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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:red">A reminder ––<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">We hope that you’ll (virtually) join the Laser Biomedical Research Center
</span><b><u>tomorrow</u>, Tuesday<span style="color:black">, December 8 from 12-2pm</span></b><span style="color:black"> for
<b>Dasari Fest</b>, a special afternoon of short talks honoring the life and research of Dr. Ramachandra R. Dasari, who passed away earlier this year.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">More information may be found below, including Zoom information for attending. Attached is also an accompanying document, outlining the life of Dr. Dasari, the speakers who will be paying tribute to him and his
field, and further information about their talks. Please feel both welcome and encouraged to forward this to anyone who may be interested.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">_____________________</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif;color:black">DASARI FEST</span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif;color:black">
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</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif;color:black">An afternoon of virtual short talks honoring the
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life and research of Dr. Ramachandra R. Dasari</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif">Tuesday, December 8, 2020</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif"><br>
12-2pm</span></b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif"> <i>via <b><span style="color:red">Zoom</span></b><span style="color:red">
</span>(information below)</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif">Ishan Barman, Ph.D.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif">Johns Hopkins University</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif">Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center</span></i><span style="font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif"><br>
</span><b><i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif">“Sometimes the stars and photons align:
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The Ramachandra and Raman congruence”</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif">Jeon Woong Kang, Ph.D.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif"><br>
</span><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif">Laser Biomedical Research Center,<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif">“Noninvasive glucose monitoring by NIR Raman spectroscopy”</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif">Gabriel Popescu, Ph.D.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif"><br>
</span><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif">Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology,
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif">“Lessons from the Guru”</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif">Adam Wax, Ph.D.</span></b><i><span style="font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif"><br>
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif">Department of Biomedical Engineering,<br>
Duke University</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif">“<span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color:black">Designing and building biophotonics instruments for clinical studies”</span></b></span></span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif"><br>
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Introductory and closing remarks by<b><br>
</b></span></i><b><i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif">Professor Peter T.C. So</span></i></b><br>
<i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif">(Director, Laser Biomedical Research Center)</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif">____________</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif;color:red">Zoom
</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif">Information:</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif;color:red"><a href="https://mit.zoom.us/j/96959688271?pwd=QTNsdUpnaUgzY2FIR1U1RUpGeEJGQT09"><span style="color:red">https://mit.zoom.us/j/96959688271?pwd=QTNsdUpnaUgzY2FIR1U1RUpGeEJGQT09</span></a></span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Avenir Roman",sans-serif">Password: 057564</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Christine Brooks</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Administrative Assistant</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Department of Chemistry</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">77 Massachusetts Ave, 6-333</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cambridge, MA 02139</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">p: 617.253.7239</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">e: <a href="mailto:cbrooks@mit.edu">cbrooks@mit.edu</a><br>
<i>She/Her/Hers</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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