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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Dear MIT Postdocs,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">The deadline to submit an abstract to the</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> MIT Postdoctoral Association’s
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">inaugural postdoctoral symposium is tomorrow, June 15<sup>th</sup> at 11:59pm.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">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 novelty, impact and communication skills of the presenters and will be awarded<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> $500, $750 </span></strong>and<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> $1000.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The symposium will be held virtually on <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">July 21<sup>st</sup>, 4:00-6:30pm EST.</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Eligibility: MIT-appointed Postdoctoral Scholars (Associates and Fellows)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Submit your abstract to have the chance to disseminate your work in the live virtual symposium. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Submissions close on <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">June 15<sup>th</sup></span></strong> and finalists will be notified by June
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Click on the following link to register and submit your abstract:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://bit.ly/PDA2021Symp" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/PDA2021Symp</a> ​</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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