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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 third 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, 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:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#202020">
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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
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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://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmbl.us14.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D8bc94997cf92f07a857a4804f%26id%3D2e74b11992%26e%3Dcac868ae61&data=05%7C01%7Csemco%40whoi.edu%7C5b2b585f83044a2b649c08db1bf860dd%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638134527313193469%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=CWS%2BI8CHmMniK%2BZ3Al2E9KfFnisKpoYhsdo4VvyvRaU%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://mbl.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8bc94997cf92f07a857a4804f&id=2e74b11992&e=cac868ae61" shash="O4rrZMQLnovERgAvykEG07076oUK6VLN5l6+aYKnKEEO2N++Kbzv1o0pZvKRNmqSIexO5W8zGUsNwf9QMzUqS9DBz04YHEdld3aNxtkTEA64E7YYaWKzw1shJLxeRx7PnRFiXHrNMNwbO1ezDQJ3h+wrV/ptjXB6+mAJOK4wp2Y="><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://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmbl.us14.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D8bc94997cf92f07a857a4804f%26id%3Df87d0659cf%26e%3Dcac868ae61&data=05%7C01%7Csemco%40whoi.edu%7C5b2b585f83044a2b649c08db1bf860dd%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638134527313193469%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ZiAzgoTx6dmRiH0DDOB14foLkDExO99VsGqz3Nc3rFQ%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://mbl.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8bc94997cf92f07a857a4804f&id=f87d0659cf&e=cac868ae61" shash="HVxSVic0XmoJxg/5fT6xIubJMQL3JzmE1YXF8EpYzecTYi8+6uiJBG+eMx5RCb35nmSAQxGn9BhZi+gHTodTiaznmIj6wMu45O4y/W4sfir20InnDcn+J5OfRDiMnumE0hwAgDi3loPHzBK2MHE7uSgyQ01A5Sk/wLIQqnyNj90="><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://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmbl.us14.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D8bc94997cf92f07a857a4804f%26id%3Df54eadacd1%26e%3Dcac868ae61&data=05%7C01%7Csemco%40whoi.edu%7C5b2b585f83044a2b649c08db1bf860dd%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638134527313193469%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=3syPTAPxTZRgZhEqa%2BjEBbWn4zgQUV7rqbbr3WGTmhk%3D&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:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#000033">.
From Tuesday, March 7 – Thursday, March 16. <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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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#000033">Instagram:
</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#000033">Head to our
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and vote in the live poll.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Tahoma",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:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#000033">Twitter:
</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",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:"Open Sans",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&data=05%7C01%7Csemco%40whoi.edu%7C5b2b585f83044a2b649c08db1bf860dd%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638134527313193469%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=SeSErelYwWvvO679GDbGJRWYJ%2BxzMD%2BSGaLYFi6AeAY%3D&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:"Open Sans",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:"Tahoma",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:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#000033">Google Poll:
</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#000033">Vote daily<em><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"> (as many times as you want)</span></em> in the live poll at
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmbl.us14.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D8bc94997cf92f07a857a4804f%26id%3D105407b623%26e%3Dcac868ae61&data=05%7C01%7Csemco%40whoi.edu%7C5b2b585f83044a2b649c08db1bf860dd%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638134527313193469%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=MgLqsA8BbMpzJgsCtV6%2FaqbHLX3V1599KrxqnszM6lY%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://mbl.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8bc94997cf92f07a857a4804f&id=105407b623&e=cac868ae61" shash="oUdKc6Bapw3xy+SpoLo99RX14gPBgEIxe8ij6BuzSf0VloZrzLkx+GjTg984/s7dCTWbg1h6iHXd4GtW3ePOX2KEzSDU2ZafNi4GgRUGVB7PpYjHuTkGAU8yGGvWnPOQZSzmXZCqu6UdhftYuh84X8tKIQ1Y8vvPJ4sR+ZDYJLg="><span style="color:teal">go.mbl.edu/MarchMadnessVote</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#000033">Voting closes at 9 a.m. ET each day, we will tally the total of all votes across Instagram, Twitter, and the Poll and announce the winners of the previous day's
match up before that day's voting opens again at 12 p.m. ET.</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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