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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#1F497D" lang="EN-GB">T</span><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#00007F" lang="EN-GB">he <b>45th</b> <b>European
Mathematical Genetics Meeting</b> (EMGM) will take place at
Tartu University, Estonia, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#00007F" lang="EN-GB">April 4th
-7th 2017. </span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-GB"> </span></b><i><span
style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-GB">Abstract submission
deadline: Friday, 13th January, 2017 !!!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:#00007F" lang="EN-GB">This annual meeting offers
an informal and inviting atmosphere to exchange ideas on the
use of mathematical techniques in the field of genetics. </span><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#00007F" lang="EN-GB">For the
2017 meeting we welcome you in Tartu, the old, but modern
university town in southern Estonia. The meeting is hosted by
the Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu and the
Estonian Biocentre in the new <i>Omicum</i> building in
central Tartu, with several accommodation and dining options
in the short walking distance. </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a
href="http://www.geenivaramu.ee/en/emgm2017" target="_blank"><span
style="font-size:11.5pt">www.biobank.ee/emgm2017</span></a></span><u><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#00007F" lang="EN-GB"> </span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-GB"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-GB">Confirmed invited
speakers: Matti Pirinen (Finland), Daniel Lawson (UK),
Flora Jay (France)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
style="color:#00007F" lang="EN-GB"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
style="color:#00007F" lang="EN-GB">Programme:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
style="color:#00007F">Tuesday, 4 April, 2017</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:#00007F">10:00-18:00 <b>Pre-conference course:</b> „An
Intuitive Approach to Machine Learning: Boosting, Nearest
Neighbors, Random Forests and Support Vector Machines“. Course
instructors: <b>Andreas Ziegler and Marvin Wright</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
style="color:#00007F">Wednesday, 5 April, 2017</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:#00007F">10:00 -18:00 Scientific sessions
(keynote lecture, contributed talks and a poster session)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:#00007F">18:15 Excursion to the Estonian Genome
Center</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:#00007F">19:00 Welcome reception</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
style="color:#00007F">Thursday, 6 April, 2017</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:#00007F">9:00-18:00 Scientific sessions
(contributed talks and a poster session)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m-7245277676865116092msoplaintext"><span
style="color:#00007F">20:00 Dinner at the Estonian National
Museum (see
</span><a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jan/01/estonia-national-museum-review-touching-and-revealing-dgt-dorell"
target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jan/01/estonia-national-museum-review-touching-and-revealing-dgt-dorell</a><span
style="color:#00007F">)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
style="color:#00007F">Friday, 7 April 2017</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
style="color:#00007F">Theme of the day: methodology in
population genetics</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:#00007F">9:00 -14:00 Scientific sessions</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:#00007F"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#00007F" lang="FI">Registration</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#00007F" lang="FI">:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#00007F">Early registration fee <b>180EUR </b>until
10th February 2017 (220EUR afterwards), the <b>pre-conference
course fee is 60EUR</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#00007F" lang="FI">The
registration form is available from the conference website and
also </span><a
href="http://eformular.com/genomecenter/emgm.html#stay"
target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt" lang="FI">here</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#00007F"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#00007F" lang="FI">Abstract
submission</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#00007F" lang="FI">:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:#00007F">Deadline: Friday 13th of January 2017</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:#00007F">Please follow the instructions and use
the template from the webpage and send the abstract to: </span><a
href="mailto:emgm2017_abstracts@biobank.ee" target="_blank"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif">emgm2017_abstracts@biobank.ee</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#00007F" lang="FI">Please do not
hesitate to contact with the organizers, if you have any
additional questions:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#00007F" lang="FI"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#00007F" lang="FI">Annely
Allik</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#00007F"
lang="FI"> </span><a href="mailto:annely.allik@ut.ee"
target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt" lang="FI">annely.allik@ut.ee</span></a><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#00007F" lang="FI"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#1F497D" lang="FI">Krista
Fischer</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#00007F" lang="FI"> </span><a
href="mailto:krista.fischer@ut.ee" target="_blank"><span
style="font-size:11.5pt" lang="FI">krista.fischer@ut.ee</span></a><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#1F497D">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#00007F" lang="FI">Kristi Läll</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#00007F" lang="FI"> </span><a
href="mailto:kristi.lall@ut.ee" target="_blank"><span
style="font-size:11.5pt" lang="FI">kristi.lall@ut.ee</span></a><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#00007F" lang="FI"> </span><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#00007F">(questions regarding
the abstracts)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:#00007F"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#00007F">Looking forward to
welcome you in Tartu!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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