<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Dear ENTM Graduate Students and ENTM Faculty,</div><div><span style="font-size:inherit"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:inherit">The Graduate Program in </span><b style="font-size:inherit">ENTM </b><span style="font-size:inherit">is proud to announce the Ph.D. Dissertation Defense of: <b>Genesis Chong</b>!</span></div></div><div><span style="font-size:inherit"><br></span></div><div>Major Professor: Dr. Boris Baer<span style="font-size:inherit"></span></div><div><br></div><div>Date/Time: November 21, 2025 1:15p-2:15p</div><div><br></div><div>Location: Large Entomology Conference Room</div><div><br></div><div>Title: "Decoding Natural Resilience: Mechanisms of <i>Varroa destructor</i> Resistance in Californian Honey Bees (<i>Apis mellifera</i>)"</div><div><br></div><div>Zoom link: <a href="https://ucr.zoom.us/j/93721661176" target="_blank">https://ucr.zoom.us/j/93721661176</a></div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_mhp5kme90" alt="Genesis Chong - Dissertation Defense Flyer.jpg" width="419" height="542"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><a name="SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#242424;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Evelyn Sullivan, MBA </span></b></a><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#242424;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">(She/Her)</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>

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