<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>This is a short deadline, but a great opportunity to give a 5-min talk in a fun, supportive environment!</div><div><br></div><div>Consider signing up, this includes undergrads!</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Jay</div><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">SNRI Requests</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:snrirequests@ucmerced.edu">snrirequests@ucmerced.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM<br>Subject: SNRI Lightning Talks - Abstracts due Fri 2/28<br>To: <br></div><br><br><div class="msg9076101692315270342">




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Please share with your grad students and other early career researchers and encourage them to participate and attend. </div>
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A great opportunity to present to a "friendly" audience!</div>
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Molly Stephens, PhD | Executive Director, UC Merced Sierra Nevada Research Institute |
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 25, 2025 1:17 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> SNRI Lightning Talks - Abstracts due Fri 2/28</span>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;color:black;background-color:lime"><b>Save the Date</b></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><b> and
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<span style="font-size:16pt"><b>2025 SNRI Early Career Researcher Lightning Talks</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16pt">Tuesday, 3/11/2025 @ 10am-12pm</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16pt">In-person, UC Merced Conference Center Rm110</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt">A UC Merced Research Week Event</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt">The 2025 SNRI Early Career Researcher Lightning Talks event is geared toward science and lay audiences alike. We are soliciting short, 5-minute research talks from SNRI-affiliated researchers. Please consider submitting an abstract!</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt"><b>What</b>: 5-minute Talks, either </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(5,99,193)"><u><a href="https://www.beautiful.ai/blog/lightning-talks-and-ignite-talks-a-beginners-guide" id="m_9076101692315270342OWAe86652c3-ce0a-7956-f1b7-c4aa47a0ad11" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" target="_blank">Lightning
 Talk (3-6 slides, 5 minutes) or Ignite Talk (20 slides, 15 seconds each) formats allowed</a></u></span><span style="font-size:12pt">, with
<b>total talk time limit of 5 minutes strictly enforced!</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt"><b>Who</b>: SNRI faculty, postdocs, project scientists, field researchers, graduate and undergraduate students</span></p>
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<p style="direction:ltr;margin:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black;background-color:yellow">How: Please Fill out
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Position (if a student, identify the name of the faculty PI lab you work under; priority will be given to SNRI-administered projects)</li><li style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;direction:ltr;margin:0in">
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Author(s), and</li><li style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;direction:ltr;margin:0in">
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<p style="direction:ltr;margin:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Reach out to Molly Stephens
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(5,99,193)"><u><a href="mailto:mstephens3@ucmerced.edu" id="m_9076101692315270342OWA5ab94bbb-27d1-858c-0894-deda424cbc0f" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" target="_blank">mstephens3@ucmerced.edu</a></u></span><span style="font-size:12pt"> with
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