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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Dear CALS Faculty and Staff:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">We are pleased to announce a new CALS initiative, the
<b>Collaboratory for Anti-Infectives and Therapeutic Strategies (CATS)</b>. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">CATS aligns existing CALS strengths in microbiology, vaccine technology and the animal microbiome with the rapidly expanding need for novel therapeutics to both known and
emerging infectious agents. With the threat of emerging and re-emerging human and veterinary infectious agents likely to increase, the next phase of veterinary and human antimicrobial strategies will need to include new methods for vaccine development, novel
biologic agents including anti-virulence compounds, and microbiome engineering. With demonstrated intersecting capacity in human and animal health studies, and anticipated synergy with the new College of Veterinary Medicine,
<u>CALS is uniquely positioned to be a leader in the discovery and development of novel anti-infectives and therapeutic strategies.</u>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">I would like to invite all interested faculty to an
<u>organizational meeting on March 18, 2019 from 11am to 1pm in the Sabino Room </u>
of the Student Union to discuss this initiative and to develop a common vision, mission and objectives. CALS is investing in this Collaboratory for the long-term, and faculty do not need to have actively translational projects at this time I have asked Drs.
Gayatri Vedantam and Vish Viswanathan to lead the development phase of this new initiative.
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Please let us know that you will be attending by registering at the following link:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="https://research.cals.arizona.edu/alvsce-research-office-rsvp-cats-retreat">https://research.cals.arizona.edu/alvsce-research-office-rsvp-cats-retreat</a></span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">I look forward to seeing you on March 18.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Parker </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#130677">Parker B. Antin, Ph.D.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#130677">Associate Vice President for Research</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#130677">Division of Agriculture, Life and Veterinary Sciences,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#130677">and Cooperative Extension</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#130677">Associate Dean for Research</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#130677">College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#130677">Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine<br>
College of Medicine</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#130677">University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona USA</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#130677">Tel: (520) 661-6382</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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