Plant Biotechnology Institute

Research Directors

Dr. Wilf Keller
Phone: (306) 975-5569
Fax: (306) 975-4191

Research Groups


Cell Technologies Group
Cell culture/doubled haploid production (More info) Dr. Alison Ferrie
P: (306) 975-5993
F: (306) 975-4465
Embryogenesis and seed development Dr. Joan Krochko
P: (306) 975-4993
F: (306) 975-4839
Cell culture/ Genetic transformation/ Dr. Wilf Keller (Research Director)
Phone: (306) 975-5569
Fax: (306) 975-4191
Genetic transformation/Microscopy (More info) Dr. Patricia Polowick
P: (306) 975-5584
F: (306) 975-4839
Genetics of seed germination / Seed storage proteins Dr. Ed Tsang
P: (306) 975-4164
F: (306) 975-4839
Lipid Biotechnology Group
Triacylglycerol (TAG) synthesis/ Erucic acid production Dr. David Taylor
P: (306) 975-5268
F: (306) 975-4839
Glycerolipid synthesis (More info) Dr. Jitao Zou
P: (306) 975-5583
F: (306) 975-4839
Unusual fatty acid production in plants/triacylglycerol (TAG) assembly Dr. Mark Smith
P: (306) 975-5574
F: (306) 975-4839
Molecular and Development Genetics Group
Inflorescence architecture / Promoters Dr. Raju Datla
P: (306) 975-5267
F: (306) 975-4839
Phenylpropanoid metabolism / Wheat fertility / Promoters Dr. Gopalan Selvaraj
P: (306) 975-5577
F: (306) 975-4839
Plant Natural Products Group
Profiling plant secondary metabolites via liquid chromatography / mass spectrometry (LC/MS) Dr. John Balsevich
P: (306) 975-5275
F: (306) 975-4839
Molecular genetics of plant-derived drug biosynthesis Dr. Pat Covello
P: (306) 975-5269
F: (306) 975-4839
Natural product biosynthesis, secretion and transport (More info) Dr. Jon Page
P: (306) 975-4187
F: (306) 975-4839
Protein Research Group
Membrane-bound fatty acid desaturases Dr. Patrick Covello
P: (306) 975-5269
F: (306) 975-4839
Transcription factors/Signaling transduction (More info) Dr. Pierre Fobert
P: (306) 975-5587
F: (306) 975-4839
Chaperonin proteins / Diagnostics Dr. Sean Hemmingsen
P: (306) 975-5242
F: (306) 975-4839
Carotenoid cleave dioxygenases / Membrane proteins (More info) Dr. Michele Loewen
P: (306) 975-6823
F: (306) 975-4839
Mass spectrometry / Proteomics / Metal uptake and phytoremediation (More info) Dr. Andrew Ross
P: (306) 975-6173
F: (306) 975-4839
Signalling and Plant Metabolism Group
Plant hormone profiling / ABA analogs Dr. Sue Abrams
P: (306) 975-5333
F: (306) 975-4839
ABA metabolism and effects Dr. Adrian Cutler
P: (306) 975-5581
F: (306) 975-4839
myo-inositol signaling pathway / carbohydrate deposition (More info) Dr. Fawzy Georges
P: (306) 975-4815
F: (306) 975-4839
Plant-Microbe Interaction / Metagenomics (More info) Dr. Janet Taylor
P: (306) 975-5244
F: (306) 975-4839


Technology Units


Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
NMR Dr. Sue Abrams
P: (306) 975-5333
F: (306) 975-4839
NMR Brock Chatson
P: (306) 975-5238
F: (306) 975-4839
Mass Spectrometry
Mass Spectrometry Dr. Sue Abrams
P: (306) 975-5333
F: (306) 975-4839
Mass Spectrometry (More info) Dr. Andrew Ross
P: (306) 975-6173
F: (306) 975-4839
Mass Spectrometry Doug Olson
P: (306) 975-4193
F: (306) 975-4839
DNA Sequencing and Synthesis
DNA Sequencing and Synthesis Dr. Larry Pelcher
P: (306) 975-5967
F: (306) 975-4839
DNA Sequencing Inge Roewer
P: (306) 975-6590
F: (306) 975-4839
DNA Synthesis Don Schwab
P: (306) 975-4998
F: (306) 975-4839
Transgenic Plant Centre
Technical Coordinator, Plant Growth Facilities Tim Squires
Phone: (306) 975-6079
Fax: (306) 975-4839
Cell culture/Genetic transformation Dr. Wilf Keller
(Research Director)
Phone: (306) 975-5569
Fax: (306) 975-4191


About NRC-PBI

Our Research

Crops for Enhanced Human Health (CEHH)
Cell Technologies Group
Lipid Biotechnology Group
Molecular and Development Genetics Group
Plant Natural Products Group
Protein Research Group
Signalling and Plant Metabolism Group
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
Mass Spectrometry
DNA Sequencing and Synthesis
Transgenic Plant Centre

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