Dr. Peter Facchini Ph.D.

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  Peter Facchini University of Calgary

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  Project leader, Dr. Peter Facchini of the University of Calgary says, "Plants are the world's best chemists.
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  Dr. Peter Facchini, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary Dr. Facchini is a Professor of Plant Biochemistry in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Calgary and holds the Canada Research Chair in Plant Metabolic Processes Biotechnology. He obtained his PhD from the University of Toronto in 1991 and joined the University of Calgary in 1995 after conducting research at the University of Kentucky and the Universit� de Montr�al. He is regarded as an international leader in the biochemistry and molecular and cell biology of pharmaceutical alkaloid metabolism in the opium poppy. Dr. Facchini has published more than 90 research papers. In 2003, he received the C.D. Nelson Award from the Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists as the outstanding young plant biologist in Canada.

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  Peter Facchini, Department of Biology, University of Calgary

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  You could say we're planting the seed to grow valuable products, global markets and partnerships that put Alberta expertise to work."Project leader, Dr. Peter Facchini of the University of Calgary says, "Plants are the world's best chemists.

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  Peter Facchini (pfacchin@ucalgary.ca)University of Calgary
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  Facchini (UCalgary) has created impressive genomics resources (ESTs, microarrays, metabolomics) for opium poppy and other alkaloid-producing plants.Also at UCalgary, Ro has conducted genomics research on phenylypropanoid and terpenoid biosynthesis, including artemisinin.

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  University of Calgary researcher, Peter Facchini and Glen Metzler of Lethbridge are working to develop a medical drug industry in Alberta, processing opioids from poppies grown in Alberta.
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  Facchini notes this strain lacks an enzyme that is crucial to the formation of morphine, so a different chemical, called thebaine, accumulates instead.
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  Metzler and Facchini don't expect that sort of security will be needed on Alberta farms.

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  Peter Facchini
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  Peter Facchini, a professor of biological sciences, has received a $650,000 federal grant to study possible medicinal and industrial purposes for the drugs.Facchini's work is taking him deep underground to Canada's high-security medicinal marijuana plant in an old copper and zinc mine in Flin Flon, Man. >> more
  
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  Researcher Grows Opium Poppies in Old Copper MineNov. 5, 2007
  
  Peter Facchini wants you to know that opium poppies aren't just for heroin, anymore.

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  University of Calgary: Peter Facchini

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  Peter Facchini - University of Calgary, Canada

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  When Peter Facchini joined the University of Calgary 12 years ago to research the opium poppy, colleagues asked why he didnfont> university of californiaCalifornia University System Faculty Backs Strike If Talks Fail Bloomberg.com - 1 hour, 15 minutes ago

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