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<p style="margin-top:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Xenopus</span></i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> Developmental Biology, a 1-week hands-on
practical course.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Registration is open for Students and Postdocs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">When: September 11th - 15th, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Where: MUNI, University Campus, Building D36, Brno-Bohunice, Czech Republic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Subject: A one-week hands-on, practical course introducing Xenopus as a developmental model, where you will learn basic techniques used in Developmental Biology.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Organizer/Staff: Dr. Alice Reis, Columbia University, New York and Dr. Jakub Harnos, MUNI, Czech Rep.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Registration closes August 15th, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">To register contact: Jakub Harnos:
<a href="mailto:harnos@sci.muni.cz">harnos@sci.muni.cz</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Send your CV and a letter explaining your motivation for attending.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">About Brno: Brno is the second largest city in the Czech Republic. The MUNI University Campus is located in Bohunice, a municipal district in the southwest
part of the city. Did you know Brno is the hometown of Gregor Johann Mendel (the Abbot of Brno and founder of modern genetics) and the novelist Milan Kundera (author of
<i>The Unbearable Lightness of Being</i> and other works)!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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