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Evaluating Cannabis Testing Methods with Brianna Cassidy, PhD

On the latest episode of CannMed Coffee Talk, we welcome Brianna Cassidy, Chief Science Officer of CDX Analytics. Brianna and the team at CDX perform safety testing on all types of cannabis samples, including potency, pesticides, heavy metals, residual solvents, and microbial contamination. As you will hear in the podcast, Brianna takes a creative and analytical approach to solving problems that come with testing cannabis products. At CannMed 2020, Brianna will share her process for evaluating n...

Jun 24, 2020

Breeding Better Hemp Plants with Seth Crawford, PhD

We are excited to announce CannMed 2020’s Keynote Presenter in the Cultivation Focus Area, and our guest on the latest Coffee Talk Podcast, is Seth Crawford, PhD. Dr. Crawford is the owner and co-founder of Oregon CBD, along with his brother, Eric. Together (and with the help of some 41 scientists, geneticists and breeders) they specialize in turning out new, exciting and unique strains of industrial hemp varieties designed for maximum yield in large-scale production. Their early adoption of dis...

Jun 10, 2020

Testing Cannabis Products with Ini Afia

In this episode we get the chance to talk with our first representative from the Safety Focus Area. Ini Afia is the Scientific Director at CannaSafe Labs, one of the largest cannabis testing labs in California. If you aren’t familiar with what exactly goes on at a cannabis testing lab, you are likely in the majority. The cannabis testing labs are sort of like unsung heroes in the cannabis industry. They serve a very important role in ensuring consumer and patient safety, but they rarely get reco...

May 27, 2020

Cannabis Medicine for Children with Bonni Goldstein, MD

We are excited to announce Bonni S. Goldstein, MD as the CannMed 2020’s Keynote Presenter in the Medicine Focus Area. The title of Dr. Goldstein’s presentation is “Cannabis Medicine for Children.” She will be sharing her latest clinical findings, including promising results from her clinical practice focusing on the use of phytocannabinoid medicines to treat serious pediatric medical condition, including epilepsy, autism, and cancer. You can hear Dr. Goldstein talk about her work on the latest e...

May 13, 2020

Cannabis and COVID-19 with Martin A. Lee

In this episode of CannMed Coffee Talk we talk with Martin A. Lee, the co-founder and director of Project CBD. In addition to creating content for the Project CBD website and speaking at conferences around the globe, Martin has authored several books, including Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana–Medical, Recreational and Scientific. In fact, we have a copy in our Medicinal Genomics office. Martin and I discussed the topic everyone is talking about, COVID-19. Martin has reviewed the sci...

Apr 29, 2020

The Endocannabinoid System 101 with Ethan Russo, MD

We are excited to announce CannMed 2020’s Keynote Presenter in the Science Focus Area is Dr. Ethan Russo. The title of Dr. Russo’s presentation is “Cannabis and Psychiatry: The Final Frontier”, and it will explore basic science and clinical trial data to assess the role of cannabis psychopharmacology with respect to issues of impairment, depression, insomnia, PTSD, schizophrenia, anxiety and addiction. You can hear about this fascinating topic and more in our latest episode of the CannMed Coffee...

Apr 15, 2020•36 min•Ep. 2

Assembling a Better Cannabis Reference Genome with Kevin McKernan

We have a great episode for you today featuring Medicinal Genomics Chief Scientific Officer Kevin McKernan. Kevin is a legend in the genomic sequencing space going back to his days working on the human genome project. He has applied his experience and knowledge to trying to better understand the cannabis genome, which as he mentions in the episode is one of the hardest genomes to figure out. So much so that many of the top names in genetic sequencing have collaborated to try and solve the proble...

Apr 01, 2020•42 min•Ep. 1

Welcome to the CannMed Coffee Talk Podcast

Medicinal Genomics invites you to listen to our new CannMed Coffee Talk Podcast. Each episode we talk with the leading minds in cannabis science, medicine, cultivation, and safety testing, discussing topics from the bench to the bedside. Don't miss this opportunity to get a sneak-peek into the 4 FOCUS AREAS that will be covered at CannMed 2020 in Pasadena, CA on September 20-22, 2020.

Mar 23, 2020•3 min

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