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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0033CC'>Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0033CC'>Please see an invitation from Dean Burgess below. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0033CC'>Karen S. Schumaker, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0033CC'>Interim Director and Professor, School of Plant Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0033CC'>Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, and the BIO5 Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0033CC'>University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0033CC'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0033CC'>Contact information:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0033CC'>School of Plant Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0033CC'>303 Forbes Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0033CC'>1140 E. South Campus Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0033CC'>University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0033CC'>Tucson, AZ 85721-0036<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0033CC'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0033CC'>Phone: (520) 621-9635<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0033CC'>Fax: (520) 621-7186<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0033CC'>http://ag.arizona.edu/research/schumaker/<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0033CC'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>CALS Students (Graduate and Undergrad), Postdocs, Faculty,<br><br>Please join me for an "Open Discussion" with Dr. Rick DeRose (Lead, Technology and Integration, Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc.) on Monday, October 8th from 10:00-11:00 a.m. in Vet. Sci. & Micro, Rm. 129. Please see the attached flyer for details. <br><br>Shane Burgess<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Shane Burgess<br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:gray'>Vice Provost and Dean<br>The University of Arizona | College of Agriculture & Life Sciences</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:gray'>Forbes Building | 1140 E. So. Campus Drive | PO Box 210036</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:gray'>Tucson, AZ 85721-0036</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:gray'>PHONE: 520.621.7621</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:gray'>FAX: 520.621.7196 </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:gray'>EMAIL: </span><a href="mailto:sburgess@cals.arizona.edu"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>sburgess@cals.arizona.edu</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:gray'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>