Student Webinar Series
Seminars will take place on Thursdays at 3:00pm EST.
Check out the webinar program here for further details and the link to attend these virtual sessions.
March 7, 2024
Omar Abdelwahab, Laval University
March 14, 2024
Alistar Moy, Laurentian University
March 21, 2024
Fanfan Li, McGill University
Hodan Halane, Western University / AAFC (LRDC)
Sameena Alam, University of Alberta
March 28, 2024
Ladan Ajdanian, Laval University
Sean Robertson, University of Manitoba
Ritesh Kumar Yadav, University of Manitoba
April 4, 2024
Adrian Monthony, Université Laval
Louie Cris Lopos, University of Lethbridge / AAFC Morden Research and Development Center
Madeline Lehmann, University of Alberta / AAFC Lethbridge Research Centre
Janani Radhakrishnan, University of Alberta
April 11, 2024
Anirup Sengupta, University of Manitoba
Udaya Subedi, University of Alberta
Sajjad Sobhanverdi, UQTR
April 18, 2024
Amir Danesh, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Emediong Etukudo, University of Saskatchewan
Mohammed Musthafa Mukthar, University of Alberta
April 24, 2024 (on a Wednesday)
Jared Bento, University of Manitoba
Jessica Samson-Tshimbalanga, Université Laval
Rajbir Kaur, University of Manitoba
Previous Seminars
Precision Genetic Technologies for Banana Improvement
Thursday, April 6th, 2023
Dr. Leena Tripathi
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Dar es Salaam (Tanzanie)
The Use of Cowpea Mosaic Virus Capsids to Stabilise and Deliver Designer RNA Molecules
Thursday, March 2, 2023
Dr. Hadrien Peyret
Biochemistry & Metabolism, John Innes Centre
Molecular farming in Cape Town: An Introduction to the Biopharming Research Unit
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Prof. Ed Rybicki
Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town
Regulatory oversight of plant breeding innovations in Canada and globally
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Jennifer Hubert
Director, Plant Biotechnology, CropLife Canada
CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing of alfalfa for enhanced resilience to climate change
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Dr. Stacy Singer
AAFC—Lethbridge
Exploring the prospect of deploying phospho-alleles to engineer stress resilience in plants
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Dr. Jacqueline Monaghan
Queen’s University
It isn’t easy, going green: Unlocking the potential of plant-based vaccines
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Dr. Allyson MacLean
University of Ottawa
Lost in translation – auxiliary features in plant biosynthetic pathways
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Dr. Mehran Dastmalchi
McGill University
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