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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='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Gerber, Kristina [mailto:Kristina.Gerber@med.usc.edu] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 17, 2013 2:25 PM<br><b>Subject:</b> Invitation: University of Southern California PSOC Short Course, Tuesday, October 22, 2013 <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Greetings, <span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>On behalf of the USC Physical Sciences in Oncology Center , we would like to extend an invitation to your students, faculty and researchers, to attend our 2<sup>nd</sup> annual short course. The USC PSOC short course is scheduled for Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at the USC Davidson Conference Center, located at the main campus (3415 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90089). There is no cost to attend this short course. However, registration is required and space is limited. <b><i>Please disseminate the attached flyer to interested students, faculty, and researchers within your institution.</i></b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>This is a fantastic opportunity to acquire a fundamental understanding of various disciplines and their relation to cancer. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>This course is sponsored by our USC Physical Sciences in Oncology Center, which was selected by NCI/NIH as one of twelve PSOC research centers in the nation. The overall goals of the center are to take new, non-traditional approaches to cancer research by studying the physical laws and principles of cancer; evolution and evolutionary theory of cancer; information coding, decoding, transfer and translation in cancer; and ways to de-convolute cancer’s</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> complexity. In addition, we have been charged to encourage widespread collaboration and to <b><i>build a new generation of scientists to lead these transdisciplinary efforts.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Multidisciplinary Tutorials:</span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> clinical oncology • molecular, cellular, and tissue biology • mathematical and computational modeling in biology • cutting-edge cellular measurements • data mining • pathway-based discovery • impact of stochastic processes in biology<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>This is a full day event beginning <span style='color:black'>at 9:00 a.m. and ending at 5:00 p.m. Continental breakfast and lunch with be provided for registered attendees. Additionally, we will have a reception and poster session in the evening from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.</span> <b><i>For more information regarding this event,<span style='color:red'> <u>please contact Kristina Gerber at 323-442-3849 or <a href="mailto:kgerber@usc.edu">kgerber@usc.edu</a></u>.</span></i></b><i> Registration is now available at</i><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></i><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://uscpsoc.org/ShortCourse">http://uscpsoc.org/ShortCourse</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Best regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Kristina Gerber<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Program Analyst<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Physical Sciences in Oncology Center<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>USC - Center for Applied Molecular Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>2250 Alcazar Street, CSC-240<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Los Angeles, CA 90033-9075<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Phone</span></b><b><span lang=ES-MX style='font-size:10.0pt'>:</span></b><span lang=ES-MX style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>323-442-3849</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Fax</span><span lang=ES-MX style='font-size:10.0pt'>: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>323-442-2764</span><span lang=ES-MX style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:kgerber@usc.edu">kgerber@usc.edu</a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><img border=0 width=201 height=51 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CEB3B1.0F48B6D0" alt=physical-logo></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><br />--
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