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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='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If you expect to have opportunity for undergraduate research in your lab in the spring, please consider the attached CV and email below.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tanya<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><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"'> Christopher E Valencia [mailto:cvalencia@email.arizona.edu] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 13, 2012 8:34 AM<br><b>To:</b> Tanya Quist<br><b>Subject:</b> Undergraduate lab placement<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Dear <span style='color:#1F497D'>Dr.</span> Quist,<br><br>My name is Cristóbal Valencia and I was a transfer student that came into CALS last Fall 2011. I am emailing you to inquire about opportunities for undergraduates in plant science labs. Do you know of any positions currently open for undergraduates?<br><br>I am a senior currently on leave of absence and am looking for research and lab assistantships that will help me acquire more experience as I prepare for grad school. I will be graduating this Fall from Prescott College in Prescott, Arizona with a 3.8 GPA and have been involved in a number of research projects during my undergrad that have prepared me to contribute to ongoing projects with a high degree of independence and collaboration. Last Fall semester I took courses in genetics, biotechnology and plant pathology and I'm very interested in plant functional genomics, although lab experience in any plant science sub-field would be useful to me. I've completed my course requirements and spent this past summer at the <a href="http://www.landinstitute.org" target="_blank">Land Institute</a> doing independent research on flowering-time genes in intermediate wheatgrass as part of a global perenniality breeding effort for wheat. I am ready to contribute to large-scale projects and have a suite of lab and field specific skills that I believe could be an asset to research faculty. I've included my CV and would love to discuss what options there might be when you have the opportunity.<br><br>I understand you are very busy and I sincerely appreciate your time reading my email and consideration. If you happen to know anyone else I should get in contact with, I'd appreciate that information as well. Thank you!<br><br>Sincerely,<br>Cris<br clear=all><br>-- <br><b>Cristóbal E Valencia</b><br><i>Undergraduate of Plant Science, <br>Sustainable Community Development</i><br>University of Arizona<br>Tucson, Arizona<br>+001 928 420 0730<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>