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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear MIT Postdocs,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We continue counting the days until Christmas and New Year with all the upcoming MIT events. Have you been to our Ice Skating event last week? I guess that all of your departments and maybe research groups have Holiday or Winter Socials
in the next weeks. Have you seen that there is also the Winterfest on Thursday from 3pm - 5pm organized by President and Mrs. Reif?
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<p class="MsoNormal">Have a great week! And Happy St. Nikolaus <span style="font-family:Wingdings">
J</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kathrin<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dr.-Ing. Kathrin Graetz<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Corresponding Secretary<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://pda.mit.edu/">pda.mit.edu</a>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/44093460815/">Facebook</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/MITPDA">Twitter (@MITPDA)</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/grps/MIT-Postdoc-2506720/about?">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Next PDA meeting: December 14, 12pm @E25-202 in one week!
</span></b><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-vT1gzgyik3JHFWaRgQwAVeVoiaoQFK7iP2MO4dtKwo/viewform"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">register here</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Lunch will be provided!
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<p class="MsoNormal">This Week’s Topics:<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Upcoming PDA events<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Call for Co-Chair for the Community Building Committee and for Volunteers<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Application for PDA Conference Travel Grants (Period January – June 2016)<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>From the PDA PInG Initiatives<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Other events at MIT<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Contribute to the Giving Tree<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Application for Spring 2016 Kaufman Teaching Certificate Program (KTCP)<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Getting Published<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Faculty Talks – Prof. Langer<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Application open for Volunteer Consulting group<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Enriching Your Mentoring Relationships<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Data Science-Big Data Meet Up<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Mindfulness for Stress Reduction<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Upcoming PDA Events:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">PDA Sports:</span></b> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=Sport%20Activities%20for%20MIT%20Postdocs">
https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=Sport%20Activities%20for%20MIT%20Postdocs</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Call for a Co-Chair for the Community Building Committee and Volunteers:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The MIT Postdoctoral Association is looking for a new Co-chair for the Community Building Committee (CBC) for 2016. </span><span style="color:#222222;background:white">If you enjoy creating opportunities for postdocs
to come together with each other and other members of the Greater Boston Community,</span><span style="color:black"> please consider serving as a CBC Co-Chair. We also need volunteers for the CBC - if you would like to help suggest, organize, or run events
that will strengthen the postdoc community at MIT, let us know and we would love to have you on the committee. The goals of the CBC are posted below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">P</span><span style="color:#222222;background:white">lease get in touch with Virginia (</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:virgy@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">virgy@mit.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:#222222;background:white">),
Paulo (</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:pagarcia@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">pagarcia@mit.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:#222222;background:white">), or Farrokh (</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:farrokh@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">farrokh@mit.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:#222222;background:white">)
this week i</span><span style="color:black">f you are interested in chairing or volunteering with the CBC.</span><span style="color:#222222;background:white"> We will set up a meeting for next week (Dec. 7-11) with interested postdocs to go over the positions
in more detail. We would like to have a new chair lined up by the next PDA meeting on December 14. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">CBC Goals: <o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>Encourage participation and involvement within the MIT community<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>Enlist the support of MIT postdoctoral trainees towards PDA efforts through committee participation and involvement<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>Organize networking and social events that create a supportive peer group and integrate postdocs into the larger MIT community<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Application for PDA Conference Travel Grants<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The PDA Conference Travel Grants, covering the period from January 1st, 2016 to June 30th, 2016, is now open for application. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">The deadline for the online application is December 10th, 2015 and awardees will be announced by the end-of-December 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The grants will be in the amount of up to $1000 for international travel and up to $600 for domestic travel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">We encourage postdoc applicants from all disciplines to participate, as per the eligibility criteria specified below:</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">1. Applicant must be a current MIT post-doc.</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">2. Must be presenting a talk/poster at a conference scheduled between January 1st, 2016 to June 30th, 2016</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">.</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">3. Have not received a past travel grant from the MIT PDA.</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">4. Submit application only for a single conference.</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">5. At least, a part of the presented work MUST have been carried out at MIT, and the MIT PI should be a co-author.</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">6. Officers of the MIT PDA are not eligible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt"><span style="color:black">To apply, please fill out properly every section of the following form:
</span><span lang="DE" style="color:black"><a href="https://form.jotform.com/53233666367966"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:purple">https://form.jotform.com/53233666367966</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Travel grants will be paid upon submission of all conference-related receipts to the Treasurer of the PDA (registration fee; travel, lodging, on site transportation, and food). If there are expenses that are being
