Elizabeth-France Marillia
National Research Council Canada-Saskatoon, Canada
Biography
Dr. Elizabeth-France Marillia is a plant molecular geneticist with the National Research Council of Canada where she has been working on lipid biotechnology since 1996. She earned her PhD in genetics at the University of Saskatchewan. Her research interests include genetic engineering of oilseed Brassica crops as industrial platforms to produce specialized oils enriched with Very Long Chain Fatty Acids. Her work has lead to the discovery of several genes key in lipid biosynthesis, and their genetic manipulation for enhanced oil production. Her contributions to the field has been published extensively in international peer-reviewed journals and covered by several patents.