<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Colleagues,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We are all eagerly waiting for all this nonsense to end. In the meantime, below is a message from Keystone Symposia. We will also be announcing a 2018 Keystone in cryoEM and this may become more relevant to many of you.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">With best wishes,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Yiorgo</div><div class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: 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-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br class="">Georgios Skiniotis <br class="">Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan<br class="">210 Washtenaw Avenue,Rm 6401, LSI<br class="">Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2216<br class=""><br class="">Administrative Assistant: Nancy Hobbs<br class=""><a href="mailto:nhobbs@umich.edu" class="">nhobbs@umich.edu</a>, 734-764-2827 </div>
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<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=""><<a href="mailto:keystonesymposia@keystonesymposia.org" class="">keystonesymposia@keystonesymposia.org</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="">Keystone Symposia Response to Executive Order on Travel & Immigration</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="">February 11, 2017 at 7:06:00 PM EST<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=""><<a href="mailto:yiorgo@stanford.edu" class="">yiorgo@stanford.edu</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="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><<a href="mailto:keystonesymposia@keystonesymposia.org" class="">keystonesymposia@keystonesymposia.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><table id="background-table" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); 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In this spirit, all Keystone Symposia events are open to all, and the organization strives for an inclusive and welcoming environment. We highly value diversity of opinions and experiences at our conferences and in the scientific community. The participation of scientists from ALL countries and backgrounds is extremely important to our organization.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="line-height: 13px;" class=""><br style="line-height: 13px;" class="">The recent White House Executive Order could potentially restrict the scientific diversity at Keystone Symposia conferences, thereby diminishing the excellence of our meetings, thwarting efforts toward inclusion of all attendees and discouraging collaboration among different scientific cultures that is vital to the advancement of science. At Keystone Symposia, we remain committed to these principles. We are therefore working on behalf of all those who wish to attend Keystone Symposia conferences to ensure that they receive the attention needed to facilitate their attendance within the boundaries of the law in this very fluid situation.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="line-height: 13px;" class=""><br style="line-height: 13px;" class="">We are aware that this Executive Order, if reinstated, may impact not just scientists, students and postdoctoral fellows who are nationals of the affected nations, and living in those countries, but also nationals of those countries who are now working or studying elsewhere. Reinstatement may also result in changes in the visa issuance process that could delay approval of visas required for nationals from certain countries who wish to attend our conferences. 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