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Biologist harvests multiple awards
Plant pathologist Zamir Punja earned three prestigious honours in 2003: the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council’s Synergy Award for Innovation; the NSERC’s Leo Derikx Award, for his collaboration with the B.C. Greenhouse Growers Association to enhance the competitiveness of Canada’s greenhouse vegetable industry; and the Ted and Nora Sterling prize for controversy, for his contributions to the debate over genetically modified foods. Punja is recognized as an international leader in the development of genetically modified plants. The world’s first genetically engineered strains of carrot and ginseng came from his pioneering research. “Consumers have readily accepted genetic alterations of crop plants that have enhanced the quality of our food,” Punja says. “In many parts of the world, genetic advancements have helped stave off starvation for millions of people. Genetically modified foods are being developed with the same principles in mind.” For more information
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