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<div><span>Hello SPLS community,</span><span><br>
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<div><span>It’s time for an official announcement. The Retreat of the School of Plant Science will be on Dec. 7/8 at the JW Marriott in Tucson (see flyer).</span><span>The retreat welcomes all grad students, postdoctoral researchers and faculty. A separate
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<div><span>The retreat will also present several awards to the graduate students and postdoctoral researchers of the school :</span><span><br>
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<div><span>Best Paper Award for a Graduate Student ($1000)</span></div>
<div><span>Best Paper Award for a Postdoctoral Researcher ($1000)</span></div>
<div><span>Best Poster Awards ($500/300/200)</span></div>
<div><span>Award for the computational science on plants and their extended phenotypes ($750/500/250)</span><span> </span></div>
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<div><span>(see details about award eligibility, process and evaluation rubric attached)</span><span><br>
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<div>As a heads up: Students and PostDocs are expected to provide a poster abstract during the registration process and present a poster at the retreat.</div>
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<div>See you all in December!</div>
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<div>The Retreat Committee</div>
<div>(Alex, Amritha, Giovanni, Rebecca and Ravi)</div>
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Dr. Alexander Bucksch - Associate Professor - BIO5 member<br>
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School of Plant Sciences <br>
Marley Building 541C<br>
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Associate Editor at Plant Methods<br>
Associate Editor at Frontiers in Plant Science <br>
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e: bucksch@arizona.edu<br>
w: http://www.computational-plant-science.org<br>
Twitter: @koalaspirit<br>
Mastodon: @Koalaspirit@mastodon.online<br>
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We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples. Today, Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized tribes, with Tucson being home to the O’odham and the Yaqui. Committed to diversity and inclusion,
the University strives to build sustainable relationships with sovereign Native Nations and Indigenous communities through education offerings, partnerships, and community service.
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