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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Please join representatives from the Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN) and the U.S. Culture Collection Network (USCCN) for a joint webinar discussion on the need for a Specimen
Management Plan requirement in research proposals that generate living or preserved specimens. Recommended by the National Academies report on biological collections in 2020, this requirement is now supported by the CHIPS and Science Act. Join us for a discussion
about the elements of a specimen management plan and its benefits to various stakeholder communities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Hosted by: American Institute of Biological Sciences & Natural Science Collections Alliance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Feb 7, 2023 02:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Register here: <a href="https://burkinc.zoom.us/.../reg.../WN_owIQo-nXQoqh9v35ePQi8w?fbclid=IwAR0JGMWKQwwHKEuwEAm3_2lop2M1aoRfXRxSgJqK7dUaQ40c0kccaNjdOuU" target="_blank">
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Andy Bentley<br>
Ichthyology Collection Manager<br>
University of Kansas<br>
Biodiversity Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-AU">Dyche Hall<br>
<a href="x-apple-data-detectors://9/">1345 Jayhawk Boulevard</a><br>
<a href="x-apple-data-detectors://9/">Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561</a><br>
<a href="x-apple-data-detectors://9/">USA</a><br>
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Tel: <a href="tel:%28785%29%20864-3863" target="_blank">(785) 864-3863</a><br>
Fax: <a href="tel:%28785%29%20864-5335" target="_blank">(785) 864-5335</a> <br>
Email: <a href="mailto:abentley@ku.edu" target="_blank">abentley@ku.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ORCID: <span style="color:#494A4C;background:white"><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-1258">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-1258</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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