Greetings-

This is from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH<https://nccih.nih.gov/>) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). They reached out to us to share an upcoming bioengineering lecture that may be of interest to you.

NCCIH-funded researcher Dr. Christina Smolke and her Stanford University lab were the first in the world to produce synthetic hydrocodone by reproducing complex plant pathways in baker’s yeast via a process that reduces the production time for plant-based opioids from one year to a few days. Dr. Smolke will give a lecture at NIH on April 4 discussing her team’s work in developing foundational tools to drive advancement in bioengineering.

You can join either in-person or watch via live videocast<https://videocast.nih.gov/>. Lecture details are below, and more information about the Integrative Medicine Research Lecture Series can be accessed on the NCCIH website<https://nccih.nih.gov/news/events/IMlectures>.

Lecture: New Bio-Based Supply Chains for Medicines

Date: April 4, 2016 9:30 a.m. ET

Speaker: Christina Smolke, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Associate Chair of Education and W.M. Keck Foundation Faculty Scholar in the Department of Bioengineering at Stanford University.

Location: Masur Auditorium at the NIH Clinical Center (Building 10)

Kind Regards,

Claudia Borke

Academic Program Coordinator

Volgenau School of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering

3800 Nguyen Engineering Building, 1G5

4400 University Drive

Fairfax, VA 22030

Phone: (703) 993-4190

Fax: (703) 993-2077