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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>We are pleased to
announce a new training opportunity for graduate students and postdocs. This is
a practical and theoretical course in honey bee RNA interference technology, to
be held at <st1:placename u2:st="on">Penn</st1:placename> <st1:placetype u2:st="on">State</st1:placetype><st1:placetype u2:st="on">University</st1:placetype> and
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The course is sponsored by the Research Council of Norway. This support covers
registration fees, materials and supplies, local accommodations, lunch/coffee
breaks, and provides all attendants with stipends to put toward their travel
costs.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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modules: The first will be held at Penn State this fall, August 1-6<sup>th</sup>,
together with an international symposium on functional genomic tools in honey
bees (August 6-7<sup>th</sup>). The second module is scheduled to mid May next
year, and will be held at the <st1:placetype u2:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename u2:st="on">Life
Sciences</st1:placename> (dates TBA). Instructors are Drs. Gérard
Leboulle, Free University of Berlin; <st1:city u2:st="on"><st1:personname u2:st="on">Ying
Wang</st1:personname></st1:city>, <st1:state u2:st="on">Arizona</st1:state> State
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information and registration page is now live at: </span></font></span><a
href="http://agsci.psu.edu/honey-bee"><span class=apple-style-span><font
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students and postdocs!<u1:p></u1:p></span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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deadline: May 15<sup>th</sup> 2011; 12 applicants will be selected to
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interested in attending the course? Please get in touch with Gro and Christina
for more information.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2
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style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Christina M.
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style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Huck Institutes of
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