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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">My colleague Matthew Ryan and I wanted to make you aware that we are once again going to try and hold our symposium that was postponed from last year’s conference, this year at AIC/SPNHC 2021, May 11-15<sup>th</sup>
in Jacksonville, Florida. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Please see the description below. We are writing to encourage all who could potentially contribute their expertise and experience on this topic to submit an abstract. We would also like to ask that you forward
this on to anyone you might know who may be interested and could potentially attend the meeting. Also note that the symposium is listed under the category “PRE-, POST-, AND LUNCH SESSIONS” but the organizers have assured me there will be room for the symposium
within the regular conference time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The abstract submission deadline of SEPTEMBER 30th is coming up fast so we would appreciate you considering this request in due haste.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Please feel free to write to us if you have further questions and if you think you might be able to contribute a talk.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Many thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">James and Matt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="https://www.culturalheritage.org/events/annual-meeting/current-meeting/call-for-submissions/pre-sessions">https://www.culturalheritage.org/events/annual-meeting/current-meeting/call-for-submissions/pre-sessions</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0F6851;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Appreciating the little things in life: Molecular technologies driving new methodologies in specimen preservation and management<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Organisers:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Dr James Macklin</span><sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">1</span></sup><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">,
Dr Matthew Ryan</span><sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">2</span></sup><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">1</span></sup><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Canada, </span><sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">2</span></sup><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">CABI,
Egham, United Kingdom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">The advent of the genomic age and the technologies that drive it have made an enormous impact on biological research. One of these major impacts has been the ability to identify and study microorganisms
both as individual species and in their associated communities. These organisms occupy an incredibly diverse set of habitats and substrates such as water, soil, air, and in association with living systems (plants, animals, fungi, etc.). These microbiomes are
now being sampled at an unprecedented rate and there is an urgent need to preserve the environments in which these organisms live to support future study. Natural history collections have been preserving non-living baseline physical evidence for centuries:
the specimen. Similarly, botanical gardens, zoos, and aquaria, and more recently germplasm and culture collections have preserved living specimens. One solution to preserving these microbiomes is biobanking using various cryotechnologies, which has become
a necessity to preserve important genetic material for later use. However, other solutions to long-term preservation are also required to maintain these microorganisms in matrix. This reality has begun to put pressure on collection-based institutions to store
and manage these new sample/specimen types and their associated data. In this symposium we will discuss the challenges these new preservation methodologies present and potential solutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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