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</span><em><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#000033">Welcome to the second annual MBL March Madness!</span></b></em><em><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#000033">
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#000033">Based on the March Madness NCAA basketball tournament, but instead of basketball teams,
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">your favorite<span style="color:#000033"> 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 match-ups.</span><span style="color:#202020">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#000033"><a href="https://www.mbl.edu/sites/default/files/2022-03/fillable%20bracket%202022_0.pdf" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#007C89">Fill
Out a Bracket</span></strong></a><br>
<a href="https://www.mbl.edu/sites/default/files/2022-03/fillable%20bracket%202022_0.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000033;text-decoration:none"><span style="color:#007C89"><img border="0" width="600" height="281" style="width:6.25in;height:2.927in" id="_x0000_i1031" src="https://mcusercontent.com/8bc94997cf92f07a857a4804f/images/1fe2df2b-c7b3-a244-ea61-27f67d1d87fe.png"></span></span></a><br>
</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
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:teal">MarchMadness@mbl.edu</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#000033"> by
<strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">11:59PM ET on March 27</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:teal">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:#202020"><a href="https://www.mbl.edu/sites/default/files/2022-03/fillable%20bracket%202022_0.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:teal">Download your
bracket here</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"> You can
fill it in on your computer or by hand and send us a photo.<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:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#202020">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#000033">Voting will take place on social media on
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#202020"><a href="https://www.twitter.com/mblscience"><span style="color:teal">Twitter</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#000033">
and </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#202020"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mblwoodshole"><span style="color:teal">Instagram</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:teal">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#000033">and via a
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#202020"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfY6JAHDb_EogBBggWvYOdyBUkUeZI0AeZK-ZtAiVBRIOPPeg/viewform?usp=sf_link"><span style="color:teal">Google
Poll</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#000033">. From Monday, March 28 – Wednesday, April 6, 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 12 p.m. and 9 a.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"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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