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March 26th at 1:00pm (EDT) - Cornell University Hemp Webinar - Professor Ian Graham to discuss Molecular Breeding of New Seed Oil Varieties
2025 Hemp Webinar Series
Topic: Molecular Breeding of New Seed Oil Varieties of Industrial Hemp
March 26, 20251:00pm - 2:00pm (EDT)
Professor Ian A. Graham, FRS
Weston Chair of Biochemical Genetics
Academic Lead, BioYorkshire University of York
Following postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Oxford and Carnegie Department Plant Biology, Stanford, California, Ian took up a faculty position and set up his own lab in the UK at the University of Glasgow, in 1994.In 1999 he moved to become the Weston Chair of Biochemical Genetics in the Centre for Novel Agricultural Products at the University of York, where he remains, with his research focused on biosynthesis of plant natural products and how these can be developed for various industrial applications. Representing the University of York, Ian was granted the UK Plant Breeders’ Rights for a high oleic hemp seed variety in February 2021. Ian was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2016 and is a Science Trustee of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Ian is also the academic lead forBioYorkshire, a partnership involving the University of York, Fera Science and Askham Bryan College that aims to deliver green economic growth, and Director of the UK Government funded High Value Biorenewables Network. https://www.york.ac.uk/biology/people/ian-a-graham/
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