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New round of CFI funding totals $215M
January 22, 2013 by Lab Canada Ottawa ON – A total of over $215 million by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) for cutting-edge research infrastructure has been announced. Through the CFI’s Leading Edge Fund (LEF) and New Initiatives Funds (NIF), the federal government is supporting…
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$7.7M funding creates hub in materials science
January 22, 2013 by Lab Canada Burnaby, BC – British Columbia’s universities are coming together to create a hub for materials science and engineering. Simon Fraser University, the University of Victoria, the University of British Columbia and the British Columbia Institute of Technology have received $7.7…
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Funding supports expanded prostate cancer research
January 22, 2013 by Lab Canada St. John’s, NL – Dr. Ken Kao and his team at Memorial University of Newfoundland have made an important discovery that could lead to better detection and treatment methods for those diagnosed with prostate cancer. A new project will now…
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Accelerating global drug development the focus of new international alliance
January 21, 2013 by Lab Canada London, UK and Vancouver, BC – A new international alliance has been formed with the goal of strengthening the international academic and/or not-for-profit drug development and commercialization network to ultimately improve the rate at which academic research is translated into…
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New distributor for PerkinElmer in Canada
January 21, 2013 by Lab Canada Kitchener, ON – Folio Instruments today announced that it has been appointed the new Canadian distributor of PerkinElmer for their thermal and elemental product lines. The thermal and elemental instruments family includes the following: differential scanning calorimetry, dynamic mechanical analysis,…
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Atmospheric physicist named director of new School of the Environment
January 17, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Kimberly Strong, a physicist who leads investigations of the Earth’s atmosphere, will soon lead the University of Toronto’s new School of the Environment. Her term begins on July 1, 2013. The School of the Environment was established…
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Shocked crabs can feel pain
January 16, 2013 by Lab Canada Belfast, Ireland – The food and aquaculture industries should reconsider how they treat live crustaceans such as crabs, prawns and lobsters. That’s according to a Queen’s University Belfast researcher who has found that crabs are likely to feel pain. The…
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Centre for Drug Research and Development scientific director steps down
January 16, 2013 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) has announced that Dr. Michel Roberge has stepped down from his position as the organization’s scientific director in order to dedicate his full attention to his academic research at…
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New twist on using biomass for perfume, cosmetic, personal care products
January 16, 2013 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – In a new approach for tapping biomass as a sustainable raw material, scientists are reporting use of a Nobel-Prize-winning technology to transform plant essential oils — substances with the characteristic fragrance of the plant — into high-value…
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$6.5M funding supports crop research
January 14, 2013 by Lab Canada Regina, SK – A total of $6.5 million in funding is being provided by the federal government for 38 crop-related research projects in Saskatchewan. The projects receiving funding include: Improved weed management; Improved yields for wheat; Genetic mapping of blackleg…
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Pioneering space company chooses materials research supplier
January 14, 2013 by Lab Canada Burlington, MA – Netzsch Instruments says Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has named it as sole supplier of the high-temperature thermal analysis instruments the space designer and manufacturer uses to characterize material properties for space applications. The instruments will be used to fine-tune…
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Genetic defect in sex cells may predispose to childhood leukemia
January 11, 2013 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Researchers at the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center and the University of Montreal have found a possible heredity mechanism that predisposes children to acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common type of blood cancer in children. According to…
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Synthetic ‘poop’ can cure C. difficile infection, study finds
January 10, 2013 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – A synthetic “poop” developed at the University of Guelph can cure nasty gastrointestinal infections caused by Clostridium difficile, a toxin-producing bacterium. A study on the artificial stool was published this week in the inaugural issue of Microbiome,…
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New investigator award for zoologist
January 10, 2013 by Lab Canada Saint John, NB – Chris Martyniuk, assistant professor in the University of New Brunswick Saint John’s department of biology and researcher with the Canadian Rivers Institute, recently received the Bob Boutilier New Investigator Award from the Canadian Society of Zoologists…
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Invading species can extinguish native plants despite recent reports
January 10, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Ecologists at the University of Toronto and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) have found that, given time, invading exotic plants will likely eliminate native plants growing in the wild despite recent reports to…
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Biologists bore into Canadian termite invasion
January 7, 2013 by Lab Canada London, ON – Scientists at the University of Western Ontario have discovered why termites wreak havoc on megacities like Toronto and Paris and how new findings may lead to possible pest controls. In research published in December in Environmental…
