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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailOriginal"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt; color:red">~Reminder~</span></i></b></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style=""><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">***This seminar will be an in-person seminar in the Genomics Auditorium***</span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style=""><b><span style="font-size:28.0pt; font-family:"Cambria",serif">Department of Botany and Plant Sciences
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style=""><b><span style="font-size:28.0pt; font-family:"Cambria",serif">College of Natural Agricultural Sciences</span></b></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style=""><span style="font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Cambria",serif">University of California, Riverside</span></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style=""><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt; font-family:"Cambria",serif">The 2023 Dr. Gomez-Pompa Lecture
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style=""><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Cambria",serif; color:black">Dr.
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style=""><span style="font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Cambria",serif">Assistant Professor of Botany
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style=""><span style="font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Cambria",serif; color:black">Botany at Claremont Graduate University and the Director of Conservation Programs at the </span></span><a href="https://www.calbg.org/" target="_blank"><span style=""><span style="font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Cambria",serif; color:black; text-decoration:none">California
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<p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style=""> </span><span style=""><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Cambria",serif">“Plant Conservation in Action: Utilizing Research, Collections, and Advocacy to Address the Plant
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<p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style=""> </span><span style=""><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt; font-family:"Cambria",serif"> Wednesday,
<span class="xxapple-converted-space">May 17</span>, 2023</span></b></span></p>
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<span style=""><b><span style="color:black"> </span></b></span><span style=""><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt; font-family:"Cambria",serif; color:black">4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.</span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style=""><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt; color:black; background:white">Presented In-Person & via Zoom</span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style=""><span style="font-size:18.0pt; color:black">Join Zoom Meeting</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style=""></span><a href="https://ucr.zoom.us/j/95550117119?pwd=Z21veDlzRzU4YU9aWk9lWDZ3VzJwZz09" title="https://ucr.zoom.us/j/95550117119?pwd=Z21veDlzRzU4YU9aWk9lWDZ3VzJwZz09"><span style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt">https://ucr.zoom.us/j/95550117119?pwd=Z21veDlzRzU4YU9aWk9lWDZ3VzJwZz09</span></span><span style=""></span></a><span style=""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style=""><span style="font-size:16.0pt; color:black">Meeting ID: 992 6756 8292</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style=""><span style="font-size:16.0pt; color:black">Passcode: </span></span><span style=""><span style="font-size:16.0pt; color:#232333; letter-spacing:.3pt">543284</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style=""><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt; color:black">Host:
</span></i></b></span><span style=""><b><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt; color:black">Claire Mauss</span></i></b></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in; text-align:center"><span style=""></span><a href="mailto:claire.mauss@email.ucr.edu"><span style="">claire.mauss@email.ucr.edu</span><span style=""></span></a><span style=""></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style=""><b><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Mariella J. Valdivia
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style=""><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Administrative Officer, Botany & Plant Sciences</span></i></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style=""><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2118 Batchelor Hall
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style=""><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">University of California
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style=""><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Riverside, CA 92521-0124</span></i></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style=""><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Phone: (951)827-4619</span></i></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style=""><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Fax: (951)827-4437</span></i></span></p>
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