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Dr John Wallace to receive Heymans Foundation Memorial Medal
April 8, 2013 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – Dr John Wallace, professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine at McMaster University, will be awarded the Heymans Foundation Memorial Medal in Ghent, Belgium, on November 7. This prestigious award, named after Corneille Heymans, a 1938 Nobel…
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New chief scientific officer for Genome Prairie
April 8, 2013 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – Genome Prairie has appointed Chris Barker as chief scientific officer. In this role, Mr. Barker will have responsibility for the organization’s strategic research and partnership agenda. The organization says he has extensive technical, scientific and management experience through…
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White-nose syndrome in bats research gets extra funding
April 8, 2013 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON- Canada’s Ministry of the Environment has announced extra funding to respond to White-nose Syndrome, a fungal disease that is threatening bat species in North America. An additional $330,000 in funding over the next four years is being provided…
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Company of year award for Xenon Pharmaceuticals
April 8, 2013 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Xenon Pharmaceuticals has been awarded the LifeSciences British Columbia Life Sciences Company of the Year Award for 2013. “We are honored to be recognized by our industry peers in this way,” said Simon Pimstone, Xenon’s president and…
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IRCM scientists propose the existence of a new code in biology
April 4, 2013 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – In recently published articles in PLoS Genetics and Biochimica Biophysica Acta, Benoit Coulombe, director of the Gene Transcription and Proteomics research unit at the institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), and his team have proposed a…
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Scientific director appointed to musculoskeletal research institute
April 2, 2013 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Dr. Hani El-Gabalawy has been appointed scientific director of Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s (CIHR) Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (CIHR-IMHA). The appointment will be effective on April 15. “I’m pleased to welcome Dr. El-Gabalawy to…
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Mountain pine beetle genome decoded
April 1, 2013 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The genome of the mountain pine beetle – the insect that has devastated B.C.’s lodgepole pine forests – has been decoded by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre. This…
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$150M supports personalized health research projects
April 1, 2013 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The results of a major $150-million genomics and personalized health competition, a Genome Canada – Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) partnership – have been announced. Seventeen projects in total have been approved for funding, each valued…
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Research triples known genetic variations involved in breast cancer risk
April 1, 2013 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Working with an international consortium conducting research on breast, ovarian and prostate cancer among 200,000 people, Professor Jacques Simard, holder of the Canada Research Chair in Oncogenetics at Laval University, was actively involved in the discovery of…
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$1M funding for research into antidepressant derived from eggs
April 1, 2013 by Lab Canada Mississauga, ON – Egg Farmers of Ontario (EFO) is providing $1 million in research and development funding to United Paragon Associates (UPA) to fund clinical trials of a new antidepressant drug derived from eggs. “Egg Farmers of Ontario believes there…
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Call for entries for neurology prize
April 1, 2013 by Lab Canada Hauppauge, NY – Eppendorf and the journal Science say they are now accepting applications for the 2013 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology – an annual international research prize of US$25,000. The prize is awarded to one young scientist for…
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Canada’s largest science event to captivate millions
March 26, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Science Rendezvous, Canada’s largest national science festival is coming on May 11. Over 2,000 of Canada’s greatest innovators, researchers, engineers, and scientists, from 80 partner organizations will open their doors and close city streets to present exciting…
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Federal budget brings both applaud and criticism
March 25, 2013 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – In its 2013 budget unveiled last week, Canada’s federal government has continued funding for its major research-granting organizations, receiving praise from Canada’s universities, while other groups raise concerns about a gradual shrinking of the funding pool and…
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First time in Philadelphia a success for Pittcon 2013
March 25, 2013 by Lab Canada Philadelphia, PA – Pittcon 2013, the 64th Conference and Exposition for Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, which ended on Thursday, brought together more than 18,000 attendees; 40% of whom came to the conference for the first time. Pittcon has always…
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$10,000 Young Chemist awarded by Metrohm
March 25, 2013 by Lab Canada Philadelphia, PA – This time last year, instrument manufacturer Metrohm USA announced a new $10,000 award that is open to all graduate, post-graduate and doctorate students residing and studying in the US and Canada, and who are performing novel research…
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Partnership to investigate new applications for bio-based materials
March 25, 2013 by Lab Canada Burlington, ON – EcoSynthetix and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Waterloo have joined forces through an industrial partnership to collaborate on new applications for EcoSynthetix’ EcoSphere technology. The five-year agreement will be jointly funded through an…
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2013 Canada Gairdner Awards honour new medical insights
March 25, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Gairdner Foundation has announced the recipients of the 2013 Canada Gairdner Awards, recognizing some of the most significant medical discoveries around the world. This year’s winners showcase a broad range of new medical insights, from an…
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Can a gold-plated micro-chip detect the growth of cancer?
