<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">QSB Program Staff</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:qsb@ucmerced.edu">qsb@ucmerced.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM<br>Subject: QSB Defense - Yinyue Du<br>To: <br></div><br><br>



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<span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Please see the following QSB Defense Flyer for
<b>November 13^th, 2025 from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><b>QSB Ph.D. Defense</b>: Influence of Genetic Variants and Microbial Symbionts on Conifer Seeding Drought Response Under Climate Change</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><b>Candidate</b>: Yinyue Du</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><b>Date</b>: 11/13/2025</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><b>Time</b>: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><b>Location:</b> BSP 202</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><b>Zoom:</b>
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