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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-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>On Behalf of Dr. Karen Schumaker:</span></u></b><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'>_____<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'>NEW COURSE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'>PLS 560<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'>CURRENT TOPICS IN PLANT BIOLOGY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'>3 Credits<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'>Fall 2011<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'>M, W, F 9:00-9:50 AM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'>This course will help you gain a better understanding of plant regulatory processes involved in growth and development and how these processes change during plant interactions with the environment and with other organisms.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'>In fall 2011, we will discuss major advances in the field of plant signaling during growth and development and in plant interactions with the environment, pathogens, and insects. Along the way, we will interpret formative experiments and identify key outstanding questions for these interactions. Through the use of comparative studies at the molecular, genetic, and genomic levels, we will identify evolutionary changes in key molecular players that form the basis for these interactions. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'>An equally important goal will be to foster development of the skills needed to critically evaluate the primary research literature and effectively communicate scientific concepts orally and in writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'>For more information, please contact: Dr. Karen Schumaker (<a href="mailto:schumake@ag.arizona.edu">schumake@ag.arizona.edu</a>, 621-9635)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'>Karen Schumaker<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'>School of Plant Sciences, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, and the BIO5 Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'>University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'>Contact information:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'>School of Plant Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'>303 Forbes Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'>1140 E. South Campus Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'>University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'>Tucson, AZ 85721-0036<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'>Phone: (520) 621-9635<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'>Fax: (520) 621-7186<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0033CC'><a href="http://ag.arizona.edu/research/schumaker/">http://ag.arizona.edu/research/schumaker/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>