<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Dear MIT postdocs,</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""> </p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" class="">This is a friendly reminder and invitation to join us for the inaugural postdoctoral symposium held by the MIT Postdoctoral Association. This is a great opportunity to come together virtually and disseminate the brilliant work and accomplishments within the MIT postdoctoral community. The top 3 presentations will be selected by a panel of esteemed MIT Alumni from Industry and Academia based on<span style="text-decoration: underline;" class=""> novelty, impact and communication skills</span> of the presenters and will be awarded<strong class=""> $500, $750 </strong>and<strong class=""> </strong><strong class=""><strong class="">$</strong>1000.</strong></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" class=""> <br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" class="">The symposium will be held virtually on <span style="text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class="">July 21</strong></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><sup class="">st</sup></strong></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class="">, 4:00-6:30pm EST.</strong></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><br class=""></strong></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="">Eligibility:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> MIT-appointed Postdoctoral Scholars (Associates and Fellows)</span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" class=""> </p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" class="">Submit your abstract to have the chance to disseminate your work in the live virtual symposium. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" class="">Submissions close on <span style="text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class="">June </strong></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class="">15</strong></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><sup class="">th</sup></strong></span> and finalists will be notified by June 30<sup class="">th</sup>.<br class=""></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" class=""> </p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" class="">Click on the following link to register and submit your abstract:<br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" class=""><a href="http://bit.ly/PDA2021Symp" style="color: blue;" class="">http://bit.ly/PDA2021Symp</a> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" class=""></div></body></html>