <div>Conference Room, 120</div>
    
    <div>Monday, May 14, 2012</div>
    <div>2:30 – 3:30 PM</div>
    <br>   </div>
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