Tigst Demeke, PhD

Tigst Demeke joined the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) as a research scientist in April 2001. He received his doctorate from Colorado State University in 1991 in horticulture/tissue culture. Prior to joining the CGC, he held research positions at the University of Saskatchewan and the National Research Council's Plant Biotechnology Institute in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and at the Western Wheat Quality Laboratory in Pullman, Washington. His research experience includes the use of DNA molecular markers for variety fingerprinting, molecular characterization of wheat waxy protein and wheat polyphenol oxidase.

Tigst Demeke's current research focuses on the detection and identification of genetically modified grains and oilseeds. He also collaborates with Randy Clear of the Grain Research Laboratory's Microbiology unit to develop polymerase chain reaction methods for the detection and identification of Fusarium species and bacterial strains in grain samples.

The CGC has a bibliographic database of scientific papers by GRL staff. For Tigst Demeke's scientific papers, search the Bibliography of Scientific Papers.