NATIONAL SCIENCE
FOUNDATION
4201 WILSON
BOULEVARD
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA
22230
March 1, 2003
Dear Colleague:
We wish to present to you Proceedings from the fifth
Inter-Agency Conference on Metabolic Engineering, which was
held at the National Science Foundation on January 31, 2003.
This Conference consisted of presentations by an Awardee
and a Representative from each of the participating Agencies
in the Inter-Agency Working Group on Metabolic Engineering (MEWG).
There was also a brief discussion of "Future Directions
for Metabolic Engineering". The electronic version of
this report, which is available at:
http://www.metabolicengineering.gov/me2003/ReportTOC.htm
has abstract and slide information from each
of the Agency presentations.
For current information on the activities of
the MEWG, please refer to the MEWG web site shown below:
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/metabolic/index.htm
We thank you for your interest in Metabolic
Engineering and invite your inquiries regarding the
Inter-Agency activities.
With best regards, I am
Fred G. Heineken
Chair
Inter-Agency Working Group on Metabolic Engineering