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CSMLS to help foreign trained lab professionals find work
November 20, 2014 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – The Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science (CSMLS) says it has completed research aimed at helping foreign trained medical lab professionals find meaningful employment in cases where successfully attaining a license to practice in Canada is unlikely…
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Five top researchers awarded Polanyi Prizes
November 20, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Five Ontario researchers have been awarded prestigious Polanyi Prizes for breakthroughs in research that have the potential to, among other things, forge a new understanding of gravity, and target and kill cancer cells. “The Polanyi Prizes are…
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Partnership to help incubate and grow McGill-based start-ups
November 19, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The Centre d’entreprises et d’innovation de Montréal (CEIM) has received funding of $6.2 million over the next five years from the federal government to support a partnership with McGill University that will provide McGill student and faculty…
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Scientists win top award for spinal cord injury research
November 19, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Two scientists from Université Laval have received the 2014 and 2013 Barbara Turnbull Award for Spinal Cord Research, an annual $50,000 prize supported through a partnership between the Barbara Turnbull Foundation, Brain Canada, and the Canadian Institutes…
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Quebec researcher wins entrepreneur award
November 3, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Dr. John S. Sampalis, founder and CEO of JSS Medical Research Inc., has won the 2014 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Quebec Health Sciences Award. He received the award at the regional awards gala in Montreal. “We…
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Switching from HELIUM to HYDROGEN
November 1, 2014 John Speranza, vice president of commercial hydrogen product sales, Proton OnSite Gas chromatography (GC) practitioners have traditionally used helium as their carrier gas, but a helium shortage is impacting labs around the world. Laboratories are now weighing up more reliable, cost-effective options for GC and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) applications, and are increasingly turning to hydrogen, a cost-effective carrier gas that produces equal or superior results.
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Keeping nanopositioning precise
November 1, 2014 Stefan Vorndran, VP of marketing, and Scott Jordan, director of nanoautomation technologies, both at PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. Ever-increasing requirements for more precise motion control from the optics, biotech and semiconductor industries has forced manufacturers of piezoelectric positioners to find ways to overcome their limitations while preserving the unmatched speed, reliability and resolution capabilities of piezoelectric devices.
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$27M funding for 70 research projects at UBC
October 30, 2014 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The University of British Columbia (UBC) has received $26.9 million toward 70 research infrastructure projects from the BC Knowledge Development Fund. The BC Knowledge Development Fund was created in 1998 to help maintain B.C. as a leader…
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Breast cancer researcher wins 2014 Aubrey J. Tingle Prize
October 30, 2014 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Dr. Samuel Aparicio has been named the winner of the fifth annual Aubrey J. Tingle Prize. Dr. Aparicio’s research encompasses the fields of cancer genomics, mouse genetic models, high-throughput screens, and translational breast cancer research. Created in…
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International scientists call for Canadian science funding and freedoms to be restored
October 30, 2014 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Over 800 scientists worldwide have signed an open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper calling on the federal government to restore funding cut from its science programs and to remove barriers to the ability of Canadian government…
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Eminent biologist wins Northern Research award
October 30, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Award-winning researcher and lifelong teacher, Dr. Charles Krebs, has won the Weston Family Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Northern Research by The W. Garfield Weston Foundation. For over 55 years, Dr. Krebs has studied diverse mammal populations…
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Canadians boost presence at MEDICA trade show
October 22, 2014 by Lab Canada Dusseldorf, Germany – A total of 51 Canadian companies have booked exhibition space at MEDICA 2014, which takes place in Dusseldorf, Germany from November 12-15. MEDICA is the world’s largest trade fair covering all aspects of the medical industry, including…
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Goodfellow, Sigma-Aldrich complete phase 2 of distribution agreement
October 21, 2014 by Lab Canada Huntingdon, UK – Goodfellow, a supplier of metals and materials for research and industry, says that the second phase of an agreement reached earlier this year with Sigma-Aldrich Corporation is now complete. As a result, all alloys and an extended…
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Behavioural geneticist wins $1.2 million Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize
October 16, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – McGill University professor Michael Meaney has been selected as the 2014 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize Laureate in recognition of his groundbreaking achievements in the biology of child development. The prize carries an award of one million…
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$56M supports genomic projects across Canada
October 15, 2014 by Lab Canada Wallenstein, ON – Genome Canada today announced the first 12 projects selected for funding under its Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP). The 12 projects will receive total funding of $56 million. Genome Canada is contributing $15 million, with the balance…
