/channels/taxonomy/term/27153/all en /channels/channels/news/prof-dastmalchi-receives-prestigious-phytochemical-society-award-358147 <p>Please join us in congratulating Mehran Dastmalchi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Plant Science, on receiving the prestigious Arthur C. Neish Award from the Phytochemical Society of North America (PSNA). The 63rd annual PSNA meeting took place in Monterrey, Mexico from July 15–19, 2024, where Professor Dastmalchi presented his lab's research in a keynote speech. Among the accomplishments recognized at the conference were his group’s findings on the biosynthesis of medicinal alkaloids in the Madagascar periwinkle (<em>Catharanthus roseus</em>).</p> Tue, 30 Jul 2024 13:53:43 +0000 webfull 200997 at /channels /channels/channels/event/4-oclock-forum-silos-life-saving-drugs-spontaneously-dying-leaf-cells-354218 <h2>Silos of life-saving drugs in spontaneously dying leaf cells</h2> <p>Join us for the first 4 o'Clock Forum of 2024, featuring Department of Plant Science Professor Mehran Dastmalchi​.</p> Fri, 12 Jan 2024 21:35:15 +0000 webfull 196382 at /channels /channels/channels/news/32-million-mcgill-research-new-frontiers-research-fund-348074 <p>Congratulations to two Macdonald Profs who have received funding through the New Frontiers in Research Fund Exploration stream, which supports high-risk, high-reward and interdisciplinary research: <a href="/bioeng/faculty-and-staff/academic-staff/abdolhamid-akbarzadeh-shafaroudi">Hamid Akbarzadeh</a> (BRE) for <em>Origami-inspired deployable sensoriactuator soft robots</em> and <a href="/plant/faculty/dastmalchi">Mehran Dastmalchi</a> (PltSci) for <em>Plant-derived biosynergists to enhance pesticide efficacy</em>.</p> Thu, 27 Apr 2023 19:54:15 +0000 webfull 189367 at /channels /channels/channels/event/feeding-world-population-sustainably-342510 <h3><span><span><span><span>A Path from Impactful Development to Empowerment Without Jeopardizing Environmental Health<span> </span></span></span></span></span></h3> Thu, 29 Sep 2022 19:40:40 +0000 webfull 183213 at /channels /channels/channels/news/gillung-dastmalchi-receive-cfi-jelf-funding-338077 <p>Professor (Natural Resource Sciences) and Director of the Lyman Entomological Museum <a href="/nrs/academic-0/jessica-gillung">Jessica Gillung</a> and Assistant Professor (Plant Science) <a href="/plant/faculty/dastmalchi">Mehran Dastmalchi</a> are among the eight Æ»¹ûÒùÔº recipients of funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Fund (JELF) and the Government of Quebec.</p> Wed, 02 Mar 2022 21:16:57 +0000 webfull 178369 at /channels