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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear Friends and Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We are pleased to invite you to the farewell symposium and dinner in honor of Jan Dekker .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">For many years Jan was a pillar of the Biophysics groups at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and more recently, he was essential in developing the educational program in Science Business and Innovation and founding
the group. Internationally, Jan is well known for his scientific contributions to the field of photosynthesis, particularly his pioneering work in the structural organization of photosynthetic membranes and photosystems. Many of us, especially the young generation,
have also had the opportunity to appreciate Jan in his role as coordinator of two large European networks, which have helped many young researchers find their way in science. Jan is retiring and we would like to celebrate him with you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">On the 28<sup>th</sup> of October at 17.30 Jan will give his farewell speech that will be preceded by presentations of Elisabet Romero (previous PhD student of Jan and now group leader at ICIQ), Janne Ihalainen (previous
post-doc of Jan and now Professor at the<span class="w8qarf"><b><span style="color:black;background:white"> </span></b></span><span class="lrzxr"><span style="color:black;background:white">University of Jyväskylä</span></span>) and Volha Chukhutsina (the new
assistant professor in the Biophysics group, in a way the “successor“ of Jan). <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">A dinner will follow the symposium. Please follow the link below to see the program and register for the symposium and the dinner.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://vu.nl/en/events/2022/farewell-symposium-in-honor-of-dr-jan-dekker">Program, location and registration.</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please register before October 15<sup>th</sup>!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We furthermore would like to present a <b>Liber Amicorum</b> to Jan. If you want to contribute to that, then please send 1 A4 as a pdf file (maximum size 5 MB) via email <b>with “Liber Amicorum Jan” in the subject header</b> before <b>October
10</b> to: </span><a href="mailto:natsecr.beta@vu.nl"><span lang="EN-US">natsecr.beta@vu.nl</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Looking forward to seeing you on the 28th!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Roberta Croce<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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