<div dir="ltr">Dear All,<div><br></div><div><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:9pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;line-height:12pt"><font color="#231f20" face="Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont"><span style="font-size:14px">Our yearly long-read sequencing conference, SMRTLeiden, is coming up in a few weeks. Please find the details below and join if interested.</span></font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:9pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;line-height:12pt"><font color="#231f20" face="Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont"><span style="font-size:14px">Cheers,</span></font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:9pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;line-height:12pt"><font color="#231f20" face="Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont"><span style="font-size:14px">Ahmed Mahfouz</span></font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:9pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(35,31,32)">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:9pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(35,31,32)">SMRTLeiden Young Investigator Virtual Conference</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:9pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(35,31,32)">Date: 27 - 28 May 2021</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:9pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(35,31,32)"><br></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:9pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(35,31,32)">Want to hear about the latest scientific discoveries and novel analytical achievements enabled by HiFi sequencing? Check the <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprograms.pacificbiosciences.com%2Fe%2F1652%2FSMRT-Leiden-2021-agenda%2F42scdb%2F566802671%3Fh%3DErET0r0aq4j5XhjrXdTJxEr90uBNLvZsRbKRZf61Ka4&data=04%7C01%7C%7C88a5b03ed73841f8a68908d90ef6d468%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637557275549863246%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=tYgn%2BPHzoF0IwFUvqASiZ%2FlZJxiTmXmLno5f55ItcSk%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:blue">agenda</a> for the <b>SMRT Leiden 2021 – Young Investigator Virtual Conference. </b>This year the<b> </b>spotlight will be on young investigators<b>.</b></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(35,31,32)"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;line-height:12pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(35,31,32)">Agenda highlights:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(35,31,32)"></span></p><ul type="disc" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;margin-bottom:0in"><li style="color:rgb(35,31,32);line-height:12pt;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Live keynote presentations from:</span><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom:0in"><li style="line-height:12pt;margin:0in;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Arang Rhie, </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:black">National Human Genome Research Institute</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"></span></li><li style="line-height:12pt;margin:0in;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Melissa L. Smith, University of Louisville</span></li><li style="line-height:12pt;margin:0in;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Tychele N. Turner, Washington University School of Medicine</span></li><li style="line-height:12pt;margin:0in;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Tobias Marschall, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf</span></li><li style="line-height:12pt;margin:0in;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Hubert Pausch, </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:black">Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"></span></li></ul></li><li style="color:rgb(35,31,32);line-height:12pt;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">A session focusing on COVID-19 surveillance</span></li><li style="color:rgb(35,31,32);line-height:12pt;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">SMRT Informatics sessions and discussions on WGS, Iso-Seq analysis and Targeted sequencing</span></li><li style="color:rgb(35,31,32);line-height:12pt;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Interactive Q&A and panels discussions</span></li><li style="color:rgb(35,31,32);line-height:12pt;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">A round table on career development where young investigators will discuss their experiences and answer your questions</span></li></ul><p style="margin:0px 0in 6pt 0.5in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(35,31,32)"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:9pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(35,31,32)"><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprograms.pacificbiosciences.com%2Fe%2F1652%2FSMRT-Leiden-2021%2F42sccx%2F566802671%3Fh%3DErET0r0aq4j5XhjrXdTJxEr90uBNLvZsRbKRZf61Ka4&data=04%7C01%7C%7C88a5b03ed73841f8a68908d90ef6d468%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637557275549873242%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=yB503BFMPij5tTK8m7iNLeWxdHCob%2BsJNPHEOByF0vU%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:blue">Register</a> today and join the SMRT community to learn </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">how highly accurate long-read sequencing can help you answer your toughest biological questions.</span></p></div></div>