2019 – Parex Resources Innovation Fellowship (innovation and entrepreneurship)
2019 – Innovate Calgary Achievement Award (innovation and entrepreneurship)
2004 – C.D. Nelson Award (Canadian Society of Plant Biologists)
2002 – Canada Research Chair (plant metabolic processes biotechnology)
1995 – Arthur Neish Young Investigator Award (Phytochemical Scociety of North America)
1995 – Molson Breweries Young Investigator Award
1992 – NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada)
1989 – NSERC Postdoctoral Scholarship (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada)
Research is aimed at understanding the biochemistry, cellular biology, and molecular physiology of plant specialized metabolism with a focus on benzylisoquinoline alkaloids (e.g. morphine) in opium poppy, cannabinoids (e.g. cannabidiol) in cannabis, and phenylpropylamino alkaloids (e.g. pseudoephedrine) in ephedra. Major foci include biosynthetic and ancilliary gene isolation, pathway elucidation, and mechanisms of metabolic regulation, although interests encompass a wide range of competencies from plant genome analysis to protein structural biology. The availability of an extensive toolbox of genes and an increasingly accurate set of assembly instructions has created unprecedented metabolic engineering opportunities in plants and microorganisms. Yeast strains producing a variety of natural and synthetic high-value plant metabolites are engineered and used for both basic research and commercial applications.
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Dr. Jeremy Morris Dr. Kristian Caldo TBA
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Dr. Natali Ozber Dr. Siyu Liang Dr. Jacinta Watkins
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Moiz Kapasi Ivette Menendez |
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