Sue Abrams’ background
Since 1988 I have held an appointment as adjunct Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Saskatchewan and was the Director of Saskatchewan Structural Science Centre from January 2013 to July 2016.
At the National Research Council of Canada in Saskatoon, I had a 30 plus year active career as a Research Officer, since 1986 specializing in plant hormone chemistry, producing more than 170 refereed papers and five patents. My lab developed an extensive library of analogs of the plant hormone abscisic acid, analogs that have application as plant growth regulators. We contributed to the biology of plant hormone action in numerous collaborations, and developed an analytical method for analysis of multiple plant hormones that has found application in many research investigations worldwide.
I was responsible for many years for the analytical labs at NRC Saskatoon, and in 2008, I took on positions as Research Director and acting Director General, managing plant biotechnology research programs and platform technologies at the Plant Biotechnology Institute.