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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"></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black">Here is a reminder of tomorrow's special seminar:</span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;"> March
7th</b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> at </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;">9 am (Pacific)/</b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">12
noon Eastern US </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">by </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;">Dr.
Anna Lappala</b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">(
Harvard University, MA).</i></p>
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</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"></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"></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"></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. </span></p>
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<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"></span></p>
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