academic studies about cannabis ?

[asparagus]

hello guys i am a 2nd year student for the plant science and biotechnology program at a worldwide recognised university. I was wondering if anybody here could recommend me a place where i could do my Mas specialising in cannabis research? I am mostly interested in seed production, selection and vitro breeding

thank you

 

[SirStynkalot]

If travel's no thing to you I'd suggest the university of Hawaii. They do a lot of work in propogating and cross breeding rare, endangered, and extinct varieties of plants and have a huge amount of local natural resources. Huge bio labs all over the islands and they have some of the coolest stuff to study, plus they can attract very good people for that sort of program partially because of the living environment and partially for ecological/conservation reasons.

 

[cannacultural]

Israel is very into Cannabis research - where THC was first isolated. Huge medical industry there

 

[Sam_Skunkman]

hello guys i am a 2nd year student for the plant science and biotechnology program at a worldwide recognised university. I was wondering if anybody here could recommend me a place where i could do my Mas specialising in cannabis research? I am mostly interested in seed production, selection and vitro breeding

thank you

If you are looking for a university that gives plant science classes in Cannabis research, good luck, a few like Leiden University work a lot with Cannabis research but not so much with the plants. Maybe try:
http://www.cmcr.ucsd.edu/ but again not much work with the plant it self. Maybe you could contact them and ask for suggestions? The univesities in Colorado or Washington might have a Cannabis studies program? Find out. Kentucky wants to grow Hemp.
CTI Cannabis training Institute
http://www.cannabistraininginstitute.com/about/cti-advisory-board/

I have no idea if any of these can help you.
Oregon State University
OSU is well known for their Crop & Soil Science department, one of the largest departments on campus. Undergraduate degrees and graduate programs in both Crops and Soils are available. This department also operates the OSU Seed Certification Service, the OSU Seed Lab and a research farm of over 350 acres.

UC Davis
The newer UC Davis Major in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems is rather unique, featuring a broad range of disciplines grounded in agricultural science. However, students also focus on one of three specific tracks: agriculture and ecology, food and society, or economics and policy. In the end, the goal is a student who has the knowledge, skills and understanding needed to develop and work in more ecologically, economically and socially viable food and farming systems.

Washington State University
WSU's mission is to lead in "Scientific exploration, teaching, and extension of plant and soil sciences and in the training of future scientists to improve the quality of life and long-term sustainability of agricultural systems."
WSU also features a huge array of learning environments, including laboratory and field facilities, greenhouses, growth chambers, mass spectrometry, controlled temperature germinators, low temperature storage facilities, seed technology laboratories, tissue culture laboratories, and equipment and facilities for histological, cytological, biochemical, physiological and molecular investigations are available for use. Plus the Department has both turf, dryland and irrigated field laboratories and advanced field equipment along with extensive facilities for radiation and chemical mutagenesis.

University of Vermont
Majors in the Plant and Soil Science Department include both Ecological Agriculture and Sustainable Landscape Horticulture. These programs expand upon science, applying it to plant production, landscape design, and environmental issues related to plants, insects, soil, and water management. Students study plant/soil ecosystems that are managed for food, feed, or fiber production, for landscape purposes, or for recycling/waste utilization.

http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/ag_Plants/CBON/1251644613180

http://bspm.agsci.colostate.edu/outreach-button/insect-information/

http://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2014/01/31/US-Farm-Bill-Allows-Hemp-Farming-10-States

Good luck,
-SamS

 

[xxxstr8edgexxx]

are you interested in somatic embryogenesis or just the methodology for culture? ol mis did some work using elite cannabis strains in this field.

 

[Only Ornamental]

The groups of Prof. Dr. W. E. Weber and Prof. Dr. Jens Léon at the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, did some work (breeding and analyses) on cannabis/hemp in the last years.
In Switzerland I know only of the groups of Prof. Dr. Rudolf Brenneisen and Prof. Dr. Jürg Gertsch (both are at the University Bern) working on cannabis (mainly clinical and pharmacological studies on the endocannabinoid system).

 

[SirStynkalot]

Somehow I missed that you wanted to do your MA specifically in that. I think if you're looking to go to the school in the states you'll MAYBE have a shot of studying that in WA or CO. No where else. Academic institutions are federally accredited. I'll chip in for WA since that's the only one I know about.

WSU and CWU Washington's agricultural universities but WSU's faculty is much less conservative. Central's still literally a farming school - rodeos, fistfights, and square dancing. I'd suggest getting in touch with the dean of admissions at WSU and just ask if that course of study would be acceptable with the recent change in state law. It could well be an area they're actively looking at getting in to even if they don't have a program set up yet. I know they have already done exactly the type of work you're looking for with other crops since I saw an article a year ago about a PhD project to bioengineer drought resistant wheat.

I'm certain if you limited yourself to the study of industrial hemp you'd be set at WSU.

If that's out of the question and WSU shoots you down, one other option would be Fairhaven college, which has a self directed degree program pulling partially from WWU's classes. The degree's not really worth much to employers but the level of information available is very good if you choose to apply yourself. Then again if you're looking for super competitive hard science focused schools avoid Fairhaven. It's a liberal arts college. Was only suggesting because they're the most likely folks to offer what you want. They take liberalism to insane lengths. They have classes on nudist culture and crap like that (meaning get college credit to go sit and read at the local clothing-optional library, which REALLY IS A THING).