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S2 E7 ADVANCED AGRISCIENCE

How do you stop frost formation with bacteria? In this latest episode of Nventure's Frontier Entrepreneurship Podcast, we dive into more mind-bending breakthroughs in Canadian agricultural biotech. Join us for a fascinating conversation with Dr. Collin Juurakko, PhD, Founder and CEO of Advanced Agriscience, as co-hosts Braden Kemp and Tracy Morningstar explore the origins and applications of biological frost disruption and how it could potentially stabilize vast swathes of global agriculture.

Resources and links

• Background study on Bacterial Ice Nucleation: A Factor in Frost Injury to Plants (1982)
• Science: Fighting the Biotech Wars (Leon Jaroff, TIME, 1986)
• Deborah Henderson (Director, Institute for Sustainable Agriculture at
• Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Langley, British Columbia)
• Virginia Walker’s Lab at Queen’s University (Department of Biology)
• Steve Lindow (University of California, Berkeley – Plant and Microbial Biology)
• Entrepreneurs First start-up accelerator (Toronto)
• Bioenterprise Innovation Advisors (including Mike Manion)
• Sydenham, Ontario (Wikipedia)
• B Corp certification
• Cryopreservation

The Executive Producer of the Frontier Entrepreneurship Podcast is Robert Washburn. Special thanks to Daniela Scoppa, Heather Cannings and John Hayden. For more information on our podcast, including co-host biographies, click here.

Bioenterprise is Canada’s engine for food and agricultural technologies, a vibrant community of entrepreneurs, researchers, accelerators, and partners committed to driving industrial innovation. Learn more at bioenterprise.ca.