Profiling the therapeutic potential of fungi from Kapoose Creek

Kapoose Creek Wellness (KCW) is building a vertically integrated business to deliver products and services that take advantage of a growing market for the functional and medicinal potential of mushrooms. A key asset in this vision is 320 acres of land within a rainforest on the North Pacific Coast of Vancouver Island where exotic species of fungi abound. Further, KCW has invested in infrastructure, for example, roads, vehicles, housing and, most notably, a substantial research laboratory, in this remarkable setting. Thus, KCW is uniquely positioned to leverage the unique biodiversity of this extraordinary asset for drug discovery. Indeed, industrial-scale drug screening efforts with fungi have been relatively limited, making these organisms a rich source of relatively untapped pharmacology. The study herein proposes a systematic effort to explore the therapeutic potential of diverse fungi collected from at Kapoose Creek. Fungal species therein present a rich source of unexplored pharmacology and will be comprehensively profiled to enable natural product-based drug discovery.

Faculty Supervisor:

Eric Brown

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Partner:

Kapoose Creek Bio Corporation

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McMaster University

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