About Us

The Lipid Chemistry Group at the University of Alberta is a research and development group whose mandate is to create wealth and innovation in Alberta’s agriculture industry by creating new product and market opportunities. LCG is uniquely structured to take commercial advantage of cutting-edge, fundamental research in lipid utilization. Products and processes developed at LCG will allow Alberta’s growers and processors to benefit directly as plant oils are converted to products of higher commercial value than traditional products. >>more

News

  1. 102nd AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo, May 1-4, 2011, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

    All of our four research work sent to 102nd AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo were accepted for oral presentation!

  2. Lipid materials could decrease dependence on fossil fuels

    A team of University of Alberta researchers are developing a new use for vegetable oils that will allow manufacturers to reduce their dependence on petroleum sources

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Contact Us

All enquiries should be directed to: 

Dr. Jonathan Curtis
LCG Scientific Director, 
Associate Professor

Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science
Room: 3-18F Ag/For Centre
Phone: (780) 492-6364
Email: jonathan.curtis@ualberta.ca