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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'>******************************************************************************<br><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-effects-shadow-color:black;mso-effects-shadow-alpha:40.0%;mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius:4.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance:3.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-angledirection:2700000;mso-effects-shadow-align:topleft;mso-effects-shadow-pctsx:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-pctsy:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-anglekx:0;mso-effects-shadow-angleky:0'>The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is pleased to announce</span></i><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#943634;mso-effects-shadow-color:black;mso-effects-shadow-alpha:40.0%;mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius:4.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance:3.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-angledirection:2700000;mso-effects-shadow-align:topleft;mso-effects-shadow-pctsx:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-pctsy:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-anglekx:0;mso-effects-shadow-angleky:0'><br>THE MIKE CUSANOVICH COMMEMORATIVE WEEKEND <br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif";mso-effects-shadow-color:black;mso-effects-shadow-alpha:40.0%;mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius:4.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance:3.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-angledirection:2700000;mso-effects-shadow-align:topleft;mso-effects-shadow-pctsx:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-pctsy:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-anglekx:0;mso-effects-shadow-angleky:0'>SYMPOSIUM SPEAKER LIST</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-effects-shadow-color:black;mso-effects-shadow-alpha:40.0%;mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius:4.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance:3.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-angledirection:2700000;mso-effects-shadow-align:topleft;mso-effects-shadow-pctsx:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-pctsy:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-anglekx:0;mso-effects-shadow-angleky:0'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>******************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText>The University of Arizona’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is pleased to release the list of speakers that will be joining us for our day-long symposium on <b><span style='mso-effects-shadow-color:black;mso-effects-shadow-alpha:40.0%;mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius:4.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance:3.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-angledirection:2700000;mso-effects-shadow-align:topleft;mso-effects-shadow-pctsx:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-pctsy:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-anglekx:0;mso-effects-shadow-angleky:0'>Friday, March 2, 2012 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Reid Park</span></b><span style='mso-effects-shadow-color:black;mso-effects-shadow-alpha:40.0%;mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius:4.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance:3.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-angledirection:2700000;mso-effects-shadow-align:topleft;mso-effects-shadow-pctsx:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-pctsy:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-anglekx:0;mso-effects-shadow-angleky:0'>:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><o:p> </o:p></p><h5>Garth Powis<o:p></o:p></h5><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'>University of Texas<o:p></o:p></p><h3 style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%'>“Mechanisms and inhibition of mutant KRAS in non-small cell lung cancer”<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><b>Maarten Heyn</b><i><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=left style='text-align:left;line-height:115%'>Freie Universität Berlin, Germany<o:p></o:p></p><h6>“Mike’s vision”<o:p></o:p></h6><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><b><i>Kimberly Ogden<o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=left style='text-align:left;line-height:115%'>The University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></p><h4 align=left style='text-align:left'>TBA<o:p></o:p></h4><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><b><i>Jennifer Barton</i></b><i><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=left style='text-align:left;line-height:115%'>The University of Arizona<b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:left'><i>“Lighting the way to early detection of cancer”</i><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><b>Frank Millett<br></b>University of Arkansas <br>“<i>Design of photoactive ruthenium complexes to study biological electron transfer</i>”<i><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><b><br>John Kyndt<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'>The University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:left'><i>“Algae in the desert: an opportunity to grow fuel in our own backyard”</i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><b>Jos Van Beeumen<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:left'>University of Ghent, Belgium <br><i><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:NL-BE'>“Conformational dynamics of SoxYZ, the key enzyme complex in the bacterial oxidation of sulfur compounds”</span></i><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><b>Melvin Okamura<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'>University of California, San Diego<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><i>“Inter-protein electron transfer in photosynthetic bacteria”</i><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><b>Grant Mauk<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'>University of British Columbia, Canada<b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:left'><i><span style='color:black'>“New insights into a heme enzyme with a dark side.”