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<div>Dear Postdocs,</div>
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<div>Another PDA mandate has come to an end. It was a pleasure to interact with you and to bring you events that the PDA thinks will make your time at MIT a richer one. A huge thank you to the now former PDA officers, for their dedication and hard work: so
few people, so many events!</div>
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<div>The PDA was delighted to see so many new and proactive postdocs at the elections, and how so many volunteered their scarce free time to help their fellow postdocs, by offering to lead committees. </div>
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<div>The PDA hopes you appreciate our dedication to the postdoc community, and welcomes event suggestions and your occasional help. Feel free to attend our
<a href="http://pda.mit.edu/get-involved-in-the-pda/come-to-pda-meetings/">monthly meetings</a> and to<a href="http://pda.mit.edu/contact/"> contact us</a>.</div>
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<div>It is with great pleasure that we introduce to you the new PDA team:</div>
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<div>President - <b>Vincent Chan</b></div>
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<div>Vice-President - <b>Greg Kabachinski </b></div>
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<div>Treasurer - <b>Nagore Ortiz</b></div>
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<div>Recording Secretary - <b>Nicole</b> <b>Vega</b></div>
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<div>Corresponding Secretary - <b>Magali Gauthier</b></div>
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<div>Advocacy Committee Chair - <b>Co-Chairs Martin Stewart and Piyush Jain</b> </div>
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<div>Professional Development Committee - <b>Usama Kadri </b></div>
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<div>Community Building Committee - Co-chairs <b>Dan Cuppoletti</b> and <b>Virginia Burger</b> </div>
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<div>Alumni Association Committee - <b>Stuart Cook</b></div>
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<div>Fundraising Committee - <b>Nir Pour</b></div>
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<div>Human Issues Committee - <b>Markita Landry</b></div>
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<div>IT Committee - <b>Position still open!</b> Please come to the next PDA meeting (Oct 6, noon, E25 - 202) if you are interested in chairing this committee.</div>
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<div>A big thank you to the new chairs, for taking on these roles!</div>
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<div>All postdocs are strongly encouraged to attend the <a href="http://pda.mit.edu/get-involved-in-the-pda/come-to-pda-meetings/" target="_blank">
PDA meetings</a> and volunteer even a tiny bit of their time to help. What the PDA does benefits us all, so the more help we get the more we can do for our postdoctoral community.</div>
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<div>Wishing you lots of success,</div>
<div>Sara</div>
<div>- on behalf of the PDA</div>
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<div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px">Sara Cleto, Ph.D.
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<div>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</div>
<div>Synthetic Biology Group </div>
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