Canadian Grain Commission

Grain Research Laboratory Programs

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The Canadian Grain Commission's Grain Research Laboratory (GRL) is an internationally known research centre and the Canadian centre for research on grain quality and safety. Its scientists ensure that the processing quality of Canadian grain is maintained from cargo to cargo and from year to year. They engage in research to expand our scientific knowledge of what constitutes quality in grain.

Crops Section
Programs	Program Manager
Analytical Services	Debbie Sobering
Applied Barley Research	Michael Edney
Asian Products and Wheat Enzymes	Dave Hatcher
Basic Barley Research	Marta Izydorczyk
Bread Wheat Studies and Baking Research	Nancy Edwards
Durum Wheat Research	Brian Marchylo
Milling Research	Jim Dexter
Oilseeds Monitoring	Doug DeClercq
Oilseeds Research	Véronique Barthet
Pulse Research	Ning Wang

Technologies Section
Programs	Program Manager
Grain Biotechnology Research	Tigst Demeke
Grain Safety Assurance	Tom Nowicki
Image Analysis	Stephen Symons
Microbiology	Randy Clear
Spectroscopy	Muhammad Shahin
Trace Elements	Eugene Gawalko
Variety Identification Monitoring	Brigitte Dupuis
Variety Identification Research	Daniel Perry

For more information, please contact Peter Burnett, Director, Grain Research Laboratory.

More information

Bibliography of Scientific Papers
- The Bibliography of Scientific Papers is a searchable database of citations to papers (journal articles, book chapters) written by the staff of the Grain Research Laboratory of the Canadian Grain Commission. The papers date from 1930 to the present.
Harvest Quality
- Data, highlights, reports and methods and tests
Publications
- Research (conference papers, general research information, proceedings, scientific papers)
- Grain Research Laboratory brochure, Adobe PDF format (669 KB)
Quality Matters
- Quality Matters is a series of articles about using technology to address new challenges in grain quality assurance.