<div dir="ltr">Early Bird Registration for ESA's Life Discovery Conference ends today.<div><br></div><div>Marty</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ecological Society of America and Life Discovery Partners</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ldc@esa.org">ldc@esa.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 8:30 AM<br>Subject: REGISTER TODAY: 4th LIFE DISCOVERY - DOING SCIENCE CONFERENCE<br>To: <a href="mailto:downs@nceas.ucsb.edu">downs@nceas.ucsb.edu</a><br><br><br>

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