Featured Speaker: Toni Kutchan, Ph.D., Vice President for Research and Oliver M. Langenberg Distinguished Investigator, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center; Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer, IntelliZyme; Fellow and 2011 Outstanding St. Louis Scientist, The Academy of Science – St. Louis
Plant chemicals affect many aspects of our lives from food to textile to medicine. How is modern technology helping us to harvest the benefits of plant chemicals without endangering biodiversity? Biochemist Dr. Toni Kitchen talks about research in her lab to study how plants make important medicines and the use of biotechnology to develop sustainable supplies of pharmaceuticals. For more details click here.
Free and OPEN to ALL.  Reservations not required. Parking is free in the Zoo North lot or on the street in Forest Park.
Medicines from Plants is a Science Seminar Series presentation of The Academy of Science – St. Louis and the Saint Louis Zoo.