Zamir Punja, PhD is a Professor of Plant Biotechnology at Simon Fraser University in Canada. His research interests include the etiology and management of plant diseases on vegetable and horticultural crops, and the applications of plant biotechnology for disease management. Since 2018, his work has shifted to researching cannabis, where his group has described a range of previously unreported pathogens …
Preventing and Eliminating Hop Latent Viroid from Cannabis with Zamir Punja, PhD
VIDEO VERSION AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE Dr. Zamir Punja is a Professor of Plant Biotechnology at Simon Fraser University in Canada. His research interests include the etiology and management of plant diseases on vegetable and horticultural crops, and the applications of plant biotechnology for disease management. Since 2018, his work has shifted to researching cannabis, where his group has described a …
Improving Longevity with Cannabis Compounds | Hunter Land, PhD
Hunter Land, PhD is the Vice President of Research & Development at Biopharmaceutical Research Company, one of the few DEA Schedule I, FDA compliant cannabinoid research and development companies. He has 20 years of R&D expertise across 25 different indications, as well as 12 years of cannabinoid-focused research. Most notably, he was GW Pharma’s first full-time R&D employee in the US, where …
Vaping Cannabis Medicine Safely and Effectively with Arnaud Dumas de Rauly
Arnaud Dumas de Rauly is the co-founder and CEO of The Blinc Group, a company that is transforming the cannabis vaping industry with its focus on safety, innovation, and quality. As a leading expert in the science, technology, and supply chain of cannabis vaping merchandise, Arnaud’s assistance and expertise in the vaping sector have been requested by multiple regulatory bodies …
Generating Honest Cannabis Data with Jeff Rawson, PhD
In 2022, Dr. Jeff Rawson founded the Institute of Cannabis Science (ICS), a nonprofit organization that produces Honest Data About Weed. The mission of ICS is to conduct cannabis research that educates consumers, guides regulators to adopt testing regulations that are based on science, and ensures that products are safe for patients and consumers. At CannMed 23 Dr. Rawson will …
Fighting Costly Plant Pathogens with Michael Straumietis
If you grow or consume cannabis, you’ve benefited from something Michael Straumietis has done. A grower since 1983, Michael’s mission is to make cannabis an acceptable and everyday part of healing humanity. In 1999, he founded Advanced Nutrients and launched the world’s first and only complete cannabis growing system that Hits the Shift and optimizes all phases of the vegetative …
Getting to Know Cannabigerol (CBG) with Bonni Goldstein, MD
Dr. Bonni Goldstein is one of the country’s most respected and experienced medical cannabis physicians, having treated thousands of patients with medical cannabis. She is the owner and medical director of Canna-Centers Wellness & Education. She is Clinical Advisor to Cannformatics. And she is the author of the book titled “Cannabis is Medicine: How Medical Cannabis and CBD Are Healing Everything from …
Reducing Microbial Contamination Risk with Anthony Repay, M.S.
Anthony Repay is currently serving as Laboratory Director of Method Testing Laboratories in Tampa, FL. Anthony started his career as the head food and environmental microbiologist at a Chicago-based testing laboratory before joining the cannabis science community. Since joining cannabis, Anthony has tried to innovate and push the cannabis microbiology community by publishing peer-reviewed papers, speaking on proper quality control …
Field-Portable Testing Solutions for Cannabis with Russell Jessup, PhD
Dr. Russel Jessup is an Associate Professor at Texas A&M University. Russ started his career developing improved perennial grasses as biorefinery platforms for biofuels, turfgrasses, forage, ornamentals, phytoremediators, and renewable bio-based products. He has since transitioned into working on breeding industrial hemp, during which, he and his team identified a need for field-portable testing technologies that could help accelerate their programs. …
Treating Cancer with Cannabis-Derived Flavonoids with Akeem Gardner
Akeem Gardner is the Founder and CEO of Canurta. In 2018 Akeem acquired an Industrial Hemp License from Health Canada and began to farm hemp as he embarked on his entrepreneurial venture, which allowed him to meet with the University of Guelph professors in the summer of 2019 to begin the cannflavin project. At CannMed 23, he will present “Targeting …