<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Folx,</div><div><br></div><div>Here's a reminder of tomorrow's colloquium and discussion with Prof. Brent Mishler. The Zoom link is below and an updated flyer is attached.<br></div><div><div></div><div><br></div><div>
<u><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="https://ucmerced.zoom.us/j/81032526428?pwd=RTVyc1lnT2hmYnpmbkdMeTdlbzJOQT09" target="_blank">https://ucmerced.zoom.us/j/81032526428?pwd=RTVyc1lnT2hmYnpmbkdMeTdlbzJOQT09</a><br></span></u></div><div><br></div><div><u></u></div><div><u><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)"></span></u></div><div>See you tomorrow,</div><div><br></div><div>Jay Sexton</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Jason Sexton</span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">(he/him/his)<br></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Associate Professor<br>Department of Life and Environmental Sciences<br>University of California, Merced</span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">231 Science and Engineering Building 1<br></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:jsexton2@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">jsexton2@ucmerced.edu</a><br><a href="http://sextonlab.ucmerced.edu/" target="_blank">http://sextonlab.ucmerced.edu/</a><br></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><br><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">
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living creatures ~ David Suzuki---</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></p>
</div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span></font></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Jason Sexton</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:jsexton2@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">jsexton2@ucmerced.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 4:56 PM<br>Subject: Save the date and special time: UC Merced QSB Seminar 4/23; 2:30 pm; What, if Anything, are Species?<br>To: QSB Seminars <<a href="mailto:qsb.seminars@gmail.com" target="_blank">qsb.seminars@gmail.com</a>>, UCM QSB Faculty <<a href="mailto:qsb-faculty@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">qsb-faculty@ucmerced.edu</a>>, UCM QSB Faculty (<a href="mailto:qsb-faculty@lists.ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">qsb-faculty@lists.ucmerced.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:qsb-faculty@lists.ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">qsb-faculty@lists.ucmerced.edu</a>>, UCM QSB Postdocs <<a href="mailto:qsb-postdocs@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">qsb-postdocs@ucmerced.edu</a>><br>Cc: snsgradstaff <<a href="mailto:snsgradstaff@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">snsgradstaff@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Sharee Sok <<a href="mailto:ssok2@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">ssok2@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Chris Amemiya <<a href="mailto:camemiya@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">camemiya@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Sexton Lab Members <<a href="mailto:sextonlab@lists.ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">sextonlab@lists.ucmerced.edu</a>>, ES Chair <<a href="mailto:ESChair@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">ESChair@ucmerced.edu</a>>, UCM LES Faculty <<a href="mailto:LES-faculty@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">LES-faculty@ucmerced.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div>Please mark your calendars! Next week we will have a special QSB Colloquium presented by Dr. Brent Mishler, Director of the University and Jepson Herbaria and Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley. Dr. Mishler has a new book: "What, if Anything, are Species?" to be available soon with open access: <a href="https://www.routledge.com/What-if-anything-arespecies/Mishler/p/book/9781498714549" target="_blank">https://www.routledge.com/What-if-anything-arespecies/Mishler/p/book/9781498714549</a>. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Should we de-emphasize the traditional focus of the species level of organization in ecology, evolution, and conservation? How can this work? Dr. Mishler is building in a lot of discussion time for this very interesting topic so please bring your questions! <br></div><div><br></div><div>Zoom details will follow. Please mark your calendars and forward the attached flyer to anyone who may be interested.</div><div><br></div><div>Happy weekend,</div><div><br></div><div>Jay<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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