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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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DNA signature found in ice storm babies
September 30, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The number of days an expectant mother was deprived of electricity during Quebec’s ice storm (1998) predicts the epigenetic profile of her child, a new study finds. Scientists from the Douglas Mental Health University Institute and McGill…
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3D skin tissue printer wins technology award
September 24, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Proprietary 3D bioprinting technology, PrintAlive Bioprinter, developed by University of Toronto students Arianna McAllister and Lian Leng, has won the Canadian stage of the 2014 James Dyson Award. The bioprinter represents a huge leap forward in producing…
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Fracking wastewater produces potentially harmful compounds in drinking water
September 24, 2014 by Lab Canada Stanford, CA – Concerns that fluids from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, are contaminating drinking water are widespread. Now, scientists are bringing to light another angle that adds to the controversy. A new study, appearing in the ACS journal Environmental Science…
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Low-cost transistor heralds greener advance in flexible electronics
September 24, 2014 by Lab Canada Los Angeles, CA – As tech company LG demonstrated this summer with the unveiling of its 18-inch flexible screen, the next generation of roll-up displays is tantalizingly close. Researchers are now reporting in the journal ACS Nano a new, inexpensive…
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$308M bailout signed for MaRS Phase 2 building
September 23, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Ontario’s provincial government has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire an interest in the MaRS Phase 2 building in Toronto from its developer, Alexandria Real Estate (ARE). The government says the agreement, with a total value…
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New compound developed for cord blood expansion
September 23, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Researchers at the University of Montreal and University of Toronto have identified a new method for the ex vivo expansion of human cord blood cells that could potentially increase the number of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) available…
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Project to develop room-temperature storage for fragile biologics
September 23, 2014 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – A project at McMaster University is receiving $112,000 in seed funding from Grand Challenges Canada. The project, to be led by Carlos Filipe in the university’s chemical engineering department and Ali Ashkar of the McMaster Immunology Research…
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Antibiotics in early life may alter immunity long-term
September 23, 2014 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Researchers at the University of British Columbia recently found that receiving antibiotic treatments early in life can increase susceptibility to specific diseases later on. Most bacteria living in the gut play a positive role in promoting a…
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$7M supports research into immuno- and bio-therapies
September 17, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto & Ottawa, ON – The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) is providing $7 million in funding over four years to its Immuno- and Bio-therapies (ORBiT) Program, led by Dr. John Bell at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. The…
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$51.4M supports 32 new brain research projects
September 16, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A total of $51.4 million in funding is being provided to 32 research projects under the Canada Brain Research Fund (CBRF). The projects are aimed at accelerating our understanding of nervous system function and dysfunction and their…
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$31.4M international collaborative research funding includes McGill project
September 16, 2014 by Lab Canada Boston, MA – A project at McGill University being led by principal investigator David Haegert is among the successful recipients of the first round of 22 research grants to projects in nine countries by the International Progressive MS Alliance. The grants…
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Canadian urology research grants announced
September 16, 2014 by Lab Canada Markham, ON – Recipients of the third annual CUA Astellas Research Grant Program have been announced by the Canadian Urological Association and Astellas Pharma Canada. In 2012, Astellas pledged $750,000 over a period of five years to the program, which…
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$3M funding for arthritis research
September 12, 2014 by Lab Canada Richmond, BC – The Arthritis Research Centre of Canada has received $3 million in funding to support research into prevention, diagnosis and treatment of arthritis. The funding is being provided by British Columbia’s provincial government. “With further research into this…
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Discovery of new cellular connection makes scientific history
September 11, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Researchers led by Dr. Helen McNeill at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute have revealed an exciting and unusual biochemical connection. Their discovery has implications for diseases linked to mitochondria, which are the primary sources of energy production within…
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$55.5M launches consortium to study neurodegenerative illnesses
September 11, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – A new research network with $55.5 million in funding will focus on dementia research. The Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA) was officially launched this week. To be led by Dr. Howard Chertkow, a cognitive neurologist…
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$14.6M funding supports cancer research projects
September 11, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Announced just in time for the 2014 Terry Fox Run, cancer researchers in Toronto will receive the lion’s share of $14.6 million in funding from the Terry Fox Foundation. The funds will go to investigators at the…
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Can a protein be linked to heart attacks?
September 9, 2014 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – A team of researchers at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, led by Dr. Alexandre Stewart, have uncovered an intriguing link between heart attacks and a protein that is of great interest to drug companies for its…
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Aquatic organism that eats water pollutants focus of collaboration
September 9, 2014 by Lab Canada Peterborough, ON – A new collaborative research initiative based at Trent University focuses on an algae-like organism known as euglena. The Euglena Research Program will bring together faculty and students at Trent to study the untapped potential of euglena, which…
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Neuroscience research the focus of new collaboration
September 9, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Janssen Inc. has signed an agreement – facilitated by the Johnson & Johnson Innovation centre in California – with the University of Toronto’s Centre for Collaborative Drug Research (CCDR) to form an open-source collaboration focused on novel…
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Arctic research gets $500,000 data boost
September 9, 2014 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – University of Calgary researchers are launching a new online platform to connect millions of pieces of information about the North. By collecting satellite reports and scientific analysis, accounts from local residents and even photographs and artwork in…
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Age reduces our stem cells’ ability to repair muscle: study
September 8, 2014 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – As we age, stem cells throughout our bodies gradually lose their capacity to repair damage, even from normal wear and tear. Researchers from the University of Ottawa and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute have discovered the reason…
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$10.7M supports national research cluster in organic agriculture
September 8, 2014 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – A new cluster devoted to scientific research and education about organic agriculture, the Organic Science Cluster II, has been launched at Dalhousie University. A sequel to an earlier, five-year-old cluster – the new cluster supports research and…
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Alberta team designs compound that targets brain cancer
September 5, 2014 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – University of Alberta chemistry professor Christopher Cairo and his team of researchers have synthesized a first-of-its-kind inhibitor that prevents the activity of the enzyme neuraminidase. Although flu viruses use enzymes with the same mechanism as part of…
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Prostate cancer researchers awarded funding
September 4, 2014 by Lab Canada Markham, ON – The Canadian Urologic Oncology Group, the Canadian Urological Association and Astellas Pharma Canada announced the four inaugural recipients of the CUA-CUOG Astellas Research Grant. Last year, Astellas pledged $450,000 over three years to the program, which supports…
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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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Key mechanism in metastasis discovered by Alberta researchers
September 2, 2014 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A new study from the research group of Dr. John Lewis at the University of Alberta and the Lawson Health Research Institute has confirmed that invadopodia play a key role in the spread of cancer. The study,…
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