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<div><font class="x_x_Apple-style-span" size="4"><b>Dear Biology Majors,</b></font></div>
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<div><font class="x_x_x_Apple-style-span" size="4">As undergraduates in Course 7 or 6/7, you are cordially invited to attend the luncheon with <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/health/july-dec09/nobel_10-05.html">Dr. Carol Greider</a>, this year's
distinguished HHMI Lecture speaker. </font></div>
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<div><font class="x_x_x_Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="x_x_Apple-style-span">Dr. </span>Greider pioneered research on the structure of telomeres, and she was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Elizabeth Blackburn and
Jack Szostack for their discovery that telomeres are protected from progressive shortening by the enzyme telomerase </font></div>
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<div><font class="x_x_x_Apple-style-span" size="4"><b><font class="x_x_x_Apple-style-span" color="#93238f">Luncheon: Friday, March 15th, <span class="x_x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>12:00--1:30pm</font></b>, <font class="x_x_x_Apple-style-span" color="#93238f"><a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=E17">68-180</a>. Open
to Biology undergraduates only. </font></font></div>
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<div><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large"><font class="x_x_x_Apple-style-span" color="#ff1e16"><b>RSVP for luncheon only</b></font></span><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large">: </span><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large"><b><a href="mailto:bexec@mit.edu">bexec@mit.edu</a></b></span><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large"> by </span><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large"><b>Friday,
March 8th. Seating is limited to the <u>first 20</u> students to respond. </b></span></div>
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<div><font class="x_x_x_Apple-style-span" size="4"><b>Please note: <u><font class="x_Apple-style-span" color="#183df9">a positive RSVP represents a firm commitment to attend this luncheon</font></u>, and your presence is expected. We ask that you respond with
a "yes" only if you are certain that your schedule will allow, and you can be there on time and stay for the duration of the event, 12:00-1:30pm. </b></font></div>
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<div><font class="x_Apple-style-span" size="4"><b>(The lecture, itself, will take place later that day from 4-5pm in the Koch Auditorium, 76-156. All are welcome).</b></font></div>
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<div>Joyce Roberge<br>
Undergraduate Program<br>
Biology Education Office 68-120<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
31 Ames Street<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139<br>
617-253-4718<br>
fax: 617-258-9329<br>
email: <a href="mailto:roberge@mit.edu">roberge@mit.edu</a></div>
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