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font-family:Tahoma'>Thanks to Christina Grozinger for forwarding the below:<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>We are pleased to
announce the second Honey Bee Genomics &amp; Biology Workshop, which will be
held at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Cold</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
 w:st="on">Spring</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Harbor</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
from May 8 to May 10, 2011. &nbsp;It will immediately precede the Biology of
Genomes meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>We have an
outstanding international group of invited speakers, and a diverse array of
symposia which will cover the wealth of exciting recent developments in honey
bee and social insect biology - see below for a full listing.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>The submission
deadline for abstracts for poster and oral presentations is&nbsp;<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>February 18, 2011</span></b>. &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>For more
information, including information on the pre-meeting workshop on the
Development of Functional Genomic Tools in Honey Bees, please go to the
website: &nbsp;<a href="http://meetings.cshl.edu/meetings/honeyb11.shtml">http://meetings.cshl.edu/meetings/honeyb11.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Please pass this
information along to interested colleagues, and we hope to see you in May!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Christina Grozinger,
Uli Mueller, and Robert Page<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;font-weight:normal'>Martin Beye,</span></font></b><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>&nbsp;</span></font></strong><em><i><font
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:black'>Heinrich-Heine <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Universität Duesseldorf</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
 w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place></span></font></i></em><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><br>
<strong><b><font face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-weight:normal'>Andrew
Feinberg,</span></font></b>&nbsp;</strong><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
 w:st="on"><em><i><font face="Times New Roman">Johns</font></i></em></st1:PlaceName><em><i><font
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 w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></font></i></em></st1:place><br>
<strong><b><font face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-weight:normal'>Hugh
Robertson,</span></font></b>&nbsp;</strong><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
 w:st="on"><em><i><font face="Times New Roman">University</font></i></em></st1:PlaceType><em><i><font
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face="Times New Roman">, Urbana-Champaign</font></i></em><br>
<strong><b><font face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-weight:normal'>Gene
Robinson,</span></font></b>&nbsp;</strong><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
 w:st="on"><em><i><font face="Times New Roman">University</font></i></em></st1:PlaceType><em><i><font
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face="Times New Roman">, Urbana-Champaign</font></i></em><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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color:black;font-weight:bold'>Sessions &amp; Co-Chairs:</span></font></i></b></em><i><font
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<strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">Population Genetics, Evolutionary and
Comparative Genomics</font></b></strong><br>
Charlie Whitfield,&nbsp;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><em><i><font
  face="Times New Roman">University</font></i></em></st1:PlaceType><em><i><font
 face="Times New Roman"> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Illinois</st1:PlaceName></font></i></em></st1:place><em><i><font
face="Times New Roman">, Urbana-Champaign</font></i></em><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Juergen Gadau</st1:City>,<em><i><font
 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;<st1:State w:st="on">Arizona</st1:State></font></i></em></st1:place><em><i><font
face="Times New Roman"> State University</font></i></em><br>
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<strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">Epigenetics and Genomics</font></b></strong><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Soojin Yi</st1:City>,&nbsp;<st1:country-region
 w:st="on"><em><i><font face="Times New Roman">Georgia</font></i></em></st1:country-region></st1:place><em><i><font
face="Times New Roman"> Tech</font></i></em><br>
Greg Hunt,&nbsp;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><em><i><font
  face="Times New Roman">Purdue</font></i></em></st1:PlaceName><em><i><font
 face="Times New Roman"> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></font></i></em></st1:place><br>
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<strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">Neurobiology and Behavior</font></b></strong><br>
Dorothea Eisenhardt,&nbsp;<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">Freie <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Universität</st1:City> <st1:State w:st="on">Berlin</st1:State>,
 <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place></font></i></em><br>
Ricarda Scheiner,&nbsp;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><em><i><font
  face="Times New Roman">Universität Potsdam</font></i></em></st1:City><em><i><font
 face="Times New Roman">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></font></i></em></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

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color:black;font-style:italic'>Physiology and Development</span></font></i></b></strong><i><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-style:italic'><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Gro Amdam</st1:City>,&nbsp;<st1:State
 w:st="on"><em><i><font face="Times New Roman">Arizona</font></i></em></st1:State></st1:place><em><i><font
face="Times New Roman"> State University</font></i></em><br>
Guy Bloch,&nbsp;<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">Hebrew <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
 w:st="on">University of Jerusalem</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region></st1:place></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

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size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;font-style:italic'>Immunity and Host-Parasite Interactions</span></font></i></b></strong><i><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-style:italic'><br>
Jay Evans,&nbsp;<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">USDA-ARS</font></i></em><br>
Elke Genersch,&nbsp;<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">Länderinstitut für
Bienenkunde, Germany</font></i><u1:p></u1:p></em><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

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