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$27M in awards to fast-track stem cell research
August 29, 2016 by Lab Product News Toronto, ON – Twenty stem-cell research projects at the University of Toronto that focus on regenerative medicine have been awarded a total of $27 million in funding. The team projects, which range from attempting to improve failing eyesight in aging populations…
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$10M funding supports new Canada excellence research chair
July 6, 2016 by Leslie Burt Quebec City, QC – The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is providing $10 million over seven years to fund the research of Vincenzo Di Marzo at the Université Laval. A globally renowned biochemist and pharmacologist from Italy, Di Marzo…
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Lab safety the focus of new recommendations
April 14, 2016 by Lab Canada Washington, DC – University-wide efforts to renew and strengthen a culture of research safety are necessary to avoid tragic accidents, according to a guide released this week by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities’ (APLU) Task Force on Laboratory…
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$95M science complex coming to Waterloo
August 17, 2015 by Lab Canada Waterloo, ON – A new $95-million science complex is being planned at the University of Waterloo, and it recently received a $24.7 million contribution from the federal government. The new Science Complex will expand laboratory space at the university…
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Major private-academic partnership in biotech venture
December 10, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A new biotech company, Northern Biologics, has been officially unveiled by biotechnology incubator Blueline Bioscience in partnership with the University of Toronto (U of T) and University Health Network’s Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (UHN). The company will…
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Federal departments get lacklustre grades for science communication
October 8, 2014 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – A report released today by Evidence for Democracy (E4D) and Simon Fraser University (SFU) shows that most federal departments fail to adequately support open communication between their researchers and the public. The report, the first in Canada,…
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New research complex is geoscience and photonics powerhouse
October 6, 2014 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The University of Ottawa celebrated the official opening of its new Advanced Research Complex (ARC) last week. The $70-million facility will bring together researchers, students and partners from various disciplines to foster greater scientific exchange. The complex…
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$2.1M translational chair in cancer appointed
July 29, 2014 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Lynne Postovit, PhD, has received an AIHS Translational Health Chair in Cancer from Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions (AIHS). She will receive approximately $2.1 million for the seven-year research program. Dr. Postovit is a newly appointed associate…
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CAUT names new executive director
May 9, 2014 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has announced the appointment of David Robinson as its executive director, effective July 1, 2014. David Robinson is currently associate executive director of CAUT. Prior to joining CAUT, he was…
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$2M supports research projects in Saskatchewan
March 24, 2014 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – Through its Innovation and Science Fund, Saskatchewan’s provincial government is providing just over $2 million to nine research projects at the University of Saskatchewan. This funding includes almost $1.3 million for the BioXAS: Life Science Beamline for…
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$700,000 Killam Fellowship winners announced
March 18, 2014 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Canada Council for the Arts this morning announced the recipients of the 2014 Killam Research Fellowships. With these fellowships, the researchers will be able to advance research in a wide range of areas including low-cost production…
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$1M to breed better asparagus
February 5, 2014 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – More than $1 million is being provided by farmers and the federal government into the University of Guelph’s long-standing asparagus breeding program to develop improved cultivars. The program, led by Prof. David Wolyn of the Department of…
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Scavenger hunt to tweak public’s interest in research
January 29, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Ontario universities are launching a Virtual Scavenger Hunt that will take the public on an intriguing online journey through the world of research at the province’s 21 publicly assisted universities. The month-long contest, which begins February 3,…
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$3.7M funds research projects in Newfoundland
September 30, 2013 by Lab Canada St. John’s, NL – Researchers at Memorial University are receiving a total of $3.7 million in funding from the Research & Development Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador (RDC) to support 34 academic-led research projects. The research is being conducted in…
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Merck provides $4M in grants for health research in Quebec
September 30, 2013 by Lab Canada Sherbrooke, QC – Merck Canada is reinforcing its commitment to the Quebec life sciences research innovation sector by providing a $4 million grant to the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS) for academic research. The FRQS grant will…
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Basic research gets boost with $413M in Discovery Grant awards
