<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>Lynn will be discussing a proposal she is submitting next week for a botanical exploration grant from NorCal Botany. <br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://norcalbotanists.org/scholarships/dean-w-taylor-botanical-exploration-memorial-award/">https://norcalbotanists.org/scholarships/dean-w-taylor-botanical-exploration-memorial-award/</a></div><div><br></div><div><span><span><span><span class="gmail-il">This will also be a good launching point for discussions on UC Merced plant collections and how we can strategize future efforts to house collections, a herbarium, etc. <br></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span><span class="gmail-il"><br></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span><span class="gmail-il">Lab</span></span></span></span> <span><span><span><span class="gmail-il">meetings</span></span></span></span> are in person, but if you are out of town or not feeling well enough to be in person, let me know and I'm happy to Zoom you in!</div><div><br></div><div>Here is our current lab meeting schedule:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oaE3sjwgokz4vKhHQhYKakTKjyMrg6UZgrAHW1EiyVw/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oaE3sjwgokz4vKhHQhYKakTKjyMrg6UZgrAHW1EiyVw/edit?usp=sharing</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Please note the recent, new location in SE2 302. </b><br></div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Jay<font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><br></font></font></font></font></div><br><br clear="all"><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Jason (Jay) 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"></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Associate Professor</span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div><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">Department of Life and Environmental Sciences<br></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span></font></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">University of California, Merced<br></span></font></div><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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