<div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:center;margin:0px 0px 6px;display:block;font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b style="letter-spacing:-0.12px"><font color="#000000"><i>Calling all postdocs: join us TODAY at the <span class="gmail-m_-329946799846309680gmail-m_-5231652921443471656gmail-il">MIT</span> Postdoctoral Association&#39;s annual <span class="gmail-m_-329946799846309680gmail-m_-5231652921443471656gmail-il">Vendor</span> <span class="gmail-m_-329946799846309680gmail-m_-5231652921443471656gmail-il">Fair</span> and Scientific Powerpoint Karaoke Competition!</i></font></b><br></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px 0px 6px;display:block;font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:center;margin:0px 0px 6px;display:block;font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;letter-spacing:-0.12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font size="6" color="#0000ff"><b>7th Annual<span> </span><span class="gmail-m_-329946799846309680gmail-m_-5231652921443471656gmail-il">MIT</span><span> </span><span class="gmail-m_-329946799846309680gmail-m_-5231652921443471656gmail-il">PDA</span><span> </span><span class="gmail-m_-329946799846309680gmail-m_-5231652921443471656gmail-il">Vendor</span><span> </span><span class="gmail-m_-329946799846309680gmail-m_-5231652921443471656gmail-il">Fair</span></b></font></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:center;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin:0px 0px 6px;display:block;font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;letter-spacing:-0.12px"><b><font size="4" color="#ff0000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Free food and drink!<span> </span></font><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#9900ff" size="4">Raffle for prizes!</font></span></b></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px 0px 6px;display:block;font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px 0px 6px;display:block;font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#0000ff"><b>Date and time: </b><span style="font-weight:400">Tuesday, May 1 2018 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM</span></font></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px 0px 6px;display:block;font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#0000ff"><b>Location:</b><span style="font-weight:400"><span> </span><span class="gmail-m_-329946799846309680gmail-m_-5231652921443471656gmail-il">MIT</span><span> </span>Stata Center Bldg 32: Student Street (<span class="gmail-m_-329946799846309680gmail-m_-5231652921443471656gmail-il">Vendor</span><span> </span><span class="gmail-m_-329946799846309680gmail-m_-5231652921443471656gmail-il">Fair</span>) and 32-124 (Karaoke Competition)</span></font></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px 0px 6px;display:block;font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px 0px 6px;display:block;font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Come take your lunch break at the Stata Center and talk to representatives from a variety of scientific companies showcasing their latest products and services. Free food and beverages will be provided, and all attendees will be entered into a raffle to win Amazon gift cards!</p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px 0px 6px;display:block;font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:center;margin:0px 0px 6px;display:block;font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Attending<span> </span><span class="gmail-m_-329946799846309680gmail-m_-5231652921443471656gmail-il">vendors</span><span> </span>include:</b></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px 0px 6px;display:block;font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></p><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_jek9k1ik0" alt="image.png" width="642" height="123" class="gmail-m_-329946799846309680gmail-m_-5231652921443471656gmail-CToWUd gmail-m_-329946799846309680gmail-m_-5231652921443471656gmail-a6T" style="outline: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.12px; margin-right: 0px;"></div><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px 0px 6px;display:block;font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><i><font color="#0000ff">Schedule:</font></i></b></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px 0px 6px;display:block;font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#0000ff"><b>11:00 AM - 12:00 PM:</b><span style="font-weight:400"> <span style="font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.12px;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Scientific PowerPoint Karaoke Competition in 32-124</span></span></font></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px 0px 6px;display:block;font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#0000ff"><span style="font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:-0.12px;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><b>12:00 PM - 3:00 PM:</b></span><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:-0.12px;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span><span class="gmail-m_-329946799846309680gmail-m_-5231652921443471656gmail-il">Vendor</span><span> </span><span class="gmail-m_-329946799846309680gmail-m_-5231652921443471656gmail-il">Fair</span><span> </span>in Stata Center Student Street</span></font></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px 0px 6px;display:block;font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px 0px 6px;display:block;font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:center;margin:0px 0px 6px;display:block;font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;letter-spacing:-0.12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font size="4"><b><font color="#000000">First Annual </font><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:-0.12px;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><u>Scientific PowerPoint Karaoke Competition</u></span></b></font></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:center;margin:0px 0px 6px;display:block;font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;letter-spacing:-0.12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font size="4"><b><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:-0.12px;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><b style="font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:-0.12px;text-align:center;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;color:rgb(255,0,0)">Sponsored by the de Florez Fund for Humor!</b><br></span></b></font></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:center;margin:0px 0px 6px;display:block;font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;letter-spacing:-0.12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b style="letter-spacing:-0.12px;color:rgb(255,0,0)"><img src="cid:ii_jek9r1gd3" alt="image.jpeg" width="203" height="182" class="gmail-m_-329946799846309680gmail-m_-5231652921443471656gmail-CToWUd gmail-m_-329946799846309680gmail-m_-5231652921443471656gmail-a6T" style="outline: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><br>​</b></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:center;margin:0px 0px 6px;display:block;font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;letter-spacing:-0.12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.12px;text-align:start">What is a Powerpoint Karaoke Competition?</span><br></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px 0px 6px;display:block;font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">We&#39;ve invited volunteers from the<span> </span><span class="gmail-m_-329946799846309680gmail-m_-5231652921443471656gmail-il">MIT</span><span> </span>postdoc community to submit Powerpoint presentations of their research that they have previously given at conferences, seminars, group meetings etc. The Powerpoints will be mixed up and each presenter will have to present a totally unfamiliar set of slides about research in another department.</p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px 0px 6px;display:block;font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The result will be a hilarious show as the speakers try to talk about science in a completely different field!</p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px 0px 6px;display:block;font-family:&quot;SF Optimized&quot;,system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,&qu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