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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>5th Annual MIT Microbiome Symposium, abstract submission open!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";color:#77984C">CMIT and the MIT Microbiome Club present the</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";color:#28916B">5th Annual MIT Microbiome Symposium</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";color:#3A3E44">Monday, March 30, 2020 from 10AM – 5PM, Broad Institute</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The MIT Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics and the MIT Microbiome Club are proud to <b>invite you to participate in our fifth annual MIT
Microbiome Symposium </b>to be held on Monday, March 30, 2020 from 10-5 pm at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Abstract submission is officially open!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This year we are proud to host
<b><i>Prof. Suzanne Devkota </i></b>(University of California-Los Angeles) and<b><i> Prof. Christina Warinner
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Submit an </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://microbiome2020.wordpress.com/abstract-submission/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#954F72">abstract</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">!
Abstracts can be considered for either a flash talk or poster, or both. Posters will also participate in our annual poster competition. Abstract submission guarantees registration. <b>Deadline for submission: February 7th.</b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Registration (free!) will open in February after abstract submissions. Details on registering can be found
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please contact <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:microbiome2020@gmail.com">microbiome2020@gmail.com</a></span></strong> with
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Our goal is to showcase the diverse opportunities available in the field of microbiome science, and we hope that you can join us!
</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We look forward to seeing you in March!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><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
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