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Viron Therapeutics wins 2005 Prix Galien Award
November 14, 2005 by Lab Canada London, ON – Viron Therapeutics has been named as this year’s recipient of the prestigious Prix Galien Canada award in Biotechnology. This award is one of the highest honours in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry and recognizes excellence in medical…
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Small equipment funds give boost to university researchers
November 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – New researchers in Alberta are getting a $2 million boost with equipment grants from the Alberta government. The Small Equipment Grants Program helps first-time researchers set up their labs by investing in key equipment purchases. The grants…
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$102.2M in new funding for 126 Canada Research Chairs
November 11, 2005 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The federal government today announced funding of $102.2 million for 126 Canada Research Chairs. “Holding a Canada Research Chair goes far beyond the financial benefit,” says Dr Chemtob, Canada Research Chair in Perinatology at the Universit de…
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IBM joins with cancer centers to accelerate research, diagnosis and treatment
November 9, 2005 by Lab Canada Washington, DC – IBM says it is joining forces with three cancer centres, one Canadian and two American, to help accelerate cancer research, diagnosis and treatment. Separate agreements have been made with Montreal’s CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center – Mother and…
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Mount Sinai Hospital names new research director
November 9, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Dr Jim Woodgett, an internationally recognized molecular biologist known for research breakthroughs in understanding the molecular mechanisms contributing to breast and colon cancers, has been named the new director of the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute at Mount…
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Funding to improve knowledge of highly migratory Atlantic fish
November 9, 2005 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – St Andrew’s Biological Station and the Bedford Institute of Oceanography will receive $203,000 from the federal government this year to improve the scientific understanding of highly migratory species in the Atlantic Ocean. “This funding will help us…
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$1.8M for research to eliminate multiple sclerosis
November 8, 2005 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The Quebec Division of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada says it has paid its largest-ever amount of over $1.8 million into the organization’s national research fund to discover the cause of and a cure for multiple…
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$18.6M in infrastructure support for university researchers
November 7, 2005 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, ON – The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has announced infrastructure funding totalling $18.6 million to support 87 projects in 31 universities across the country. Dr Eliot Phillipson, president and CEO of the CFI, was joined by Reg Alcock,…
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Fisheries expert first Canadian to receive $415,000 international award
November 4, 2005 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – University of British Columbia professor Dr Daniel Pauly, one of the world’s leading fisheries conservation researchers, is the first Canadian to receive the International Cosmos Prize, awarded by the Expo’90 Foundation of Japan. Worth 40 million yen…
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$5M metals network aims to protect human health
November 4, 2005 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – A new $5.4-million national research network at the University of Guelph will help protect human health by enabling scientists to assess the risk of metals in water, soil, food and air and assist in setting regulatory policies.…
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Math research facility receives record US science funding
November 4, 2005 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, an international mathematics research facility with headquarters at the University of British Columbia, has received unprecedented funding from US, Albertan and Mexican funding agencies totaling nearly $10 million for the…
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New executive to develop international research relations for McGill
November 4, 2005 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – McGill University has created a new executive post that will be charged with the task of developing international research connections for the university. Professor Denis Thrien, director of the university’s school of computer science since 1997, has…
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$750,000 funding to support development of phage-based microrobotic system
November 4, 2005 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Biophage Pharma, which develops phage-based biosensors for live pathogen diagnostics, says it has received notification from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) of an award as part of a consortium of co-investigator headed…
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Infrastructure support totalling $48M for 312 Ontario research projects
October 31, 2005 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON V Ontario’s government is providing research infrastructure support worth a total of $48 million to 312 projects at 20 research institutes across the province. The funding is being provided through the newly created Ontario Research Fund (ORF). The…
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New fellowship to encourage MD training, research in allergic disease
October 31, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Three key players in the fight against the growing allergy epidemic in Canada have joined forces to increase the capacity of Canadian science to fight costly allergic and immune diseases. AllerGen NCE, a Network of Centres of…
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Bruker AXS to acquire Princeton Gamma-Tech x-ray microanalysis business
