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For two days in late September of 2011, the Canadian lipid science community gathered at the Sutton Place Hotel in Edmonton for the 24th Canadian Conference on Fats and Oils. This year’s conference drew a record crowd – more than 130 attendees – and covered Read More …

Building on the success of the Bioactive Oils Program, one of Phytolaʼs core objectives is to develop oilseeds containing very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (VLCPUFAs) for applications in aquaculture. For more than a decade, Dr. Xiao Qiu (University of Saskatchewan) has been a major Read More …

The latest journey, spanning the last half of November 2010, began with an invitation to Seoul, Korea, circled by forest, split in half by its broad waterway, and any resemblance to Edmonton ended there. This 600-year-old city is architecturally resurrecting itself Read More …

The Alberta Innovates launch event, featuring Phytola and Livestock Gentec, took place on January 25, 2011, in the Agriculture/Forestry Centre at the University of Alberta. Several government and university representatives spoke and Minister of Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development Jack Hayden summed up the importance of these Alberta Innovates Centres. Read More …

Phytola is building on the collaborative network of the existing Bioactive Oils Program. The focus is innovation aimed at increasing canola seed oil content, creating new, enhanced designer plant oils, and developing a suite of next-generation oilseed development tools, techniques and technologies. Industry partners Read More …