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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">The Dean informed me yesterday that the total lottery funds awarded to IIGB is $530K. This money can be spent for the purchase of any instrumentations with greater impacts on teaching
and research activities, albeit with a more focused view on the teaching outcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">There are two groups of instruments that fulfill the required criteria for the funds:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"> 10X Chromium: an instrument for single-cell genomics, bundled with
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:windowtext">GridION</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">, a high-throughput long-read sequencer.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.75in;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Orbitrap ASCEND mass spectrometer for high resolution proteomics and metabolomics. For this instrument we will need an
extra 100K, however the Dean added that we will go to the provost to secure the amount.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Rather than making a unilateral decision, I am reaching out to ask for your input. It is important that we purchase the instrument with highest impact for most of our community.
To better assess your needs, I am sending the link below where you can state the choice of your preferred instrument.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dR_moNhfllQmImap9_ik_CDHWDhE7cYzB56kLVKqB_4/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dR_moNhfllQmImap9_ik_CDHWDhE7cYzB56kLVKqB_4/edit?usp=sharing</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Please provide your responses not later than the next Thursday September 1<sup>st</sup>. I will let you know outcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Be powerful and thanks in advance for your input.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Katie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D">Katayoon (Katie) Dehesh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D">Director, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, Distinguished Professor
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D">Ernst and Helen Leibacher Endowed Chair in Botany and Plant Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D">University of California, Riverside, CA 92521<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D">Phone: (951) 827-6370; Fax: (951) 827-5155<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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