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Million-dollar gift launches research recruitment program
February 4, 2015 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre has launched a fund to recruit post-doctoral students, fellows and other researchers. The fund, called the TD Collaboration and Recruitment Fund, was established with a $1-million gift from TD Bank Group. “Personalized…
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Glass labware celebrates 100th anniversary
February 4, 2015 by Lab Canada Corning, NY – Pyrex glass is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. For over a century, the glass has been at the heart of many groundbreaking discoveries and advancements in medicine, chemistry, space exploration, and other fields. “Pyrex glass is…
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Maple syrup under the microscope in $1.4M program
February 4, 2015 by Lab Canada Longueuil, QC – A new, $1.4 million research program will explore the physical chemistry of cooking with maple. Being launched by the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers (FPAQ) and the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies…
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H. pylori vaccine the target of $575,000 collaboration
January 29, 2015 by Lab Canada Sudbury, ON – In a two-year, $575,000 agreement, researchers at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), the Advanced Medical Research Institute of Canada (AMRIC) and Lilly Creek Vaccines are collaborating to develop a Helicobacter pylori vaccine. Under the agreement,…
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Fluorescent colour-changing proteins reveal inner workings of live cells
January 28, 2015 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – The detection and imaging of protein-protein interactions in live cells has become much more colourful, thanks to a new technology developed by University of Alberta chemist Robert Campbell and his team. Campbell has created a new method…
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Quantum research institute aims to change our world
January 28, 2015 by Lab Canada Waterloo, ON – The Institute of Quantum Computing (IQC) wants to become the world leader in the field of quantum information science and to develop technologies that will fundamentally impact the ways in which we work, communicate and live. Originally…
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Study sheds light on sodium and blood pressure link
January 27, 2015 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – An international research team led by scientists at McGill University has found that excessive salt intake ‘reprograms’ the brain, interfering with a natural safety mechanism that normally prevents the body’s arterial blood pressure from rising. While the…
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Canada’s big science networks get $25M boost
January 27, 2015 by Lab Canada Quebec City, QC – The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) is providing a total of $25 million to support nine elite Canadian “big science” enterprises. The funding comes through a special competition of the CFI’s Major Science Initiatives Fund, which…
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SP Industries acquires Stability Environments
January 22, 2015 by Lab Canada Stone Ridge, NY – SP Industries, which designs and manufactures state-of-the-art laboratory equipment, biological drug manufacturing solutions, laboratory supplies and specialty glassware, announced today that it has acquired privately held Stability Environments, Inc. a global provider of walk-in environmental rooms,…
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Oil and gas research centre coming to Manitoba
January 22, 2015 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – Western Economic Diversification Canada is providing $2.4 million to the University of Manitoba to establish an internationally accredited analytical Centre for Oil and Gas Research and Development (COGRaD). The centre will focus on environmental monitoring and remediation…
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$19.5M renews neurodevelopmental disorders research network
January 22, 2015 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – NeuroDevNet, a Vancouver-based national network is being renewed for five years with funding of $19.6 million from the federal government. The funding supports collaborative research into pediatric neurodevelopmental disorders, specifically autism, cerebral palsy and fetal alcohol spectrum…
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$35M in university infrastructure funding awarded
January 21, 2015 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) is awarding more than $35 million in research infrastructure funding for universities across the country. The funding is being provided through the CFI’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund, which is designed…
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Forest genomics drives partnership between Laval and Oxford universities
January 21, 2015 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – A partnership the create an international consortium in forest genomics has been formed between Université Laval and Oxford University. The partnership was announced by Marc LePage, president and CEO of Génome Québec. Spearheaded by Professor John MacKay,…
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Food science conference coming to Pittcon 2015
January 14, 2015 by Lab Canada Pittsburgh, PA – The Pittcon Organizing Committee says that the third annual Food Labs Conference – the only food conference focused on the food laboratory – will be held in conjunction with Pittcon 2015, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The co-location…
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Collaboration to advance cardiac, diabetes and depression technologies
January 13, 2015 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – MaRS Innovation has formed a research collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Innovation and its Canadian affiliate, Janssen Inc., to advance technologies focused on cardiac, diabetes and depression through three projects. The projects’ principal investigators are researchers from…
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Chalk River nuclear science lab gets $55M upgrade
January 13, 2015 by Lab Canada Chalk River, ON – A $55-million upgrade in the nuclear science and technology capacity at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), a subsidiary of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, was recently completed. The project involved renovating and equipping the CNL’s Hydrogen Isotopes…
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$22M supports research into inflammatory diseases
January 13, 2015 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Nine projects are receiving a total of $21.9 million in funding over five years from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and its partners – the Arthritis Society and Crohn’s and Colitis Canada. The projects will…
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Deep learning finds autism, cancer mutations in unexplored regions of the genome
January 13, 2015 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Scientists and engineers have built a computer model that has uncovered disease-causing mutations in large regions of the genome that previously could not be explored. Their method seeks out mutations that cause changes in ‘gene splicing,’ and…
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What’s killing the world’s scallops and oysters?
