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</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We invite researchers (especially PhD students and postdocs) from all branches of the life sciences to participate in the one-week<b> Lorentz workshop</b> <b>Life Sciences with Industry 2018</b> in Leiden: November 19 – 23, 2018. During the workshop, 24 participants will tackle, three <i>scientifically challenging</i> and <i>commercially important</i> problems formulated by the following three companies.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">VITO</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><i style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">A Serious Game on Preventive Health</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">For a full description of these challenges </span><a href="https://www.lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2018/1055/info.php3?wsid=1055&venue=Snellius" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://www.lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2018/1055/info.php3?wsid=1055&venue=Snellius</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">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 href="http://www.lorentzcenter.nl/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:purple">http://www.lorentzcenter.nl/</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">).<br>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>first come first served).</i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Register on the workshop website</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">: </span><a href="https://www.lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2018/1055/info.php3?wsid=1055&venue=Snellius" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://www.lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2018/1055/info.php3?wsid=1055&venue=Snellius</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Deadline: Friday October 19, 2018. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><br>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 href="http://biosb.nl/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:purple">http://biosb.nl/</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">) and the three companies involved.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Need for more information? <br>Contact (</span><a href="mailto:batenburg@lorentzcenter.nl" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;text-decoration-line:none">Carey Batenburg-Einthoven</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">at the Lorentz Center (phone <span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">+31 715 275 578</span></span><span lang="EN-US">).</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span></p>
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