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$1M funding establishes research fellowship
January 7, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Black Family Foundation (BFF) has made a $1 million donation to establish The Black Family Vascular Surgery-Interventional Radiology Research Fellowship in support of the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre at University Health Network. The integrated fellowship is…
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Cellular fuel gauge may restrict cancer growth
January 7, 2013 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Researchers at McGill University have discovered that a key regulator of energy metabolism in cancer cells known as the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) may play a crucial role in restricting cancer cell growth. AMPK acts as a…
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Rising contaminant levels forecast unprecedented change in oil sands area lakes
January 7, 2013 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – Fifty years of Athabasca oil sands development has left a legacy of contaminants in lake ecosystems and that contamination reaches further from the development areas than previously recognized, according to new research at Queen’s University. “Our research…
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Partnership to expand Zeiss’ reach in clinical market
January 7, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Carl Zeiss Canada says it is entering into a new exclusive agreement with Inter Medico to distribute its clinical microscopy product line across the country. The agreement will be effective on January 10. The company says the…
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Abbott completes separation of research-based pharmaceuticals business
January 7, 2013 by Lab Canada Abbott Park, IL – Pharmaceutical company Abbott says it has completed the separation of its research-based pharmaceuticals business, which became AbbVie, a new independent biopharmaceutical company. The company announced in October 2011 that it was separating into two independent companies,…
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Hagfish slime as a model for tomorrow’s natural fabrics
December 19, 2012 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – Nylon, Kevlar and other synthetic fabrics may need to step aside. If new scientific research pans out, people may be sporting shirts, blouses and other garments made from fibres modeled after those in the super-strong slime from a…
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Geographic complexity explains patterns of spread of white-nose syndrome in bats
December 18, 2012 by Lab Canada Athens, GA – The spread of white-nose syndrome, an emerging fungal disease in bats, may be determined by habitat and climate, scientists at the University of Georgia have found. Using data about the spread of white-nose syndrome to date, postdoctoral…
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Five senses direct emerging technological trends
December 17, 2012 by Lab Canada Armonk, NY – A new generation of computing will mimic human senses in the coming years, according to IBM’s annual “IBM 5 in 5” (#ibm5in5) – a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work,…
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Canadian chemistry industry’s investment outlook bullish for 2013
December 17, 2012 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Canada’s chemistry sector is projecting strong investment growth for 2013, according to the 2012 Year-End Survey of Business Conditions, released by the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada (CIAC). In the report, CIAC members estimate that their capital…
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Urology research grant program call for proposals
December 17, 2012 by Lab Canada Markham, ON – Improving patient care is the ultimate goal of a research grant program, designed to support Canadian scientific discovery and innovation in urology. Researchers are invited to submit a proposal to the CUA Astellas Research Grant Program, a…
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2.7 billion year-old microbial activity probed in Canadian sulfide ore
December 17, 2012 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – An analysis of sulfide ore deposits from one of the world’s richest base-metal mines confirms that oxygen levels were extremely low on Earth 2.7 billion years ago, but also shows that microbes were actively feeding on sulfate…
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Research finds another culprit for obesity
December 17, 2012 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – A serendipitous discovery by a researcher at the University of British Columbia could overturn widely accepted notions about healthy eating habits. The study, entitled “Is Hyperinsulinemia Required to Develop Overeating-Induced Obesity?” and published online earlier this month…
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Pittcon announces 2013 award recipients
December 11, 2012 by Lab Canada Pittsburgh, PA – The Pittcon 2013 Program Committee has announced the recipients of 12 awards honouring scientists who have made outstanding contributions to analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy. Each award will be presented during a symposium at Pittcon 2013, March…
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Clinician-scientists receive funding for Parkinson’s and HIV research
December 10, 2012 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Two clinician-scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital – The Neuro have been awarded grants to further research on Parkinson’s disease and HIV/AIDS. When the protein parkin functions properly it acts like a quality control officer,…
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Bioeconomy the focus of new network
December 5, 2012 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – A group of industry associations is joining forces in a new Bioeconomy Network (BEN) to explore ways to take advantage of the significant emerging potential in the global marketplace for bio-based products. The announcement was made this…
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