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    <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;text-align:justify">Dear Colleagues,</p>
    <div>On the behalf of the Chair organizer Pr Hong Gil Nam and as the
      organizer of the session on "Nutrient remobilization and post
      harvest physiology", its my pleasure to announce:</div>
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    <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;text-align:justify"><font
        face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:10pt">The </span><b><i><span
              style="font-size:10pt">IBS Conference on Plant Science:</span></i></b><b><span
            style="font-size:10pt"> </span></b><b><font size="3">T</font><font
            size="3">he 8</font><sup><font size="2">th</font></sup><font
            size="3"> International Symposium on Plant Senescence</font></b><span
          style="font-size:10pt"> which is expanded its scope from
          formerly <b>European Workshop on Plant Senescence</b>, will be
          held f</span><span style="font-size:13px">rom October 31<sup>st</sup> to
          November 4<sup>th</sup>, 2016, in Korea</span><span
          style="font-size:10pt"> (tentatively, at beautiful Jeju
          Island). </span></font></p>
    <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;text-align:justify"><span
        style="font-size:10pt"><font face="Calibri">The conference aims
          to provide a comprehensive overview of plant senescence and
          aging and provoke ample discussion, with an emphasis on
          understanding of how plant senescence and aging affect plant
          productivity. </font></span></p>
    <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;text-align:justify"><span
        style="font-size:10pt"><font face="Calibri">It will be
          structured into eight sessions (tentative sessions):</font></span></p>
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        <div style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
            style="font-size:10pt">Photosynthetic apparatus during leaf
            senescence</span></div>
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      <li style="font-family:'times new roman' , serif;font-size:12pt">
        <div style="text-align:justify;font-family:'calibri' ,
          sans-serif;font-size:11pt;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
            style="font-size:10pt">Subcellular organelle senescence</span></div>
      </li>
      <li style="font-family:'times new roman' , serif;font-size:12pt">
        <div style="text-align:justify;font-family:'calibri' ,
          sans-serif;font-size:11pt;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
            style="font-size:10pt">Organ senescence</span></div>
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      <li style="font-family:'times new roman' , serif;font-size:12pt">
        <div style="text-align:justify;font-family:'calibri' ,
          sans-serif;font-size:11pt;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
            style="font-size:10pt">Regulation of senescence</span></div>
      </li>
      <li style="font-family:'times new roman' , serif;font-size:12pt">
        <div style="text-align:justify;font-family:'calibri' ,
          sans-serif;font-size:11pt;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
            style="font-size:10pt">Senescence and stress</span></div>
      </li>
      <li style="font-family:'times new roman' , serif;font-size:12pt">
        <div style="text-align:justify;font-family:'calibri' ,
          sans-serif;font-size:11pt;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
            style="font-size:10pt">Senescence, reproduction, and plant
            productivity</span></div>
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      <li style="font-family:'times new roman' , serif;font-size:12pt">
        <div style="text-align:justify;font-family:'calibri' ,
          sans-serif;font-size:11pt;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
            style="font-size:10pt">Nutrient remobilization and
            postharvest physiology</span></div>
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      <li>
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sans-serif;font-size:11pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:8pt"><span
            style="font-size:10pt">Phenomics and new approaches (Natural
            variation and evolution)</span></p>
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          sans-serif;text-align:justify;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:8pt"><font
            size="6"><span style="font-family:'calibri'"><br>
            </span></font></p>
        <p style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:8pt"><font
            size="6" face="Calibri"><a
              href="http://8th-isps.org/web/index"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://8th-isps.org/web/index">http://8th-isps.org/web/index</a></a></font></p>
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          sans-serif;text-align:justify;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:8pt"><font
            size="6"><span style="font-family:'calibri'">We will have
              two invited speakers for this session who will be chosen
              on the basis of abstract submission.</span></font></p>
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          sans-serif;text-align:justify;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:8pt"><font
            size="6"><span style="font-family:'calibri'">Please save the
              date for the 8</span><sup style="font-family:'calibri'">th</sup><span
              style="font-family:'calibri'"> International Symposium on
              Plant Senescence and prepare your abstracts.</span></font></p>
        <div style="font-family:'times new roman' , serif"><font
            size="5"><span
              style="font-family:'calibri';text-align:justify">October
              31</span><sup
              style="font-family:'calibri';text-align:justify">st</sup><span
              style="font-family:'calibri';text-align:justify"> to
              November 4</span><sup
              style="font-family:'calibri';text-align:justify">th</sup><span
              style="font-family:'calibri';text-align:justify">, 2016,
              in Korea</span></font></div>
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            size="5"><span
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              style="font-family:'calibri';text-align:justify">Thank you
              to send information to  who might be interested.</span></font></div>
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    <div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
      <p>***Please note my new address.***</p>
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      <p>Dr. Luise H. Brand<br>
        CEPLAS Postdoctoral Researcher</p>
      <p>Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research<br>
        Department of Plant Developmental Biology</p>
      <p>Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10 • 50829 Köln • Germany<br>
        Tel.: +49-(0)221 5062-295</p>
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