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Grant applications keep growing for CIHR
January 31, 2005 by Lab Canada The Canadian Institutes of Health Research says its September 2004 operating grants competitions received an unprecedented level of applications – 1,687 applications versus 1,493 applications for September 2003, an increase of 13%. This compares to 1,176 for September 1999, the…
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IBM Centre for Advanced Studies opening in Alberta
January 31, 2005 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Alberta’s provincial government, IBM and the University of Alberta are joining forces, investing an estimated $1.2 million in technology innovation and the creation of an IBM Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS) in Alberta at the University of…
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New research initiative takes aim at cystic fibrosis
January 31, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CCFF) has launched a new $6-million research program called Breathe (Basic Research and Therapy). This ambitious research initiative will fund two teams of scientific and clinical investigators, chosen through a Canada-wide competition,…
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Medicago announces research collaboration with Bayer CropScience
January 31, 2005 by Lab Canada Quebec City, QC – Medicago says it has entered into a product development agreement with Bayer CropScience in the field of plant-made pharmaceuticals. The goal of the collaboration is to assess the feasibility of using Medicago’s Proficia protein technology for…
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Manitoba puts $600,000 in research network for advanced materials
January 21, 2005 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MN – Manitoba has extended funding by $600,000 to the ISIS (Intelligent Sensing and Innovative Structures) Canada Research Network to continue local research using advanced materials and sensing technologies to improve the construction and repair of transportation infrastructure. "Manitoba…
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Feds give $1.M for power research in Manitoba
January 21, 2005 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MN – The federal government has earmarked $1.5 million over five years for two new NSERC Industrial Research Chairs in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Manitoba. Manitoba Hydro is also sponsoring both chairs. The chairs will…
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Cipher announces sale of pharmaceutical research services business
January 21, 2005 by Lab Canada Mississauga, ON – Cipher Pharmaceuticals says it is selling its pharmaceutical research services business, Pharma Medica Research, to a group led by the current management team of Pharma Medica. Consideration will consist of a cash payment of $14 million on…
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Biotech firm begins development of pandemic influenza vaccine
January 19, 2005 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – ID Biomedical says it has begun development of an experimental (“mock”) vaccine against a strain of the influenza virus, H5N1, that experts believe could cause a deadly worldwide epidemic (pandemic) of influenza. The H5N1 strain is a…
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Calgary celebrates Canada’s first chair in pediatric neurosciences
January 17, 2005 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – The Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation, the Kinsmen Club of Stampede City, the Kinsmen Care Foundation, the University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine, and the Calgary Health Region have announced that Dr Samuel Wiebe is the first appointee…
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Ontario unveils fuel cell research program
January 17, 2005 by Lab Canada Mississauga, ON – A new fuel cell innovation program in Ontario will provide $3 million in annual funding through 2007-08 with a focus on commercialization and moving products to the manufacturing stage. Fuel cells power vehicles, homes, offices, cell phones…
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Veterinary college names new dean
January 13, 2005 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – Dr Elizabeth Arnold Stone has been appointed dean of the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph. She will become the first woman to head a veterinary school in Canada. Her five-year term begins June 1.…
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ATS sponsors FIRST robotics competition
January 13, 2005 by Lab Canada Waterloo, ON – ATS Automation Tooling Systems has donated $50,000 in support of the FIRST Waterloo Regional student robotics competition which will be hosted by the University of Waterloo, March 24-26. The FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and…
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First of its kind biomed lab gets $3 million funding
January 10, 2005 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MN – Research that looks at finding better ways to help transplant and cancer patients will be part of a new systems biology program that will receive over $3 million in medical research funding from the Manitoba government. The…
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Thermo Electron and SOTAX collaborate to provide comprehensive dissolution service
January 10, 2005 by Lab Canada Madison, WI – Thermo Electron has concluded an OEM agreement with Basel-based SOTAX, in which SOTAX dissolution baths will be offered with a Thermo Nicolet UV-Vis spectrophotometer. The partners say the collaboration will provide pharmaceutical customers with a high-quality, complete,…
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Diabetes researcher receives funding from charitable foundation
January 10, 2005 by Lab Canada The Winnipeg Cosmopolitan Club presented $40,000 to the University of Manitoba, on behalf of the Cosmopolitan Foundation Canada for diabetes research. Each year Cosmopolitan clubs in Western Canada undertake fund-raising activities to support research projects in search for a cure…
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Aventis Pasteur changes name to Sanofi Pasteur
January 10, 2005 by Lab Canada Paris, France – Sanofi-Aventis has announced an official change of name for the Aventis Pasteur company, which is now named Sanofi Pasteur. The Aventis Pasteur MSD joint venture, equally owned by Aventis Pasteur and Merck, which markets vaccines in Europe,…
