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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Please forward to any students, post-docs, etc who might be interested!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Amy</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> The California Botanical Society [mailto:<a href="mailto:membership@calbotsoc.org">membership@calbotsoc.org</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 7, 2023 10:15 AM<br><b>To:</b> Amy Litt <<a href="mailto:amy.litt@ucr.edu">amy.litt@ucr.edu</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> This Thursday! CalBotSoc Speaker: Dr. Israel Borokini</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td valign="top" style="background:#344d32;padding:33.75pt 0in 33.75pt 0in"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="0" style="width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td width="600" valign="top" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img width="100" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://mcusercontent.com/c632809fa2b75323f2418bb1e/images/f872d1a5-13be-4538-b39a-e8a80e33d0f7.png"></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td width="600" valign="top" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;word-break:break-word"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:honeydew">Botany Speaker Series<br><br>Upcoming talk:</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br> </span></p><h2 align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:honeydew">Dr. Israel Borokini</span><br><span style="font-size:15.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:honeydew">This Thursday!</span></h2><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:honeydew">August 10th 2023</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:honeydew">7-8 pm PT</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br><br></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:azure">"<strong><span style="font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif">Applying models of geographical distributions for hypothesis testing and species conservation</span></strong>"</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222"></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="background:white;padding:27.0pt 0in 33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niversidad Autónoma de Madrid & Cal Poly Humboldt</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575"><br><br></span><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black">Want to give a talk in our botany speaker series?</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black"><br><strong><span style="font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif">Email us at <a href="mailto:membership@calbotsoc.org;%20rlolliff@berkeley.edu?subject=Botany%20Speaker%20Series%20Talk" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal">membership@calbotsoc.org </span></a></span></strong></span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575"></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:#344d32;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td style="padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;border-radius:4px"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif"><a href="https://calbotsoc.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c632809fa2b75323f2418bb1e&id=b97884bf2f&e=b69ac08598" target="_blank" title="Membership"><b><span style="color:white;text-decoration:none">Membership</span></b></a> </span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:#344d32;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td style="padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;border-radius:4px"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif"><a href="https://calbotsoc.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c632809fa2b75323f2418bb1e&id=e9fa40e5c6&e=b69ac08598" target="_blank" title="Donate"><b><span style="color:white;text-decoration:none">Donate</span></b></a> </span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td style="padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;min-width:100%"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;min-width:100%"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 6.75pt 6.75pt 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="0" style="width:0in;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td style="padding:3.75pt 6.75pt 3.75pt 6.75pt"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="0" style="width:0in;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td width="24" style="width:.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://calbotsoc.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c632809fa2b75323f2418bb1e&id=903c8d7e4c&e=b69ac08598" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/outline-dark-facebook-48.png" alt="Share"></span></a></p></td><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 3.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://calbotsoc.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c632809fa2b75323f2418bb1e&id=ec441fe206&e=b69ac08598"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020;text-decoration:none">Share</span></a> </p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cel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