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What a pleasure to give a guest seminar today at our friendly neighborhood @midwesternuniv.bsky.social (Glendale, AZ)! 🌿 🐶 🦴 🩺 #CannabisEnvHealth #WestValleyForward

January 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM

Maxwell C. K. Leung, Ph.D.

@leung-lab.bsky.social

Are you interested in cannabis analysis? Please join us for the upcoming ASU Cannabis sativa testing workshop on May 12 – 16. It is free of charge and the application deadline is March 31. See you there this summer! 🧪🔬🌿👨‍🔬▶️ leunglab.wordpress.com/may-12-16-20... #WestValleyForward #CannabisEnvHealth

February 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM

Maxwell C. K. Leung, Ph.D.

@leung-lab.bsky.social

Thank you, Marguerite, for visiting us this week at ASU West Valley and teaching us so much about entomology and the agriculture of cannabis and hemp! 🌿 🐝 🧑‍🌾 🧵 1/3
#HempScience #Agriculture #FoodAsMedicine #OneHealth #ASUResearch #WestValleyForward

January 24, 2026 at 10:24 AM

Maxwell C. K. Leung, Ph.D.

@leung-lab.bsky.social

1:30 pm AZ: "Blood Money - The Arizona Cannabis Black Market: Tainted Products, Growing Violence, and Organized Crime" by Matthew Shay, Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.

See you all! 🌿🧵 4/4

#CannabisPolicy #CannabisSafety #ASUResearch #WestValleyForward

November 13, 2025 at 4:14 AM

Maxwell C. K. Leung, Ph.D.

@leung-lab.bsky.social

The ASU Cannabis Analytics, Safety and Health Seminars are returning this year with a BANG!!! 🌿 🔬 🛟 🧑‍⚕️ 💥 Please save the dates for our next two in-person and Zoom seminars. #CannabisScience #Innovation #ASUResearch #WestValleyForward 🧵 1/4

October 18, 2025 at 3:25 AM

Maxwell C. K. Leung, Ph.D.

@leung-lab.bsky.social

It was a blast at #ScienceOnTap in Tempe last night sharing the latest cannabis and hemp research at ASU West Valley with Dr. Ken Sweat and other members of the lab!!! 🌿 🍺 🧪 🔬 🤩 🧵 1/2
#CannabisEnvHealth #Innovation #ASUResearch #WestValleyForward

August 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM

Maxwell C. K. Leung, Ph.D.

@leung-lab.bsky.social

Please RSVP here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
leunglab.wordpress.com/seminars/
This event is open to public and free of charge. See you at ASU West Valley soon!!! 🧵 4/4
#Innovation #ASUResearch #WestValleyForward
ASU Cannabis Analytics, Safety and Health Initiative (newcollege.asu.edu/cannabis)

RSVP to ASU Business Workshop for Innovation in Cannabis and Hemp Foods and Nutrition on May 15th at 1 pm

Cannabis and hemp are two biologically related but legally different plants. To fully take advantage of their values in food and nutrition, businesses need to overcome challenges in compliance, financ...

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April 18, 2026 at 12:52 AM

Maxwell C. K. Leung, Ph.D.

@leung-lab.bsky.social

For more information, last year's workshop program and lecture recordings are available here! 🎥 - leunglab.wordpress.com/may-12-16-20...
#CannabisSafety #Innovation #WestValleyForward
🧵 4/4

March 15, 2026 at 7:48 PM

Maxwell C. K. Leung, Ph.D.

@leung-lab.bsky.social

Thank you, Kyle, for coming by Arizona State University yesterday and giving us a demonstration on the molecular biology used in cannabis safety testing. It was quite a fun tutorial on PCR!!! 🤩 🥼 🧬 🧵 1/4
#CannabisSafety #ASUResearch #WestValleyForward

February 25, 2026 at 12:01 PM

Maxwell C. K. Leung, Ph.D.

@leung-lab.bsky.social

#DogScience #ASUResearch #Innovation #WestValleyForward 🧵 5/5

November 9, 2025 at 5:15 AM

Maxwell C. K. Leung, Ph.D.

@leung-lab.bsky.social

The rest of this year's seminar schedule is here!
leunglab.wordpress.com/seminars/

#CannabisScience #Pharmacology #Innovation #WestValleyForward
ASU College of Health Solutions: @asuhealthsolutions.bsky.social
ASU Cannabis Analytics, Safety and Health Initiative: newcollege.asu.edu/research/cen...

Seminars and Workshop

2025-2026 ASU Cannabis Analytics, Safety and Health Seminars October 30th (Thu) at 1:30 pm AZ: “Lightning Talks on Terpenes and Analgesics” by the class of PTX301 Basics of Pharmacology…

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October 31, 2025 at 2:02 AM

Maxwell C. K. Leung, Ph.D.

@leung-lab.bsky.social

Welcome back, ASU Sun Devils!!! This fall, we are launching a new research, teaching, and workforce development initiative - ASU Cannabis Analytics, Safety and Health Initiative (newcollege.asu.edu/research/cen...). 🌿🧪🔬💻🧑‍⚕️🎓🧵 1/3 #CannabisScience #Innovation #ASUResearch #WestValleyForward

August 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM

Maxwell C. K. Leung, Ph.D.

@leung-lab.bsky.social

In Part III of my LinkedIn series on Taiwanese cuisine near ASU West Valley, I would like to introduce 168 Bull King Steak House (168 牛大王牛排館; 5795 W Bell Rd, Glendale, AZ 85308). 🐮👑🥩🧋🧵 1/4 #TasteOfTaiwan #台灣風味 #WestValleyForward

June 16, 2025 at 2:49 AM

Maxwell C. K. Leung, Ph.D.

@leung-lab.bsky.social

Educative exchange on cannabis safety and testing continues at this week's ASU Cannabis sativa Testing Workshop. If you have missed it, please check out our video and PowerPoint archive! #CannabisEnvHealth #Innovation #WestValleyForward 🎥 🧵 1/2
leunglab.wordpress.com/may-12-16-20...

May 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM

Maxwell C. K. Leung, Ph.D.

@leung-lab.bsky.social

The first day of the ASU Cannabis sativa Testing Workshop is a blast!!! If you have missed it, no worries. Here are the recording and PowerPoint:
vimeo.com/1083698603/c...
leunglab.wordpress.com/may-12-16-20...
#CannabisSafety #Innovation #WestValleyForward
🌿🧪🔬👨‍🔬🧵 1/3

May 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM

Maxwell C. K. Leung, Ph.D.

@leung-lab.bsky.social

What a honor to receive this year’s Research Effort Award at ASU New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, and to celebrate it with such a talented research team!!! 🏆🌿🔬🌎🤩
#CannabisEnvHealth #Innovation #WestValleyForward