<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">FYI. Please see the announcement below for the University of Michigan Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology's Early Career Scientists Symposium. The first set of talks start next Friday, March 5th, at 1 pm EST. Please register in advance.</font></span><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Thanks,<br></font><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Cody</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Cody W. Thompson, PhD<br></font></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Mammal Collections Manager</font></div><div>& Assistant Research Scientist<br><div>University of M<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">ichigan</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Museum of Zoology</font></div><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">3600 Varsity Drive</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108</font></div></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Office: (734) 615-2810</font></div><div>Fa<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">x: (734) 763-4080</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Email: <a href="mailto:cwthomp@umich.edu" target="_blank">cwthomp@umich.edu</a></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Website: <a href="http://codythompson.org" target="_blank">codythompson.org</a></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></span><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px"><b>In response to the ongoing events associated with COVID-19, the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology has suspended non-essential operations. This includes access to the collections via scientific visits or outgoing loans. Please do not ship collections (gifts, exchange, loan returns, etc.) to the museum at this time.</b></span></font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Gail Kuhnlein</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:kuhnlein@umich.edu">kuhnlein@umich.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 5:19 PM<br>Subject: Early Career Scientists Symposium | Natural History Collections: Drivers of Innovation<br>To: 2012 ECSS Regional Scientists Emails <<a href="mailto:2012ecssregsci@umich.edu">2012ecssregsci@umich.edu</a>>, eebsem <<a href="mailto:eebsem@umich.edu">eebsem@umich.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><img src="cid:ii_kkfs91vk0" alt="ECSSpostertopcroptwitter.jpg" width="452" height="226"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:24.4pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><font color="#38761d"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Dear all,</span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0in;line-height:18pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><font color="#38761d"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">The</span> 16th
annual Early Career Scientists Symposium<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> will be held</span> this year in a
virtual format over five consecutive Fridays, beginning March 5<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> and concluding April 2</span>, 2021. Our
theme is <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">"</span><b>Natural History Collections: Drivers of Innovation</b>.<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">"</span> <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">T</span>he <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">2020 </span></span><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></span></span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">symposium <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">was canceled due to</span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> COVID-19 but our full<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> original</span> lineup of speakers will present <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">at the </span>2021<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> symposium</span>.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0in;line-height:18pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">
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Host department</b>: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB)<br>
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Dates<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></span></b>: Fridays, March 5 – April 2, 2021<br>
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Time</b>: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. </font><br>
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<a href="https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/ecss/" style="color:rgb(98,134,34)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,124,137)"><b>Further information</b></span></a><font color="#628622"> </font><span class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">i</span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font color="#38761d">s on the ECSS website including</font></span><span class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> </span></span><b style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/ecss/schedule/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(61,133,198)">SCHEDULE</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(56,118,29)">, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/ecss/home/speakers-2020/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(61,133,198)">talk titles</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(56,118,29)">, </span></b><span style="color:black;font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/ecss/home/abstracts-2020/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(61,133,198)"><b>abstracts</b> </span></a></span><span style="color:rgb(56,118,29);font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">and more.</span><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#666666"> </font><span class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font color="#38761d">Symposium poster is attached. <i>You do not have to be in your early career to attend. </i></font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0in;line-height:18pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="color:rgb(98,134,34);font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/ecss/register/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,124,137)"><b>REGISTRATION</b></span></a> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#38761d">(<i>Free but required for Zoom
admission. Zoom link and password will be sent to registrants via email</i>).</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(102,102,102);margin:7.5pt 0in;line-height:18pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(98,134,34)"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><b>SCHEDULE</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(102,102,102);margin:7.5pt 0in;line-height:18pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">March 5 | Keynote: </span><b style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Rob
Guralnick</b><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> | Sizing up new uses of natural history collections for
ecogeography and global change biology</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">March 12 | <b>Jocelyn
Colella</b> | Connecting next-generation museum collections to public
health; <b>Kelly Speer</b> | Determining drivers of symbiont evolution
in a multi-tier hierarchical system</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">March 19 | <b>Alexis
Mychajliw</b> | Conflicts in context: natural history collections as
archives of human-carnivore interactions through time; <b>Daniel
Park </b>| Herbarium collections reveal wide variation in plant phenological
responses to climate; <b>Alex White</b> | Biogeography of fern shapes
as revealed by deep learning</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">March 26 |<b> Eric
LoPresti</b> | Plants and the materials that stick to them: an ecological
and evolutionary investigation; <b>Laurel Yohe</b> | Morphological
and developmental basis of olfactory evolution: evidence from museum-collected
iodine-stained bat specimens and embryos</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0in;line-height:18pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">April 2 | Keynote: </span><b style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Pamela
Soltis</b><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> | Integrative research using natural history collections:
examples from herbaria</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)"></span><br>
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We hope to see you soon!<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
Dan Rabosky</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0in;line-height:18pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><font color="#38761d"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">(</span>on behalf of the ECSS Committee<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">: </span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Benjamin Nicholas, Teresa Pegan, Daniel Rabosky, Brad
Ruhfel, Cody Thompson, Taylor West<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0in;line-height:18pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><font color="#38761d"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">
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Illustration<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> and poster</span>:</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"> John Megahan</span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">.</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"> Image
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