Michael Petersen

Apr 15, 2026 11:00 AM Mountain Time

Trait Modifications in Cannabis Through Engineering and Editing

Michael Petersen has over 40 years of experience as a researcher and mentor in the plant biotech space. He worked for 10 years at Agracetus, a small startup in Wisconsin and then 20 years as a Senior Fellow with Monsanto. Mike stayed on as Director of the Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center when the Monsanto facility closed and was donated to the University of WI-Madison in 2017. He has created many collaborative and fee for service genetic engineering/editing contracts between the UW-Madison and pubic/private entities across the globe, and now focuses part time on hemp research.

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Alisha Holloway, PhD

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 […]

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Ken Mackie, PhD

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 […]

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Christian Büser, PhD

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 […]

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Joshua Gowin, PhD

Aug 13, 2026 01:00 PM Mountain Time

Brain Function Outcomes of Recent and Lifetime Cannabis Use

Joshua Gowin, PhD, is an Associate Professor within the Department of Radiology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. As a neuroscientist, his primary research program investigates the neural mechanisms of addiction, specifically focusing on how substance […]

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