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| Dr. Herman was a USDA/ARS
plant molecular biologist located at the
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center as the
result of a cooperative agreement resulting
from the efforts of
Sen. Christopher
"Kit"
Bond.
Dr. Herman occupied this position from
2001-2008 when he left USDA employment to
become a Danforth Center member. He was the
lead scientist of the USDA project "Genetic
Enhancement of Soybean Seed Value by
Biotechnology" that had the goals to alter seed
composition to remove food allergens and to
improve quality and value by expressing
foreign proteins including feed constituents
and industrial enzymes. Dr. Herman was
promoted to the Supergrade level in the
federal civil service in 2008 in recognition
of the impact of his career. For his work on
soybean allergens he was award the USDA's
highest award the
Plow Award by Secretary of
Agriculture Veneman in 2004 .
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| Secretary Veneman and Eliot Herman |
Sen. Bond and Eliot Herman |
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ARS Adminstrator Knipling and Eliot Herman |
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| Secretary of Agriculture
Johnns visits the Herman USDA laboratory at the Danforth
Center. |
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| Acting Secretary of
Agriculture Conner visits the Herman USDA laboratory at the
Danforth Center. |
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