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to learn more about the organisms studied at the MBL. Instead of basketball teams, beloved MBL organisms will face off and YOU will have the opportunity to decide what organism is crowned victorious by voting for your favorite organisms in a series of head-to-head
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:150%"><strong><u><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#000033">Fill Out a Bracket</span></u></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#000033"><br>
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</span><strong><u><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#000033">Tell Us Your Predictions!</span></u></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#202020"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#000033">Send your completed bracket to
<a href="mailto:MarchMadness@mbl.edu">MarchMadness@mbl.edu</a> by <strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">11:59PM ET on March 28</span></strong> for a chance to a $50 gift card to the
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#202020"><a href="http://giftshop.mbl.edu/"><span style="color:#000033">MBL Gift Shop</span></a></span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#000033">. </span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#000033"><a href="https://www.mbl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/March-Madness-0315_Bracket.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89">
Download your bracket here</span></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">.</span></strong><br>
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</span><strong><u><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#000033">Vote for Your Favorites</span></u></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#000033"><br>
Voting will take place on the MBL social media channels. You can also send us your bracket and we will tally your vote. From
<strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">March 29 – April 7</span></strong>, you will have the opportunity to vote on TWO match-ups every day.
<strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Voting will take place between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET.</span></strong> Each match-up will be posted on our Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#202020">
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Each like, share, and comment will earn that organism 1 vote. You can do each of these actions a maximum of ONCE per day to earn your chosen organism up to 3 votes per match-up on Facebook.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Head to our Instagram stories and vote in the live poll.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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A match-up poll will go live every morning. Vote for your preferred organism in the poll, just commenting below will not count as a vote!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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