<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><font color="#00afcd" class=""><br class=""></font><img class="" apple-inline="yes" id="1FB57D9A-9548-48AD-BCE2-D49A6D15C484" height="292" width="216" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" src="cid:image005.jpg@01D2132B.C81CAE50"></div><div><b class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class=""><br class=""></span></b></div><div><b class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">S</span></b><b class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">pecial
Seminar: Book Night with Ed Yong</span></b></div><div><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><br class=""><b class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">Date: </span></b><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);">Tuesday, September 20, 2016</span><br class=""><b class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">Time</span></b><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);">: 4:30 pm – 6:00pm</span><br class=""><b class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">Location</span></b><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);">: MIT Building 46-3002 (Singleton Auditorium), 3rd Floor, 43 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139</span><br class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 32, 96); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span><br class=""><strong class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">Description</span></strong><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);">: Every animal is an entire world—a thriving ecosystem
that teems with trillions of microbes. These invisible companions sculpt our organs, protect us from diseases, guide our behaviour, and bombard us with their genes.</span><br class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 32, 96); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span><br class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 32, 96); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">In this talk, based on his New York Times bestselling book I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life, science writer Ed Yong will take us on a tour of our microbial
partners and the astonishing ways in which they shape our lives. You’ll learn how bacteria have shaped animal evolution, why breastfeeding is about more than just babies, how animals can survive without mouths or guts, why Australian scientists are fighting
tropical diseases by releasing infected mosquitoes, and what the microbiome means for human health.</span><br class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);">This event is co-hosted by the</span><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;"> <a href="http://ksj.mit.edu/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">Knight Science
Journalism at MIT</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">&</span> <a href="http://scsb.mit.edu/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">Simons Center for the Social Brain</a>.</span><br class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span><br class=""><img class="" apple-inline="yes" id="4E7AD004-6FB1-422B-B7AA-285CB56ED241" height="312" width="408" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D2132B.C81CAE50"><br class=""><i class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></i><br class=""><i class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">**Books will be available for purchase beginning at 4pm in the Atrium (3rd floor, building 46).</span></i><br class=""><i class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">The MIT Press Bookstore is offering a 20% discount (retail price: $27.99, with discount: $22.39).</span></i><br class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">
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