Saskatchewan Polytechnic has been awarded federal analytical and research licenses to study cannabis, opening the door for students to work with the industry while still completing their education.
“What I’d like to bring to the table is helping them [companies] with some of the big questions that they have in R&D — and being able to utilize Sask Polytech’s equipment,” Blaine Chartrand, program head for the BioScience Technology program at Saskatchewan Polytechnic said in a news release.
Chartrand added that the new licenses allow students to get more cannabis-specific training by participating in applied research projects. The analytical equipment includes Next Generation Sequencing equipment, Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS), Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) and Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS).
Chartrand said Sask Polytech is not looking to compete with the industry but provide services that might not otherwise be available, including offering another local option
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