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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Jett Liu <jettliu@mit.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Microbiome-club] Symposium Abstract Deadline Extended!</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The abstract submission deadline for the
<b>2025 MIT Microbiome Symposium has been extended to February 7th!</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you’d like to submit an abstract you can do so
</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_JzDAtAeuLYXUILRRmbg34YkuWpe3XOKHaz0o8oXqH8jxSQ/viewform?usp=header"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">here</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Abstracts can be considered for either a flash talk or a poster. Posters will also participate in our annual poster competition.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;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:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hybrid-annual-mit-microbiome-symposium-2025-tickets-1145659461289?aff=oddtdtcreator"><span style="color:#1155CC">Register for free</span></a> on our Eventbrite
page.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please tell others about this event! Feel free to circulate this email to others who might be interested.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The symposium will feature talks from established and young investigators, poster sessions, expert Q&A sessions, industry tables, and a networking social to close
the day. This year we are proud to host </span><a href="https://arcinstitute.org/labs/thaisslab"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Dr. Christoph Thaiss</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
(Stanford University) and </span><a href="https://krieger2.jhu.edu/biology/labs/diruggiero/lab/index.html"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Dr. Jocelyne DiRuggiero</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
(Johns Hopkins University) as our two keynote speakers.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;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"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Your participation in this symposium is free. 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"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2025 Microbiome Symposium Organizing Team</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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