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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Dear Colleagues,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#202124">Our NIH BRAIN Initiative-sponsored project (1U24NS124001) is conducting an annual survey of the needs and experiences of users in neuroscience modeling.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#202124">Would you be so kind to help us by filling out this brief survey?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#202124">It will take only 5 minutes, and the results will help guide future development of software and documentation for the community.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#202124">Whether you use our tools or not, an expert or novice in modeling, we’d love to hear from you! Thank you so much.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#202124">If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out by email.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#202124">Best regards,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#202124">Anton.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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