Speaker

Davoud Torkamaneh

Assistant Professor
Université Laval - IBIS, CRIV and IID

Dr. Torkamaneh is a Professor of Computational Biology specializing in Cannabis Genomics at Département de Phytologie, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Centre de recherche et d’innovation sur les végétaux (CRIV), and Institut intelligence et données (IID). His research focuses on applying AI techniques to big omics data analysis to understand the cannabis genome. His group also performing genome editing using CRISPR-Cas9 to make precise modifications in the cannabis genome, aiming for medicinal, industrial, and agricultural advancements. If you’re interested in cannabis genomics and computational biology don’t miss his talk.