<html><head><base href="x-msg://73/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div dir="ltr"><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "> </p><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols; font-size: 12pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><em><span style="color: rgb(189, 19, 152); font-size: 9pt; "><img tabindex="0" id="img852603" unselectable="on" size="64168" naturalheight="142" naturalwidth="940" height="142" width="940" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" style="max-width: 99.9000015258789%; " src="cid:51826589-9ec0-46d2-8026-7bf9439605d2"><br></span></em></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols; font-size: 12pt; "><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols; font-size: 12pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">We are pleased to announce the first of three guest speakers for the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>27<sup>th</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Annual International SCTPLS Conference,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(114, 50, 173); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16pt; ">Dr. Warren Burggren</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; ">,</span><span style="color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-size: 11pt; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">from the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of North Texas. The conference will be held in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span> Cincinnati, Ohio, August 11-13, 2017.</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div><div><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; "><span><em>Keynote Title</em>: <strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; ">Developmental Plasticity, Epigenetics and Evolution: Nonlinear Thinking in Traditionally Linear Biological Fields</span></strong></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; "></span></div><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; "> Abstract:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; "> Oft quoted is Theodosius Dobzhansky’s 1973 statement that “Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.” While that statement continues to be timeless and ever-relevant, what<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>changing is our understanding of the mechanisms that underlie evolution and the evolutionary process. Long-viewed as a constant, inexorable process (<i>phyletic gradualism</i>), Stephen Gould and others since have promoted the idea of evolution as a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>saltatory</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>punctuated equilibrium<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>process, in which long periods of stability in a species are suddenly interrupted by rapid changes that lead to the formation of new species.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Against this backdrop, the “new kid on the evolutionary block” is the burgeoning field of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>epigenetics.</i> A major sub-component of this field is epigenetic inheritance, in which traits of the parents are passed on to offspring – that is, inherited -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>without changes in gene sequence</i>. Importantly, epigenetic inheritance can occur suddenly in response to an environmental stressor (temperature, low oxygen, oil pollution), can affect large proportions of a population. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Yet, to paraphrase Dobzhansky, nothing in epigenetic inheritance makes sense except in the light of phenotypic plasticity. Long recognized but not well understood,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>phenotypic plasticity<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>describes how multiple phenotypes (physical forms) can derive from a single genotype (DNA template). These phenotypes are sometimes unpredictable and are especially plastic during development, which can be driven by environment stressors along one of a multitude of non-linear pathways. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Using both theoretical and actual examples from developmental, environmental, and evolutionary biology, this presentation will describe how very small changes in environment can potentially lead to large, nonlinear changes in an organism’s phenotype, which may then persist across generations and ultimately lead to speciation.</span></div><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "> <span style="color: rgb(189, 19, 152); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', fantasy, cursive; ">Please don't forget ...</span></span></div><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; ">The Call for Papers (Abstracts) is open!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.societyforchaostheory.org_conf_2017_cfp&d=DgMFAg&c=S1d2Gs1Y1NQV8Lx35_Qi5FnTH2uYWyh_OhOS94IqYCo&r=pcFN20v4vGhgAAPiksqqO4A5-JEqKN9t1ya9W1PQre0&m=PaKh7aqyAX4FgDz8iWuJPItkKghOiHXoHuFlfLIg-CE&s=hOTHAxT4Nt2o8dsqRtxDBz6XX7tMi0SvVh811VmInkk&e=" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "></span><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; ">http://www.societyforchaostheory.org/conf/2017/cfp</span></b></a></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; "></span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; "> Submission deadline is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><strong>May 15, 2017</strong></span></span></b></div><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITY -- Authors presenting their papers at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b>SCTPLS</b><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>2017 are invited to send manuscripts for publication in <i>Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences</i>. Visit<u><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.societyforchaostheory.org_ndpls&d=CwMF-g&c=P0c35rBvlN7D8BNx7kSJTg&r=b2c1_W0BsRFAngXoCEdVen8GhbYfnzReFMV8oNcgUes&m=hZubbd6OmuAoqh2QQeXjJMepYDUaB5gMSVpyQyVhYQ4&s=aq1Rp1WNX-uuKrIfiyjgMcdhrVzMd7St1aVgzgwLgY4&e=" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.societyforchaostheory.org/ndpls</a></u> for info about NDPLS, manuscript preparation, etc.</span></div><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Kind Regards,</span></div><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Adam</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><img width="703" height="527" tabindex="0" id="276201_rs|3" unselectable="on" size="92250" naturalheight="527" naturalwidth="703" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" style="width: 193px; height: 144.43px; " src="cid:894f8a5a-8cc4-4998-bf25-f86958e30ecb"><span style="color: rgb(189, 19, 152); font-size: 16pt; "><strong>Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and Life Sciences</strong></span></span></div><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">---------------------------------------------------------------<br>Adam Kiefer, Ph.D.<br>Assistant Professor</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Secretary, Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and Life Sciences<br><a href="mailto:adam.kiefer@cchmc.org" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline; ">adam.kiefer@cchmc.org</a><br>---------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br></div></div></span></body></html>