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Meeting Sponsors:

Dear Colleague,

Thank you for interest in supporting the Northeast Regional Life Sciences Core Directors (NERLSCD) meeting that will be held at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, on November 9-11, 2009.   Please let us know if your institute is willing to sponsor the NERLSCD 2009 meeting. 

The NERLSCD meeting has emerged as one of the best annual regional gatherings for core facility directors and managers to network with colleagues, to learn about biotechnology advances and applications, and to discuss the challenges and results of implementing shared research resources. There are presentations and discussion forums on operational issues facing biotechnology core laboratories.  There are technical workshops on genomics, proteomics, imaging, and other technologies.  A core facility poster session offers an opportunity for learning about regional life sciences shared resources and services.  Last year, the meeting had 150 attendees from 60 institutions in 19 states.

Funding for the annual NERLSCD meeting is provided by sponsoring academic and non-profit institutions and by registrations fees.  No commercial vendor support is solicited or accepted for the meeting in order to facilitate the creation of a meeting environment that fosters informal and informative discussion and networking between core directors without influence or pressure from vendor representatives. 

Institutions and non-profits are invited to provide sponsorship for the NERLSCD 2009 meeting at any level.  Support at the following levels will receive recognition and other benefits as described below:

Bronze Sponsors receive the following benefits at the $1,000 - 2,000 sponsorship level:

1. Acknowledgment of your sponsorship on the NERLSCD meeting website, including links to the institution’s website.
2. Sponsorship acknowledged in the printed meeting agenda handed out to all attendees.

Silver Sponsors receive the following benefits at the $2000 - $4,999 sponsorship level:

1. As detailed above for Bronze Sponsors.
2. Half page advertisement in meeting program.

Gold Sponsors receive the following benefits at the $5000 - $9,999 sponsorship level:

1. As detailed above for Silver Sponsors.
2. One free meeting registration.

Platinum Sponsors receive the following benefits at the $10,000+ sponsorship level:

1. As detailed above for Gold Sponsors.
2. Five free meeting registrations.

Please let us know if you need more information.  Send requests for information to George Grills at gsg34@cornell.edu.

Thank you in advance for your generous support!

Sincerely,

The NERLSCD 2009 Meeting Organizing Committee, including George Grills (Cornell University), Theodore Thannhauser (USDA-ARS), Timothy Hunter (University of Vermont), Pamela Scott Adams (Trudeau Institute), Stephen Bobin (Dartmouth Medical School), Michelle Detwiler (Roswell Park Cancer Institute), Katia Sol-Church (Center for Pediatric Research, NCC-Delaware), and Susanna Perkins (University of Massachusetts Medical School).