January 13, 2015 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Many scallops are not even growing to be fully-sized, as higher ocean acidity and other potential problems kill them when they are only seedlings. Farmed scallops and oysters are dying at devastating rates worldwide and an interdisciplinary…
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Most types of cancer not due to ‘bad luck’
January 13, 2015 by Lab Canada Lyon, France – The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the World Health Organization’s specialized cancer agency, has issued a statement to say it strongly disagrees with the conclusion of a scientific report1 on the causes of human cancer…
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$26.3M awarded for research in arrhythmia
January 13, 2015 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Canadian Arrhythmia Network (CANet) is receive a total of $26.3 million over five years from the federal government to collaborate on research aimed at reducing premature deaths and suffering caused by heart rhythm disturbances. The study…
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Breathing in diesel exhaust leads to changes in DNA
January 8, 2015 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Just two hours of exposure to diesel exhaust fumes can lead to fundamental health-related changes in biology by switching some genes on, while switching others off, according to researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver…
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Cyclotron shown as reliable source of medical isotopes
January 8, 2015 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Scientists at University of British Columbia have demonstrated that small cyclotrons – particle accelerators the size of an SUV – can replace hulking nuclear power plants as the country’s main source of medical isotopes. The demonstration last…
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Nanowire clothing could keep people warm
January 7, 2015 by Lab Canada Stanford, CA – To stay warm when temperatures drop outside, we heat our indoor spaces – even when no-one is in them. But scientists have now developed a novel nanowire coating for clothes that can both generate heat and trap…
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Survey highlights challenges to reproducible science for translational researchers
January 5, 2015 by Lab Canada St. Louis, MO – Sigma-AldrichCorporation has issued its second annual ‘State of Translational Research Survey Report’, addressing challenges to the reproducibility of research within the academic translational research community. The report, based on a survey conducted in concert with the…
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$60M national initiative for innovative cancer treatments
December 30, 2014 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The BC Cancer Agency researchers will play a key role in the first Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE) devoted to cancer research, announced this month with a $25 million commitment from the federal government and an…
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Canadians lead international team developing novel vaccines
December 30, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Dalton Pharma Services, a privately owned pharmaceutical services provider, says it has been awarded funding from ISTPCanada as part of an international vaccine development project under the 2013 Canada-China Joint Initiative on Human Vaccine Research and Development program.…
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$1.5B research fund launches inaugural competition
December 30, 2014 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The federal government has officially launched the inaugural competition of the new Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF). Announced as part of the government’s budget this year, the fund will provide $1.5 billion over 10 years to…
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New scientific director general appointed to National Public Health Laboratories
December 30, 2014 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON -The Public Health Agency of Canada has appointed Dr. Matthew Gilmour as the new scientific director general of the National Public Health Laboratories. He succeeds Dr. Frank Plummer, who retired earlier this year. Dr. Gilmour will be responsible…
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Arthur Slutsky awarded researcher of year by CIHR
December 12, 2014 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Dr. Arthur S. Slutsky, vice-president of research at the St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, has received the 2014 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Health Researcher of the Year award for his outstanding efforts to advance pulmonary…
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Two thousand technical presentations coming to Pittcon
December 11, 2014 by Lab Canada Pittsburgh, PA – Over 2,000 technical presentations are scheduled at Pittcon 2015, covering a wide range of applications such as biotechnology, biomedical, drug discovery, environmental, food science, fuels/energy, genomics, lab management, materials science, nanotechnology, polymers/plastics, proteomics and water/wastewater. Attendees can…
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