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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">We are pleased to announce that
<span class="m3764123570379509853gmail-il">registration</span> is now open for the student-organized
</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://plantsciencesymposium.ucdavis.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">UC Davis Plant Science Symposium</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">,
an annual event which brings together researchers in academia, industry, and the non-profit sector to discuss the latest advances in the field of plant sciences. Please mark your calendars for:</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#153E20">6th Annual UC Davis Plant Science Symposium</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#153E20">:</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="m3764123570379509853gmail-aqj"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#984807">April 24th, 2017</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#984807">UC Davis Conference Center</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">-Rex Bernardo (<i>University of Minnesota</i>)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">-Christopher Topp (<i>Donald Danforth Plant Science Center</i>)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">-Sean Myles (<i>Dalhousie University</i>)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">-Sarah Hearne (<i>CIMMYT</i>)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">-Jillian Foerster (<i>DuPont Pioneer</i>)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">+Catered Lunch</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">+UC-Davis Faculty Spotlight</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">+Poster Session</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="m3764123570379509853gmail-il"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Register</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> for free today
at: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://plantsciencesymposium.ucdavis.edu/" target="_blank">http://plantsciencesymposium.ucdavis.edu</a><b>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The symposium is made possible through sponsorship from DuPont Pioneer, the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, the UC Davis Plant Breeding Center,
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