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Site for future CHUM chosen in Montreal
March 28, 2005 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The Quebec government says it has decided to establish the new hospital complex of the University of Montreal (CHUM) at the Saint-Luc hospital site in downtown Montreal. The announcement was made last week by Quebec premier Jean…
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New cardiology chair for Universit de Montral
March 28, 2005 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The Universit de Montral and the Institut de Cardiologie de Montral will this week officially inaugurate the Universit de Montral Philippa and Marvin Carsley cardiology chair. The chair will focus on the genetics and pharmacogenomics of the…
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Boreal forest research project to focus on Quebec’s North Shore region
March 17, 2005 by Lab Canada Baie-Comeau, QC – A new industrial research chair in silviculture and wildlife is being established at Laval University. The chair is being funded with $3 million by the federal government, along with private-sector support. The federal government’s contribution toward the…
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Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation funds Canadian spinal neuron studies
March 17, 2005 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – A Dalhousie Medical School researcher is one step closer to understanding how spinal neurons control our ability to walk. Dr Rob Brownstone, a neurosurgeon and professor in the departments of surgery and anatomy and neurobiology, has received…
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Research programs valued at $2.7M being launched in Alberta
March 17, 2005 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Two new iCORE industrial research chairs have been awarded at the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary. The research chairs will focus on technology that can be used in a variety of areas, including designing…
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$24M funding injection for vaccine research centre
March 17, 2005 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – The University of Saskatchewan’s cluster of life science research facilities has received a $24-million boost from the federal government. Prime Minister Paul Martin made the announcement yesterday at a news conference at the university’s Vaccine and Infectious…
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$222M in health research grants awarded to 571 recipients
March 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – Prime Minister Paul Martin, accompanied by the Ujjal Dosanjh, minister of health and Dr Alan Bernstein, president of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), have announced the recipients of 571 health research grants worth more than…
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Innovation foundation unveils $24M in infrastructure support
March 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Victoria, BC – A total of 120 projects in 41 universities across the country have received funding support from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. “Canada’s researchers have made outstanding contributions to the development of innovation in this country,” says David…
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New research funding to find BSE solutions
March 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – The Alberta government is committing $38-million to research on prions, the proteins best known for their link to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The Alberta Prion Science Initiative will build on the research already happening in the province,…
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Canadian clinical research chair in vaccines recipient is announced
March 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Dr David Scheifele, from the BC Research Institute for Children’s and Women’s Health and the University of British Columbia, has been named clinical research chair in vaccines. The newly created chair is being supported with $1.1 million…
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Promised endowment fund to double Alberta’s innovation budget
March 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A new bill tabled in Alberta’s legislature promises to boost the funding of the province’s Ingenuity Fund along with an expansion of other current endowments and scholarships in the advanced education area. The bill was tabled in…
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Canadian scientists win prestigious Killam Research Fellowships
March 10, 2005 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON Some of Canada’s top scientists have been awarded Killam Research Fellowships this year. Among Canada’s most distinguished research awards, the Canada Council for the Arts, the fellowships are made possible by a bequest of Mrs Dorothy J Killam…
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Award recognizes researchers of musculoskeletal, oral and skin diseases
March 7, 2005 by Lab Canada Quebec City, QC – The Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (IMHA) of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research announced the winners of its prestigious Quality of Life Research Award at an Open Researcher/Stakeholder Forum at Universit Laval on March…
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Engineering design and corrosion research centres the focus of new partnership
March 4, 2005 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – McMaster University and General Motors of Canada have partnered to establish two new automotive engineering centres – the GM of Canada Centre for Engineering Design and the GM of Canada Centre for Corrosion Engineering Research. “GM Canada…
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Theratechnologies appoints executive for clinical affairs
March 4, 2005 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Biotechology company Theratechnologies says it has appointed Dr James W Sutton as vice president, clinical development and regulatory affairs. Dr Sutton will oversee all preclinical, clinical and regulatory activities of the company. “Dr Sutton brings us valuable…
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Innovation foundation funds projects in New Brunswick
