Catching up with the CRISPR craze: applications of genome editing in Medicine, Ag and beyond Dr. Rodolphe Barrangou Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University Too much chemical pollution! One path forward. Dr. Miriam Diamond Department of Earth Sciences and other cross-appointments at the University of Toronto Humanized mouse models of viral disease and therapeutic assessment. Dr. Kerry Lavender Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology at the University of Saskatchewan Plant-based anticancer drugs – from discovery to final product Dr. Thu Thuy Dang Department of Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Evolution and Functions of Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinases in the Plant Lineage Jacqueline Monaghan Assistant Professor of Biology Queen's University & Tier II Canada Research Chair in Plant Immunology