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Green chemistry award for Xerox Research Centre of Canada
May 8, 2012 by Lab Canada Mississauga, ON – The Xerox Research Centre of Canada (XRCC) has won the Chemical Institute of Canada’s 2012 Ontario Green Chemistry and Engineering Award (Organization). The Ontario Ministry of Environment sponsors the award. Each year the Chemical Institute’s Canadian Green…
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New $100M fund to support brain research
May 7, 2012 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The federal government has announcedd the creation of the Canada Brain Research Fund which will focus on supporting neuroscience research. The new fund will provide up to $100 million to the Brain Canada Foundation, which will then…
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$1.125M funding supports clean-tech research
May 7, 2012 by Lab Canada London, ON – A donation of $1.125 million by waste management company Newalta will support research and development efforts at the University of Western Ontario to discover technologies to create value from wastes generated by industrial sectors such as oil…
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Pilot plant to demo new bioproduct process
May 7, 2012 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – University of Alberta is establishing a pilot plant to demonstrate and refine a new process known as lipid to hydrocarbon (LTH) technology. The process converts agricultural waste materials into high-value commercial products. On Friday, Western Economic Diversification…
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Furniture maker launches new lab division
May 7, 2012 by Lab Canada Haverhill, MA – Furniture-manufacturer Pro-Line has announced that it is spinning off a new division called Hatfield Laboratory Furniture and Laboratory Tables that will specialize in laboratory furniture. The company has long been a provider of industrial and laboratory workbenches…
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Analytic thinking can decrease religious belief: UBC study
April 30, 2012 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – A new University of British Columbia study finds that analytic thinking can decrease religious belief, even in devout believers. The study, which appeared in the April 27 issue of Science, finds that thinking analytically increases disbelief among…
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$8.68M in early researcher awards announced in Ontario
April 30, 2012 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Ontario’s provincial government has announced the names of 62 researchers at 19 institutions who have won awards in its Early Researcher Awards program. The province is providing $8.68 million in total to support the researchers and their…
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$1M supports clinical research centre for dentistry
April 30, 2012 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The Faculty of Dentistry at the University of British Columbia has opened a clinical research centre focusing on best practices and evidence-based patient care thanks to a $1 million donation from Frontier Dental Laboratories. Named the Frontier…
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McMaster researchers develop rapid test strips for bacterial contamination in swimming water
April 30, 2012 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – Urban beach closures due to coliform outbreaks have become disturbing signs of summer, yet water-testing technology has never been fast enough to keep up with changing conditions, nor accessible enough to check all waters. Sentinel Bioactive Paper…
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Neuroscientist seeks better understanding of newborn brains
April 30, 2012 by Lab Canada London, ON – The Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP) program has granted $545,000 to a project that is looking to better understand brain injury in newborn children. The team is led by neuroscientist Rhodri Cusack, a principal investigator at University…
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Imaging projects receive cancer research funding
April 23, 2012 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) has announced new funds to further enhance imaging research in Ontario and to develop improved imaging tools for more personalized diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients worldwide. “Ontario is a…
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$1.2M for green agriculture research
April 23, 2012 by Lab Canada Kelowna, BC – The University of British Columbia (UBC) has received funding of $1.2 million from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to study how water conservation practices can be used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The university will use the funding to…
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Project to develop tree fibre mapping techniques
April 23, 2012 by Lab Canada St John’s, NL – A $2.5 million project at Memorial University of Newfoundland that is developing new inventory tools to model and map forest properties in Newfoundland and Labrador has received $736,000 in funding from Newfoundland and Labrador’s provincial government…
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New class of antibiotic to fight drug-resistant superbugs
April 23, 2012 by Lab Canada A Halifax biomedical company lead by Dalhousie Medical School researchers has received $100,000 to further its work fighting drug-resistant bacterial infections commonly known as superbugs. DeNovaMed has developed a new suite of antibiotics, and this money will help the company…
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New breast cancer genes identified in landmark global study
April 18, 2012 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Scientists at the BC Cancer Agency and University of British Columbia have identified new breast cancer genes that could change the way the disease is diagnosed and form the basis of next-generation treatments. Researchers have reclassified the…
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Food safety recalls, traceability being improved with new genome research
