New Methods for Induction of Male Flowers and Scalable Feminized Seed Production in Cannabis Sativa
Dan Ovadya is the Co-founder and CEO of FloraGen LLC, an AgTech company based in Davis, California. Dan has
over 30 years of experience in crop optimization, precision horticulture and seed production systems in controlled
environments. His career in Ag-Biotech centered on developing […]

Sep 17, 2025 11:00 AM MST
Bugs on Buds Pest Management in Cannabis
Marguerite Bolt is the Hemp Extension Specialist in the Department of Agronomy. Marguerite received her M.S. in Entomology from Purdue University, and her B.S. in Entomology from Michigan State University. She has aided in the development of pest management resources for hemp growers in […]

September 11, 2025 01:00 PM MST
Potential Application of the Cannabinoids as Antivirals
Dr. Mark T. Hamann is the Charles and Carol Cooper/SmartState Endowed Chair of Drug Discovery at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), serving in the Colleges of Pharmacy and Medicine. He holds affiliate appointments with the University of Maryland’s Institute of Marine and […]

20 August 2025, 11 AM MST
The Cannabis pangenome
Todd Michael, Ph.D. is a Research Professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, an Adjunct Professor at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), and Chief Science Officer at the San Diego Botanic Garden (SDBG). His research group focuses on leveraging advanced sequencing technologies and informatics to […]

14 August, 2025 1 PM MST
Minor Cannabinoids for Pain and Emerging Concerns with Unregulated Cannabinoids
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Dr. Kent Vrana is the Elliot S. Vesell Professor of Pharmacology (Chair Emeritus) in the Department of Molecular and Precision Medicine at the Penn State College of Medicine. He has a BS from the University of Iowa and a PhD from […]