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</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Maureen Barr <<a href="mailto:tagc2024organizers@genetics-gsa.org">tagc2024organizers@genetics-gsa.org</a>></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Subject: Tell your labs and depts to submit an abstract for The Allied Genetics Conference—the deadline is November 9!</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Date:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Harmit Malik and I are excited to be Co-Chairs of a one-of-a-kind meeting:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://genetics-gsa.org/tagc-2024/">The Allied Genetics Conference</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(TAGC)
2024. TAGC offers organism-focused and topic-focused sessions, all in one place, unlike other scientific conferences. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">We urge you to encourage early career scientists in your department to submit an abstract – every submission will be assigned either an oral talk or a poster! This is an outstanding opportunity
to present at this international meeting.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>The abstract submission deadline is November 9 at 8 pm (EST). </b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">We all know how important meetings are to the training and career development of early career researchers. Our lab members often have to choose between organism-specific or topic-focused meetings,
but TAGC is an exceptional opportunity to benefit from both.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">T</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">AGC brings together multiple participating communities
including<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>C. elegans</i>,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Drosophila</i>, Mouse and Rat, PEQG, Plant, Xenopus, Zebrafish and more</span><span style="color:#212121">.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Collaborative
research drives discovery and advancement in the field, and learning about different scientific perspectives and interests expands our horizons and sparks new ideas. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">With an exciting mix of sessions that focus on advances in genetics and genomics in a variety of research organisms, TAGC 2024 is designed to shape the big picture, include diverse voices, and
showcase the fundamental unity of biology—all while providing the chance to spend time with old friends and valued colleagues from around the world.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">TAGC, the Genetics Society of America’s flagship conference, promises a unique large-scale conference with small-size meeting interactions. We’ve optimized the conference-going experience for
early career scientists, designing new opportunities for all participants, investing in cross-community connections, and integrating the best features of each community-specific meeting into the larger event. Join us in March for this one-of-a-kind event.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Conference Themes:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://genetics-gsa.org/tagc-2024/conference-themes/"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://genetics-gsa.org/tagc-2024/conference-themes/</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
Abstract FAQs:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://genetics-gsa.org/tagc-2024/abstract-submission/"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://genetics-gsa.org/tagc-2024/abstract-submission/#abstract-submission-faqs</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Questions? Please email<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:gsaconferences@genetics-gsa.org">gsaconferences@genetics-gsa.org</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Maureen Barr (Rutgers University) & Harmit Malik (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Howard Hughes Medical Institute), Co-Chairs, TAGC 2024</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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