Jason Sawler, M.Sc.
Education
Master of Science
Agriculture (Genomics)
Dalhousie University
2012-2014
Bachelor of Science
Molecular Biology
Memorial University
2007-2011
Experience
Data Analyst / Subject-Matter Expert
Independent Consultant
2022-Present
Co-Founder / Lead Software Developer
GrowNSDrinks Analytics
2019-Present
Sr. Bioinformatics Scientist
Aurora Cannabis Inc.
2019-2022
Anandia Labs
2014-2019
Patents
Methods of determining sensitivity to photoperiod in Cannabis.
WO Patent App. 2,023,050,013 (2022)
Methods of determining sensitivity to photoperiod in Cannabis.
WO Patent App. 2,021,195,780 (2022)
Sex identification of Cannabis plants.
WO Patent App. 2,019,222,835 (2019)
Methods and compositions for cannabis characterization.
WO Patent App. 2,016,197,258 (2016)
Publications
Loss of daylight sensitivity by splice site mutation in Cannabis.
bioRxiv 2023.03.10.532103 (2023)
A rapid method for sex identification in Cannabis sativa using high resolution melt analysis.
Botany, doi: 10.1139/cjb-2021-0168 (2021)
A phenomic characterization of Canada’s Apple Biodiversity Collection.
Plants, People, Planet, doi: 10.1002/ppp3.10211 (2021)
Patterns of genomic and phenomic diversity in wine and table grapes.
Horticulture Research 4: 17035 (2017)
Genomic ancestry estimation quantifies use of wild species in grape breeding.
BMC Genomics 17(478) (2016)
Genome to Phenome Mapping in Apple Using Historical Data.
The Plant Genome 9(2) (2016)
Genetic Analysis of East Asian Grape Cultivars Suggests Hybridization with Wild Vitis.
PLOS ONE 10(10): e0140841 (2015)
The Genetic Structure of Marijuana and Hemp.
PLOS ONE 10(8): e0133292 (2015)
Genomics: a potential panacea for the perennial problem.
American Journal of Botany 101(10): 1780-1790 (2014)
Genomics Assisted Ancestry Deconvolution in Grape.
PLOS ONE 8(11): e80791 (2013)