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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">Jessica Pan <jnpan@mit.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Microbiome-club] Annual MIT Microbiome Symposium: one week left!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">One week left to submit abstracts:
<b>deadline 02/28/2021</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The MIT Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics and the MIT Microbiome Club are proud to <b>invite you to participate in our annual MIT Microbiome
Symposium </b>to be held virtually on Thursday, April 15, 2021 from 10-5 pm. Abstract submission is officially open and closing SOON!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The symposium will feature talks from established and young investigators, poster sessions, and a networking social to close the symposium. For more details,
please check out our </span><a href="http://microbiome2021.wordpress.com"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">website</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. This year we are proud to host
</span><a href="https://www.ericmartenslab.org/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr. Eric Martens</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> (University of Michigan) and
</span><a href="http://christinawarinner.com/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr. Christina Warinner</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> (Harvard University) as our two keynote speakers.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To participate in the event:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><a href="http://microbiome2021.wordpress.com/abstract-submission"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Submit<o:p></o:p></span></a></span></p>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://microbiome2021.wordpress.com/abstract-submission">an abstract!</a></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Abstracts can be considered for
either a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">flash talk or poster. Posters will also participate in our annual poster competition. <b>Deadline<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">for submission: February 28th.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Registration<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(free!) will open in March. Details on registering can be found
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><a href="http://microbiome2021.wordpress.com/registration"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">here</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">tell others about this event! Feel free to circulate this email to others who might be interested.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please contact <a href="mailto:cmit.microbiome@gmail.com">cmit.microbiome@gmail.com</a> with any questions or inquiries.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Your participation in this symposium is <b>free</b>. Our goal is to showcase the diverse opportunities available in the field of microbiome science, and we
hope that you can join us!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We look forward to seeing you in April!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Veda Khadka, Annika Gomez, Anni Zhang and Jessica Pan</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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