<p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>December, 2010 - <a href="/id0904f67a8066d02a">Archives</a></span></p> <p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>&nbsp;</span></p> <p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Hello All,</span></p> <p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>I hope this message finds each and every one of you doing well.</span></p> <p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>&nbsp;</span></p> <p style='text-indent:-9.0pt;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><strong style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Research &amp; Technical Activities</span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in; " type="disc"> <li style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>The month of December was occupied by the third challenging client trials involving an Advanced Biofuel. It went exceedingly well, although we find that there are still some kinks to be worked out. The client will return in February 2011 to hopefully work those kinks out in another one-fermenter trial. All goes well the client will return in April and August 2011.</span></li> </ul> <p style='margin-left:.25in;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>&nbsp;</span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in; " type="disc"> <li style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>A funded project to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of lysine digestibility in DDGS. The co-PI finished their part and a final report is in the preparation.</span></li> </ul> <p style='text-indent:-9.0pt;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>&nbsp;</span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in; " type="disc"> <li style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>A funded project to provide proximate and amino acid contents in DDGS from IL and nearby states. An AAFCO Check Sample was added to the QA/QC plan and a modification on particle size was implemented.</span></li> </ul> <p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>&nbsp;</span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in; " type="disc"> <li style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>A funded project to</span> <em style='font-weight:bold; font-style:normal; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial; font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>compare various hydrolysis procedures for amino acid testing in animal feed. Hydrolysate samples have been collected from the lab participants and analysis is on the way.</span></em></li> </ul> <p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><em style='font-weight:bold; font-style:normal; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>&nbsp;</span></em></p> <ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in; " type="disc"> <li style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><em style='font-weight:bold; font-style:normal; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>A funded project to study the e</span></em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>nzymatic enhancement of downstream corn oil recovery in a corn dry grind process. The pilot plant trial is scheduled to start in March of 2011 and the preparation for the trial has started.</span></li> </ul> <p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>&nbsp;</span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in; " type="disc"> <li style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>A manuscript on the method development for the quantitation of the biocide in fermentation matrix has been finished.</span></li> </ul> <p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#FF6600;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>&nbsp;</span></p> <p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>&nbsp;</span></p> <p style='text-indent:-9.0pt;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><strong style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Pilot Plant and Facility Updates:</span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in; " type="disc"> <li style='color:#1F497D;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops: list .5in;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><strong style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Fractionation:</span></strong></li> <li style="list-style: none"> <ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in; " type="circle"> <li style='mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2;tab-stops:list 1.0in;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:italic;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Early Site Preparation</span></li> <li style='mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2;tab-stops:list 1.0in;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Contractors start work January 4, 2011 through March 16, 2011.</span></li> <li style='mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2;tab-stops:list 1.0in;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:italic;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Facilities and Process Installation</span></li> <li style='mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2;tab-stops:list 1.0in;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Contractor work starts late 1Q 2011 or early 2Q 2011.</span></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>&nbsp;</span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in; " type="disc"> <li style='color:#1F497D;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops: list .5in;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><strong style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Fermenter Pumps:</span></strong></li> <li style="list-style: none"> <ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in; " type="circle"> <li style='mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2;tab-stops:list 1.0in;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Work on recycle piping starts January 3, 2011 and will be complete January 15, 2011.</span></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style='margin-left:.5in;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>&nbsp;</span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in; " type="disc"> <li style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><strong style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Laboratory Fume Hoods:</span></strong></li> <li style="list-style: none"> <ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in; " type="circle"> <li style='mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2;tab-stops:list 1.0in;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Detailed design will be complete by January 28, 2011</span></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style='margin-left:.75in;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; 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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><strong style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Outreach and Community Activities</span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in; " type="disc"> <li style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>NCERC hosted a group of R&amp;D scientists to explore the collaboration opportunity on utilizing NIR for amino acid testing in DDGS.</span></li> </ul> <p style='margin-left:.25in;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><strong style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>&nbsp;</span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in; " type="disc"> <li style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>NCERC attended and participated in the Coalition for Plant and Life Science meeting held in St. Louis, MO.</span></li> </ul> <p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><strong style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>&nbsp;</span></strong></p> <p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Until next time, have a good, productive and safe month.</span></p> <p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><strong style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>&nbsp;</span></strong></p> <p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><strong style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; 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margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>John Caupert, Director National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center</span></p> <p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Phone: 618-659-6737 Ext 226</span></p> <p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Email: <a href="mailto:jcaupert@ethanolresearch.com" style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single; '>jcaupert@ethanolresearch.com</a></span></p>