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<span style="background:white">Endowed Chair in Corn Breeding and Genetics</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black;background:white">Presented via Zoom</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Mariella J. Valdivia
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<p class="xmsonormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Administrative Officer, Botany & Plant Sciences</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2118 Batchelor Hall
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<p class="xmsonormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">University of California
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<p class="xmsonormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Riverside, CA 92521-0124</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Phone: (951)827-4619</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#234674;background:silver">We are working remotely for the duration of the campus closure. I am working regular business hours and will respond to e-mails as quickly as possible.</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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