<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>A few of you know Ren, who is giving their finishing PhD talk today, in case you can join remotely!</div><div><br></div><div>Jay</div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Benjamin Blackman</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:bkblackman@berkeley.edu">bkblackman@berkeley.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, May 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM<br>Subject: Ren Hamm Finishing Talk - May 19th 5:30pm in 338 Koshland<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:pmb_dept@lists.berkeley.edu">pmb_dept@lists.berkeley.edu</a>><br>Cc: John Vogel <<a href="mailto:jpvogel@lbl.gov">jpvogel@lbl.gov</a>>, Michael Nachman <<a href="mailto:mnachman@berkeley.edu">mnachman@berkeley.edu</a>>, Nic Kooyers <<a href="mailto:nkooyers@gmail.com">nkooyers@gmail.com</a>>, Jason Sexton <<a href="mailto:jsexton2@ucmerced.edu">jsexton2@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Florian Bernard Arth Deligne <<a href="mailto:fdeligne@ucdavis.edu">fdeligne@ucdavis.edu</a>>, James H Thorne <<a href="mailto:jhthorne@ucdavis.edu">jhthorne@ucdavis.edu</a>>, Michelle Anne Stern <<a href="mailto:mstern@ucdavis.edu">mstern@ucdavis.edu</a>>, Ryan Boynton <<a href="mailto:rmboynton@ucdavis.edu">rmboynton@ucdavis.edu</a>>, Lynn Breithaupt <<a href="mailto:lbreithaupt@ucmerced.edu">lbreithaupt@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Stacy D Holt <<a href="mailto:stacy.holt1@louisiana.edu">stacy.holt1@louisiana.edu</a>>, Anneliese Bolland <<a href="mailto:acbolland@ua.edu">acbolland@ua.edu</a>>, Siobhan Brady <<a href="mailto:sbrady@ucdavis.edu">sbrady@ucdavis.edu</a>>, Daniel E Runcie <<a href="mailto:deruncie@ucdavis.edu">deruncie@ucdavis.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><span style="font-size:14px"><font>Dear all,</font></span></div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><span style="font-family:Manrope"><font size="2"><br></font></span></div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><span style="font-family:Manrope"><font size="4">You are invited!</font></span></div><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"></p><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><span style="font-family:Manrope"><font size="4">Ren Hamm's finishing talk:</font></span></div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><span style="font-family:Manrope"><font size="4"><br></font></span></div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><font size="4"><font face="Times">"</font></font><font face="Times" size="4">Hung Out to Dry: </font><span style="font-family:Times;font-size:large">Unraveling the Genetic Basis of Drought Adaptation in Yellow Monkeyflower</span><font size="4"><font face="Times">"</font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><span style="font-family:Manrope"><font size="4"><br></font></span></div><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"></p><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Manrope">Monday, May 19</span><span style="font-family:Manrope;vertical-align:super">th</span><span style="font-family:Manrope"> 2025</span><span style="font-family:Manrope">, 5:30pm</span></font></div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><span style="font-family:Manrope"><font size="4">338 Koshland Hall, and Zoom</font></span></div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><br></div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:Manrope"><font>Zoom link: </font></span><a href="https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/4519179343" target="_blank">https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/4519179343</a></span></div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><br></div><br clear="all"></div><div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><font size="2">A gathering to celebrate Ren's exciting work will follow. We hope to see you there! </font></div><font size="2"><br>All the best,<br>Ben</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">Benjamin Blackman</div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">Associate Professor</div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">Department of Plant and Microbial Biology</div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">Department of Integrative Biology<br>University of California, Berkeley<br>111 Koshland Hall #3102<br>Berkeley, CA 94720<br><br>Phone: 510.664.7807</div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">E-mail: <a href="mailto:bkblackman@berkeley.edu" target="_blank">bkblackman@berkeley.edu</a><br>Web: <a href="http://nature.berkeley.edu/blackmanlab" target="_blank">http://nature.berkeley.edu/blackmanlab</a></div></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div></div></div>
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