Applied Science for the Canadian Cannabis Industry

加拿大大麻产业的应用科学

• 批准号: 555842-2020
• 负责人: Sveinson, Kelly
• 金额: $ 14.57万
• 依托单位: Langara College
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: College and Community Innovation Program
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=706800
• 关键词: Applied; Science; Canadian; Cannabis; Industry

With the advent of Canadian legalization of cannabis, its utilization and its extracts have become an important emerging Canadian biotechnology subsector, with substantial economic impacts. The sector involves large companies and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) focused on cannabis production, harvesting, curing, analyzing, transporting, processing, formulating and marketing, all of which face scientific and technical challenges across the manufacturing cycle. Cannabis is emerging from a historically prohibition-like framework, a past that has limited research opportunities relative to other bio-active substances. The program proposed by Langara College aims to apply the latest technology to close the knowledge gap, address the needs of this new industry, and contribute to the unique opportunity to establish Canada as the leader in applied cannabis science. The program of research spans a wide spectrum of investigation, with applications to plant genomics, plant metabolomics, cellular response to cannabinoids, optimization of processing, and evaluating nanoparticles for delivery of bio-active compounds. The program will address questions of importance to industry such as: What is the genetic basis of cannabis varietal designation? What is the relationship between varietal and chemical production? How does the chemical expression relate to consumer preference and impact? How can new varietals be developed in a targeted way? How can plants be analyzed quickly to optimize growing decisions? How are commercially important compounds isolated from the plants economically and in an ecologically safe way? Connecting industry, College researchers, students, and other institutions, the program will leverage federal funds to build global competitiveness in the sector and develop skilled people in the field.

随着加拿大大麻合法化的到来，其利用及其提取物已成为加拿大重要的新兴生物技术分部门，具有重大的经济影响。该部门涉及专注于大麻生产、收获、腌制、分析、运输、加工、配制和营销的大公司和中小型企业（sme），所有这些企业都在整个制造周期中面临科学和技术挑战。大麻正在从历史上类似于禁令的框架中出现，相对于其他生物活性物质，过去的研究机会有限。该项目由兰加拉学院提出，旨在应用最新的技术来缩小知识差距，满足这一新兴行业的需求，并为加拿大成为应用大麻科学的领导者提供独特的机会。研究项目涵盖了广泛的研究领域，包括植物基因组学、植物代谢组学、对大麻素的细胞反应、加工优化和评估纳米颗粒对生物活性化合物的输送。该计划将解决对行业的重要问题，如：大麻品种名称的遗传基础是什么？品种和化学品生产之间的关系是什么？化学表达与消费者偏好和影响有何关系？如何有针对性地培育新品种？如何快速分析植物以优化种植决策？如何从植物中以经济和生态安全的方式分离出具有商业价值的化合物？该项目将工业界、大学研究人员、学生和其他机构联系起来，利用联邦资金在该领域建立全球竞争力，培养该领域的技术人才。