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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Dear enthusiasts of the SLAAM seminars,</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We are excited to bring to you a special Soft Living Active and Adaptive Matter (SLAAM) this coming Monday, <b> March 7th</b> at <b>9 am (Pacific)/</b>12
noon Eastern US. <u>Please check the date</u> and <u>time carefully</u> because we are going out of cycle for a bit in view of the APS March meeting week when we will have no seminar. I also regret any possible past issues with time zone conversions. This
seminar will be given by <b>Dr. Anna Lappala</b> <i>( Harvard University, MA).</i></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#201F1E"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Title: </span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323336;background:white"> 4D
Chromosome Organization: Combining Polymer Physics, Knot Theory and High Performance Computing</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The zoom information for this talk is:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><br>
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<a href="https://ucmerced.zoom.us/j/92693607475?pwd=TnI5dDhRRnYvejNZK2xNN0s4M0R5UT09" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://ucmerced.zoom.us/j/92693607475?pwd=TnI5dDhRRnYvejNZK2xNN0s4M0R5UT09</span></a><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Meeting ID: 926 9360 7475</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Passcode: 223642</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">Dr. Lappala is currently an instructor in Investigation</span><span style="color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">at Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital. She uses Molecular Dynamics simulations, polymer theory and differential geometry to study knots
and entanglement in soft and biological matter. The talk abstract and full speaker bio can be viewed </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="https://physics.ucmerced.edu/sites/physics.ucmerced.edu/files/page/documents/anna_lappala_slaam.pdf"><span style="background:white">here</span></a><span style="background:white">.</span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">As usual, graduate students will have an opportunity to interact with the speaker in an informal setting during "Meet the speaker hour" just after the
talk. Please join if the time works for you. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">I would also like to share with you the
<a href="https://ucmerced.zoom.us/rec/play/dDlwX1qznAGPMouPdUgH9J7j2wCtYYg4im9GV2juGzro5h0a6H-lTXqn_MAKx2abuCzlXraDZfFaAemZ.oTzWcST4GeYK4O14?continueMode=true&_x_zm_rtaid=XhPABM55T_2d0mZ9zrAkHg.1646249245873.cdc7234d7202613b78ad595fd1f5e0b8&_x_zm_rhtaid=754">
recording of the last talk by Dr. Caleb Wagner</a>. Recordings of previous talks are uploaded here regularly with the speaker’s consent:
<a href="https://physics.ucmerced.edu/slaam">https://physics.ucmerced.edu/slaam</a>. Please
<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTyzEuuE7TfrrapgP4tzN_oPSqbBhURUxa9-zc8USnY1IPzA/viewform">
sign up here to register your interest</a> to give a talk (postdocs only) and to receive these notifications.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Best regards,<br>
Kinjal Dasbiswas<br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">on behalf of organizing team</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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