Synthetic Cannabinoids and Their Effects on T Cells with Lindsay Avery, PhD

Ben AmiraultCannabis Treatments, Podcast

Lindsay Avery is an immunologist specializing in T cell signaling. As a professor at Saint Michael’s College, her primary focus is training future scientists at the undergraduate level. In collaboration with fellow Saint Michael’s professor and CannMed Advisor Mark Scialdone, Lindsay and her students conducted basic drug discovery research on synthetic cannabinoids through course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs). Lindsay presented …

Dispersed Lighting and Bud Grade Optimization with David Hawley, PhD

Ben AmiraultCultivation, Podcast

David Hawley is Principal Scientist at Fluence, where he steers the company’s global Cannabis Crop Sciences program. His team’s research, which often appears in peer-reviewed publications, has identified specific and diverse lighting strategies that consider crop yield, morphology, quality, and economics that maximize commercial growers’ objectives.  At CannMed 26, David presented a poster titled, “Two novel lighting strategies to reduce …

The Cognitive Trade-Offs of Cannabis and ADHD with Carrie Cuttler, PhD

Ben AmiraultCannabis Treatments, Podcast, Uncategorized

Dr. Carrie Cuttler is currently a Co-Director of the Cannabis Research Center (CRC) at Washington State University Center (WSU). She is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at WSU. Carrie directs research in The Health and Cognition (THC) lab that focuses on examining both the beneficial and detrimental effects of cannabis and cannabinoids. Her recent work focuses on …

Identifying the Skunk Genes in Cannabis with Manny Maminakis

Ben AmiraultCultivation, Podcast

Manny Maminakis is the inventor and CEO of Cannamatrix INC, a cannabis bioinfomratics platform. Prior to Cannamatrix, Manny spent 12 years in the cannabis industry as an award winning cannabis cultivator and edible chef. At CannMed 26, he presented a poster titled “Computational Identification of Volatile Sulfur Compound Synthase Homologs in Cannabis sativa Using Profile Hidden Markov Models” During our …

Investigating Pyrocannabinoids and Cannabis Combustion with Kristofer Marsh, PhD

Ben AmiraultPodcast, Safety

Dr. Kristofer Marsh is the Chief Scientific Officer of Smithers Cannabis Testing Services Division, as well the State Director for Smithers’ New York laboratory. He has over 9 years of experience in the Cannabis testing industry spanning operations in 11 U.S. states and is a member of the Cannabis Science Section with the American Council of Independent Laboratories (ACIL). At …

Breeding for Better Solventless Extraction with Alisha Holloway, PhD

Ben AmiraultCultivation, Podcast

Alisha Holloway is the Chief Scientific Officer at Phylos where she leads the R&D group that focuses on foundational genomic research, development of high-throughput genetic and chemical testing capabilities, discovery of genetic markers, and the development of new cannabis varieties via classical and marker-assisted breeding. At CannMed 26, she will present “Enhancing Cannabis Quality via Marker-Assisted Selection for Improved Solventless …

Putting Cannabis Labs to the Test with Morgan Keefer

Ben AmiraultPodcast, Safety

Morgan Keefer is a Board Member for the Institute of Cannabis Science, and an experienced cannabis testing laboratory accreditation professional. She has presented at conferences, including CannMed, Pittcon, and Cannabis Science Conference regarding the importance of inter-laboratory comparison and method validation for the cannabis industry. At CannMed 26, Morgan will present Frequently Identified Nonconformances Applicable to Cannabis Testing, which will explore some …

Drinking Cannabinoids for Better Patient Care with Harold Han, PhD

Ben AmiraultCannabis Treatments, Podcast

Dr. Harold Hom is the Founder of PhytoRX. He has dedicated his career to the art and science of nanoemulsions, transforming plant-derived active ingredients into stable, predictable and effective formulations. He founded PhytoRX is to bring consistency and efficacy into the plant-based therapeutics, and  give clinicians a tool they can confidently use. At CannMed 26, Harold will Moderate a panel …

Applying AI and Machine Learning to Medical Cannabis with Hemant Kumar Bid, PhD

Ben AmiraultCannabis Treatments, Podcast

Dr. Hemant Kumar Bid is a top educator in the field of Biotechnology and Medical cannabis. He serves as Program Director for the Morehouse School of Medicine, using his extensive background in biotechnology research and cannabinoid research to educate graduate students and infuse the industry with science-backed legitimacy. Recently, Hemant has become deeply engaged with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning …

Decoding Natural Hop Latent Viroid Tolerance with Ansley Burtch

Ben AmiraultCultivation, Podcast

Ansley Burtch is a Post-Baccalaureate Scholar in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at the University of Tennessee. Her undergraduate and post-baccalaureate research focuses on plant-pathogen interactions using computational genomics and transcriptomic approaches. She has also investigated the production of toxins by fungi and their impacts on human health.  At CannMed 26 she will present “Decoding Natural Viroid Tolerance: …