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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><img width=484 height=89 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:20130611082300.001"></span><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>J</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>oin us for this National C-FAR hill seminar, featuring a leading-edge presenter sharing timely information made possible by federally funded food and agricultural research, extension and education. This presentation on <i>honey bee and pollinator research</i> is in conjunction with the start of <a href="http://pollinator.org/pollinator_week_2013.htm">National Pollinator Week</a>.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>The seminar will be held on Monday, June 17, f</span><span style='color:black'>rom 12:00 to 12:55 in <b>1300 Longworth House Office Building</b> (LHOB). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#003300'>Chick Fil-A </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Lunch (<i>Veggie Wrap Option</i>) will be provided. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#00B050'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGMzSUhPMVhZT1hCVm1qTXM1TzBsWlE6MQ#gid=0"><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>CLICK HERE</span></a><span style='font-size:18.0pt'> to RSVP by <b><span style='color:#943634'>c.o.b. Friday, June 14</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.3in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#003366'>Feel free to <b>share this invitation with hill staff, agency officials and others who may be interested </b></span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#003366'>in attending the seminar<b><i>.</i></b><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#003366'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>****************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#003300'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#00B050'>APPLIED BEE-NOMICS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#00B050'>How the Honey Bee Genome Project is Revolutionizing Pollinator Research</span></i><span style='color:#00B050'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#00B050'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#00B050'>The complete sequence of the honey bee genome was published in 2006 after four years of concentrated effort. The project, the brainchild of a consortium of scientists comprising university laboratories around the world, the U.S. apiculture industry, and the USDA, was funded by NIH, the USDA, and private donors, including industry representatives. The timing proved opportune in that release of the genome coincided with the first reports of unprecedented bee losses associated with the phenomenon now known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Although CCD remains challenging, the availability of the bee genome proved transformative in elucidating basic bee biology and investigating the stresses experienced by America’s honey bees, providing new insights and new tools for investigating bee health. These tools facilitated the identification of many hitherto unreported bee pathogens and enabled the identification of predictive markers and potential molecular diagnostics for CCD. At the same time, the discovery of a universal bacterial flora revealed the existence of symbiotic gut flora that may be critical to bee health. Also facilitated was identification of genes encoding specific enzymes that metabolize acaricides used by beekeepers to control the parasitic varroa mite and pesticides encountered by bees as they forage for pollen and nectar and provide pollination services to U.S. agriculture. The investment in sequencing the honey bee genome was immediately justified in generating useful new knowledge and continues to provide the foundation for an ongoing revolution in bee science. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#00B050'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Presenter</span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>:</span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>May Berenbaum, Ph.D.</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>,</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> is head of the Department of Entomology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and chaired the NRC panel report on the Status of Pollinators in North America.<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>More information about National C-FAR and the hill seminar series can be found at</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#003300'> </span><a href="http://www.ncfar.org/"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>http://www.ncfar.org</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#003300'>. The Hill Seminar Series helps demonstrate the value of p</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#231F20'>ublic investment in food and agricultural research—investment that returns 45 percent per year on average.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#003300'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>THANKS to the following Seminar Series Contributing Sponsors: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Academy for Nutrition and Dietetics </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Alliance to Feed the Future </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> American Society for Nutrition <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Bayer CropScience </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>CHS Inc. </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Cooperative Extension </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Cotton Foundation <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Council on Food, Agriculture & Resource Economics (C-FARE) </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> CropLife America<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dr. William Danforth </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Elanco Animal Health </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Eversole Associates </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Dr. David W. Hertha<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Illinois Soybean Association </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Indiana Soybean Alliance </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Institute of Food Technologists </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>National Farmers Union </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Michael Newman, DVM </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> National Council of Farmer Cooperatives </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> North American Millers’ Association<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Riley Memorial Foundation </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Soil & Water Conservation Society </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Syngenta </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>United Soybean Board </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Weed Science Society of America </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> University of Wyoming<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Tom<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>R. Thomas (Tom) Van Arsdall, <b>National C-FAR Executive </b></span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Director & Pollinator Partnership Director of Public Affairs</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><br> </span></b><a href="mailto:tom@vanarsdall.com"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>tom@vanarsdall.com</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> <br> PH: 703-509-4746 </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>