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<p class="MsoNormal">Greetings!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Abstracts are currently being accepted for the <a href="http://3sbgc.grancanariacongress.com/">
3<sup>rd</sup> Science in Botanic Gardens Congress</a> (3SBGC).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Congress will be organized around three major themes:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">THEME 1: Botanic gardens and taxonomy, cataloguing plant diversity<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">THEME 2: The role of molecular biology in understanding plant genetic diversity and its conservation<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">THEME 3: Conservation Science<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Abstract Submission Requirements:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">All abstracts for papers should be submitted in "Times New Roman" font type in the English language by
<b>March 1, 2014</b>. Different fields in the abstract should have the sizes specified below. Each field should be separated from the preceding one by an empty line. See an abstract example clicking on
<a href="http://3sbgc.grancanariacongress.com/images/Abstract_example.pdf" target="_blank">
this link</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Title (up to 25 words). Font size 14 <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Author(s) name(s) and surname(s). Font size 12 (NOTE: the presenting author should have an asterisk after the surname. Use superscript numbers to refer to different affiliations). <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Author affiliation(s). Font size 12<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Presentation type. Please indicate "SHORT TALK" or "POSTER". Font size 12<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Theme. Please indicate if the paper belongs to "THEME 1", "THEME 2", or "THEME 3". Font size 12<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Summary (up to 200 words). Font size 10.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Keywords (up to 5). Font size 10.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Send abstracts under <b>THEME 1</b> as an email attachment in Word to David Bramwell at:
<a href="mailto:davidbramwell42@gmail.com">davidbramwell42@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Send abstracts under <b>THEME 2</b> and <b>THEME 3</b> as an email attachment in Word to Juli Caujapé-Castells at:
<a href="mailto:julicaujape@gmail.com">julicaujape@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Submission deadline: March 1, 2014<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All details can be found at the 3SBGC website: <a href="http://3sbgc.grancanariacongress.com/">
http://3sbgc.grancanariacongress.com/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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