</span></i><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><b>Stuart K. Williams<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'>University of Louisville<b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:left'><i>“Building a regenerative medicine enterprise in an academic environment”</i><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><b>Gordon Tollin<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'>The University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><i>“Cusanovich and Tollin: Making scientific music together”<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span class=MsoHyperlink><b>Hazel M. Holden<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span class=MsoHyperlink>University of Wisconsin <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><i>“Structural insights into novel deoxysugar biosynthesis in pathogenic bacteria”<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h1 align=left style='text-align:left'>Neal Armstrong <o:p></o:p></h1><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'>The University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><i>“Solar Energy at the Interface: Molecular-level challenges and opportunities for emerging energy conversion technologies”</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span class=MsoHyperlink><b>Mark Banister</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span class=MsoHyperlink>Medipacs, Founder and CEO<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span class=MsoHyperlink>TBA<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span class=MsoHyperlink><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><b>Joaquin Ruiz<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'>The University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoHeading7>“ Tracing ancient trading routes with radiogenic isotopes”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText>The day of the symposium will also include a poster session, vendor booths, and a silent auction. A list of auction items <i>(updated daily) </i>can be found on our website. Thanks to our generous sponsors, your registration costs ($20 students/$75 everyone else) now include all of your meals for the day. Why not take a minute to check things out on our website? And while you are there, take a peek at our other weekend event: the <b>Mike Cusanovich Commemorative Weekend Golf Tournament on Saturday, March 3, 2012 </b>at the Randolph Golf Course. You really don’t want to miss this great event! <span style='mso-effects-shadow-color:black;mso-effects-shadow-alpha:40.0%;mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius:4.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance:3.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-angledirection:2700000;mso-effects-shadow-align:topleft;mso-effects-shadow-pctsx:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-pctsy:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-anglekx:0;mso-effects-shadow-angleky:0'> <b><span style='color:#943634'>All weekend proceeds benefit the Mike Cusanovich CBC Scholarship Fund. </span></b></span><b><span style='color:#943634'> </span></b><span style='mso-effects-shadow-color:black;mso-effects-shadow-alpha:40.0%;mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius:4.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance:3.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-angledirection:2700000;mso-effects-shadow-align:topleft;mso-effects-shadow-pctsx:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-pctsy:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-anglekx:0;mso-effects-shadow-angleky:0'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-effects-shadow-color:black;mso-effects-shadow-alpha:40.0%;mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius:4.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance:3.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-angledirection:2700000;mso-effects-shadow-align:topleft;mso-effects-shadow-pctsx:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-pctsy:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-anglekx:0;mso-effects-shadow-angleky:0'>WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoBodyText3><span style='font-size:5.0pt;line-height:115%'><br><br></span>*****************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></p><h1><span style='font-size:5.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif";mso-effects-shadow-color:black;mso-effects-shadow-alpha:40.0%;mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius:4.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance:3.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-angledirection:2700000;mso-effects-shadow-align:topleft;mso-effects-shadow-pctsx:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-pctsy:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-anglekx:0;mso-effects-shadow-angleky:0'><br></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif";mso-effects-shadow-color:black;mso-effects-shadow-alpha:40.0%;mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius:4.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance:3.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-angledirection:2700000;mso-effects-shadow-align:topleft;mso-effects-shadow-pctsx:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-pctsy:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-anglekx:0;mso-effects-shadow-angleky:0'>MIKE CUSANOVICH COMMEMORATIVE WEEKEND</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif";mso-effects-shadow-color:black;mso-effects-shadow-alpha:40.0%;mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius:4.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance:3.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-angledirection:2700000;mso-effects-shadow-align:topleft;mso-effects-shadow-pctsx:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-pctsy:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-anglekx:0;mso-effects-shadow-angleky:0'><br></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif";mso-effects-shadow-color:black;mso-effects-shadow-alpha:40.0%;mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius:4.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance:3.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-angledirection:2700000;mso-effects-shadow-align:topleft;mso-effects-shadow-pctsx:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-pctsy:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-anglekx:0;mso-effects-shadow-angleky:0'>March 2-3, 2012</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.cbc.arizona.edu/cusanovich_memorial"><span style='font-size:22.0pt;line-height:115%'>www.cbc.arizona.edu/cusanovich_memorial</span></a><span style='font-size:22.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:5.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#943634'><br><br></span><span style='color:#943634'>*******************************************</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>