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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:#1F497D'>Brian,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Brief comments on our lab and research. The dean had an interest in aflatoxins while at Mississippi State. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Our laboratory is recognized worldwide as a leader in research on aflatoxin management and the biology of aflatoxin producing fungi. In addition to our lab work in Tucson, we have field and lab work in California, Arizona, and Texas, as well as, several nations in East, West and Southern Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Our work is supported by USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, USAID, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and several European and African Governments and multi-governmental organizations (i.e. the UN, the World Bank, etc.). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Our research emphasizes participation by both graduate students and undergraduates. Typically we employ between 8 and 14 undergraduates at any given time. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Our widest recognition comes from the discovery that atoxigenic (non-aflatoxin producing) isolates of <i>Aspergillus flavus</i> can be used for the biocontrol of aflatoxin contamination. In addition to the invention, we registered the first atoxigenic strain with EPA and developed products and manufacturing systems for products based on these strains. These biocontrol agents are currently the leading aflatoxin mitigation agents worldwide. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Please let me know if you have any questions or require additional details.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>---Peter. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Peter J. Cotty<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Agricultural Research Service<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>United States Department of Agriculture<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>School of Plant Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> Desk: 520-626-5049<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Secretary: 520-626-6775<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> Lab: 520-626-5704<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> Cell: 520-940-5637<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Mailing Address:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Peter J. Cotty<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>USDA/ARS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>School of Plant Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Forbes Building, Room 303<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>1140 East South Campus Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Tucson, Arizona 85721<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://cals.arizona.edu/research/cottylab/CottyLabHome.htm<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> plsfaculty-bounces@CALS.arizona.edu [mailto:plsfaculty-bounces@CALS.arizona.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brian Larkins<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 10, 2011 3:57 PM<br><b>To:</b> plsfaculty@cals.arizona.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> [Plsfaculty] New CALS Dean<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear PLS faculty,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I will be meeting with the new CALS Dean, Shane Burgess, next week to give him an overview of the School of Plant Sciences. Although I have a general idea of what each of you is doing, it would be helpful, and to your advantage I suppose, if you would send me a short paragraph (not more than a few sentences) summarizing the focus of your research, teaching and/or extension activities, and major service responsibilities. Please include anything else you would want me to communicate about your program. We will be scheduling a department-wide faculty meeting with Dean Burgess in September (most likely), and it would be helpful to him to have some preconceived notion of what is going on in the school.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Brian<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dr. Brian A. Larkins<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Porterfield and Regents Professor<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Director, School of Plant Sciences<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Forbes 303C<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>P.O. Box 210036<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tucson, AZ 85721<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tele (520)-621-9958<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>FAX (520)-621-3692<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>