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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Hello from the BGSA,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Here is the schedule and speaker list for our </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Celebration of
Diversity in Botany symposium sponsored by Corteva on <b>June 2nd!</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This is also a
<b>reminder for students to submit abstracts by May 5th midnight.</b> Again, these talks will be 5-10 minutes with only a few slides, and they will be judged by a faculty committee.
<b>1st-3rd place will be getting at least $200 each and all other student talks will receive cash prizes as well.</b> This is also a great opportunity for students to share their work with the plant science community, build their CV, and get public speaking
experience! Slots are limited, so please submit lightning talk abstracts to the BGSA email (<a href="mailto:bpscminigsa@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">bpscminigsa@gmail.com</span></a>) for evaluation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Introduction: Jason Rauscher</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Elizabeth Haswell</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Morgan Halane </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Student lightning talks</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">-Andrea Arias (Corteva)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">-Rishi Masalia (Leafworks)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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-Anna Locke (Research Plant Physiologist USDA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Andrea Arias (Corteva)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Exequiel Ezcurra</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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