Ben Geiling
Director, Canopy Innovation Labs @Canopy Growth Corporation
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Director, Canopy Innovation Labs @Canopy Growth Corporation
Smiths Falls, ON, CA
ABOUT BEN GEILING
Five years of lab experience focusing on biotechnology and medical research with projects ranging from the creation of knock-in mouse models of cancer to designing modular viral vector systems with applications for gene therapy. Familiarity with PCR, Western and Southern blots, working with radioisotope (P32), histology, DNA sequence analysis, electrophoresis, performing genetic screens, cloning, lenti/retroviruses, database management and maintaining a wide range of laboratory equipment-Ten years of experience with a wide variety of micropropagation strategies focused towards rare and difficult to culture plant species. Intimate knowledge of aeroponic, ebb/flow and deep water culture systems-Four years of undergraduate study in chemistry to draw on. A working knowledge of NMR, GC-MS, IR/UV/VIS spectroscopy, vacuum distillation, gas/liquid/thin layer chromatography, recrystallization strategies, purification methods, stereoselective synthesis, analytical techniques and molecular dynamics-A wide range of safety and technical training including: WHMIS, biosafety level 2.5 (enhanced controls for lentivirus), laboratory radiation safety, hazardous waste management/disposal, the safe use of biological safety cabinets, research animal theory and methodology certification (UACC approved), rodent handling, rodent restraint, substance administration, blood collection, anesthesia and analgesia.
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