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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">“</span></b><strong><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#465F33">Plant symbiosis: The good, the bad, and the complicated</span></strong><b><span style="color:black">”<br>
The Smithsonian Botanical Symposium<br>
May 15, 2020<br>
</span></b><a href="https://usbg.doubleknot.com/event/2020-smithsonian-botanical-symposium/2627079">https://usbg.doubleknot.com/event/2020-smithsonian-botanical-symposium/2627079</a><b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">The Smithsonian’s Department of Botany and the United States Botanic Garden will hold the 2020 Smithsonian Botanical Symposium, “Plant symbiosis: The good, the bad, and the complicated,” at the National Museum of Natural
History in Washington, D.C., on May 15, 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Plants, like all organisms, exist in collaboration and competition with other life forms. As primary producers, plants form the basis of most food webs. In many cases, they also depend on insects, vertebrate animals, bacteria,
and/or fungi to survive and reproduce. Sometimes, these interactions are especially close and long lasting and such symbioses are among the most fascinating relationships in the natural world. The 18<sup>th</sup> Smithsonian Botanical Symposium will explore
current research in the diversity of plant symbioses, examining the relationships plants have with insects, fungi, bacteria, and even other plants. It will culminate with a panel Q&A session followed by poster presentations and a reception at the United States
Botanic Garden. Speakers will include botanists, ecologists, microbiologists, and geneticists, whose research unravels the complicated relationships that plants have with their collaborators and competitors in the natural world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Call for Posters<br>
</b>Abstracts for poster presentations may be emailed to <a href="mailto:sbs@si.edu">
sbs@si.edu</a>. Topic must be related to the study of plant symbioses (e.g., lichen, mycorrhizae, pollination, root nodules, seed dispersal) and contain original research. The deadline for abstract submission is April 10, 2020. Abstract submissions should include
the following: Author(s) name(s) including affiliation(s) and email address(es); list the title in sentence case; titles are limited to 150 characters; abstracts may not exceed 1,500 characters including spaces. Posters should be no larger than 30" x 40" (portrait
orientation). Presenting authors are required to attend the poster session (6:30 pm – 8:30 pm) to take advantage of opportunities to discuss their work with symposium participants.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Times and Locations<br>
</b>Symposium: 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Baird Auditorium, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Reception and Poster Presentations: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at U.S. Botanic Garden<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Registration<br>
</b>Attendees must register online at <a href="https://usbg.doubleknot.com/event/2020-smithsonian-botanical-symposium/2627079">
https://usbg.doubleknot.com/event/2020-smithsonian-botanical-symposium/2627079</a>.
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Email <a href="mailto:sbs@si.edu">sbs@si.edu</a> for more information.<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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