<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.666667px">Hi All, </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.666667px"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.666667px">Please see the email below from the ABBS Program Coordinator. If you are interested in recruiting an ABBS student to your lab next fall, you should indicate your willingness to host a student using the link in his email. Please note that by agreeing to host a student, you are acknowledging that you have the funds to support the student starting in mid-March 2027. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.666667px"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.666667px">As a reminder, I will also be contacting faculty directly regarding students who have applied to our PLS and PLP graduate programs to guage interest in recruitment. This is a separate process to the ABBS recruitment and you will receive a direct email from me if a student listed you as a potential mentor. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.666667px"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.666667px">Best,</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.666667px">Mark</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dear Faculty,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We are just a week away from our February Recruitment Weekend.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This requires us to make an informed decision on the number of offers made to those PhD candidates interviewed for the Fall 2026 ABBS Cohort.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">If you could let us know whether you are planning to recruit a PhD student to your lab by completing the poll, that would be much appreciated.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Please use this link to enter your response:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://forms.gle/2jn5NcWPLe81eKvp6" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/2jn5NcWPLe81eKvp6</a><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>  <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Best,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">JJ<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Juan J. Ar</span></b><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">évalo<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">(él/he/him/his)</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Program Coordinator</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Arizona Biological & Biomedical Sciences</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">520-621-4419</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="mailto:arevalo@arizona.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">arevalo@arizona.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the unceded ancestral, traditional, and contemporary lands of Indigenous peoples. Today, Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized tribes, with Tucson being home to the O’odham and the Yaqui.</span></i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="315" height="77" id="m_6028433033477316805Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DC9B3F.19D09FE0" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="width: 3.2812in; height: 0.802in;"></span></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">___________________<br><font face="georgia, serif">Mark Beilstein, Ph.D.<br>Associate Professor</font><div><font face="georgia, serif">Director of Graduate Studies</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">Bart Cardon Fellow<br></font><div><font face="georgia, serif">School of Plant Sciences</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">P.O. Box 210036<br>Forbes Building, Room 303<br></font><font face="georgia, serif">Tucson, AZ 85721-0036</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://mab-lab.org" target="_blank">mab-lab.org</a></font></div><div>____________________</div></div></div></div></div></div>