<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Times;color:black">Enter the Faces of
Biology Photo Contest for your chance to win $250 and to have your photo appear
on the cover of the journal <i>BioScience</i>.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Times;color:black">The competition,
sponsored by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), recognizes
scientists who use imagery to communicate aspects of biological research to the
public and policymakers.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Times;color:black">The theme of the
contest is “Faces of Biology.” 
Photographs entered into the contest must depict a person, such as a
scientist, researcher, collections curator, technician, or student, engaging in
biological research. The depicted research may occur outside, in a lab, with a
natural history collection, on a computer, in a classroom, or elsewhere.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Times;color:black">The COVID-19
pandemic has changed how science is being conducted in 2020.  You are invited to share how you are
conducting your research in these unusual times.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Times;color:black">The First Place
Winner will have his/her winning photo featured on the cover of <i>BioScience</i>,
and will receive $250 and a one year subscription to <i>BioScience</i>.  The Second and Third Place Winners will have
his/her winning photo printed inside <i>BioScience</i>, and will receive a one
year subscription to <i>BioScience</i>.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Times;color:black">The winning photo
from the 2019 contest was featured on the cover of the April 2020 </span><a href="https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article-abstract/70/4/294/5758224?redirectedFrom=fulltext" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Times">issue</span></a><span style="font-family:Times;color:black"> of <i>BioScience</i>.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Times;color:black">Submissions must be
received by 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time on September 30, 2020.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Times;color:black">For more information or to enter the contest,
visit </span><a href="https://www.aibs.org/public-programs/photocontest.html" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Times">https://www.aibs.org/public-programs/photocontest.html</span></a><span style="font-family:Times">.</span></p></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">___________________________________________<br><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Jyotsna Pandey, Ph.D.<br>Public Policy Manager<br>American Institute of Biological Sciences<br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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