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<p class="MsoNormal">The “Summer Symposium on Transcriptional
Dynamics, Evolution, and Systems Biology”, will be held on
campus on July 22-24, 2011 in the Biomedical and Physical
Sciences Building.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Recognizing the increasingly important
connections between transcriptional research at the molecular
and genomic scale, this meeting will bring together leading
scientists whose focus on gene regulation includes mechanism,
systems analysis, and evolution/development. Confirmed speakers
include:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<u><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Transcriptional Mechanisms</span></u><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left:
1.25in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Irina Artsimovitch, The Ohio
State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left:
1.25in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Benoit Coulombe, <span
style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Institut de recherches
cliniques de Montréal (IRCM)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left:
1.25in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Dorothy
Erie, University of North Carolina<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left:
1.25in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Mikhail
Kashlev, National Cancer Institute
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left:
1.25in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dmitry Vassylyev, University of
Alabama, Birmingham
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left:
1.25in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Robert
Weinzierl, Imperial College London<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left:
1.25in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left:
1.25in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<u><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Systems
Analysis</span></u><span style="font-size: 12pt; color:
rgb(51, 51, 51);">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left:
1.25in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Jeffrey
Chuang, Boston College<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left:
1.25in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Daniel Gilchrist, National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left:
1.25in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Nevan Krogan, University of
California, San Francisco<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left:
1.25in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">John
Reinitz, University of Chicago<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left:
1.25in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Francois
Robert, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left:
0.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ali Shilatifard, Stower’s
Institute for Medical Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left:
1.25in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Kevin
White, University of Chicago<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left:
1.25in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left:
1.25in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<u><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Evolution/Development</span></u><span
style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left:
1.25in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Julien Ayroles, North Carolina
State University (change affiliation) (S& E)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left:
1.25in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">John
Doebley, University of Wisconsin, Madison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left:
1.25in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Ilya
Ruvinsky, Univresity of Chicago<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left:
1.25in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Eran
Segal, Weizmann Institute of Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left:
1.25in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Itay
Tirosh, Weizmann Institute of Science (S & E)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left:
1.25in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Gunter
Wagner, Yale University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Additional speakers will be selected from the
poster abstracts that are submitted. More detailed information
will be available on the conference website
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.bmb.msu.edu/GEDD/symposium11/index.html">http://www.bmb.msu.edu/GEDD/symposium11/index.html</a>
as it becomes available.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Helen<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">Helen Geiger</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">Administrative
Assistant</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">Quantitative
Biology Graduate Program/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">Gene Expression in
Development & Disease</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;
font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">Michigan State
University</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">502B Biochemistry
Building</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">East Lansing, MI
48824</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">Phone: (517)
432-9895</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">Fax: (517)
353-9334</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">E-mail:
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:geiger@msu.edu">geiger@msu.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Web: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://qbmi.msu.edu/"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">http://qbmi.msu.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.bch.msu.edu/GEDD/MSU-TRSB-Symposium.htm">http://www.bch.msu.edu/GEDD/index.htm</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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