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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Biology Students and Postdocs,</span></p>
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<p>Please see below an invitation to the Machine Learning in Biology Working Group retreat.</p>
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<p>Best,</p>
<p>Sam</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Hi!</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Last Spring, we started the Machine Learning in Biology Working Group (MLBWG) to foster inter-departmental connections among Ph.D. students and post-docs applying machine learning to biological problems. Many such
researchers often work in labs that focus on computer science or biology – not both. Accordingly, we designed the MLBWG as a close-knit space for students and post-docs to meet other interdisciplinary researchers and receive detailed feedback on their work. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">We are hosting a small one-day retreat this summer for the MIT community on
<b>Wednesday, August 28th in Building 76 (Luria Auditorium, KI)</b>. This will be an opportunity for faculty-student interactions, further promoting interdepartmental collaborations, and it will include a keynote talk by
<b>Prof. Debbie Marks (HMS)</b>, two graduate student speakers (<b>Peter DeWeirdt</b>, Michael Laub's lab) and
<b>Xinyi Zhang</b> (Caroline Uhler's lab), a panel focused on the future of the interface of machine learning and biology with
<b>Dr. Kevin Yang (Microsoft Research New England), Prof. Sergey Ovchinnikov (MIT), and Dr. Pat Walters (Relay Therapeutics)</b>. It will also include poster sessions.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">We would love to see you there - </span>
<u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:blue"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdSQgpcGdLcppFJCQu-4HGc83G6Veaq34384za3PxGwWtVrrw/viewform">here</a></span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> is the registration form, including a detailed
schedule. We will cap the number of attendees at ~30 and the number of poster presenters at ~15 so make sure to sign up! Registration will close on
<b>August 5<sup>th</sup></b>. This will be a great chance to present a poster and network with fellow trainees, faculty, and other professionals.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Feel free to reach out with any questions.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">All the best,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Maria Carreira (Joey Davis's lab) & Foster Birnbaum (Amy Keating's lab)</span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><i><span style="color:black">Maria V. Carreira (she/her/hers)</span></i></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">PhD Candidate in Biology</span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
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