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Research agreement aims at developing treatment for Alzheimer’s
November 11, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC & Winnipeg, MB – Biopharmaceutical company Cangene has signed a collaborative research agreement with the University of British Columbia (UBC) aimed at developing immune-based therapies for Alzheimer’s disease. Under the agreement, Cangene will develop the work of Dr…
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Partnership to offer high-performance, fast spinning-disk laser confocal systems
November 11, 2011 by Lab Canada Center Valley, PA – Olympus America and Andor Technology say they have joined forces to offer Andor’s cameras and spinning-disk laser confocal microscope systems built around Olympus microscopes. The systems will be sold and supported through Olympus’ dealers and direct…
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BC’s CDRD to collaborate with Roche to develop health research technologies
September 26, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) says it has entered into a strategic collaboration agreement with F Hoffmann-La Roche. Under the agreement, Roche has committed several million dollars to support and jointly develop innovative health…
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MS researcher receives funding as part of new collaboration
September 7, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Multiple sclerosis (MS) researcher Dr Jeffery D Haines has received the first of four awards being given as part of a new collaboration between the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS) and the Multiple Sclerosis…
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Collaboration to focus on developing bi-specific antibody therapeutics
September 7, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Biotechnology company Zymeworks has announced a research collaboration with Merck around Zymeworks’ proprietary platform for the development of novel bi-specific antibody therapeutic candidates. Bi-specific antibodies are designed to bind to two different drug targets for broad use…
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$2.7M to fund depression-related biomarker research
August 29, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Pharmaceutical company Lundbeck Canada has made a donation of $2.7 million to support groundbreaking research at the University Health Network to identify biomarkers (biological markers) that will enhance the diagnosis and treatment of patients suffering from major…
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MaRS Centre Phase 2 expansion underway with completion set for 2013
August 8, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – MaRS Discovery District has announced that construction of its MaRS Centre Phase 2 will proceed. The 20-storey state-of-art convergence centre – a doubling of the facility’s size – will enable the organization to accelerate its role in…
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Cooperative programs to boost science and tech links with Brazil
August 8, 2011 by Lab Canada Brasília, Brazil – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced renewed funding for the International Science and Technology Partnership Program, as well as the development of a new bilateral Science and Technology Action Plan focused on innovation. He also said…
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Electron microscopy lab opens at NINT in Edmonton
July 25, 2011 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – With the opening of a new electron microscopy facility, Canadian companies looking to reap the benefits of nanotechnology now have access to some of the world’s best microscopy expertise and equipment, including an environmental transmission electron microscope…
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Collaboration to cover materials research and pipeline technology in the north
July 25, 2011 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – Natural Resources Canada’s CANMET Materials Technology Laboratory has signed research agreements with the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta to collaborate on materials research with a focus on emerging technologies for new pipelines, in particular…
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Affiliation agreement to enhance research commercialization in Alberta
July 18, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC and Edmonton, AB – The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) and TEC Edmonton have signed an affiliation agreement allowing University of Alberta researchers with promising health discoveries to access CDRD’s expertise and infrastructure. CDRD is a…
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Biotech firm forms R&D agreement with Chinese agricultural group
July 18, 2011 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – Performance Plants, an agricultural biotechnology provider with R&D facilities in Kingston, says it has entered into a commercial licensing agreement in corn and a four-year R&D collaborative licensing agreement in rice and soybean with Chinese agricultural company…
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Canadian, German research centres sign commercialization agreement
June 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC and Dortmund, Germany – Two drug discovery and development organizations – Canada’s Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) and Germany’s Lead Discovery Center (LDC) – have signed a partnership agreement to enable joint development of promising innovations…
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Saskatchewan and Manitoba to partner on innovation and research
June 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – Saskatchewan and Manitoba have signed a letter of intent to cooperate on research and innovation initiatives. The letter was signed today at the BIO International Convention in Washington, DC. The agreement focuses on key priority areas of…
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Physicists on verge of solving neutrino mystery
June 17, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – An international experiment with contributions from physicists at a number of Canadian universities, including the University of Toronto, has announced results that could solve a long-standing puzzle in particle physics and may even turn the Standard Model…
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Partnership to focus on research to combat food contamination
June 14, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Theralase Technologies says it is partnering with George Brown College’s Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts to conduct applied research in the use of patented photodynamic compounds (PDCs) activated by its proprietary laser technology to destroy microbial…