April 16, 2012 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – New research aims to improve food safety recalls and traceability systems, while also offering scientists a better method for tracking animals. The research project focuses on using DNA to improve food safety and traceability systems around ground…
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Montreal Heart Institute becomes global research hub in cardiometabolic disease
April 16, 2012 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) has been designated as the hub for translational medicine studying cardiometabolic disease in pharmaceutical company Roche’s global network. The designation was recently announced by Ronnie Miller, president and CEO of Roche Canada…
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Reducing harm of childhood leukemia treatment the focus of new research
April 16, 2012 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Four new research teams are receiving funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and six leading cancer organizations for projects focussing on childhood leukemia. A total of $12 million over five years in funding is…
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Stem cell scientist receives Till and McCulloch Award
April 16, 2012 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Dr Aaron Schimmer, associate professor in the University of Toronto’s Department of Medical Biophysics and a clinician-scientist in the Princess Margaret Cancer Program/Ontario Cancer Institute at University Health Network, has received the 2012 Till & McCulloch Award,…
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$500,000 in Killam Prizes awarded to five prominent Canadian scholars
April 3, 2012 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The winners of the 2012 Canada Council Killam Prizes include a champion in the field of HIV/AIDS and Canada’s leading research economist. Other winners are world leaders in the fields of engineering, physics and philosophy. The Killam…
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Coffee may make high achievers slack off
April 2, 2012 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – While stimulants may improve unengaged workers’ performance, a new University of British Columbia study suggests that for others, caffeine and amphetamines can have the opposite effect, causing workers with higher motivation levels to slack off. The…
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Climate change research the target of new $35M fund
April 2, 2012 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has a new fund totalling $35 million that will support climate change and atmospheric research at Canada’s post-secondary institutions. The program, called the Climate Change and Atmospheric…
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Genetics research funding focuses on sudden cardiac death
April 2, 2012 by Lab Canada St John’s, NL – Memorial University has received funding of $750,000 to support genetics research related to inherited diseases of the heart. In particular, the funding will support the acquisition of a state-of-the-art next generation DNA sequencing platform, which will…
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New catalyst promises cheaper, greener drugs
April 2, 2012 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A chemistry team at the University of Toronto has discovered environmentally friendly iron-based nanoparticle catalysts that work as well as the expensive, toxic, metal-based catalysts that are currently in wide use by the drug, fragrance and food…
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Canada and Japan establish new research partnership
April 2, 2012 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) recently signed a partnership agreement to fund joint research projects on the epigenetics of stem cells. The agreement was established under CIHR’s…
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Auto research in spotlight with $34M in funding
March 26, 2012 by Lab Canada Waterloo, ON – Six new university-industry projects supported by the Automotive Partnership Canada initiative have received a total of $34 million in funding. The projects will support the development of new technologies that will provide lighter material alternatives for cars…
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Improved drinking water tests the goal of $3.2M project
March 26, 2012 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Just over a decade ago, a small Ontario town was the epicenter of Canada’s most significant drinking water related disaster. Close to half of Walkerton’s 5,000 residents fell ill and seven people lost their lives due to…
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Life science research in Quebec to be fuelled with new investment fund
March 26, 2012 by Lab Canada Kirkland, QC – Pharmaceutical company Merck has launched a new investment fund, called the Merck Lumira Biosciences Fund. The fund, which is being established in collaboration with Lumira Capital, Teralys Capital and other partners, will support early stage life science…
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Neil Cashman receives Genome BC Award for Scientific Excellence
March 26, 2012 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Dr Neil Cashman, scientific director of PrioNet, has been awarded the Genome BC Award for Scientific Excellence. The award is presented annually by Genome BC to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the development of…
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2012 Canada Gairdner Awards honour new medical insights
March 21, 2012 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Gairdner Foundation has announced the recipients of the 2012 Canada Gairdner Awards. Recognized for some of the most significant medical discoveries from around the world, this year’s winners showcase a broad range of new medical insights,…
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Abbott unveils AbbVie as new name for future research company
March 21, 2012 by Lab Canada Abbott Park, IL – Pharmaceutical company Abbott says that AbbVie will be the name of the new, independent research-based pharmaceutical company it expects to launch by the end of this year. The naming of the new company is the latest…
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