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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Chelsea Catania <cataniac@mit.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>4th Annual MIT-Harvard Microbiome Symposium, call for abstracts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";background:white">We invite you to participate in</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";background:white"><a href="https://microbiome2019.wordpress.com" target="_blank">the 4th annual MIT-Harvard Microbiome Symposium</a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";background:white">to be held on</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";background:white">Friday, March 8, 2019 from 10-5 pm</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";background:white">at the Media Lab at MIT.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";background:white"><a href="https://microbiome2019.wordpress.com/abstract-submission/" target="_blank">Share your discoveries. Contribute
your ideas.</a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";background:white">Registration and abstract submission are officially open! </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";background:white">We are welcoming applications
to present on a microbiome-related research topic or idea. Abstracts can be considered for either a flash talk or poster. Posters will participate in our annual poster competition. All applicants are welcome!</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";background:white">Registration and abstract submission:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";background:white">- <a href="https://microbiome2019.wordpress.com/registration/" target="_blank">Register</a> for free.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";background:white">- <a href="https://microbiome2019.wordpress.com/abstract-submission/" target="_blank">Submit</a> an abstract! <b><u>Deadline for abstract submission: February 14th.</u></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";background:white">- Please tell others about this event! Feel free to circulate this email to others who might be interested.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";background:white">- Contact <a href="mailto:2019-microbiome-symposium@mit.edu" target="_blank">2019-microbiome-symposium@mit.edu</a> with any questions or inquiries.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";background:white">We look forward to seeing you in March!</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";background:white">Best regards,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";background:white">Miri Krupkin, Alex Sheh, and Chelsea Catania</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";background:white">Symposium Organizing Committee | MIT Microbiome Club</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:#16191F">The MIT Microbiome Club, part of the Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics, brings together inquisitive MIT undergrads, grad researchers, postdocs, faculty, and clinicians
in the emerging field of microbiome studies and microbiome-based medicine.<a href="https://www.facebook.com/MITmicrobiomeclub/"><span style="color:#16191F"> </span><span style="color:#386EFF">Learn more on our Facebook page. </span></a>Or follow us on </span></i><span style="color:black"><a href="https://twitter.com/MITubiomeclub"><i><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book"">Twitter</span></i></a></span><i><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:#16191F">. </span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Avenir-Book;color:black">Chelsea Catania, Ph.D.</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Avenir-Book;color:black">MIT Microbiome Club President</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Avenir-Book;color:black">@<a href="https://twitter.com/MITubiomeclub">MITubiomeclub</a> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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