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</span><em><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif;color:#000033">Welcome to the third annual MBL March Madness!</span></b></em><em><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif;color:#000033">
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif;color:#000033">Based on the March Madness NCAA basketball tournament, but instead of basketball teams, your favorite 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="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020">
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 here to check out the webpage for a more formal introduction to the competitors (pictured below)
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 Out a Bracket</span></strong></a><br>
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</span><strong><u><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif;color:#000033">Tell Us Your Predictions!</span></u></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif;color:#000033">Send your completed bracket to
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif;color:teal">MarchMadness@mbl.edu</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif;color:#000033"> by
<strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif">11:59PM ET on Monday, March 6</span></strong> for a chance to a $100 gift card to the
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 your bracket here</span></a></span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif;color:#000033">.</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,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:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif;color:#000033">Vote for Your Favorites</span></u></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif;color:#000033">Voting will take place on social media on
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif;color:#000033">and via a
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020"><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmbl.us14.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D8bc94997cf92f07a857a4804f%26id%3Df54eadacd1%26e%3Dcac868ae61&amp;data=05%7C01%7Csemco%40whoi.edu%7C5b2b585f83044a2b649c08db1bf860dd%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638134527313193469%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=3syPTAPxTZRgZhEqa%2BjEBbWn4zgQUV7rqbbr3WGTmhk%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="https://mbl.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8bc94997cf92f07a857a4804f&id=f54eadacd1&e=cac868ae61" shash="UbTMflkcZRr7MjA8ZQSOrbyv8toVQgVy7GEyg4oC7MNP3zZABykXCzJtMewBWaP+5HzUuCP6Y3luW2Fy7x5xqrT3RkqfbZkNArqFU77q9P8c2q1Q3h+mQzq83qgbf+7lpvL5jBGW7Kso5qZX3lnfKZYkZr4l/S4aEbpEgJSVHGk="><span style="color:teal">Google Poll</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif;color:#000033">.
 From Tuesday, March 7 – Thursday, March 16. <strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,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:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif;color:#000033">Instagram:
</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif;color:#000033">Head to our
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif"><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmbl.us14.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D8bc94997cf92f07a857a4804f%26id%3Db819356fcf%26e%3Dcac868ae61&amp;data=05%7C01%7Csemco%40whoi.edu%7C5b2b585f83044a2b649c08db1bf860dd%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638134527313193469%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=QStHg5v8eKVJNfUeupYPnbz44a4ICdVC8OPZLQA4Eb8%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="https://mbl.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8bc94997cf92f07a857a4804f&id=b819356fcf&e=cac868ae61" shash="I+Rb6Pk2jG1/LOvihb3B3yEiE9QsCNmbyPoOs5qej045v6cNb+hlFUT2DUKK61Zw4ult9wrOTUNC7v3Yutq/sIFOrKf8cB+vTDEFVvjYb0EFTXE0954LNfXlC7FEp5xkmJ0q5NF42zH79w/asS3k3z1Gz+tubXfN8sfelc7+aWk="><span style="color:teal">Instagram stories</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif;color:#000033">
 and vote in the live poll.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif;color:#000033">Twitter:
</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif;color:#000033">A match-up poll will go live on our
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif"><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmbl.us14.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D8bc94997cf92f07a857a4804f%26id%3D8e6ead3f8e%26e%3Dcac868ae61&amp;data=05%7C01%7Csemco%40whoi.edu%7C5b2b585f83044a2b649c08db1bf860dd%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638134527313193469%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=SeSErelYwWvvO679GDbGJRWYJ%2BxzMD%2BSGaLYFi6AeAY%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="https://mbl.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8bc94997cf92f07a857a4804f&id=8e6ead3f8e&e=cac868ae61" shash="Xd9h4MKqqSnZ4kPd4+muxOX5LwxH/GZFGS8lvjcRtvjb1FXXGtQrjHUflG7ktPKaAbwNg7jsMqhoZDpYVVgo3kBKkRMynfSZvw62SD3enxkYtT3kcfBW8JXOX+tCQpefX8KxFauV3eXCDLcB2Ti8Oj3luNIVO44h4gFKP3HIthk="><span style="color:teal">Twitter feed</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif;color:#000033">
 every day at 12 p.m. ET. Vote for your preferred organism in the poll, just commenting below will not count as a vote!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
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</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif;color:#000033">Vote daily<em><span style="font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif"> (as many times as you want)</span></em> in the live poll at
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 all winners in our eyes!<em><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif"> ~ Team MBL</span></b></em></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020">
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