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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'>Everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'>Please help me welcome our newest faculty members, Drs. Eliot Herman and Monica Schmidt, who will be starting Monday morning, March 5, 2012. They are joining us after a long tenure at the Danforth Plant Sciences Center in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Herman will be a Professor in the School of Plant Sciences with his office and laboratory in the Keating Building on the 2<sup>nd</sup> Floor. Dr. Schmidt is an Assistant Professor in the School, her lab and office will also be in the Keating Building on the 2<sup>nd</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> Floor. Their research projects cover a variety of topics related to biotechnology and crop improvement, including removal of food allergens, increasing vitamin content, and nitrogen portioning in the seed. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'>Brian<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>