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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Alicia Hidalgo <a.hidalgo@bham.ac.uk>
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<b>Sent:</b> 13 June 2024 17:02<br>
<b>To:</b> Lucy Fea <Lucy.Fea@crick.ac.uk>; lfm@londonflymeeting.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Neurofly2024 registration & abstract deadline Sunday 16 June<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Drosophila Neuroscientists,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The 20th Biennial European Drosophila Neurobiology Conference (Neurofly) will take place from
<b>2.-6. September 2024 at the University of Birmingham campus.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://uobevents.eventsair.com/neurofly24/" target="_blank">Neurofly 2024</a></span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> is a great opportunity
for researchers from across the globe to meet to discuss their latest research, principally on the neurobiology of Drosophila, but also other invertebrate models. We aim to provide a venue for wide-ranging discussions and interactions between junior and senior
researchers, in an inclusive interdisciplinary environment for an open exchange of results, ideas and new concepts. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Check out the
<a href="https://uobevents.eventsair.com/neurofly24/programme" target="_blank">programme</a> and lineup of inspiring
<a href="https://uobevents.eventsair.com/neurofly24/keynote-speakers" target="_blank">
plenary speakers</a>. </span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A wide range of sessions will include: Developmental and cellular neuroscience, Brain homeostasis and metabolism, Brain disease, injury and ageing, Gene expression and molecular
neuroscience, Neural circuits and behaviour, Plasticity and remodelling. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">All other talks will be selected from abstract submissions,</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> to allow exciting, emerging research to be presented
by early career and established researchers. We will host a practical demo workshop on bridging connectomics and transcriptomics. Social & networking activities include a trip to Stratford-upon-Avon (Shakespeare’s birth place) and a gala conference dinner.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#861106">Early bird and abstract deadline is this Sunday 16 June 2024.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#861106"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#861106"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Lecture theatre capacity is limited; please register now to avoid disappointment:
<u><a href="https://uobevents.eventsair.com/neurofly24" target="_blank">neurofly2024.org</a>.</u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please forward to your team and colleagues</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, particularly postdocs and PhD students (<b><a href="https://uobevents.eventsair.com/neurofly24/the-company-of-biologists-travel-awards" target="_blank">PhD
travel bursaries</a> </b>available, sponsored by the Company of Biologists). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Join us in Birmingham, a
<b>vibrant city</b> with lots of restaurants, pubs and live music, <b>easy to get to</b>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The <b>international airport</b> is only 45min from the university campus.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">By train it is <b>1h30min from London</b> and the
<b>Eurostar;</b> the <b>University has its own train station,</b> just 5min from Birmingham New Street central station<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For practical issues,</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> if needed, please contact Sam, from the
<b>conference management team at:</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="mailto:academic.conferences@contacts.bham.ac.uk">academic.conferences@contacts.bham.ac.uk</a></span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Looking forward to welcoming you to Neurofly2024!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Neurofly2024 Organising Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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