February 25, 2005 by Lab Canada Edmundston, NB – Funding of $100,000 for five research assistantship positions and a start-up grant for a research project at Universit de Moncton’s Edmundston campus is being made by the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation. Manuel Lamontagne, Hector Adgbidi, Lacina Coulibaly,…
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Mental health research receives funding boost in BC
February 25, 2005 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – A private donor has provided a $10-million private gift for mental health research, training and policy in British Columbia. The provincial government is now also seeking legislative approval for a matching 10-million contribution to help establish three…
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Young Canadian scientist awarded 2005 Lee Osheroff Richardson prize
February 25, 2005 by Lab Canada Concord, MA – The 2005 Lee Osheroff Richardson Prize has been awarded to Dr Christian Lupien, Universite’ de Sherbrooke. Established in 2004 to support young scientists conducting research employing low temperature and/or high magnetic fields in North America, the Lee…
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Varian divestiture helps boost lab-related focus
February 21, 2005 by Lab Canada Palo Alto, Ca – Scientific instrument and vacuum technology supplier Varian says it is planning to sell its electronics manufacturing business to Jabil Circuit for around $195 million. Varian’s president, Garry Rogerson, says that divesting of this non-core business will…
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Chair in prostate cancer created at Universit de Montral
February 16, 2005 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Universit de Montral is inaugurating the first chair exclusively devoted to research into prostate cancer. The creation of the chair is aimed at improving the prognostic tools vital to the detection of this form of cancer and…
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$8M funding to launch biodiversity research centre
February 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – A Vancouver couple who are University of British Columbia alumni have donated $8 million toward a biodiversity research centre at the university that will include a museum of natural history. Ross Beaty, a 53-year-old geologist and mining…
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$2.4M injection for New Brunswick Heart Centre
February 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Saint John, NB – New Brunswick’s provincial government has announced a $2.45-million investment to equip a third cardiac catheterization laboratory at the New Brunswick Heart Centre in Saint John. The government says it will invest $1.95 million in the third…
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$500,000 for research equipment at University of Saskatchewan
February 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – Saskatchewan’s provincial government says it is investing nearly a half million dollars in equipment at the University of Saskatchewan to advance research into robotics and brain diseases as well as industrial chemistry. The projects include: – $86,200…
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Acting VP research appointed for University of British Columbia
February 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The University of British Columbia has appointed of Dr David Dolphin, a finalist for this year’s Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, as acting vice-president, research. Dr Dolphin, a UBC chemistry professor, is also…
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Toronto researcher wins prestigious international award for bone and mineral research
February 11, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Dr Jane E Aubin, scientific co-director and CEO of the Canadian Arthritis Network has received the William F Neumann Award for 2004 from the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR). The award recognizes Dr Aubin’s…
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New president appointed to National Research Council
February 11, 2005 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Dr Pierre Coulombe has been appointed president of the National Research Council. “I am pleased to welcome Dr. Coulombe as President of the National Research Council,” says David Emerson, minister of industry and minister responsible for the…
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New leader named for the Xerox Research Centre of Canada
February 11, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Xerox says it has appointed Dr Hadi Mahabadi to vice president and centre manager of the Xerox Research Centre of Canada (XRCC) one of the company’s premier research labs. The appointment was announced by Herv Gallaire, chief…
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$3.6 million contract to supply growth rooms to plant research facility
February 9, 2005 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – Controlled environment systems maker Conviron says it has been awarded a contract to supply 16 plant growth rooms and control systems to a new plant research facility for the department of plant sciences at the University of…
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Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal inaugurates polymer research lab
February 8, 2005 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Robert Papineau, Ecole Polytechnique de Montral’s Director General, together with Professor Pierre Carreau, Director of the school’s Centre de recherche en plasturgie et composites (Research Centre on Polymers and Polymer Matrix Composites – CREPEC), have officially opened…
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Collaborative research to create microwave vacuum instrument
February 8, 2005 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Research and development company EnWave says it has formed a collaborative research relationship with Dr Helen Burt, Angiotech professor of drug delivery in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia. The partners plan…
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Pediatric rheumatologist wins international award for rheumatology research
February 7, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Dr Brian Feldman has received the Henry Kunkel Young Investigator Award, given yearly to scientists under the age of 45 by the American College of Rheumatology, for his research in childhood rheumatic disease. Dr Feldman holds a…
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