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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Greetings,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">On behalf of the NAPPN Executive Committee and the Conference Organizing Committee, it is my pleasure to announce the inaugural<b> NAPPN Annual Conference, February 16-19, 2021</b>, held online.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please see the attached file for key conference and award deadlines, including our new NAPPN Graduate Student award. More info to follow soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Stay safe everyone, and we hope to see you online for the cutting edge in Plant Phenomics this February!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Chris<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.8pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Christopher N. Topp</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> | </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Associate
Member and Principal Investigator</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.8pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Donald Danforth Plant Science Center | St. Louis, MO</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.8pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Twitter @rootdevo</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.8pt"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0B4CB4"><a href="http://www.danforthcenter.org/scientists-research/principal-investigators/chris-topp"><span style="color:#0B4CB4">ToppLab</span></a></span></u><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.8pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">North American Plant Phenotyping Network (NAPPN) Executive Committee President & Chair</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.8pt"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1A89F9"><a href="http://nappn.plant-phenotyping.org/"><span style="color:#1A89F9">http://nappn.plant-phenotyping.org/</span></a></span></u><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.8pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">UPCOMING MEETINGS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="http://nappn.plant-phenotyping.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">2021 NAPPN Annual Conference</span></a> (February 2021 | online)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="http://isrr11.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">International Society of Root Research 11th Symposium</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> (May
2021 | “virtually” Columbia, MO)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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