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<div class="">This year the<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""> keynote speaker for the Kopchick Award Ceremony and Banquet on Saturday Nov. 18</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><sup class="">th
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<span class="ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted0" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;">William Ludington </span><span class="ContentPasted0" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;">of Carnegie Science</span></div>
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<span class="ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted0" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;">Expertise: Microbiotoa influence on host lifespan; a goal is to understand gut ecology and how it relates to host health.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;" class=""><a href="https://carnegiescience.edu/dr-william-ludington-0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" id="OWAd852ea64-2442-792b-fc13-8a535ed9d6be" class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0 x_OWAAutoLink" style="margin: 0px;">https://carnegiescience.edu/dr-william-ludington-0</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;" class=""><a href="https://reporter.nih.gov/search/pWQ74qLjg0yhJsrnF1NHAQ/projects" id="LPlnk728087" class="">https://reporter.nih.gov/search/pWQ74qLjg0yhJsrnF1NHAQ/projects</a></span></div>
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If you’d like to go to the ceremony, or if you’d like to meet Dr. Ludington (or both!), please contact Dr. Nathan Weyand: <a href="mailto:weyand@ohio.edu" class="">weyand@ohio.edu</a>.</div>
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<font color="#242424" face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="3" class="">Also, there are openings to take Dr. Ludigton for breakfast or lunch that Saturday (and perhaps dinner Friday Nov. 17</font><span class="ContentPasted0" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sup class="ContentPasted0">th</sup>).</span></div>
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