<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dragi svi,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">do kraja ožujka trebamo dati prijedloge za pozvane predavače. Ukoliko imate jake kandidate molim vas da mi pošaljete prijedloge. Na prošloj smo konferenciji imali jednog plenarnog predavača (i dobitnika EBSA Young Investigator Medal and Award) i jednog pozvanog predavača tako da i ovaj put moramo dati svoj prijedlog.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Lijep pozdrav,</div><div class="">Nenad </div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Biophysics <<a href="mailto:biophysics@bioch.ox.ac.uk" class="">biophysics@bioch.ox.ac.uk</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Edinburgh 2017 congress</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">12 February 2016 at 14:56:05 GMT+1<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Biophysics <<a href="mailto:biophysics@bioch.ox.ac.uk" class="">biophysics@bioch.ox.ac.uk</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class="">Dear Representatives of National Biophysical Societies,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class="">As you may already know, it is our privilege and great pleasure to organize the joint 19th IUPAB (Intl. Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics) and 11th EBSA (European Biophysical Societies’ Association) Congress to be held in Edinburgh (Scotland, UK) at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre from 16-20 July 2017. The congress is jointly hosted by the British Biophysical Society and the Biological Physics Group of the Institute of Physics (IoP).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><a class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class="">National biophysical societies</span></a><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class=""> played an important part in ensuring that the IUPAB 2014 Brisbane and EBSA 2015 Dresden congresses had a good international mix of speakers, plenary speakers and participants. 52 different countries were represented amongst the 1350 participants in Dresden in 2015, for example.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" class="">We are now seeking your input and help again, specifically to help session chairs with nominations of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">invited speakers. </b></font></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class="">Please consult the congress web-site at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.iupab2017.org/" class=""><font color="#0000ff" class="">http://www.iupab2017.org</font></a>, especially the “Programme” where all the sessions and titles are displayed (and below).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><font face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class="">Each session will include three invited talks followed by short oral presentations selected from poster submissions. We would particularly welcome nominations of active scientists from your country. Session chairs (one UK and one non-UK) will be asked to consider both geographic balance and equality issues, as well as scientific excellence, when making<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class=""> </span>their selections.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class="">We would like this information before <b class="">March 31<sup class="">st</sup> 2016, </b>on the attached EXCEL spread sheet, if at all possible, please.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class=""><o:p class=""><font face="Calibri" class=""> </font></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><u class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class="">Student travel bursaries<br class=""></span></u><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class="">As for previous congresses, there will be around 100 students travel bursaries to support scientist from around the world, in particular from less well developed countries where resources for science are limited.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class=""> </span>We expect that competition for these bursaries will be intense, so please advise applicants to apply early (by the end of 2016).<u class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><u class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class=""><o:p class=""><span style="text-decoration: none;" class=""> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><u class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class="">Medals and Awards<br class=""></span></u><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class="">Nominations are being sought for the:<u class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></u></span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Symbol;" class="">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="">EBSA Young Investigator Medal and Award (€2000)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Symbol;" class="">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="">Avanti/EBSA medal and Award (€3000)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class="">The closing date for nominations is December 31<sup class="">st</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>2016 - please see<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.ebsa.org/" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class=""><font color="#0000ff" class="">www.ebsa.org</font></span></a><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for details.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">The winners will be invited to present plenary lectures at the congress, with travel and other costs paid.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><u class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class=""><o:p class=""><span style="text-decoration: none;" class=""> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><u class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class="">Participation<br class=""></span></u><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class="">We expect a large number of participants at this major biophysics congress in such an attractive venue. We would like you to encourage members of your society to participate. Please do advertise this congress to all your society’s members, and as widely as possible. Registration will open in the Autumn of 2016.<u class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class="">We very much hope you will be able to help us to make this event a successful and memorable congress for all participants.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class="">Thank you very much in advance.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class="">Yours sincerely,</span></p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 13.800000190734863px;" class=""><o:p class=""><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div></o:p></span></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>