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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">Dear Colleagues:</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">On behalf of the organizing committee of the International Conference on Structural Genomics 2013 � Structural Life Science � (ICSG2013-SLS), we cordially welcome you to the conference, to be held in Sapporo,
Hokkaido, Japan, July 29th � August 1st, 2013. ICSG2013-SLS is intended to provide an overview for the most recent developments in Structural Genomics and its impact on research in biology, medicine and disease, and to foster international collaboration among
researchers. </span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">You can see all the details of the conference at: </span><a href="http://www.c-linkage.co.jp/ICSG2013" target="_blank" style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">http://www.c-linkage.co.jp/ICSG2013</a><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; "> .
Registration for the conference is now open.</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">The scientific topics covered in ICSG2013-SLS include the wider life science research fields with particular attention to drug discovery (small molecules and biopharmaceuticals), biotechnology and industrial
issues while keeping strength in the high-throughput technologies and integration of hybrid methods. These technologies are now leading to the new field of �Structural Life Science�.</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">ICSG2-13-SLS is partially supported by the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas; �Structural Cell Biology�, �Intrinsically Disordered Protein� and �Transient Macromolecular Complexes�,
from Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) .</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">In order to widen the opportunity to young and enthusiastic fellows to study more, we have organized several satellite workshops before ICSG2013- SLS. The topics will include �Small molecule screening�,
�Automation of X-ray Structure Determination�, �Cell-free Protein Production�, �Automated NMR methods�, "Eukaryotic expression", �Interaction analyses" and "Bioinformatics�. We hope you also find the satellite workshops are informative and productive.</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">The conference will be held in Keio Plaza Hotel Sapporo, in walking distance of Hokkaido University's main campus and Sapporo station. The summer in Sapporo is a great time to stay and enjoy the cool summer
night of Japan.</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">We are looking forward to welcoming you to Sapporo in the summer of 2013.</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">Sincerely yours,</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">Katsumi Maenaka, Ph.D.</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">Chair, International Conference on Structural Genomics 2013 -Structural Life Science- (ICSG2013-SLS)</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">Laboratory of Biomolecular Science and Center for Research and Education on Drug Discovery, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Japan</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">Soichi Wakatsuki</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">Chair of Program Committee, ICSG2013-SLS</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">Photon Science, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">Department of Structural Biology</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">School of Medicine</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; ">Stanford University</span></div>
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