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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear SPLS graduate students,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.aiche.org/community/bio/mike-speer">Dr. Mike Speer</a>, who is currently the Director of Manufacturing at <a href="https://oobli.com/">Oobli</a> (they make sweet proteins to replace sugars in food products) and who
used to work at Impossible Foods, will be talking about his career and about the production side of biotechnology on Friday, February 16 at 9 am. You can join in via Zoom <a href="https://arizona.zoom.us/j/82811451785">https://arizona.zoom.us/j/82811451785</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Then, if you’re interested in genetically-engineered crops or other aspects of agricultural biotechnology, you can hear from <a href="https://twitter.com/ageecarroll">Dr. April Agee-Carroll</a>, who is currently the Nursery Design and Strategic
Lead at <a href="https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/">Bayer Crop Science</a> (who bought out Monsanto) at 10 am the same day and using the same Zoom link as above.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Feel free to join in for either one or both of the talks! Even if you’re not particularly interested in working at either of these companies, hearing people talk about their career path can be very helpful when you’re trying to figure out
what you want (or don’t want!) to do. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-Samantha<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:#0C234B">Samantha Orchard,</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:#495057"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:#0C234B">Ph.D.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:#0C234B">she/her</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:#495057"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#495057">Associate Professor of Practice</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:#495057"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#495057">Associate Director for Academic Programs</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:#495057"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#495057">School of Plant Sciences</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:#495057"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#495057">THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:#495057"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#495057">Marley 541D</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:#495057"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#495057">PO Box 210036 | Tucson</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:#495057"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#495057">AZ</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:#495057"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#495057">85721</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:#495057"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#495057">O</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#495057">ffice:
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#495057">521.621.3969 | <a href="mailto:orchard@arizona.edu">
<span style="color:#0563C1">orchard@arizona.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:#495057"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#8B0015"><a href="cales.arizona.edu/spls"><span style="color:#8B0015">cales.arizona.edu/spls</span></a> |
<a href="biotech.arizona.edu"><span style="color:#8B0015">biotech.arizona.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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