Dr. Carole L. Cramer, executive director, ABI, recently served as an invited speaker at the University of Georgia. One of her talks, "Plant Based Bioproduction – Enhancing Vaccines Efficacy through Delivery, Presentation and Immuno-modulation," was presented to the College of Veterinary Medicine/Department of Infectious Disease and focused on the production of animal proteins with potential applications in vaccines.This work was specific to targeting applications in protection against influenza (bird flu and swine flu). Dr. Cramer's other talk, "Plant Powered Production," was hosted by and presented to the University of Georgia’s Complex Carbohydrate Research Center. It focused on the use of plants as production factories for high-value proteins and chemicals with the potential to enhance human health. Dr. Cramer serves as the lead on the plant-based bioproduction project, the Plant-Powered Production (P3) Center, under the Arkansas ASSET Initiative (AR EPSCoR). The Plant Powered Production (P3) Center is funded through the RII: Arkansas ASSET Initiative (AR EPSCoR) by the National Science Foundation (grant #EPS – 0701890) and the Arkansas Science and Technology Authority (ASTA).