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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">A reminder to join us
<b><u>TOMORROW NIGHT (21<sup>st</sup> May) AT 7PM</u></b> for the long-anticipated postdoc karaoke night! We hope you’ve been warming up your vocal cords.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">BRING 21+ ID !!</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">
US ID or foreign passports only (they hate to see an international driver’s license)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The bar is
<b><u>CASH ONLY</u></b> (hit up that ATM)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Ashdown house is a student accommodation building - don’t be put off when you arrive, you
are at the right place! When you arrive, tell the front desk that you’re looking for the karaoke event at the ‘Thirsty Ear Pub’ and they’ll let you in. The room is just across the yard on your right, but look out for our signs to guide you
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">😊</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Doors open
<b><u>7pm</u></b> and we will provide <b><u>pizza</u></b> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">😲</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Don’t be shy! Come and join us (even if it’s just to listen to the angelic voices of your colleagues butchering Celine Dion)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">When: Thursday 21<sup>st</sup> May, 7-10pm<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Where: Thirsty Ear Pub, Ashdown House
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Can’t wait to hear your gorgeous voices<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Megan & Jake<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<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-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">mit-postdocs <mit-postdocs-bounces@mit.edu> on behalf of Jacob Hoffman <hoffmanj@mit.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, 14 May 2026 at 15:26<br>
<b>To: </b>mit-postdocs <mit-postdocs@mit.edu><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Ann Skoczenski <annskocz@mit.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Postdoc Karaoke - On Campus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Hello Postdocs,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">In these trying times, I know what you’ve probably been wondering: Just how good would the data be if pop icon Adele came to your lab to run an experiment? Unfortunately, I don’t have an answer
to that question, and unless one of our British peers has some serious pull it will likely remain unanswered. We can however run the reciprocal experiment, and see what happens when a bunch of postdocs try to sing Adele after having a few (very cheap) beers
next Thursday at the Thirsty Ear Pub. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">This newly renovated on campus pub is run by the same group as The Muddy Charles Pub (have I mentioned the cheap beer?), but we can rent the whole place out so ONLY other postdocs will know just
how well your singing voice resembles that of an angel. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Don’t drink? That’s alright; we still want to hear you sing. Don’t sing? That’s ok,
<i>somebody</i> needs to be there to cry when we put Adele to shame. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">See you divas next Thursday!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Jake, Megan and the PDA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">What: On Campus Postdoc Karaoke<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">When: Thursday May 21st, 7-10pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Where: Thirsty Ear Pub, Ashdown House, 235 Albany St. You’ve gotta go through the grad dorm entrance, but then it’s a fun and cool pub, and we won’t let any grad students or undergrads in, we
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Bring: US issued ID or Passport, MIT ID, Cash, your best singing voice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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