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Maurice Moloney
Dr. Moloney's career in Plant Biotechnology spans 20 years. Prior to founding SemBioSys, he spent seven years in his post at the University of Calgary, pursuing research on seed-specific gene expression, herbicide resistance and the plant cell cycle. Previously, he was the head of the Cell Biology Group at Calgene Inc., where he developed the first transgenic oilseed plants using Canola as the model. This resulted in a landmark patent in Plant Biotechnology and eventually became the basis of RoundUp Ready and Liberty Link Canola. Dr. Moloney has published more than 70 original research papers and is an inventor on 20 issued or pending patent families. He serves on the advisory board of the National Research Council's Plant Biotechnology Institute and two other biotechnology companies. He has served on numerous Federal government committees including NSERC Council (the governing body of NSERC), CFI, National Research Council (Canada) and the Networks of Centres of Excellence programs. He was the co-president of the International Society for Plant Molecular Biology (ISPMB) Congress in 2000 and serves on the ISPMB Board. Dr. Moloney holds a Bachelor of Science degree in organic chemistry from Imperial College, University of London, and was awarded his doctorate in Plant Biochemistry from Leicester Polytechnic in the United Kingdom. His current research interests include subcellular protein targeting and recombinant protein production in plants.
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Dr. Maurice Moloney is the scientific founder of SemBioSys and serves as the company's Chief Scientific Officer. He is also a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Calgary and held for 10 years the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Industrial Research Chair in Plant Biotechnology.