May 21, 2013 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Canada’s federal government is committed to supporting basic research, says Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology). He made the comment today at the awarding of $413 million in Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of…
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New swine flu strain unlikely to cause pandemic
February 25, 2013 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – An emerging swine flu strain responsible for hundreds of infections in the United States appears unlikely to trigger a global pandemic in the short term but requires ongoing monitoring, according to a new Michael Smith Foundation for…
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Calling young scientists
February 11, 2013 by Lab Canada Lexington, KY – Animal health and nutrition company Alltech is calling for research papers from young scientists around the world throughout 2013 to compete for the next winners of the Alltech Young Scientist Awards. Registration has opened for undergraduate and…
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Urology research grant program call for proposals
December 17, 2012 by Lab Canada Markham, ON – Improving patient care is the ultimate goal of a research grant program, designed to support Canadian scientific discovery and innovation in urology. Researchers are invited to submit a proposal to the CUA Astellas Research Grant Program, a…
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Program to help young scientists intern in industry
December 3, 2012 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – In an initiative to offer on-the-job training to graduate researchers, the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) is partnering with the University of Toronto Graduate Enterprise Internship Program (GEI) and the Engineering Career Centre – Faculty of Applied Science…
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Unlimited free access to books and journals for postdocs
November 30, 2012 by Lab Canada New York, NY – Young scholars who do not have a research position can get free access to scientific books and journals to keep up with their research, Publisher Elsevier launched the initiative, the Postdoc Free Access Passport, and it…
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TB treatment from an anti-parasite drug
November 28, 2012 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – While tuberculosis is not as widespread as it used to be, in 2011, 8.7 million people around the world contracted this disease and 1.4 million died from it, according to the World Health Organization. Some newly discovered…
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Memorial University gets grant to attract and retain top researchers
November 26, 2012 by Lab Canada St. John’s, NL – The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has granted nine researchers at Memorial University a total of $827,954 to support their innovative research programs. The funding was awarded through the CFI’s Leaders Opportunity Fund, a program designed…
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Umbilical cord cells better at improving cardiac function
November 23, 2012 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Researchers at the University of Toronto, found that umbilical cord cells were 120% more effective than bone marrow cells in improving cardiac function after a heart attack, To stimulate tissue repair and control inflammation most stem cell…
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Innovative health projects get grants
November 22, 2012 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – 51 innovators in 18 low and middle income countries worldwide have received a total of $7 million in grants to pursue bold, creative ideas to tackle health problems in resource-poor countries. Distributed by Grand Challenges Canada, which…
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Five researchers take home 25th anniversary Polanyi Prizes
November 19, 2012 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Marking the 25th anniversary of the Polanyi Prize, five of Ontario’s top university researchers are being awarded this year’s prize in recognition of their valuable contribution to the fields of chemistry, literature, physics and physiology/medicine. Established to…
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Satellite finds rising carbon dioxide levels in upper atmosphere
November 14, 2012 by Lab Canada Waterloo, ON – A research project has found that human activity is raising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the uppermost layers of the atmosphere. It is the first hard evidence that such levels are increasing there at a faster…
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Is the ELA being sold?
November 9, 2012 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Since the planned shuttering of the Experimental Lakes Area half a year ago there have been many controversies and rumors swirling around this world renown research facility. Recently, the Coalition to Save ELA has been informed that…
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Research animals die in Sandy’s wake
November 9, 2012 by Lab Canada New York, NY – When the back-up generators failed at the New York University (NYU) Langone Medical Center the 300 patients were evacuated safely to other hospitals. The center’s animal research facility was abandoned and the thousands of laboratory mice…
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Study doubles genetic regions associated with inflammatory bowel diseases
November 6, 2012 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, the two most common forms of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), are chronic inflammatory digestive disorders affecting 230,000 Canadians. An international team of scientists has thrown new light on the genetic basis of…
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Novel protein interaction technology gets boost
November 5, 2012 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Seeking to develop and commercialize a process to better understand membrane proteins in mammalian cells the Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) is providing $100,000 through its Pre-commercialization Business Development Fund (PBDF) to the University of Toronto’s Mammalian Membrane…
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