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New centre of excellence for energy for Ontario
January 10, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Ontario government is providing $8 million in funding, over four years, to create a new centre of excellence for energy. The new centre is intended to help to explore options for viable, affordable long-term and environmentally-friendly…
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Collaboration to focus on characterizing biocontrol organisms
January 7, 2005 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – The Alberta Research Council and International BioRecovery of North Vancouver have signed an agreement the research council’s scientists will characterize the nature of International BioRecovery’s biologically active soil fertility product. The partners say the collaboration has the…
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Details released on 48 Ontario projects to receive funding
January 3, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – In early December, the Ontario government announced that it was providing $53.2 million in funding to support 48 projects in universities across the province. The government has now also identified the individual projects being funded. The $53.2…
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New test for transplant rejection on the horizon
January 3, 2005 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Researchers at St Paul’s Hospital and Vancouver General Hospital are developing a revolutionary new test to diagnose and facilitate treatment of organ rejection in transplant patients. The $9.1-million Vancouver-based study, called Better Biomarkers of Acute and Chronic…
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Brain researchers to develop new class of drugs to repair psychiatric disorders
January 3, 2005 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – So-called ‘smart’ drugs, capable of targeting specific brain cells to control psychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia, may be ready for early clinical trials within three years, according to researchers at the University of British Columbia.…
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Environment Canada awards $382,000 for research projects in Nunavik
December 22, 2004 by Lab Canada Kuujjuaq, QC – The federal government has announced funding of more than $382,000 between now and 2008 for research projects designed to benefit Inuit communities in northern Quebec’s Nunavik region. The money will be provided through the Northern Ecosystems Initiative…
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ChondroGene and Pfizer extend osteoarthritis collaboration
December 21, 2004 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Functional genomics research company ChondroGene says it has entered into a new two-year research collaboration with Pfizer for identifying novel therapeutic targets and biomarkers for the treatment and diagnosis of osteoarthritis (OA). The collaboration will continue the…
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Brain imaging system developer wins US defense research contract
December 21, 2004 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – VSM MedTech, which develops magnetoencephalography (MEG) systems for functional brain imaging, says it has been awarded a research contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the central research and development organization for the United States…
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$1.5M grant supports pulp and paper research
December 21, 2004 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Two new Industrial Research Chairs have been established in the Department of Chemistry at McGill University, with $1.5 million in funding from Science and Engineering Research Canada (NSERC). The industry partner in the initiative is the Pulp…
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Chemist awarded Polanyi Prize
December 21, 2004 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – McMaster University’s Dr Chrif Matta has been recognized for his pioneering research in theoretical chemistry with a John Charles Polanyi Prize. The province of Ontario established the prestigious awards to support outstanding researchers in the early stages…
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Royal Society honour for University of Alberta professor
December 21, 2004 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Dr Daniel W Smith of the University of Alberta’s department of civil and environmental engineering has been awarded a 2004 Royal Society of Canada Fellow in the Applied Sciences and Engineering division. Professor Smith has established himself…
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DNA teaching and research facility gets nod
December 20, 2004 by Lab Canada Peterborough, ON – A business plan outlining the construction of a DNA research and teaching facility to house Trent University researchers engaged in DNA related research has been approved by the university’s board of governors. The university says the facility…
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Ozone Research Lab opens in Guelph
December 20, 2004 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – An Ozone Research Lab has opened at the University of Guelph that will help scientists control microbial contamination and advance research projects ranging from enhancing greenhouse production to improving food safety to human life support in space…
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$2 million donated to pharmacy faculty
December 20, 2004 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Canadian pharmaceutical company Apotex has pledged another $2 million in addition to its original $5-million donation towards the new Leslie L Dan Pharmacy Building at the University of Toronto. The gift will support the establishment of a…
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Grant supports research into winter flounder for NB aquaculture industry
December 20, 2004 by Lab Canada Saint John, NB – Matthew Litvak, professor of biology and director of the Centre for Coastal Studies and Aquaculture at the University of New Brunswick Saint John, has been awarded a $458,500 research grant. Funded by the National Science and…
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