<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PostalCode"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"><DIV class="Section1"><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">July 11, 2007<BR> <BR> From: Alan D. Grossman<BR> <BR> Regarding: A new interdepartmental and interdisciplinary graduate program in Microbiology at MIT<BR> <BR> <BR> Dear Colleagues,<BR> <BR> We are writing to announce the formation of a new MIT-wide interdepartmental and interdisciplinary graduate (Ph. D.) program in Microbiology. We are anticipating that the first class of students will enter the program in the Fall 2008. The application deadline is December 15, 2007. <BR> <BR> For more information about the program, please visit the web site: </SPAN></FONT><FONT size="4" color="black"><SPAN style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"> <A href="http://microbiology.mit.edu">http://microbiology.mit.edu</A></SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black"> <BR> <BR> Current members of The Microbiology Graduate Committee are: Eric Alm, Cathy Drennan, Michael Laub, Martin Polz, Kris Jones Prather, Leona Samson, David Schauer, Joanne Stubbe, Graham Walker, and myself. <BR> <BR> Bonnie Lee Whang is the administrator for the program. Her office is in 68-139. Her e-mail (and the e-mail for the program) is</SPAN></FONT><FONT size="4" color="black"><SPAN style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"> <A href="mailto:microbiology@mit.edu">microbiology@mit.edu</A></SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black">. <BR> <BR> Attached is a pdf of a poster with information about the program. Please feel free to print and post this and/or send it to anyone you think might be interested, especially undergraduates considering graduate schools. <BR> <BR> I apologize to anyone who receives multiple copies of the announcement and poster. <BR> <BR> Please let us know if you have any comments or questions about the program. <BR> <BR> Regards,<BR> Alan<BR> (for the Graduate Committee)</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P> <PRE><FONT size="2" face="Courier New"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt"><X-SIGSEP>-- <O:P></O:P></X-SIGSEP></SPAN></FONT></PRE><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt">Alan D. Grossman<BR> Professor of Biology<BR> Department of Biology<BR> Building 68-530<BR> M.I.T.<BR> <ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:CITY w:st="on">Cambridge</ST1:CITY>, <ST1:STATE w:st="on">MA</ST1:STATE> <ST1:POSTALCODE w:st="on">02139</ST1:POSTALCODE></ST1:PLACE><BR> <BR> phone (617) 253-1515<BR> fax (617) 253-2643<BR> e-mail <A href="mailto:adg@mit.edu">adg@mit.edu</A><BR> <BR> <A href="http://mit.edu/biology/www/">http://mit.edu/biology/www/</A><BR> <A href="http://microbiology.mit.edu">http://microbiology.mit.edu</A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt"> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> </DIV> </O:SMARTTAGTYPE></O:SMARTTAGTYPE></O:SMARTTAGTYPE></O:SMARTTAGTYPE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BODY></HTML>