Dr. Fabricio Medina-Bolívar, Plant Metabolic Engineering, was an invited speaker at the 61st Tobacco Science Research Conference, "Frontiers in Tobacco Biotechnology," held in Charlotte, N.C. Dr. Medina-Bolívar's presentation, "Screening for Bioactive Stilbenoids in the Genus Nicotiana and other Solanaceae species," focused on research conducted in his laboratory for the discovery of medicinally important compounds that can be induced in the roots of tobacco and related species.