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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps;color:black">External.</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="color:black">The Mid-Atlantic Malacologists meeting is back! </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">Please join us in person on <b>Saturday 15 April 2023</b> for the first post-COVID and post-Renovation MAM meeting.
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<span style="color:black">We will meet at the recently re-opened Delaware Museum of Nature and Science, at
<b>4840 Kennett Pike in Wilmington, DE 19807</b>. There is plenty of parking on site and hotels in the area if you need accommodations.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">This informal, one-day event is designed to facilitate contact among professional, amateur, and student biologists who study mollusks. All aspects of molluscan research and collections are welcome topics for discussion. There are
no dues, officers, abstracts, or publications associated with the meeting. We spend the day getting caught up on What’s Happening Now in molluscan biology and meeting new people. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">Doors open at 9 am for coffee and breakfast (provided). Talks start around 9:30 and go until about 4:30 with a break for lunch. Presentations (15 minutes max.) are very informal and may include new or continuing research activities,
collections, or trip reports. We can also accommodate a few posters if you prefer. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">The DelMNS collection and library are available before or during the meeting. Interested participants should make arrangements with Mr. Alex Kittle, Sr. Mollusk Collection Manager (<a href="mailto:akittle@delmns.org">akittle@delmns.org</a>).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">If you will be coming, <b>please RSVP to Liz (<a href="mailto:eshea@delmns.org">eshea@delmns.org</a>) by Monday, April 3<sup>rd</sup></b> so we have a headcount for breakfast and coffee. Participants are not required to give a presentation
to attend, but if you plan to give a talk or poster, please provide a title or topic when you RSVP. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">Best wishes,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Liz Shea<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Elizabeth K. Shea, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Director of Collections and Curator of Mollusks<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0D0D0D">Delaware Museum of Nature & Science</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0D0D0D">Formerly the Delaware Museum of Natural History</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0D0D0D">4840 Kennett Pike | Wilmington, DE 19807</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0D0D0D">Ph: 302-658-9111 | Fx: 302-658-2610</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.delmns.org%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cprc44%40DREXEL.EDU%7C9bb1e47f4a924e2b677208db0ab69433%7C3664e6fa47bd45a696708c4f080f8ca6%7C0%7C0%7C638115551537733378%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Oks2gZzMAhopCg4%2BrRqyzS4jtwNVFMLambXPc9124OQ%3D&reserved=0">www.delmns.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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