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We have been chasing somatic embryogenesis in Cannabis for quite a while now, and I am really excited to see some progress. Here are some histological sections of some embryogenic callus with what appears to be globular embryos developing. For those not familiar with this, the deeper stained and organized structures appear to developing embryos. I included the third image of non-embryogenic callus for reference, and the last image is the callus at the macro scale. For anyone who is familiar, let me know your thoughts. We are really excited for this as somatic embryogenesis in cannabis would open the doors for a number of different applications. While genome editing and similar techniques are what many will think of, I am personally more interested in developing true synthetic seeds for cannabis (rather than encapsulated meristems...). This is a long way off yet, but could revolutionize micro-propagation and make mass production of clean clonal plants a lot more efficient. This is exciting progress and all credit goes to Dr. Mohsen Hesami, who has spent untold hours nurturing these babies. #Cannabis #tissueculture #biotechnology #somaticembryo #embryogenesis