>> WELCOME BACK TO GENERAL
BUSINESS HAPPENED COFFEE ARE
HEADING INTO AN EXPERIMENT FAR
FAR AWAY AND AGRICULTURAL
TECH COMPANY. AND AFTER THE
MISSION TO SEND TISSUE CULTURES
TO SPACE TO STUDY THE EFFECTS
OF
0 GRAVITY. JENNA CANDIDATES
REPORTER CHLOE I ALWAYS DRIVE
RIGHT NOW BY JONATHAN BOUGHT
THE CO-FOUNDER AND CEO OF FRONT
RANGE SCIENTISTS CHLOE TAKE
AWAY.
>> THANKS CHRIS AND TIM BEFORE
WE GET INTO THIS EXCITING
PROJECT DON THANKS SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US TELL US A BIT ABOUT
YOUR COMPANY OF FRONT RANGE BY
OF SCIENCES.
>> YEAH I THINK YOU'RE ITS
EYES, NICE TO BE HERE SO FAR
RAISED BY THE SCIENCES IS AN
AGRICULTURAL COMPANY. THAT'S
FOCUSED
BREEDING AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW
VARIETIES AS WELL AS NURSERY
PRODUCTION OF A YOUNG PLANTS
AND SEEDS FOR HIGH VALUE CROPS.
OUR MAIN FOCUS IS
WE WORK THC VERSION
OR HAVE AND WE
ALSO SUPPORT. REGULATED
CANNABIS MARKETS THROUGH
TECHNOLOGY LICENSING AND THEN
THE OTHER CROP THAT WE FOCUS ON
IS CAUGHT.
>> GREAT NOW FOR THE EXPERIMENT
YOU'RE SENDING ABOUT 480 TISSUE
SAMPLES FOR HEMP AND
COFFEE PLANTS UP TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION NOW
WHAT IS THIS PLAN AND HOW WILL
IT WORK GIVE US THE BASICS
HERE.
>> YES SO WE'VE ALREADY STARTED
WORK ON
THE EXPERIMENT AND WHAT WE'VE
BEEN DOING PREPARING WHAT WE
CALL CALLOUS SAMPLES WHICH
BASICALLY PLANT.
TO GROW IN A PETRI DISH WE'VE
BEEN PREPARING THOSE 4, I'M A
LITTLE WHILE NOW AND THEN AND
SEVERAL WERE
TARGETING 4. MARCH LATE MARCH
LAUNCH DATE WILL BE SENDING
THOSE SAMPLES UP TO SPACE.
IT'S INCLUDE SAMPLES OF BOTH
HIM AND COFFEE. AND WILL BE
EXPOSING THEM TO US IN
DIFFERENT CONDITIONS UP
IN SPACE THEY WILL BE BRINGING
THEM BACK DOWN THOUGH SPEND A
LITTLE BIT OF TIME UP ON
INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION WELCOME BACK
AFTER ABOUT 30 TO 40 DAYS AND
IN
THE END FROM THERE WE WILL RUN
OF THE SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS
BACK HERE ON MOST OF THIS WILL
NEXT SHERCHAN SEQUENCING AND
BIOINFORMATICS TO REALLY
UNDERSTAND WHAT SOME OF THE
GENE EXPRESSION CHANGES ARE A
BETTER HAPPENING AND THEY WILL
ALSO BEGIN TO REGENERATE PLANTS
FROM
FROM A CALLUS SO WILL GROW THEM
BACK OUT AND THEN WE'LL LOOK
FOR CHANGES IN THE AND HOW
THESE PLANTS FOR 4 OR OR GROW.
>> KIND OF ELEMENTARY LEVEL FOR
US HERE WHAT WHAT KINDS OF
THINGS ARE YOU EXPECTING TO
DISCOVER.
>> THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF
DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE
WE'RE HOPING WE MIGHT BE ABLE
TO OBSERVE ONE OF THE THINGS WE
KNOW OF A
SINGLE LITERATURE IS THAT WHEN
THE PLANTS OR PLANT CELLS INTO
AS YOUR REVENUE ENVIRONMENT.
THEY UNDERGO A LOT OF DIFFERENT
CHANGES GENETIC OR AT LEAST HOW
THEY EXPRESS THEIR GENE
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT KIND OF
MAKES SENSE WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT A PLANT HERE ON EARTH IT
SPENDS A HUGE AMOUNT OF ITS
ENERGY TRYING TO DEFY GRAVITY.
