<div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(49,49,49)" dir="auto"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">Hi everyone, </font></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(49,49,49)" dir="auto"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px" dir="auto"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><font color="#313131"><span style="word-spacing:1px">Deep apologies for sending this so late! We’ll be holding theory lunch today with our own Gabe Schoenbach speaking. Abstract follows below.</span></font></font></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(49,49,49)" dir="auto"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(49,49,49)" dir="auto"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">Hope y’all enjoyed the holiday break, </font></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(49,49,49)" dir="auto"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">Antares</font></div><div style="font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(49,49,49)" dir="auto"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:1.125rem"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(49,49,49)" dir="auto"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:1.125rem">******************************</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:1.125rem">******************************</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:1.125rem">**************************</span><b style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;word-spacing:1px;color:rgb(49,49,49)"><font size="4" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(49,49,49)"><br></font></b></div><div style="font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(49,49,49)" dir="auto"><b style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;word-spacing:1px;color:rgb(49,49,49)"><font size="4" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(49,49,49)"><br></font></b></div><div style="font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(49,49,49)" dir="auto"><b style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;word-spacing:1px;color:rgb(49,49,49)"><font size="4" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(49,49,49)">Date</font></b><b style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-size:1.13rem;word-spacing:1px;color:rgb(49,49,49)">:</b><span style="font-size:1.13em;word-spacing:1px;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(49,49,49)"> </span><span style="word-spacing:1px;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(49,49,49)"><font size="4" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(49,49,49)">November 29, 2023.</font></span><br></div><div style="font-family:-apple-system,"Helvetica Neue";font-size:16px;font-style:normal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