Eddy Risseeuw Email & Phone Number

Saskatoon - Canada

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Developed tissue culture methods for cannabis propagation and cryo preservation.

Saskatoon

• Developed and applied novel DNA library preparation methods for ATAC-seq and DAP-seq. The positions of open chromatin and of transcription factors binding sites were identified throughout the entire canola and wheat.

Saskatoon

• Accomplished a 50-80% glucosinolate reduction in elite Brassica carinata breeding lines by identifying the low glucosinolate ‘Bronowski’ alleles in canola and corresponding alleles in Brassica juncea followed by.
• Developed an efficient and economical method for simultaneous SNP, InDel and PAV genotyping for crops with a complex genome. The principles of the KASP and microsattelite PCR methods were combined and multiplexed.
• Introgression of the Ogura hybrid system and herbicide tolerance in carinata. Setup, maintenance and harvest of the nursery and the yield trials. Data collection and statistical analysis.

• Executed an industrial project in partnership with Valent Biosciences Inc. on the validation of new variants of the plant hormone abscisic acid. ABA receptors were crystallized and diffracted in the synchrotron.

• Assembled a multi-disciplinary research team for a new project on arthritis. A novel auto-antigen based vaccine was developed, produced in tobacco and validated in mice for reducing arthritis.

Saskatoon

• Managed and executed contract research for DOW Agrosciences and demonstrated gene editing in canola using the zinc-finger nuclease technology.
• Characterized transcription factors regulating embryogenesis in Arabidopsis.

• Researched the interaction between the mucosa and small anti-inflammatory proteins in chickens. A method was developed to harvest and culture primary intestinal epithelial cells from chicken embryo’s.

• Researched regulatory proteins involved in plant development and growth regulation.
• Published research findings in recognized international journals.

Master'S Certificate, Project Management

Phd, Molecular Biology

Homologous recombination and gene targeting in plants.

Msc, Plant Breeding