The Institute of Cannabis Research has hosted the Cannabis Research Webinar Series since October 2020. The series showcases expert speakers who provide cutting edge scientific information on a variety of cannabis-related topics. Presenters for this webinar series have spoken on topics ranging from medical science and public policy to industrial perspectives, to funding opportunities. Currently, these webinars are co-managed by the Institute of Cannabis Research at CSU Pueblo and the Lambert Center at Thomas Jefferson University. This webinar series regularly schedules a presentation on the second Thursday of each month, held on Zoom.
Additionally, in February 2022, the ICR launched a second webinar series dedicated to Cannabis Plant Science and Cultivation. The series has showcased experts who have spoken on a wide array of subjects including cannabis physiology, pharmacology, cutting-edge cultivation techniques, risk management strategies, and the utilization of agricultural by-products such as cannabinoids, seeds, and fibers. Currently, these webinars are co-managed by the Institute of Cannabis Research at CSU Pueblo and The Volcani Institute in Israel. This webinar series is scheduled monthly and held on Zoom.
We cordially invite you to participate in our ongoing monthly webinar series, and to review recordings of the webinars which are made available on our website shortly after each presentation
September 10, 2026 1:00 PM MT
Cannabinoids and weight loss: A twisted tale
Dr. Ken Mackie is a Distinguished Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (IUB) and a Linda and Jack Gill Chair of Neuroscience. He received his MD from Yale University, did his Anesthesiology Residency at the University […]
September 16, 2026, 11:00 AM MT
Enhancing Cannabis Quality through Marker-Assisted Selection for Improved Solventless Extraction Yield
Alisha Holloway is the Chief Scientific Officer at Phylos where she leads the R&D and Breeding groups that focus on discovery and implementation of genetic markers for high value traits, and the development of new cannabis varieties […]
May 2022
Cassandra Taylor, Ph.D. is a Chemist at U.S. Food and Drug Administration within the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) and is a member of the Botanical Review Team (BRT) residing within the Office of Pharmaceutical Quality (OPQ) and serves as an expert resource on all botanical issues. Dr. Taylor received […]
April 2022
Dr. Rosner is the Principal Investigator at the Rosner Laboratory and the Charles B. Huggins Professor of the Ben May Department of Cancer Research at the University of Chicago. After receiving her bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from Harvard University, and her Ph.D. degree in biochemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as […]
March 2022
Dr. Simon Haroutounian is the Chief of Clinical and Translational Research, Chief of Clinical Pain Research, and an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology for the Washington University Pain Center. Dr. Haroutounian obtained his BSc. Pharm and MSc. Pharm degrees, as well as his Ph.D., from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has completed […]
February 2022
Dr. Yasmin Hurd is the Ward-Coleman Chair of Translational Neuroscience and the Director of the Addiction Institute, where Hurd is the only Black tenure-track basic science professor at Mount Sinai. Hurd holds appointments as faculty of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City and is globally recognized for her translational research on the underlying neurobiology […]
September 16, 2026, 11:00 AM MT
Enhancing Cannabis Quality through Marker-Assisted Selection for Improved Solventless Extraction Yield
Alisha Holloway is the Chief Scientific Officer at Phylos where she leads the R&D and Breeding groups that focus on discovery and implementation of genetic markers for high value traits, and the development of new cannabis varieties […]
August 20, 11 AM MT 2026
Is smaller better? Nanofertilizers in Cannabis Cultivation
Christian Büser is a doctoral researcher in Agricultural Sciences at the Institute of Crop Science of the University of Hohenheim in Germany, where he also earned his Master’s degree in Agricultural Sciences with a focus on plant physiology. For the past […]
July 15th @ 11:00AM MT
Ten years of Cannabis micropropagation: What has changed and what are the best uses
Dr. A.M.P. (Max) Jones is a professor and leading researcher in cannabis biotechnology at the University of Guelph, Canada. For the last decade his research has focused on plant tissue culture and micropropagation systems for cannabis and in […]
May 20, 2026 11:00AM MDT
Unlocking the mystery of a key hemp pest, cannabis aphid
Dr. Jacob MacWilliams is a research scientist in Dr. Punya Nachappa’s lab in the Agricultural Biology Department at Colorado State University. Jacob received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of California, Riverside focusing on cowpea aphid […]