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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Dear Colleague:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Re:
Biomedical Science Careers Student Conference<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>
The <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">Westin Hotel Copley
Place</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Boston</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Massachusetts</st1:State></st1:address><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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Friday Evening, February 26 and Saturday, February 27, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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color=red face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red;
font-weight:bold'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><font size=3
color=red face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red;
font-weight:bold'>The deadline to apply for the conference has been extended to
January 22, 2010!</span></font></u></b><font color=red><span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>BSCP will hold its tenth biennial New England-wide <b><u><span
style='font-weight:bold'>BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CAREERS STUDENT CONFERENCE</span></u>
for</b> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>postdoctoral fellows; medical, dental
and graduate students; post-baccalaureates; college and community college
students on Saturday, February 27, 2010 </span></b>at The Westin Hotel Copley
Place in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Boston</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Massachusetts</st1:State></st1:place> from 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM.
All postdoctoral fellows; medical, dental and graduate students;
post-baccalaureates; college and community college students are also welcome to
join us on <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Friday evening, February 26 for
dinner and keynote address. Dinner will be followed by interactive
workshops</span></b>. There is no registration fee for the conference but
pre-registration is required.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>We are asking for your help in
recruiting </span></font></b><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>postdoctoral
fellows; medical, dental and graduate students; college and community college students;
post-baccalaureates (particularly African-American, Hispanic American and
American Indian/Alaska Native individuals) involved in biomedical or
health-related field who would benefit from attending this conference.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Students interested in receiving an
application form and tentative agenda need to e-mail us </span></font></b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>as soon as possible at <a
href="mailto:fahri_ercem@hms.harvard.edu"
title="mailto:fahri_ercem@hms.harvard.edu">fahri_ercem@hms.harvard.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Thank you in advance for any assistance you could provide.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>The BSCP Team<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><i><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>_______________________________________</span></font></i></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><i><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Mr. Fahri Ercem</span></font></i></b></strong><font
size=1><span style='font-size:7.5pt'> <br>
</span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
Arial'>Biomedical Science Careers Program</span></font><font size=1><span
style='font-size:7.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Arial'>Office for Diversity and Community Partnership<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Arial'>Harvard Medical School</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Arial'><ns0:address w:insAuthor="fe1" w:insDate="2010-01-04T15:10:00Z"
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w:insAuthor="fe1" w:insDate="2010-01-04T15:10:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="fe1"
w:endInsDate="2010-01-04T15:10:00Z">164 Longwood Avenue, # 310</ns0:Street> <br>
<ns0:City w:insAuthor="fe1" w:insDate="2010-01-04T15:10:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="fe1"
w:endInsDate="2010-01-04T15:10:00Z">Boston</ns0:City>, <ns0:State
w:insAuthor="fe1" w:insDate="2010-01-04T15:10:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="fe1"
w:endInsDate="2010-01-04T15:10:00Z">MA</ns0:State> <ns0:PostalCode
w:insAuthor="fe1" w:insDate="2010-01-04T15:10:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="fe1"
w:endInsDate="2010-01-04T15:10:00Z">02115</ns0:PostalCode></ns0:address></span></font><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> <br>
</span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
Arial'>Phone: (617) 432-2729</span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> <br>
</span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
Arial'>Fax: (617) 432-3834</span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.bscp.org/">http://www.bscp.org</a></span></font><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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