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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>On Behalf of Dr. Ramin Yadegari:</span></u></b><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In addition to recruiting PhD students directly into the PLS/PLP graduate programs, the School of Plant Sciences now recruits students through the new Arizona Biological and Biomedical Sciences (ABBS) program, which integrates recruiting, admissions and the first-year program for five PhD programs in biological and biomedical sciences. Students are admitted to the ABBS program with no formal commitment to a particular Ph.D program. Students are free to rotate in laboratories of faculty associated with any of the programs, providing maximum flexibility for students to explore a variety of research areas. At the end of the rotation period, students will matriculate into one of the five graduate programs based upon their interests and the laboratory that they enter. Please visit the ABBS program website for additional information about the unified admission program <a href="http://abbs.arizona.edu">http://abbs.arizona.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Students will be invited to visit campus on January 28 & 29 or February 11 & 12.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For any questions regarding this program, please feel free to contact me.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ramin Yadegari<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>