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Marine network to foster scientific research and innovation
June 6, 2011 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – A new collaborative marine research and innovation organization, called the Halifax Marine Research Institute (HMRI), has been launched. It will bring together partners from industry, government and the post secondary education system with the aim of increasing…
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$12.5M funding for five climate change research projects
June 2, 2011 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Five research teams in Canada have been awarded a total of $12.5 million dollars under the International Research Initiative on Adaptation to Climate Change (IRIACC). The announcement was made by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) together…
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NRC and AB SCIEX to collaborate to develop ‘turnkey’ methods for mass spectrometers
March 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – The National Research Council’s Institute for Marine Biosciences (NRC-IMB) says it has signed an agreement with AB SCIEX that will enable researchers worldwide to benefit from NRC-IMB’s expertise in the detection and identification of marine and freshwater…
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Partnership to advance health sciences discoveries in Western Canada
January 17, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) recently announced an agreement that brings together CDRD, British Columbia and Alberta’s provincial governments, and Johnson & Johnson’s Corporate Office of Science and Technology (COSAT) to develop and manage…
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$35M in funding supports research into medical isotope supplies
October 25, 2010 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The federal government is providing $35 million in funding to support four projects that will focus on developing supply sources of the key medical isotope technetium-99 (Tc-99m), a radioactive tracer used in nuclear medicine for many diagnostic…
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Partnership to focus on quantum materials research
October 4, 2010 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The University of British Columbia has formed a formal partnership with the Max Planck Society, Germany’s foremost basic research institution and home to 32 Nobel prizes. UBC president Stephen Toope and Max Planck Society president Peter Gruss…
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Collaboration to focus on automated cell biology workflows
August 23, 2010 by Lab Canada Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, and Mannedorf, Switzerland – Instrument maker Tecan says it is working with cellular therapy developer Miltenyi Biotec to develop a range of automated solutions for cell biology, based on magnetic bead technology. The agreement is aimed at…
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Domtar and FPInnovations develop fibre-based nanotechnologies at new demo plant
July 19, 2010 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Domtar and FPInnovations have formed a new joint venture company to build what they say is the world’s first one metric ton per day commercial-scale nanocrystalline cellulose demonstration plant at the Domtar Windsor, Quebec pulp and paper…
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Partnership encourages growth in Alberta’s life sciences sector
June 1, 2010 by Lab Canada Chicago, IL – Johnson & Johnson Corporate Office of Science and Technology (COSAT) and the Alberta government have signed an agreement to explore collaborative opportunities in health research and innovation. The two groups will assess opportunities for collaboration, funding, management…
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Genome BC collaborates with Chile and Norway to sequence salmon genome
January 4, 2010 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The economically important, environmentally sensitive Atlantic salmon species will have its genome fully sequenced, thanks to an international collaboration involving researchers, funding agencies and industry from Canada, Chile and Norway. Genome BC is partnering with the Chilean…
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$9M collaboration to tackle cancer
December 14, 2009 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Pfizer is entering into a three-year, $9-million research collaboration with the BC Cancer Agency and the Vancouver Prostate Centre, a University of British Columbia (UBC) and Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) Centre of Excellence, to tackle new treatment…
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Unique Genetic Pathology Centre receives $250,000 grant from Sanofi-Aventis
December 14, 2009 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Located at Vancouver General Hospital and a partner of the BC Cancer Agency, the Genetic Pathology Evaluation Centre (GPEC), led by three prominent pathologists, conducts cancer research in the area of biomarker technology. The centre recently received…
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Physicist pairs with pharmaceutical scientist to design nano-particles for cancer imaging
December 7, 2009 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – In the drive to improve early detection and treatment of cancer, a pair of Toronto scientists has developed a technology that combines contrast agents with targeted, long-lasting nano-particles for use in multiple medical imaging platforms. While contrast…
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MaRS Innovation and CDRD announce strategic collaboration
November 30, 2009 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON and Vancouver, BC – MaRS Innovation and the Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) have entered into an agreement to collaborate on projects of mutual interest with a goal to advance and commercialize early-stage health-related discoveries. The…
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$2 million funding helps new wastewater treatment technology moves a step closer to commercialization
September 24, 2009 by Lab Canada Orangeville, ON – Xogen Technologies has been awarded $2 million funding to design, build and demonstrate a pilot project for its wastewater treatment and renewable energy technology at the Water Pollution Control Plant in Orangeville. The funding is being providing…
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