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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Dear SINQ users,</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">last week SINQ has successfully resumed operation and is now expected to run according to its usual operation schedule until December 23, 2016. After the annual winter shutdown the 2017 operation period
will then be May - October 2017.</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Usually you expect the call for proposals during these days with a submission deadline on November 15 but because of the unexpected shutdown over the summer and the related backlog on the instruments we
have decided to postpone the next call for proposals to early 2017 with a </span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">proposal submission deadline on February 20, 2017</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">More information: </span><a href="https://www.psi.ch/sinq/call-for-proposals" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">https://www.psi.ch/sinq/call-for-proposals</a><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Please don't hesitate to contact us in case of remaining questions: </span><a href="mailto:useroffice@psi.ch" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">useroffice@psi.ch</a><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">We are looking forward to your new proposals in February!</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">With very best wishes,</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">PSI User Office</span></div>
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