<div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-m_6960415005847901217gmail_msg" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span class="gmail-m_6960415005847901217gmail_msg" style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">2017 MIT Postdoctoral Association Vendor Fair</span></p><p class="gmail-m_6960415005847901217gmail_msg" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span class="gmail-m_6960415005847901217gmail_msg" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Hosted by the MIT-PDA Fundraising Committee</span></p><p class="gmail-m_6960415005847901217gmail_msg" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span class="gmail-m_6960415005847901217gmail_msg" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><br></span></p><p class="gmail-m_6960415005847901217gmail_msg" style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span class="gmail-m_6960415005847901217gmail_msg" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Mark your calendars! On Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 the PDA will host a vendor fair in the &quot;student street&quot; of the Ray and Maria Stata Center. This is a great opportunity to meet sales representatives of a wide range of companies (start-ups as well as the big players) where you typically order goods and equipment for the laboratory. This is the chance to meet the real people behind the products and not only the checkout webpage of the eCatalog. Besides all these vendors MIT WorkLife Center, MIT Libraries, and the International Scholars Office will also be present with valuable resources for you. There will be a raffle where you can win Amazon gift cards and PDA T-shirts! And most importantly - we have free food! Join us and get in touch with companies and your fellow PostDocs.</span></p><p class="gmail-m_6960415005847901217gmail_msg" style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span class="gmail-m_6960415005847901217gmail_msg" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><br></span></p><p class="gmail-m_6960415005847901217gmail_msg" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span class="gmail-m_6960415005847901217gmail_msg" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Date and Time</span><span class="gmail-m_6960415005847901217gmail_msg" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">  Tuesday, March 14, 2:00 - 5:00 PM</span></p><p class="gmail-m_6960415005847901217gmail_msg" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span class="gmail-m_6960415005847901217gmail_msg" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Location</span><span class="gmail-m_6960415005847901217gmail_msg" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> Stata Center</span></p><p class="gmail-m_6960415005847901217gmail_msg" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span class="gmail-m_6960415005847901217gmail_msg" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Registration</span><span class="gmail-m_6960415005847901217gmail_msg" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> To join the raffle you must register via Eventbrite (</span><a class="gmail-m_6960415005847901217gmail_msg" style="text-decoration:none" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/o/mit-postdoctoral-association-12804997902" target="_blank"><span class="gmail-m_6960415005847901217gmail_msg" style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">https://www.eventbrite.com/o/<wbr>mit-postdoctoral-association-<wbr>12804997902</span></a><span class="gmail-m_6960415005847901217gmail_msg" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">) or on-site.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_6960415005847901217gmail_msg"><br class="gmail-m_6960415005847901217gmail_msg"></p><p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_6960415005847901217gmail_msg">The fundraising committee is also volunteers to help out with the PDA <span class="gmail-m_6960415005847901217lG">vendor</span> <span class="gmail-m_6960415005847901217lG">fair</span>. Anyone willing to volunteer will get a free PDA t-shirt and will also be entered into the prize raffle which includes Amazon gift cards. Here is the link to signup for a time slot: <a class="gmail-m_6960415005847901217gmail_msg" href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oTHP4HwNCb0n08Srk0Z0BZgNpnzuCeI6k0tEvxHn308/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><b>https://docs.google.com/<wbr>spreadsheets/d/<wbr>1oTHP4HwNCb0n08Srk0Z0BZgNpnzuC<wbr>eI6k0tEvxHn308/edit?usp=<wbr>sharing</b></a>. If you have any questions, please email David Veysset (<a class="gmail_msg" target="_blank"><font color="#3367d6"><b>david.veysset@gmail.com</b></font></a>). </p></div>