Spring PDA Buddy Scheme: now open!

[Megan Priestley]

Dear Postdocs,

Today may not feel like Spring, but I swear it’s on the way!

You have just under a week left to sign up for the Spring Chapter of the Postdoc Buddy Scheme. Wouldn’t it be nice to have some new postdoc friends to enjoy the sun with when it (eventually) appears?

Sign up here (+ more info below!):  https://forms.gle/btT4EeC3aX2Cx1cD8

Best Wishes,
Megan

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Megan Priestley, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Stark Lab
Community Building Chair, MIT Postdoctoral Association
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology



From: Megan Priestley <megp at mit.edu>
Date: Monday, 9 February 2026 at 16:37
To: mit-postdocs <mit-postdocs at mit.edu>
Cc: pda-community <pda-community at mit.edu>, Yiqiao Zheng <yqzheng at mit.edu>, Yibei Chen <yibei at mit.edu>, Ann Skoczenski <annskocz at mit.edu>
Subject: Spring PDA Buddy Scheme: now open!
Dear Postdocs,

Want to get out of your small circles, meet postdocs from other departments, and make new friends? The PDA Buddy Program is a great way to do just that! Designed to help postdocs build academically and mentally supportive communities, the buddy 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 buddy scheme is a great way to meet new people and make friends.

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. 😊

For this chapter of the program, you can opt to either meet in a larger social gathering or small-group meetups:

  *   The large group gathering will be a coffee meeting on campus (date TBD, coffee and pastries provided), where you can meet your buddy group, as well as mingle with other postdocs at the event.
  *   In a small group meetup, you will meet your buddy group on your own time for coffee/tea and receive a reimbursement for your expenses!

Tell us about yourself and we will match you with 2-3 postdocs with similar academic and personal interests. Registration closes on Sunday 1st March.
Register at:  https://forms.gle/btT4EeC3aX2Cx1cD8

Best Wishes,
Megan, Yiqiao and Yibei
MIT PDA Community Building Committee Chair, President & IT & Information Committee Chair

--
Megan Priestley, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Stark Lab
Community Building Chair, MIT Postdoctoral Association
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology


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