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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The First Annual Regenerative Medicine Symposium and Poster Session, sponsored by the Gulf Coast Cluster for Regenerative Medicine, will be <u>Friday, October 3</u>, BioScience Research Collaborative, 6500 Main Street. It will be an all-day event with two invited keynote speakers, a series of short talks, posters, and a point-counterpoint discussion. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Call for Abstracts:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We welcome your participation in the poster session and short talks. Abstracts are due August 15 via email to Melissa Thompson, <a href="mailto:mst3@rice.edu"><span style='color:windowtext'>mst3@rice.edu</span></a>. Please let us know if you wish to present a poster, short talk, or both. See the attached form for abstract information and requirements. <u>Prizes </u>will be given for outstanding posters and short talks given by trainees (predocs, postdocs and residents).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>More information and registration for the symposium will be available soon. We look forward to seeing you on October 3. <span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><u>Please feel free to forward this email.<o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Members of the Organizing Committee: <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ravi Birla, Univ. of Houston; Charles Cox, UT Health Science Center; James Dennis, Baylor College of Medicine; Cindy Farach-Carson, Rice Univ.; Chuck Fraser, Texas Children’s; Jane Grande-Allen, Rice Univ.; Brendan Lee, Baylor College of Medicine; Hoang Nguyen, Baylor College of Medicine; Laura Smith-Callahan, UT Health Science Center; Doris Taylor, Texas Heart Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gulf Coast Cluster for Regenerative Medicine (GCCL RM)<br></span></u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>On December 18, 2012, the <a href="http://gcc.rice.edu/Home.aspx">Gulf Coast Consortia</a> announced a new Research Cluster for Regenerative Medicine. The cluster involves partnerships between several GCC member institutions, including Rice University, University of Houston, Baylor College of Medicine, and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, as well as the Texas Heart Institute, Texas Children's Hospital and other southeast Texas institutions. This cluster represents an unprecedented opportunity to place Houston and the Texas Medical Center at the forefront of regenerative medicine. Faculty will work together under this cluster to establish an inter-institutional, multi-disciplinary ‘Center of Excellence.’ <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Karen S. Ethun, Executive Director<br>Gulf Coast Consortia for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Office Location:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>BioScience Research Collaborative<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>6500 Main St. at University Blvd.,Suite 160<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Houston, Texas 77005<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>713-348-4753<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>713-348-4659 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>GCC Member Institutions:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University, University of Houston,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>UTHealth, UTMB Health, MD Anderson Cancer Center<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.gulfcoastconsortia.org">www.gulfcoastconsortia.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>