<div dir="ltr"><img alt="Fusarium_Focus_Header" height="111" src="https://scabusa.org/sites/default/files/inline-images/Screen%20Shot%202022-01-31%20at%2010.05.38%20AM.png" width="750" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify"></span><div class="gmail-spacer" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;height:1em"></div><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify">Dear Readers,</p><div class="gmail-spacer" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;height:0.5em"></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify">The 2023 Spring Issue of the USWBSI online newsletter, </span><a href="https://scabusa.org/pdfs/fus-focus_newsletter_V23-I2_5-2023.pdf" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify"><strong>Fusarium Focus</strong></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify">, is now available. Featured articles include:</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify"><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify"><li>From Flower to Flour: Quality Priorities from a Millers' Perspective</li><li>The Wheat and Barley Genetic Engineering Facilities Are Open to the FHB Research Community</li><li>ScabNet Early Career Webinar Series: Developing Your Career in the USDA-ARS</li><li>Spotlight on Dr. Fred Kolb, Professor Emeritus with the University of Illinois</li><li>National Barley and Wheat Improvement Committees Visits to Capitol Hill</li></ul><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify"></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify">Other items included in this Issue are a Calendar of Upcoming Events, new students, PIs, and staff, an update from the USWBSI Steering Committee Spring Meeting, and new Steering Committee members. We hope you enjoy reading this issue of Fusarium Focus!</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify">Warm Regards,<br>Amber</p><div class="gmail-spacer" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;height:1em"></div><a href="https://www.scabusa.org/pdfs/fus-focus_newsletter_V23-I2_5-2023.pdf" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify"><img height="800" src="https://scabusa.org/tmp/Spring_Cover.png" width="600"></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify"></span><div class="gmail-spacer" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;height:1em"></div><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-align:justify;font-size:12px">You received this email because you are subscribed to the USWBSI FHB Listserv and/or the Fusarium Focus Listserv. We apologize if you received it more than once. If you no longer wish to receive such emails, please unsubscribe by sending your request to <a href="mailto:nfo@scabusa.org">nfo@scabusa.org</a>.</p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px">--</span><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px">Amber Hoffstetter, PhD</span><br></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px">Research Technical Specialist</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px">U.S. Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px"><a href="mailto:amber.hoffstetter@scabusa.org" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px" target="_blank">amber.hoffstetter@scabusa.org</a><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px">330-442-3583</span><br></div></div></div></div>