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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=680 style='width:510.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:11.25pt 3.75pt 11.25pt 3.75pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='background:#BEE7EB;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#BEE7EB;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img width=670 style='width:6.9791in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/69fa83aa501/4e1135dd-779f-41b8-857b-1a50305318c4.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;cursor:default'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr style='height:.75pt'><td style='background:#C4B073;padding:0in 0in 2.25pt 0in;height:.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:.75pt'><span style='color:black'><img width=5 height=1 style='width:.052in;height:.0104in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>The Vision Sciences Society is running full steam towards our virtual conference, May 21-26. We would like to take this opportunity to share our progress with you and encourage you to </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001rdsrGEish6kTNBYambaXm6Q4BWflCF2drHFmxERy4oJ3asTxDMIpwYiog-DDPt2Hh0ZhjawnuaIgHbsyg3WdT1-W6HyB1mc5j7iOT4zajFlwkqIkU21kHQSK7Z9n5O1C74EJCLAKaXo5I0IqEiwYsa8f9BX9Koon_0ctOQP31zg=&c=DqOCUO0ROJ5wr6h0aFLr9GJsJjwdVQweddsHrweDcyYWytTKUg8zug==&ch=pn3Fz2MgUCEZ2GlerejYXvLTpu12As09TpzFkPhjSffutkuYOeXRGQ==" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1B305C;text-decoration:none'>renew your membership</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> if you haven’t already done so.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>V-VSS 2021 received over 1000 submissions from around the world. The abstract decisions have been distributed and the ‘at a glance’ conference schedule can be accessed </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001rdsrGEish6kTNBYambaXm6Q4BWflCF2drHFmxERy4oJ3asTxDMIpwTI6LgNuSwB4NIAwSAjnCumEPBVvPArERDmUnvMxx4_lRqKViipROpujxLc6X3rBlol5q29_N5iDsBzJ1A22uWGa4IbLv3R7efReeyC0VmYAkDr4HUwCeXIJGMgWy0qviNV1Ja9iTIA-fp6udjlOryM=&c=DqOCUO0ROJ5wr6h0aFLr9GJsJjwdVQweddsHrweDcyYWytTKUg8zug==&ch=pn3Fz2MgUCEZ2GlerejYXvLTpu12As09TpzFkPhjSffutkuYOeXRGQ==" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1B305C;text-decoration:none'>here</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p 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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>An exciting keynote lecture by </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001rdsrGEish6kTNBYambaXm6Q4BWflCF2drHFmxERy4oJ3asTxDMIpwTI6LgNuSwB41K_OXCpx6yLIgSnkpsvjL4KGpr0vqDzlyHkessqsvl_CXgHcqa132jb5tNJ4iDD44w9cDSjsTdaouqvgTu9kMK_fQQKx0_ckafoUQKLTvbA=&c=DqOCUO0ROJ5wr6h0aFLr9GJsJjwdVQweddsHrweDcyYWytTKUg8zug==&ch=pn3Fz2MgUCEZ2GlerejYXvLTpu12As09TpzFkPhjSffutkuYOeXRGQ==" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1B305C;text-decoration:none'>Suzana Herculano-Houzel</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:66.0pt;text-indent:-12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Special events organized by our Student-Postdoc Committee including a session on Open Science and topical meet-ups throughout the conference.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:66.0pt;text-indent:-12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#0C0C0C'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Two awards sessions featuring presentations from the 2020 and 2021 recipients of the Young Investigator Award, Davida Teller Award, and the Nakayama Medal (see </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001rdsrGEish6kTNBYambaXm6Q4BWflCF2drHFmxERy4oJ3asTxDMIpwTI6LgNuSwB4BktxtIE-mp-ZaYyvnF-HtVvHhhOBVslpT8WJPQlXVGxfQQc6bZH43lGs_BgfdX_32xzQ0d_D4tnE51dhExRD0mDv6Eb3sSPx8dCmOght5GzyvF6W8nMbRXga-cOr4huP&c=DqOCUO0ROJ5wr6h0aFLr9GJsJjwdVQweddsHrweDcyYWytTKUg8zug==&ch=pn3Fz2MgUCEZ2GlerejYXvLTpu12As09TpzFkPhjSffutkuYOeXRGQ==" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1B305C;text-decoration:none'>2020 Awards</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> and </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><a 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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Additional events include </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001rdsrGEish6kTNBYambaXm6Q4BWflCF2drHFmxERy4oJ3asTxDMIpwTI6LgNuSwB4LG884aMCSPjwYJmcIzAluxnUbH9xqfIUMwhvNYgzcpr72u9UqJf7LRG8CKdptg4sXTMDXwCfblRykcRtF6XaOHPAqr3wAcNCJquP1MpMM33fJ_90Kgk9IQ==&c=DqOCUO0ROJ5wr6h0aFLr9GJsJjwdVQweddsHrweDcyYWytTKUg8zug==&ch=pn3Fz2MgUCEZ2GlerejYXvLTpu12As09TpzFkPhjSffutkuYOeXRGQ==" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1B305C;text-decoration:none'>Member-Initiated Symposia</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>, Meet the Professors, Industry Meet-up, </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><a 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in vision science and to connect with colleagues and friends, both old and new.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>We’ll see you soon at V-VSS!</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>V-VSS 2021 Program Committee</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Attendance is free to all 2021 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To renew your membership or become a new member, go to </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001rdsrGEish6kTNBYambaXm6Q4BWflCF2drHFmxERy4oJ3asTxDMIpwYiog-DDPt2Hh0ZhjawnuaIgHbsyg3WdT1-W6HyB1mc5j7iOT4zajFlwkqIkU21kHQSK7Z9n5O1C74EJCLAKaXo5I0IqEiwYsa8f9BX9Koon_0ctOQP31zg=&c=DqOCUO0ROJ5wr6h0aFLr9GJsJjwdVQweddsHrweDcyYWytTKUg8zug==&ch=pn3Fz2MgUCEZ2GlerejYXvLTpu12As09TpzFkPhjSffutkuYOeXRGQ==" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1B305C;text-decoration:none'>MyVSS</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 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