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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">A reminder that the form to sign up for the Spring Postdoc Buddy Scheme will be closing at midnight on Sunday! Make sure you sign up before then so you don’t miss out! More details
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Megan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">P.S – as a few people have asked, if you want to attend both the small and large coffee meet ups, that works for us too! You can sign up for a small meet up so that you’re grouped
with people to have your private coffee outing with, but also feel free to come along to our larger meetups too (dates TBC).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Megan Priestley, Ph.D.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Stark Lab<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Community Building Chair, MIT Postdoctoral Association</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Megan Priestley <megp@mit.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, 9 February 2026 at 16:37<br>
<b>To: </b>mit-postdocs <mit-postdocs@mit.edu><br>
<b>Cc: </b>pda-community <pda-community@mit.edu>, Yiqiao Zheng <yqzheng@mit.edu>, Yibei Chen <yibei@mit.edu>, Ann Skoczenski <annskocz@mit.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Spring PDA Buddy Scheme: now open!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dear Postdocs,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Want to get out of your small circles, meet postdocs from other departments, and make new friends? The<span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><b><u>PDA</u><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><u>Buddy</u></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><u>Program</u></b> is
a great way to do just that! Designed to help postdocs build academically and mentally supportive communities, the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="outlook-search-highlight">buddy</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>scheme
will group postdocs with like-minded individuals to meet for coffee/tea and get to know one another. Whether you’ve just joined MIT or been here for years, the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="outlook-search-highlight">buddy</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>scheme
is a great way to meet new people and make friends.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">One hour of support from someone who is in the same shoes can be more valuable than 100 pages of documents and lists of resources.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:black">😊</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">For this chapter of the program, you can opt to either meet in a larger social gathering or small-group meetups:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The large group gathering will be a coffee meeting on campus (date TBD, coffee and pastries provided), where you can meet your<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="outlook-search-highlight">buddy</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>group,
as well as mingle with other postdocs at the event.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">In a small group meetup, you will meet your<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="outlook-search-highlight">buddy</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>group
on your own time for coffee/tea and receive a reimbursement for your expenses!<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Tell us about yourself and we will match you with 2-3 postdocs with similar academic and personal interests. <b>Registration closes on Sunday 1<sup>st</sup> March</b>.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Register at:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://forms.gle/btT4EeC3aX2Cx1cD8">https://forms.gle/btT4EeC3aX2Cx1cD8</a>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Best Wishes,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Megan, Yiqiao and Yibei</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">MIT PDA Community Building Committee Chair, President & IT & Information Committee Chair</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Megan Priestley, Ph.D.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Stark Lab</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Community Building Chair, MIT Postdoctoral Association</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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