A TEST GROW UP AND ITS
ROOTS ACTUALLY THE OPPOSITE WAY
THEY GROW DOUBT, I'M LOOKING
FOR WATER YOU TAKE AWAY
THAT GRAVITATIONAL PULL AND ALL
OF A SUDDEN THE PLANT
CAN PUT ITS ENERGY AND OTHER
PLACES IN THIS RESULTS IN A LOT
OF GOOD FOR CHANGES. SO SOME OF
THE THINGS WE HOPE
TO SEE OUR UNDERLYING GENETIC
CHANGES, GENE EXPRESSION
CHANGES THAT MIGHT INFORM US
MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE
UNDERLYING BIOLOGY IN THESE 2
PLANTS AND THEN HOW WE CAN
USE THAT TO BREED NEW NEW
TRAITS INTO THE SO THINGS THAT
WE MIGHT NOT SEE IS
EASILY HERE ON EARTH IN A
NORMAL GRAVITATIONAL A GRAVITY
BASED ENVIRONMENT, BUT A GOOD
THINGS THAT THE ONLY
SHOW UP IN THIS PRETTY UNIQUE
ENVIRONMENT OF MIKE HER GRAB IT
IN THAT COULD LEAD TO THE
ABILITY TO. GROW PLANTS AND IN
BETTER OR REPLACE BETTER
FOR A PERFORMANCE IN DIFFERENT
REGIONS SO THINGS LIKE REALLY
SALTY SOIL OTHER OTHER
DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW KIND OF
EXTREME CHEMISTRY ENVIRONMENTS
IN THE SOIL TIGHT, I'M ALSO
THINGS LIKE TEMPERATURE
EXTREMES AND THE ABILITY TO
OBREE PLANTS THAT CAN BE MORE
RESILIENT AND PERFORM IN THOSE
DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS.
>> A FEW YEARS AGO, I CAN
IMAGINE RESEARCH LIKE THIS WITH
THE HAVE PLAN SPECIFICALLY
WOULD HAVE BEEN UNTHINKABLE BUT
WHAT
KINDS OF FACTORS FROM POLICY TO
INDUSTRY HAVE SORT OF COME
TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.
>> YEAH, IT'S PRETTY
ITS MONEY WITH ASKED ME A EVEN
5 YEARS DEFINITELY 10 OR 15
YEARS AGO, IF I IF IF WE WOULD
BE DOING THIS KIND OF
ESPECIALLY PUBLIC I WOULD HAVE
LAUGHED IT'S UM IT'S IT'S
REALLY THEN.
A FAST CHANGING ENVIRONMENT, SO
THE MARKET IS DEVELOPED VERY
QUICKLY SO YOU'VE GOT I'M YOUR
FIRST THE REGULATED CANNABIS
MARKET THAT STARTED ROLL OUT
OVER THE
LAST DECADE AND PERCHED A
KILLER AND THEN AND JUST THE
LAST 5 YEARS HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES. WE'VE HAD.
LOW THC ABOUT HIGH CATEGORY
VERSIONS OF OF CANDIDATES, AKA
HIM BECOME A VERY INTERESTING
CROP AND ALSO BECAUSE. LEGAL
UNDER A FARM BILLS AND THEN AND
NOW THE USDA JUST RELEASED
THEIR FIRST ROUND OF
DRAFT REGULATIONS SO ALL THESE
CHANGES COMBINED WITH JUST
SOME OF THE KEY SCIENTIFIC
DISCOVERIES AROUND THIS PLANT
AND SOME OF THESE DISCOVERIES
ARE.
HOW THESE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES
AND TERPENES AND COMBINATIONS
OF THESE DIFFERENT COMPOUNDS
THAT ARE PRODUCED INSIDE THE
PLANT. HOW THEY INTERACT WITH.
THE HUMAN ENDOCANNABINOID
RECEPTORS SYSTEM AND HOW THEY
AFFECT HUMAN HEALTH. A LOT OF
THOSE DISCOVERIES AND HONESTLY
THEY THEY STARTED
BACK IN THE 80'S PROBABLY IS
SOME OF THE FIRST EXAMPLES, BUT
BUT THE COMBINATION OF ALL
OF THAT. AS IS ALSO LED
TO A A SIGNIFICANT DEMAND ON
THE CONSUMER SIDE. SO THE
MARKET IS REALLY REALLY
EXPLODED AND THEN YOU HAVE
OTHER KEY
EVENTS LIKE THE FDA APPROVAL OF
A DIALECT SWITCHES IS ONE OF
THE