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          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>
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        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>
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            style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-GB"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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        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>
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        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>
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        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>
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        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>
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        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>
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        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>
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        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>
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        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>
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        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>
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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="FI">Registration</span></b><span
          style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#00007F" lang="FI">:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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        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>
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        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>
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        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>
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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="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>
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        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>
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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="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>
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        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>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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