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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121">Greeting Xenopus community!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121">Registration is open for the meeting “Neural Crest development and disorders: from patient to model system and back again” (<a href="https://neucrestfinalconference.org/" title="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fneucrestfinalconference.org%2F&data=05%7C01%7CChristina.James_Zorn%40cchmc.org%7Ce6bd6ffb793d440374f308dbe48afe3f%7C680254d4278b4aa1aca8c2600f79c533%7C0%7C0%7C638355057854408692%7CUnknown%7"><span style="color:#0078D7">https://neucrestfinalconference.org/</span></a>),
being held in the Peninsula of Giens, in the south of France in March 2024.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121">Organised by the students in the EUs
</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121">EU Innovative Training Network</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121">
<span lang="EN-GB">PhD program, </span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#494949;background:white"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#494949;background:white">this
international scientific conference is organised by the Ph.D. students of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><a href="https://neucrest.curie.fr/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#FECE00;text-decoration:none">NEUcrest</span></strong></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#494949;background:white"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#494949;background:white">project,
a research and training consortium funded by EU Horizon 2020 program, aimed at deciphering the molecular bases of NC development, developing models of human neurocristopathies and experimental tools for NC research.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121">.
Working with <i>Xenopus</i> has been an important part of the ITN, which <span class="apple-converted-space">
includes Grant Wheeler</span>, Anne-Helene Monsoro-Burq, Gerhard Schlosser, Mustafa Khokha and Karen Liu on the steering committee.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121">As there is a large number of people studying Neural Crest in the
<i>Xenopus</i> community, they wanted make sure everyone hears of this amazing opportunity to attend this NC conference.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#494949">Early career researchers, Ph.D. students and young scientists are encouraged to attend the conference, and to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">apply
for an oral or a poster presentation</span></strong>. Ph.D students should also watch out for the early bird registrations, as the
<b>first 30 students to apply will be offered a highly discounted registration fee by the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://neucrest.curie.fr/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#FECE00;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none">NEUcrest</span></strong></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>consortium.
<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#494949">Together with an engaging series of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">plenary talks</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>by
leading experts in the field of Neural Crest biology in development and disease,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">this conference strongly highlights the new generation of young scientists of the
Neural Crest research community.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#494949">Over the course of 2.5 intense days, attendees can expect exciting sessions and discussions exploring<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">all
facets of Neural Crest development</span></strong>, covering the initial phases of NC induction and specification over to NC cell differentiation, and Neurocristopathies. To include a patient perspective to the ongoing research, this conference also invited
a speaker, living with a Neurocristopathy to share her experience and her view of the expectations from public and patients for current research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#494949"><a href="https://neucrestfinalconference.org/speakers" target="_blank"><span style="color:#FECE00">I</span><span style="color:#FECE00">nvited speakers</span></a></span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#494949">:
</span></b></span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#494949">Dr. Anestis Tsakiridis, Dr. Eric Theveneau, Dr. Maria Eleni Kastriti, Dr. Ruth Palmer<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#494949">Keynote speaker: Professor Marianne Bronner.</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#494949"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="outline: currentcolor"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121">Attached the official poster of the conference – please print a copy and post in your institute or department, and forward this email to
people you know who work in the field. </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">sent by Xenbase on behalf of Grant Wheeler<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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