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<b><span style="color:#262626">Future of Research Symposium -
"How Many Grads / Postdocs?"</span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:left;line-height:20pt"><span style="color:#262626"> The </span><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38)">Future of Research (FOR) symposium is organized by postdocs for postdocs with
the mission of addressing critical challenges affecting the biomedical research enterprise through seminars and moderated discussions. The results from last year's FOR symposium are summarized in this </span><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38)"><a href="http://f1000research.com/articles/3-291/v2" target="_blank"><span style="color:#184ee5">F1000
Research</span></a></span><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38)"> article.
This year's three day event will be hosted at Boston University and focuses on challenges within the biomedical workforce, including how to collect accurate data
on graduate student and postdoc career outcomes. Thursday and Friday's events will involve panel discussions identifying some of the challenges in collecting and decimating accurate information about career opportunities and outcomes. Saturday will be an
interactive hackday event to identify ways in which early career scientists can help in addressing some of these challenges.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;line-height:20pt"><span style="color:#262626"><b>For more information and registration visit:
<a href="http://futureofresearch.org" target="_blank">http://futureofresearch.org</a></b></span></p>
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<span style="color:#262626">Boston University, Charles River Campus:</span></p>
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<span style="color:#262626">October 22, 2015 | 4:00 - 7:00 pm
640 Commonwealth Avenue, COM 101 (CRC)</span></p>
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October 23, 2015 | 9:00 am - 1:00 pm | 871 Commonwealth Avenue, CGS 129 (CRC) &
2:00 - 5:00 pm | 640 Commonwealth Avenue, COM 101 (CRC)</span></p>
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<span style="color:#262626">October 24, 2015 | 9:00 - 11:00 pm
871 Commonwealth Avenue, CGS 130 (CRC)</span></p>
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<br><br><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.727272033691406px"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Vincent Chan, Ph.D.</font></b><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana"><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="1" face="georgia, serif" color="#000000">President, Biotech Connection - Boston</font></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="1" face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><a href="http://bostonbiotech.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Biotech Connection - Boston</a><br>President, MIT Postdoctoral Association<br><a href="http://pda.mit.edu/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">MIT Postdoctoral Association</a></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="1" face="georgia, serif" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Research Scientist, </font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:x-small">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span></div><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:x-small"><a href="http://darbelofflab.mit.edu/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">d'Arbeloff Laboratory</a></span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:x-small">, 77 Massachusetts Ave, #1-007, Cambridge, MA</span></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><font size="1" face="georgia, serif">Cell: <a value="+14438382773" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">(443) 838-2773</a></font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:x-small"> | Email: </span><a href="mailto:chanv@mit.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:x-small" target="_blank">chanv@mit.edu</a></font></div></div></div></div><br>