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<P class=MsoHeader style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'">Laboratories of
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<P class=MsoHeader style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'">Bioinformatics
at<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoHeader style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'">The
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w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename
w:st="on">Massachusetts</st1:placename></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoHeader style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoHeader style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt">April 29<SUP>th</SUP>, 2005<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoHeader style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt">8:30 AM- 5:00 PM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoHeader style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt">with a reception following the
conference<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoHeader style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoHeader style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Please join us for a day conference highlighting the
innovative work in bioinformatics taking place on the five campuses of the
University of Massachusetts</SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoHeader style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoHeader style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Keynote speakers<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoHeader style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoHeader style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt">Dr. John N. Weinstein</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt">,</SPAN> <B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt">M.D.,
Ph.D.</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt"><BR>Head, Genomics &
Bioinformatics Group, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoHeader style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt">LMP, CCR, National Cancer Institute</SPAN><BR><B><SPAN
lang=DE style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt"></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoHeader style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN lang=DE
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt">Dr. Mark Gerstein, </SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=DE
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt">Ph.D.</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=DE
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoHeader style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt">Associate Professor of Biomedical
Informatics</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt">, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoHeader style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt">Yale</SPAN></st1:placename><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt"> <st1:placetype
w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></SPAN></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoHeader style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 2in 0pt 0.5in"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Attendance is free but registration is limited
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 2in 0pt 0.5in"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Lunch and reception will be
provided<SPAN></SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 2in 0pt 0.5in"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 2in 0pt 0.5in"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Deadline for registration is April 15<SUP>th</SUP>,
2005.</SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 2in 0pt 0.5in"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Register at:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P><FONT
face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><A
href="http://cs.uml.edu/ivpr/meeting.html">
http://cs.uml.edu/ivpr/meeting.html</A></SPAN></FONT>
<P class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 2in"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">For additional information contact Dr. Georges Grinstein
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">978-934-3627 or <A
href="mailto:grinstein@cs.uml.edu">grinstein@cs.uml.edu</A></SPAN></B>
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