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DESCRIPTION:Silos of life-saving drugs in spontaneously dying leaf cells\n
 \nJoin us for the first 4 o'Clock Forum of 2024\, featuring Department of 
 Plant Science Professor Mehran Dastmalchi​.\n\nAbout the speaker\n\nMehran
  Dastmalchi is an assistant professor in the Department of Plant Science a
 t 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ. His research group studies the biochemistry of crop a
 nd medicinal plants\, focusing on pathways producing health and defense co
 mpounds. They leverage this knowledge for synthetic biology efforts to pro
 duce high-value chemicals.\n\nDr. Dastmalchi received his Ph.D. from Weste
 rn University (2015) and completed postdoctoral fellowships at the Univers
 ity of Calgary (2015-2018) and Brock University (2018-2019). He has resear
 ch experience in the public and private realms at Agriculture and Agri-Foo
 d Canada and the biotech company Epimeron Inc.\, respectively\, where he s
 tudied diverse plants and pathways from soybean to opium poppy.\n\nAbout t
 he 4 o'Clock Forum Seminar Series\n\n91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ's Faculty of Agricultural and 
 Environmental Sciences has tremendous expertise and opportunities for inno
 vations in research on agriculture\, the environment\, health\, food\, nut
 rition\, pests and parasites\, including from a biotechnology perspective.
  However\, there are limited opportunities for faculty\, postdoctoral fell
 ows and graduate students to share their common interests in these areas.
 \n\nIn order to bring together the Macdonald Science Community\, we have i
 nitiated a monthly seminar series—'4 O'clock Forum'—where faculty members 
 and postdoctoral fellows are invited to present their work. Through these 
 seminars on the Macdonald campus\, researchers and graduate students will 
 have regular opportunities to be exposed to scientific advancements relate
 d to their own fields of research as well as other scientific areas. Gradu
 ate and undergraduate students can benefit from these academic opportuniti
 es\, all of which are aimed at stimulating critical discussions about cont
 emporary research and issues in the agriculture and environment\, to foste
 r increased interactions among the Macdonald faculty\, and to highlight ou
 r ability to deliver outstanding scientific contributions.\n\nPlease jaswi
 nder.singh [at] mcgill.ca (contact Professor Jaswinder Singh) with any que
 stions.\n
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LOCATION:R3-048\, Raymond Building\, CA\, QC\, St Anne de Bellevue\, H9X 3V
 9\, 21111 Lakeshore Road
SUMMARY:4 o'Clock Forum: Silos of life-saving drugs in spontaneously dying 
 leaf cells
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 e-saving-drugs-spontaneously-dying-leaf-cells-354218
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