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<div style="font-family: Palatino-Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Hello Fellow Postdocs,</span></font></span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Are you worried about funding for your lab or the lab you plan to run in the future?
Do you and/or your PI seem to spend all of your time writing grants? Do you know talented scientists that have left academia because of funding?</span></font></span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This is not surprising as science funding has dropped 30% in the last decade alone and
is at a 40 yr low. </span></font></span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font><font size="2">Please take a few minutes of your time to advocate for the future of science. Hopefully this will translate to hours gained in </font>having to write less grants! <font face="Palatino-Roman" size="2" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Come
light a candle for the ideas that haven't been worked, the cures that haven't been found, the talented researchers that have left academia, the hours lost writing grants instead of doing science. </font></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>When: September 17 6:30 pm</b></span></font></span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>Where: Amphitheater outside of Stata building</b></span></font></span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">We plan to send a picture of the event to congress along with a clear message about how
the science funding crisis is affecting academics.</span></font><font face="Tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font><font face="Tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>It is a super critical time as we
are in danger of entering another sequester this year.</b></span></font><font face="Tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">If you have FB, please RSVP here: </span></font><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/673090636167954/" target="_blank"><font face="Tahoma,sans-serif" size="2" color="purple"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">https://www.facebook.com/events/673090636167954/.</span></font></a><font face="Tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Feel
free to forward this message to supporters of science.</span></font></span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Viva Science,</span></font></span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Christin</span></font></span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Christin Glorioso</span></font></span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Co-founder of Academics for the Future of Science</span></font></span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Postdoctoral Associate</span></font></span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Guarente Lab</span></font></span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Biology Department</span></font></span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span></font></span></font></div>
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