<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">​<span style="font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">Fellow structural biologists,</span></div><div dir="auto"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">we are pleased to invite you to participate in the 4th biannual international</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> C</span><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">onference</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> “BIOMEMBRANES 2018”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, which will be held on October 1-5, 2018 at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Moscow region, Russia. </span></p><div dir="auto"><br><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:calibri;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">This is the first meeting within the International Conference Series “Virtual Human – Imaging Across Scales” co-organized by scientists from Russia, Germany, China, and USA.</span><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:calibri;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Our speakers will focus on cutting-edge problems of modern integrative structural biology of biomembranes and membrane proteins, theoretical biophysics of membrane systems and computer modelling. The conference will highlight the role of biomembranes in aging and age-related diseases such as cancer, neurodegenerative (Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s) and cardiovascular diseases.</span></div><div dir="auto"><br><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:calibri;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The talks will be given by world-leading scientists from Russia, USA, Germany, France, the Netherlands, China, Spain, Italy, Sweden and Switzerland. Preliminary scientific program, as well as the up-to-date list of speakers please find here: </span><a href="https://biomembranes2018.ru/program/" style="font-family:calibri;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">https://biomembranes2018.ru/pr<wbr>ogram/</font></a></div><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In parallel, an international <b>School</b></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> “Mechanisms of aging and age-related diseases”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> will take place as a satellite event of the Conference on September 30 - October 5, 2018. The full information about the school will soon be available on our web-site </span><font color="#0000ff"><a href="https://biomembranes2018.ru/satellite-events" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#0000ff">https://biomembranes2018.ru/sa<wbr>tellite-events</font></span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Early bird registration until 31.07, registration until 14.09. Further information</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> is </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">​available</div> on the conference web site <a href="http://biomembranes2018.ru/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#0000ff">http://biomembranes2018.ru</font></span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span><p></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are looking forward to meet you in Dolgoprudny!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">sincerely yours,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Organizing Committee</span></p></div>
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