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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" style="" size="3">Dear MIT postdocs, </font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">We have extended the deadline of the mentorship event to Feb 20th in order to accommodate those postdocs who had been busy during the weekdays and may find more time to fill the application form
during the long weekend. Please note that there wont be further extensions and no applications would be considered after the deadline.</font></div>
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<div style="font-size: 13.3333px; margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" color="#C00000"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>Application deadline</b></span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" color="#C00000"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">: </span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="en-CA"><b>8:00
pm </b></span></font><b style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="en-CA">Feb 20th</span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="en-CA">, 2019</span></font></b><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br>
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<div style="font-size: 13.3333px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" style=""><span lang="en-CA" style="">Please find more information about this program on our website, including the names of some of the
mentors</span></font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><span lang="en-CA" style=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">https://pda.mit.edu/2019-pda-mentoring-program/</font></span></div>
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<div align="justify" style="font-size: 13.3333px; margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" color="#C00000"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>2019 MIT Postdoctoral Association Mentoring Program</b></span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" color="#1F497D"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><b> </b></span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" color="#C00000"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>for
MIT postdocs</b></span></font></div>
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<div align="justify" style="font-size: 13.3333px; margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>2019 MIT PDA Mentoring Program</b></span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> application
deadline is approaching fast. This is your opportunity to have one to one mentoring with experienced professionals from different disciplines. This year we have mentors joining from </span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" color="red"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Google,
Microsoft, Amazon, Novartis, Biogen </b></span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">and many others and it could be your chance to make personal connections with these industry people. We would also have Professors from
MIT and Harvard for postdocs interested in pursuing an academic career. </span></font><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/3KPOfiK1yIVE1a333" target="_blank"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Apply here</font></font></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" color="#1F497D"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">(sign
in with a gmail account) or using the link </span></font><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/3KPOfiK1yIVE1a333" target="_blank"><font size="3"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: 13.31px;">https://goo.gl/forms/3KPOfiK1yIVE1a333</span></font></font></a></div>
<div align="justify" style="font-size: 13.3333px; margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><b> </b></span></font></div>
<div align="justify" style="font-size: 13.3333px; margin: 0px 0px 8pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">This mentoring program will kick off in March and run until September, at the peak of hiring season in 2019. Successful applicants will be paired with
mentors based on background and career goals into small groups (2~3 mentors + 6 mentees). Mentors will share valuable professional insights and have in-depth discussions about your career development through monthly informal sessions.</font></div>
<div align="justify" style="font-size: 13.3333px; margin: 0px 0px 8pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">To participate, please complete the </font><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/3KPOfiK1yIVE1a333" target="_blank"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="en-CA">online
application</span></font></font></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="en-CA"> by Feb 15th</span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="en-CA">, 2019.</span></font></div>
<div style="font-size: 13.3333px; margin: 0px 0px 8pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" color="#C00000">This program is only for MIT postdocs</font></div>
<div style="font-size: 13.3333px; margin: 0px 0px 8pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" color="#C00000"><span lang="en-CA">Application deadline</span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="en-CA" style=""><font color="#c00000">:
</font><b style="">8:00 pm </b></span></font><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="en-CA">Feb 20th</span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="en-CA">, 2019</span></font></b></div>
<div style="font-size: 13.3333px; margin: 0px 0px 8pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" color="#C00000"><span lang="en-CA">Results announcement</span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" color="#C00000"><span lang="en-CA">: </span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="en-CA">by
Feb 25th</span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="en-CA">, 2019</span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="en-CA"><br>
</span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" color="#C00000"><span lang="en-CA">Kickoff event</span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" color="#C00000"><span lang="en-CA">: </span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="en-CA">March
1st</span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="en-CA">, 2019, 6:00 – 8:30 PM, MIT Campus</span></font></div>
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<div style="font-size: 13.3333px; margin: 0px 0px 8pt;"><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/3KPOfiK1yIVE1a333" target="_blank"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Apply here</font></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" color="#1F497D"><span lang="en-US"> </span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="en-US">(applicants
will be requested to sign in with their gmail account)</span></font></div>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="3">For any further question, please contact us at</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" color="#5A5A5A"> </font><a href="mailto:mitpdamentoring2018@gmail.com" target="_blank"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">mitpdamentoring2019@gmail.com</font></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> or </font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" color="blue">pda-professional@mit.edu</font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="en-US">Qasim Bukhari,</span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="en-US"><br>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="en-US">Chair of Professional Development Committee, </span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="en-US">MIT Postdoctoral Association</span></font></div>
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