<div><div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Dear Postdocs and participants to the Postdoctoral Pitch Night,</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">On 24 August, we hosted the Postdoctoral Pitch Night (a.k.a. Postdoctoral Symposium) at the iHQ.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">We were delighted to listen to all the fantastic talks and the incredible science that each of you is doing.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Please find here the final results of the competition:</p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Jury Favourite</span></strong></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">1st. Florian Metzler, Modifying nuclear reactions in solid-state environments via quantum engineering (500 $);</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">2nd. Caroline Apra, Shining hope to patients with brain cancer;</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">3rd. Jan-Georg Rosenboom, ImmuGel;</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Most likely to succeed as a business (best problem / best customer) </span></strong></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">1st. Jan-Georg Rosenboom, ImmuGel (500 $);</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">2nd. Onur Güvenç, deScrapped & Arturo Deza, Artifici;</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">3rd. Caroline Apra, Shining hope to patients with brain cancer;</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Crowd favorite</span></strong></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">1st. Arturo Deza, Artificio (300 $);</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">2nd. Murat Onen, Future of AI: Analog Processor & Johannes Kalliauer, open-source product database;</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">3rd. Florian Metzler, Modifying nuclear reactions in solid-state environments via quantum engineering.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Please get in touch with our Treasurer: <a href="mailto:pda-treasurer@mit.edu" target="_blank">pda-treasurer@mit.edu</a> for info on how to get your money prize.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Please find here some pictures of the event. <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1W--3fF_0LzaipVYpKpIwb3qgtNifgT-W?usp=sharing" target="_blank">LINK</a><br></span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">The startuppers that gave the inspirational talk are:<br></span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Bruce Crawford, Nona Technologies <a href="https://www.nona-technologies.com/" target="_blank">https://www.nona-technologies.com/</a></span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Shivang Dave, PlenOptika <a href="https://plenoptika.com/" target="_blank">https://plenoptika.com/</a></span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Floris Engelhardt, Kano Therapeutics; <a href="https://www.activate.org/kano-therapeutics" target="_blank">https://www.activate.org/kano-therapeutics</a></span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Stay in touch with the PDA and innovation & entrepreneurship resources <a href="https://join.slack.com/share/enQtMzk5MTgzMDU0NjYxMS03ZGUxMmUxZTIyNGQ0ZGNhMGZmNmIyMTAwNDNkMzgxYTBhNWJlOTBiMDQ5NGViMTc4MTI0M2Y2ZGQ0ZWExNGNj" target="_blank">SLACK LINK</a><br></span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Find out all the funding resources here: <a href="https://pda.mit.edu/resources/funding-resources/" target="_blank">https://pda.mit.edu/resources/funding-resources/</a></span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Thanks a lot to all of you for making this event possible,</span></p></div></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Davide Ciccarese, PhD</font></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font color="#000000">Fundraising committee chair,</font><br><font color="#000000"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Postdoctoral Associate <br></font></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Massachusetts Instute of Technology (MIT)<br></font></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS)</font></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">mob.+1 (617) 9551734<br></font></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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