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Mitchell Alberts and Kaitlyn Trepanier

Genomics project awarded $6M in funding for research into oilsands remediation

Do Alberta’s feral horses self-medicate with plants to fight off parasites?

pink gerbera daisy

International research collaboration solves centuries-old puzzle of pattern formation in flower heads

Marcus Samuel and Neil Hickerson

UCalgary scientists produce new canola type for potentially higher crop yield

Garden of Traci Berg, UCalgary program coordinator and instructor for Continuing Education

COVID-19 gardening: Get grounded and grow your own food

Canola

New technology helps protect valuable canola crops from frost

University of Calgary scientists identify key canola protein involved in pollination

A University of Calgary-led research team, including Xue Chen, Peter Facchini, Jillian Hagel and Limei Chang, has discovered the gene for a new protein crucial for naturally and efficiently producing a compound in opium poppy plants used to make opiate pain-killing drugs.

Opium poppy plants give up their genetic secrets to UCalgary-led team

Biologists discover new and unique cell-signalling mechanism in plants

Herbarium director Jana Vamosi, right, with digital special projects associate Rob Alexander, who oversaw the creation of the new online Flora of Alberta collection. Photo by Riley Brandt, University of Calgary

Digital collection of Alberta flora launched at University of Calgary