<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
        {font-family:Wingdings;
        panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@font-face
        {font-family:"Cambria Math";
        panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
        {font-family:Aptos;
        panose-1:2 11 0 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
        {font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";
        panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
        {margin:0in;
        font-size:12.0pt;
        font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;
        mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
        {mso-style-priority:99;
        color:#467886;
        text-decoration:underline;}
p.MsoListParagraph, li.MsoListParagraph, div.MsoListParagraph
        {mso-style-priority:34;
        margin-top:0in;
        margin-right:0in;
        margin-bottom:0in;
        margin-left:.5in;
        font-size:12.0pt;
        font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;
        mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;}
.MsoChpDefault
        {mso-style-type:export-only;
        font-size:10.0pt;
        mso-ligatures:none;}
@page WordSection1
        {size:8.5in 11.0in;
        margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
        {page:WordSection1;}
/* List Definitions */
@list l0
        {mso-list-id:697270253;
        mso-list-type:hybrid;
        mso-list-template-ids:446835078 67698689 67698691 67698693 67698689 67698691 67698693 67698689 67698691 67698693;}
@list l0:level1
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:none;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-.25in;
        font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level2
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:o;
        mso-level-tab-stop:none;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-.25in;
        font-family:"Courier New";}
@list l0:level3
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:none;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-.25in;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level4
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:none;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-.25in;
        font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level5
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:o;
        mso-level-tab-stop:none;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-.25in;
        font-family:"Courier New";}
@list l0:level6
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:none;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-.25in;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level7
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:none;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-.25in;
        font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level8
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:o;
        mso-level-tab-stop:none;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-.25in;
        font-family:"Courier New";}
@list l0:level9
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:none;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-.25in;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l1
        {mso-list-id:1610889782;
        mso-list-type:hybrid;
        mso-list-template-ids:-934795286 67698689 67698691 67698693 67698689 67698691 67698693 67698689 67698691 67698693;}
@list l1:level1
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:none;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-.25in;
        font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level2
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:o;
        mso-level-tab-stop:none;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-.25in;
        font-family:"Courier New";}
@list l1:level3
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:none;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-.25in;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l1:level4
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:none;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-.25in;
        font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level5
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:o;
        mso-level-tab-stop:none;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-.25in;
        font-family:"Courier New";}
@list l1:level6
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:none;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-.25in;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l1:level7
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:none;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-.25in;
        font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level8
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:o;
        mso-level-tab-stop:none;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-.25in;
        font-family:"Courier New";}
@list l1:level9
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:none;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-.25in;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
ol
        {margin-bottom:0in;}
ul
        {margin-bottom:0in;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Dear Postdocs,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">The Interdepartmental Postdoc Poster Symposium is happening this week—and we can’t wait to see you there!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:black;mso-ligatures:none">🗓️</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">
<b>Event Details</b></span><span style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:#242424;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#242424;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Date:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> Thursday, May 15</span><span style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#242424;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Time:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> 4:00 – 6:00 PM</span><span style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#242424;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Location:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">
<a href="https://whereis.mit.edu/?go=W20">W20-307</a></span><span style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#242424;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Refreshments:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> (fancy) Snacks and drinks provided - don’t miss it</span><span style="background:white">
</span><span style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";background:white">😊<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">This is a great opportunity to explore cutting-edge research from across departments, connect with fellow postdocs, and enjoy an engaging afternoon of science
 and community building.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">To help improve the experience for both presenters and attendees, we plan to extend the poster presentations into W20-306 (across the hall). This will help reduce noise
 levels and allow for more comfortable conversations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:black;mso-ligatures:none">📘</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">
<b>Attached:</b> You’ll find the <b>Book of Abstracts</b> with summaries of all the exciting posters that will be presented.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Whether you’re presenting or just attending, we hope you’ll join us to celebrate the incredible work happening across MIT’s postdoc community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Please help spread the word and bring a colleague or two along!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to us at
<b><a href="mailto:pda-community@mit.edu">pda-community@mit.edu</a></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">See you on Thursday!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Best regards,<br>
Yiqiao, Juan, Megan, Kubra, David<br>
MIT PDA Community Building Committee and Chemistry PDA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>