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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Please see below the invitation for the
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<span class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">We invite researchers (especially PhD students and postdocs) from all branches of the life sciences to participate in the one-week<b class=""> Lorentz workshop</b> <b class="">Life Sciences with Industry 2017</b> in Leiden:
April 3 – 7, 2017. During the workshop, the about 24 participants will tackle in groups of eight, three <i class="">scientifically challenging</i> and <i class="">commercially important</i> problems formulated by the following three companies.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<b class=""><span lang="NL" class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">Bejo Zaden B.V. </span></b><span lang="NL" class="" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<i class="">Genomic selection, genome-wide selection or genomic prediction in vegetables<o:p class=""></o:p></i></p>
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<b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">BaseClear B.V.<span class="" style="color: rgb(88, 86, 214);"> <br class="">
</span></span></b><i class="">DNA data storage: reading and writing data in DNA in fast and cost-effective way<o:p class=""></o:p></i></p>
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<i class="">Getting the taste of alcohol in alcohol-free drinks<o:p class=""></o:p></i></p>
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<span class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">For a full description of these challenges see: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2017/862/info.php3?wsid=862&venue=Snellius" class="" style="color: purple;">https://www.lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2017/862/info.php3?wsid=862&venue=Snellius</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">The workshop will take place in Leiden in the building of the Lorentz Center, an organisation that is specialised in organising scientific workshops (</span><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.lorentzcenter.nl/" class="" style="color: purple;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">http://www.lorentzcenter.nl/</span></a><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">).<br class="">
To create multi-disciplinary teams, participants will be selected based on their (i) specific background, (ii) motivation to participate, and (iii) date of registration (<i class="">first come first served).<o:p class=""></o:p></i></span></div>
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<b class="">Register on the workshop website</b><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">:<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2017/862/registration.php3?wsid=862&venue=Snellius" class="" style="color: purple;">https://www.lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2017/862/registration.php3?wsid=862&venue=Snellius</a><br class="">
<b class="">Deadline: Sunday March 19, 2017. </b><br class="">
Participation is free of charge, including hotel accommodation, lunches and two dinners during the workshop. The workshop is sponsored by the Lorentz Center, the Research School BioSB (</span><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://biosb.nl/" class="" style="color: purple;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">http://biosb.nl/</span></a><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">),
NWO - Domain Applied and Engineering Sciences (</span><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.stw.nl/" class="" style="color: purple;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">http://www.stw.nl/</span></a><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">) and the
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<span class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">Need for more information? <br class="">
Contact (</span><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:filippo@lorentzcenter.nl" class="" style="color: purple;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">Gerda Filippo</span></a><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">) at the Lorentz Center (phone </span><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">+31
71 527 5401)</span><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">.<br class="">
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<span class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">We hope to welcome you on April 3<sup class="">rd</sup> 2017.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="NL" class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">the organisers:<br class="">
• Dr. Gökhan Ertaylan, MaCSBio, Maastricht University<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="NL" class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">• Dr. Karen van Eunen, University of Groningen<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">• Dr. Ellen Feddes, NWO-Domain Applied and Engineering Sciences, Utrecht<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="NL" class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">• Prof. Dr. Bas Teusink, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="NL" class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">• Prof. Dr. em. Roel van Driel, Universiteit van Amsterdam<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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