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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>On behalf of Pennie Liebig, IGERT program</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The IGERT Program in Comparative Genomics is sponsoring a symposium on “Genomics and Gene Expression” on Friday, April 26, 2013. This one-day event is open to everyone and will be held at the Marriott University Park Hotel. Lunch will be provided. The symposium will feature four speakers and a poster session where the current IGERT students will present their research from individual projects. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Please RSVP at </span><a href="http://www.genomics.arizona.edu/rsvp.html"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>www.genomics.arizona.edu/rsvp.html</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> by Thursday, April 18, 2013. See the attached PDF (or the text below) for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Genomics and Gene Expression<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Symposium Sponsored by the<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>University of Arizona NSF-IGERT Program in Comparative Genomics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Friday, April 26, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>10:30 am - 4:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Marriott University Park Hotel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>880 E. Second Street<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tucson, Arizona 85719<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>PROGRAM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>10:30 am <b>Patricia Wittkopp</b>, University of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>"Genomic sources of regulatory variation: from mutation to polymorphism to divergence"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>11:15 am <b>Rachel Brem</b>, University of California, Berkeley<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>"Pathway regulatory evolution in fungi"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>12:00 pm <b>Lunch and Poster Session</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2:30 pm <b>Christina Richards</b>, University of South Florida<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>"Understanding mechanisms of response to novel and changing environments"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>3:15 pm <b>Jenny Tung</b>, Duke University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>"Social regulation of gene expression in captive and wild primates”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>This event is free and open to everyone. Lunch will be provided. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Please RSVP at </span><a href="http://www.genomics.arizona.edu/rsvp.html"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>www.genomics.arizona.edu/rsvp.html</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> by <b>Thursday, April 18, 2013</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>