<html><body><div id="zimbraEditorContainer" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000" class="5"><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000"><div> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #505050; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dear, <br></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #505050; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #505050; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The early registration deadline for the </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #505050; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2021 Galaxy Community Conference</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #505050; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> has been moved back to </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #505050; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">June 8</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #505050; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. This gives you more time to take advantage of the </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #505050; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">50% discount</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #505050; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> off full registration prices, so make sure you sign up now so you don't miss out! Register </span><a href="https://www.vibconferences.be/events/gcc2021-virtual-edition#attendees" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">here</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #505050; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br></b><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #505050; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The </span><a href="https://gcc2021.sched.com/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">draft programme</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #505050; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and the speakers are now also available online. Please bear in mind that the times are set for the Europe/Middle East/Africa - Asia/Pacific window, and that the same schedule will run 9 hours later for the Americas. The availability of the speakers for the Q&A session will depend on the time zone in which they are located. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #505050; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Posters and demo</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #505050; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> abstracts can still be </span><a href="https://www.vibconferences.be/events/gcc2021-virtual-edition#abstracts" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">submitted</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #505050; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> until the </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #505050; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">14th of June</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #505050; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br></b><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #505050; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Feel free to distribute this message further in your network.</span></p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br></b><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #505050; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We hope to meet you online! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #505050; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kim De Ruyck on behalf of the GCC2021 Organizing Committee<br></span></p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">-- <br><div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> Kim De Ruyck PhD </span></strong> <strong> </strong><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Coordinator ELIXIR Belgium</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Technologiepark 71, 9052 Ghent, Belgium</span></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline; background-color: #ffffff;"><a href="http://www.elixir-belgium.org/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.elixir-belgium.org</a></span></span> <u><a href="https://twitter.com/ELIXIRnodeBE" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@ELIXIRnodeBE</a></u></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span class=""><span style="background-color: #ffffff;"><a href="http://eepurl.com/cl-xOX" style="color: #ff6600;" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Subscribe to our mailing list</span></span></span></a></span></span></strong></span><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>