March 25, 2013 by Lab Canada London, ON – A multi-disciplinary team of researchers led by scientists in London and Toronto is developing a simple tool that could one day make it easier to choose the best available cancer treatments for individual patients and improve their…
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Over $95M in funding for Canada Research Chairs and CFI
March 17, 2013 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Canada Research Chairs program has announced $90.6 million in support to 120 newly awarded and renewed Canada Research Chairs. The research will be conducted at 39 Canadian institutions. Of this total, 19 researchers have been recruited…
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$1.3M funding supports life sciences research projects
March 17, 2013 by Lab Canada St John’s, NL – Newfoundland’s Research & Development Corporation (RDC) has announced a total of $1.3 million in funding for 12 health and life sciences-related projects. Researchers from Memorial University of Newfoundland’s Faculty of Medicine, School of Pharmacy and Faculty…
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Manufacturing innovation of analytical instruments through miniaturization
March 17, 2013 by Lab Canada Philadelphia, PA – Miniaturization is the practice of enabling products to deliver greater functionality from a form that utilizes less space, and that is often simpler to operate. Historically, miniaturization has allowed designers to reach scales of functionality or performance…
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Researchers’ smart coating makes super-protective surfaces possible
March 17, 2013 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – A new technology, developed at Queen’s University, could see contaminants, ice, fingerprints and graffiti losing their grip on a wide range of surfaces. Discovered by researchers Guojun Liu and Dean Xiong (Chemistry), the coating has shown promise…
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Countdown on for Pittcon 2013
March 12, 2013 by Lab Canada Pittsburgh, PA – Final preparations are underway for Pittcon 2013 Exposition, which takes place March 17-21, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The annual exposition and conference on laboratory science will include 1,011 exhibitors displaying products and services used…
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Scientists get green light to test Medical Isotope Project facility
March 11, 2013 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – Scientists at the Canadian Light Source synchrotron are ready to test the Medical Isotope Project (MIP) facility after receipt of the commissioning licence from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. With the licence, the MIP will undergo testing…
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Cause of heart arrhythmia discovered
March 11, 2013 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – Using powerful X-rays at the Canadian Light Source synchrotron, scientists have reconstructed the scenario of heart arrhythmia in action, making critical progress towards preventing deadly conditions and saving lives. The research was published in the journal Nature…
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Engineering breakthrough promises much more efficient solar cells
March 11, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A new technique developed by University of Toronto Engineering Professor Ted Sargent and his research group could lead to significantly more efficient solar cells, according to a recent paper published in the journal Nano Letters. The paper,…
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Cellulose nanocrystal researchers win Synergy award
March 11, 2013 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Dr. Derek Gray, holder of the NSERC/FPInnovations Industrial Research Chair at McGill University, has been presented with the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Synergy Award for Innovation. Dr. Gray shared the award with…
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$1.7M funding for R&D projects in Newfoundland
March 11, 2013 by Lab Canada St John’s, NL – Deepwater seabed surveying, navigation and control systems for field robots, and improving cyber security measures are among the 10 academic-led research and development projects receiving more than $1.7 million in total funding from the Research &…
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Suzanne Fortier leaves NSERC
March 11, 2013 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Dr Suzanne Fortier, president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), has announced that she has left her position at NSERC to become principal and vice-chancellor of McGill University, which will be effective…
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Sourdough research yields sweet results
March 2, 2013 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Researchers at the University of Alberta have found a way to replace artificial preservatives in bread, making it tastier. After analyzing strains of mould fermented in sourdough bread, Michael Gänzle, professor and Canada Research Chair in the…
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Discovery may help fight antimicrobial drug resistance
March 2, 2013 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – A new potential target for battling disease-causing bacteria – especially deadly bugs that resist current antibiotics – may result from a study by University of Guelph researchers. The study has shown for the first time the workings…
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