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<div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div><br> </div><div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin:0px"><span><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica";font-size:medium">Karen Jones <<a href="mailto:kjones@cct.lsu.edu" target="_blank">kjones@cct.lsu.edu</a>><br>
</span></div><div style="margin:0px"><span><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica";font-size:medium"><b>Computational Materials & Biosystems -- Mardi Gras Conference</b><br></span></div>
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<span><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica";font-size:medium">December 22, 2011 4:15:18 PM CST<br></span></div><div style="margin:0px"><span><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica";font-size:medium"><a href="mailto:events@cct.lsu.edu" target="_blank">events@cct.lsu.edu</a><br>
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<font face="Helvetica"><b>Computational Materials & Biosystems -- Mardi Gras Conference</b></font></p><div><b>February 16-18, 2012, LSU Campus</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><p style="font:12px/normal Times;margin:0px 0px 12px;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">
<font face="Helvetica"><b><a href="http://www.cct.lsu.edu/mardigras2012" target="_blank">http://www.cct.lsu.edu/mardigras2012</a></b></font></p><div><br></div><div><font color="#ff3700"><b>**Now accepting poster submissions and registrations!</b></font></div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><p style="font:12px/normal Times;margin:0px 0px 12px;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"><font face="Helvetica">The LSU Center for Computation & Technology invites you to participate in the 18th Annual Mardi Gras Conference on Computational Materials and Biosystems. The meeting will start Thursday, February 16, at 1:00 p.m. and run through approximately Noon on Saturday, February 18, 2012.</font></p>
<p style="font:12px/normal Times;margin:0px 0px 12px;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"><b><font face="Helvetica">Scope & Audience:</font></b><font face="Helvetica"> This conference will be of interest to scientists from academia and research labs, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students working in the wide domains of computational materials and biosystems. It will promote the exchange of ideas, experiences and research results, and discussion of the current challenges and the new methods and advances in these areas. </font></p>
<p style="font:12px/normal Times;margin:0px 0px 12px;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"><b><font face="Helvetica">Submissions:</font></b><font face="Helvetica"> Contributed posters accepted through January 20, 2012. Email abstracts (no more than 1 page; pdf files only) to <a href="mailto:organizer@mardigrasconference.org" target="_blank">organizer@mardigrasconference.org</a>.</font></p>
<p style="font:12px/normal Times;margin:0px 0px 12px;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"><b><font face="Helvetica">Registration:</font></b><font face="Helvetica"> $450 per person. Deadline to register is February 13, 2012. To register, visit: </font><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><a href="http://www.cct.lsu.edu/mardigras2012" target="_blank">http://www.cct.lsu.edu/mardigras2012</a></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> </span></p>
<p style="font:12px/normal Times;margin:0px 0px 12px;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"><b><font face="Helvetica">Excursion:</font></b><font face="Helvetica"> Bus trip to the New Orleans French Quarter for the Krewe of Endymion parade ($50pp in addition to the conference registration fee). The bus will leave at 1:00 PM, Saturday, February 18, from the LSU Energy, Coast and Environment Building and deliver participants to Canal Street, New Orleans. Participants are on their own to view the Endymion Parade and other New Orleans establishments until the bus departs at 11:00 PM that evening. Deadline to register is February 6, 2012. No refunds will be given after February 6, 2012. More information on the</font><a href="http://www.mardigrasparadeschedule.com/krewes/endymion/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,47,238);text-decoration:underline"><font face="Helvetica"> Krewe of Endymion parade can be found HERE</font></span></a><font face="Helvetica">. (Note: the excursion can not be purchased with a LSU or LaSIGMA account number).</font></p>
<div><strong>Organizers:</strong></div></div><div><p align="center"><em>Dorel Moldovan, LSU, Department of Mechanical Engineering and CCT (chair)<br>Hank Ashbaugh, Tulane University, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering<br>
Thomas Bishop, Louisiana Tech, Departments of Physics & Chemistry<br>Michal Brylinski, LSU, Department of Biological Sciences<br>Bin Chen, LSU, Department of Chemistry<br>Randall Hall, LSU Department of Chemistry and CCT<br>
Francisco Hung, LSU Department of Chemical Engineering<br>Mark Jarrell, LSU Department of Physics & Astronomy and CCT<br>David Mobley, University of New Orleans, Department of Chemistry<br>Juana Moreno, LSU Department of Physics & Astronomy and CCT<br>
John Perdew, Tulane University, Department of Physics & Engineering Physics<br>Lawrence Pratt, Tulane University, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering<br>Ramu Ramachandran, Louisiana Tech University Department of Chemistry<br>
Steven Rick, University of New Orleans, Department of Chemistry<br>Collin Wick, Louisiana Tech University Department of Chemistry </em></p><div><strong>Lodging:</strong> Rooms have been reserved at a special
conference price ($93.00/night) at the Stagebridge Suites-Baton Rouge
University Area. Deadline to make reservations at this rate is January
16, 2012. </div></div><div><br></div><div>For more information, please visit: <span style="font-size:12px"><a href="http://www.cct.lsu.edu/mardigras2012" target="_blank">http://www.cct.lsu.edu/mardigras2012</a></span></div>
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<div>Karen Jones</div><div>Assistant Director, Outreach</div><div>Center for Computation & Technology</div><div>Louisiana State University</div><div><a href="tel:225-578-0595" target="_blank" value="+12255780595">225-578-0595</a></div>
<div><a href="mailto:kjones@cct.lsu.edu" target="_blank">kjones@cct.lsu.edu</a></div><div><br></div><br>
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<div><font face="tahoma,sans-serif">Outreach Coordinator for LA-SiGMA</font></div>
<div><font face="tahoma,sans-serif">Louisiana State University </font></div>
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