October 28, 2005 by Lab Canada Rocky Hill, NJ – Bruker AXS says it is acquiring the PGT X-ray microanalysis business with annual revenues of $5-6 million from Princeton Gamma-Tech Instruments. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed, and the acquisition is expected to close…
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New centre researches Canada’s physical infrastructure
October 28, 2005 by Lab Canada Waterloo, ON – With Canada’s federal, provincial and municipal governments facing massive spending needs on physical infrastructure, such as roads, bridges and airports, a newly established centre at the University of Waterloo seeks to provide the knowledge to make the…
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$2.4M for Saskatchewan health researchers
October 28, 2005 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – Health research in Saskatchewan just received a major boost with the injection of $2.4 million through the Regional Partnership Program (RPP), a program funded by the governments of Canada and Saskatchewan. Twenty health researchers received funding under…
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Scientist honoured at Gairdner International Awards
October 28, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The researchers were the 2005 winners of the Gairdner International Awards, one of the scientific community’s most prestigious prizes. The awards are given out each October as part of a two-week national program run by the Gairdner…
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$48.5M funding for microsystems research
October 24, 2005 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), says it will provide $48.5 million over five years to CMC Microsystems to accelerate the development of Canadian-made microsystems for key economic sectors including health care, security, environment, aerospace,…
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New $250,000 research prize honours John Polanyi
October 24, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) has created a $250,000 science and engineering research prize in honour of Canadian scientist Dr John Polanyi, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Dr Joanne Keselman, Acting…
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Turf grass projects receive $1M in research funding
October 24, 2005 by Lab Canada Beloeil, QC – The federal government says it is providing $500,000 in funding for two collaborative research projects that aim to reduce pesticide use and promote non-chemical alternatives for protecting golf courses in Quebec and Ontario. The research will be…
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Awards salute university-industry innovation
October 24, 2005 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – Canada’s largest science and engineering granting agency, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), has announced the winners of its national annual awards for excellence in innovation. The awards were given at a ceremony last week…
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Astrophysics team wins international award for radio telescope technology
October 24, 2005 by Lab Canada Victoria, BC – The 2005 “Laurels for Team Achievement Award” of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) has been given to a team of 15 scientists from Canada, Japan, the USA, Europe and Australia. Dr Peter Dewdney of the National…
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Top Canadian scientists recognized
October 24, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Cancer Research and the Ontario Cancer Research Network have recognized Canadian talent by honouring four of Canada’s top scientists, Drs Jim Till, Ernest McCulloch and Tak Mak of…
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Prionics acquires Pfizer animal health diagnostic products
October 24, 2005 by Lab Canada Zurich, Switzerland – Prion diagnostics developer Prionics says it is going to acquire Pfizer Animal Health. Terms were not disclosed. The company’s product line includes tests for the detection of Bovine tuberculosis and Paratuberculosis in animals raised as a food…
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$42.5M funding to support commercialization of clean technologies
October 20, 2005 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Funding worth $42.5 million awarded by Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) will support 15 projects developing groundbreaking clean technologies and fast-track their progress toward commercialization. The newly approved projects involve a variety of sectors that are core…
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First steps taken to make BioMed City a reality
October 18, 2005 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – An initiative to push Winnipeg to the forefront of public health research and innovation in Canada is beginning to take shape with the appointment of William Smith, on assignment from the National Research Council, as its executive…
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Centre for commercializing nanotechnology gets $3.8M funding
October 17, 2005 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – The federal government says it is committing $3.8 million to the University of Alberta for the National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT)’s Innovation Centre. The centre will be located on the fourth floor of the National Research Council…
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Biotech ‘wet lab’ to be built at Edmonton Research Park
October 17, 2005 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Young, growing biotechnology companies in Greater Edmonton and Alberta will soon have a new 72,000 sqft wet lab facility at Edmonton Research Park to help them develop their commercial potential. Western Economic Diversification Canada and Alberta Innovation…
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$3M to study genomics of cold tolerance in cereal crops
October 17, 2005 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – Genome Canada is contributing more than $3 million toward a $6-million genomics research project at the University of Saskatchewan, announced Ralph Goodale, Minister of Finance. The project will examine cold tolerance in wheat, barley and rye. Minister…
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