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Pittcon 2015 announces conferee topics
October 15, 2014 by Lab Canada Pittsburgh, PA – Pittcon’s organizing committee has unveiled the topics for conferee networking sessions during Pittcon 2015, which will be in New Orleans from March 8-12, 2015. These sessions provide an informal venue for open discussion about topics of mutual…
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Canadian innovators share $145,000 in prizes
October 14, 2014 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – Four Canadian innovators have won 2014 Ernest C. Manning Innovation Awards. The award winners, from Prince Edward Island, Ontario and Quebec, share $145,000 in prizes. In addition, four students have won 2014 Young Canadian Awards, sharing $16,000…
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Green chemistry gets boost with $11M research chair
September 30, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Robin Rogers, a researcher in sustainable science and technology, has been named as a Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) at McGill University. He will receive $10 million over seven years in federal research funding along with an…
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Time to prepare for upcoming changes to WHMIS
September 30, 2014 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – WHMIS – Canada’s Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System that provides workplace standards for the control, handling, storage, and disposal of hazardous materials – will soon be changing as Canada aligns itself with the Globally Harmonized System of…
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New Canada Excellence Research Chair studies dark matter
September 30, 2014 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – Renowned French astrophysicist Gilles Gerbier has been named Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Particle Astrophysics at Queen’s University. He has been named for his groundbreaking investigation into dark matter. He was previously the director of research…
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$2.7M for weather and environmental services research
September 4, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The federal government has announced $2.7 million in funding that will support 14 projects involving research in the areas of weather and environmental services. Projects receiving funding are as follows: Project Title: Provision of Avalanche Safety Programs…
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OICR joins Open Cloud Consortium to collaborate on genome data
September 4, 2014 by Lab Canada Chicago, IL – The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) and the Open Cloud Consortium (OCC) say they have entered into a multi-year agreement that brings OICR into the OCC. OICR will be involved with several OCC Working Groups, including…
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$68M funding supports five new commercialization centres
September 4, 2014 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Five new commercialization centres are receiving support from the federal government to support their research and development activities. In Vancouver, for example, the Accel-Rx Health Sciences Accelerator will receive $14.5 million over five years to support new…
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How can asset management benefit your lab?
September 1, 2014 Ben Potenza, EquipNet Inc. Working with an outsourcing partner is not a new concept within chemical, pharmaceutical and biotech companies. By concentrating on the core areas of business and working with specialists for other, non-essential tasks, they are able to manage costs better, boost…
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Tuberculosis specialist wins medical association’s top honour
August 15, 2014 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – The University of Alberta’s Anne Fanning has won the Canadian Medical Association’s highest honour, the Frederic Newton Gisborne Starr Award. A graduate of the University of Western Ontario medical school, Dr. Fanning did postgraduate training in internal…
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University Health Network appoints new chief executive
August 12, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Dr. Peter Pisters, currently vice president of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Regional Care System, has been named as the University Health Network (UHN)’s next president & CEO. Dr. Pisters is an internationally known…
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$6.25M in NSERC funding for math research consortium
August 12, 2014 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The Pacific Institute of Mathematical Sciences, an international mathematics consortium headquartered at the University of British Columbia, has been awarded $6.25 million in funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC). “We have received…
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Canadian cancer research pioneer passes away
August 5, 2014 by Lab Canada Columbia, SC – Cancer research lost a pioneer on Sunday, August 3, 2014, with the passing of Dr. Emmanuel Farber, a renowned pathologist who made fundamental contributions to the understanding of chemical carcinogenesis. Dr. Farber’s studies in experimental pathology demonstrated…
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$2.5M supports agricultural research at Vineland centre
August 5, 2014 by Lab Canada Vineland Station, OB – The Vineland Research and Innovation Centre has received $2.5 million from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to support two research projects. Just over $1.4 million funding will be used to modernize the centre’s rose breeding program using…
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$2M funding supports in two major health challenges
July 29, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The University of Toronto’s research funding program – the Connaught Fund – broke the mould this year with its $1 million Global Challenge Prize, awarding two projects instead of the usual one. Projects led by two Faculty…
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NRC’s IT system suffers cyber attack
July 29, 2014 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has suffered a cyber attack on its IT infrastructure, and the organization says it might take up to a year to create a new secure infrastructure. In a related statement,…
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