reimbursed by the department or other sources, please indicate this when submitting receipts. Travel grant funds will only cover amounts not already being reimbursed. PI’s and departmental administrators will be notified of the award.</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Evaluation will be based exclusively on the scientific merits and originality of the submitted work. Therefore, a compelling description of the significance and impact of the presented project is particularly important.</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">The PDA Travel Grant Program is made possible through funding from the MIT Postdoctoral Association. The MIT PDA is funded in part by the Office of the Vice President for Research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">From the PDA PInG Initiatives:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Yoga Classes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">on Wednesdays at 7:30pm at Marlar Lounge 37-252. Tickets and more info are available
</span></b><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-mit-yoga-postdoctoral-initiative-mypi-tickets-17836512489"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt">here.</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify">
<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dec. 2, Dec. 9, Dec. 16, </span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">2 weeks break for Christmas and New Year’s</span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">,
Jan. 6, Jan. 13, Jan. 20, Jan. 27, Feb. 3, Feb. 10</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Other Events:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Enriching Your Mentoring Relationships
</span></b>(Sponsored by the Office of the VPR)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We all hear the buzzword "mentoring" in relation to career success, but most of us don't know how to look for a strong mentor or how to use one effectively once we have found one. How can you maximize your mentoring relationship with your
supervisor? How can you go about finding and benefiting from additional mentors? This presentation offers practical advice on building and maximizing mentoring relationships, and is relevant for those on both sides of a mentoring relationship.<br>
<b>Speaker:</b> Joanne Kamens, Executive Director, Addgene<br>
<b>Date and Time:</b> Monday, December 7, 3 – 4:30 pm<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Location:</b> Singleton Auditorium, Building <a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=46">
46-3002</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="DE" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12RCMWuaNgf8-zR-iYBeDBdo_mdrUc53vZy_Xc7xigAc/viewform" target="_blank" title="Please Register">Click to register</a></span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Winterfest<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">President and Mrs. Reif invite the MIT community to celebrate the semester's end with seasonal refreshments <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Date and Time:</b> Thursday, December 10, 3 – 5 pm<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Location:</b> Charles M. Vest Student Street, Stata Center<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">4<sup>th</sup> Annual Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation
</span></b>(pdf files in original mail)<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation is to recognize and honor
<b>Excellence in Biomedical Sciences</b> conducted by postdoctoral fellows. The prize winner will receive a check for $50,000 and the home institution will receive an additional $5,000 to help support a seminar series. MIT has been invited to submit 2 postdoc
applications.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Vice President for Research office will be handling the internal competition for postdocs ONLY.</b> The graduate student competition will be handled by Scott Tirrell in the Dean for Graduate Education office.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Candidates MUST be nominated by their Department Head/Lab Director/Dean using the attached Nomination Form. The form must be signed. Please be sure to check off the Postdoctoral Fellow option under ‘Level of Training.’<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Postdocs who would like to submit a proposal for this should send the following materials to Debra Martin (<a href="mailto:debra@mit.edu">debra@mit.edu</a>)
<b>by Wednesday, December 16, 2015 (early date due to upcoming holidays). </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1) Signed Nomination Form<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2) Candidate CV<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3) PDF files of 2-3 publications representative of candidate’s research<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">4) 2-page, single space Research Proposal (Guidelines for “Dream Project” descriptions are in attached pdf file)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">2016 IMPACT program for advanced pre-doctoral and post-doctoral trainees<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We are happy to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2016 IMPACT program. Based on the successful pilot run last year, the program will provide group interdisciplinary mentorship with teams from academia, medicine,
and industry, to help participants focus their research ideas and career goals.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Participants will be challenged to:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- explore and defend the real world impact of their research<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- develop the capacity to talk about their work and themselves to diverse audiences<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- increase their appreciation for different career paths, and for the mechanisms through which research progresses from lab to real world impact<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- build, support, and use diverse professional networks<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- craft pro-active strategies for their personal career development. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Participants will leave with a clearer definition of the impact of their work, and will have expanded their professional network in ways that will help them for years to come. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The application form can be accessed at <a href="http://bit.ly/impact16">bit.ly/impact16</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Applications are due Dec 18, 2015. <b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Data Science-Big Data Meet Up
</span></b>(Sponsored by GECD)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Join this Meet Up with alums and representatives working in Data Science-Big Data, and learn about jobs and careers in this rapidly growing field. Here’s your chance to ask about the work, career paths, skills needed, trends in the field,
and whatever else you would like to know.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Date and Time:</b> Monday, December 7, 5:30 - 6:30 pm <o:p>
</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Location:</b> 10-105 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Register via</b> <a href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student">
CareerBridge</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Mindfulness for Stress Reduction
</span></b>(Sponsored by MIT Work-Life)<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">see <a href="http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/seminars/professionals">
http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/seminars/professionals</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">December 11, at Noon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Free affiliate membership with the National Postdoctoral Association:
<a href="http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/?page=individual_members">http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/?page=individual_members</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Other helpful sites:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="postdocs.mit.edu">postdocs.mit.edu</a> (Office VPR)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://gecd.mit.edu/mit-events"><span lang="DE">MIT GECD Events</span></a><span lang="DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://spouses.mit.edu/mit-events"><span lang="DE">MIT Spouses&Partners Events</span></a><span lang="DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://events.mit.edu/"><span lang="DE">MIT Events</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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