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Clinical nutrition the focus of new $3M research chair
December 12, 2011 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – Prof Adronie Verbrugghe has been named as the first holder of a new research chair at the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College in its Department of Clinical Studies. The position, the Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Endowed…
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Saint-Hyacinthe biotech hub named best emerging research/science park
December 12, 2011 by Lab Canada Saint-Hyacinthe, QC – The City of Agrifood, Veterinary and Agroenvironment Biotechnology in Saint-Hyacinthe, QC has been named Best Emerging Research/Science Park Award during the Association of University Research Parks’ AURP 2011 Awards of Excellence. The award is presented each year…
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Researchers develop one of the world’s smallest electronic circuits
December 12, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – A team of scientists, led by Guillaume Gervais from McGill’s Physics Department and Mike Lilly from Sandia National Laboratories, has engineered one of the world’s smallest electronic circuits. It is formed by two wires separated by only…
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Researchers obtain structural snapshot for rare genetic disorder
December 8, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute’s Drs Frank Sicheri, Tony Pawson and Sebastian Guettler, in collaboration with Dr Robert Rottapel at the Ontario Cancer Institute, have uncovered the detailed architecture of a crucial component of Tankyrase, a protein…
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Marine predators in trouble
December 5, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Iconic marine predators such as sharks, tunas, swordfish, and marlins are becoming increasingly rare under current fishing trends, say University of British Columbia (UBC) researchers. In half of the North Atlantic and North Pacific waters under national…
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Scientists discover how brain corrects bumps to body
December 5, 2011 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – Researchers have identified the area of the brain that controls our ability to correct our movement after we’ve been hit or bumped – a finding that may have implications for understanding why subjects with stroke often have…
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New competition launches for 10 Canada Excellence Research Chairs
December 5, 2011 by Lab Canada Waterloo, ON – The federal government has announced the launch of a competition to fund 10 new Canada Excellence Research Chairs. The announcement was made by Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology). The Government of Canada recognizes the…
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R&D facility to be built as bio-energy demo plant
December 5, 2011 by Lab Canada Cornwall, PEI – Atlantec BioEnergy is creating a research and development demonstration facility in Prince Edward Island. The company was established to explore the feasibility of developing a commercially viable bio-refinery to produce advanced bio-energy from non- traditional feed stocks.…
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Research pinpoints protective mechanisms in multiple sclerosis
December 5, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – In an article published December 1 in the journal Science, a team of researchers led by Dr Alexander Prat and postgraduate fellow Jorge Alvarez at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) sheds light on how…
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Company launches contract research firm
December 5, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Venture capital firm AmorChem Financial has announced the launch of a new medicinal chemistry contract research company called NuChem Therapeutics. NuChem Therapeutics has started operations at Montreal’s Biotechnology Research Institute. Dr Daniel Guay, formerly with Merck Canada…
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$3.2M grant supports green waste research
December 5, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The NSERC/Total Industrial Research Chair in Hydrodynamic Modelling of Multiphase Processes at Extreme Conditions was recently launched at Polytechnique Montréal. The chair, with a five-year operating budget of $3.2 million, will investigate the potential for transforming domestic…
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Professor recognized for supporting electrochemistry research
December 5, 2011 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – Dr Gregory Jerkiewicz, a professor in Queen’s University’s Department of Chemistry, recently received the RC Jacobsen Award from the Electrochemical Society (ECS). The award is a rarely given honour reserved for outstanding contributions to the society’s Canadian…
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Chemistry professor links faeces and caffeine
November 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Researchers led by Prof Sébastien Sauvé of the University of Montreal’s Department of Chemistry have discovered that traces of caffeine are a useful indicator of the contamination of our water by sewers. “E coli bacteria is commonly…
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BiologyLaboratoryResearch Results
New model helps understand biodiversity
November 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Generalist feeders like foxes and raccoons may be crucial to sustaining biological diversity, according to a new study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). McGill University biology researchers have developed…
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Lab discovers common blood protein promotes cancer growth
November 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – Researchers at Dalhousie Medical School have identified a key mechanism of cancer metastasis that could lead to blocking tumour growth. The discovery was published in the November 1 issue of Cancer Research, a journal of the American…
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Spider mite genome sequenced; opens way for non-pesticide control methods
November 28, 2011 by Lab Canada London, ON – An international consortium led by a researcher at the University of Western Ontario has unveiled the first genome of the second-largest group of animals on Earth: Chelicerates. Dr Miodrag Grbic, associate professor with Western’s Department of Biology,…
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Bioenergy research project gets funding support
November 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Prince George, BC – Researchers at the University of Northern British Columbia have received the inaugural grant in the new Canfor Pulp Grants Program. The grant is worth $75,000 over three years. Joe Nemeth, CEO of Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership…
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LaboratoryLife Sciences
Awards recognize exceptional contributions to cancer research
November 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Canadian Cancer Research Alliance (CCRA) has announced the recipients of its inaugural awards, which recognize contributions to cancer research in Canada. Dr Philip E Branton receives the award for Exceptional Leadership in Cancer Research for his…
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Health sciences projects awarded funding in Quebec
November 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Two research projects will be funded as part of the third competition of the Pfizer-FRQS Innovation Fund. The projects aim to establish a new therapeutic strategy for HIV and develop a molecular test to predict skin cancer…
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$8.3M supports breast cancer research
November 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – $8.3 million in funding has been announced by Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation to support 24 research projects in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Northwest Territories. “We want our stakeholders and everyone touched by the breast cancer cause…
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Pfizer Montreal manufacturing facility wins innovation prize for cleaning process
November 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Pfizer Global Supply’s manufacturing facility in Montreal has been awarded the Prix Innovation 2011 for the most innovative process development by the Association pour le développement de la recherche et de l’innovation du Québec (ADRIQ). The award,…
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Alberta professor wins top national award for spinal cord research
November 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A researcher from the University of Alberta, Dr Simon Gosgnach, has earned the 2011 Barbara Turnbull Award for Spinal Cord Research. The prize is presented annually to the spinal cord researcher who scores the highest ranking in…
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Monitoring hazardous substances
November 22, 2011 Neil Haine, Leica Microsystems Laboratory personnel, even with the greatest of care and with ventilation systems in place can, under certain circumstances, be exposed to small amounts of chemicals such as formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde and xylene when they are at work. If these hazardous substances…
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Conveyor system reduces waste
November 22, 2011 by Lab Canada After years of handling 70 tons of corn cob meal product per year with a combination of mechanical equipment and physical labour, Sam Pinto, facilities director at the Van Andel Institute, an independent bio-medical research institute, in Grand Rapids, Michigan,…
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Reducing laboratory fume hood energy consumption
November 22, 2011 Luke Savage, LEED green associate, sales engineer, Labconco Although safety is the primary purpose of any laboratory fume hood, demand is also growing for hoods to have a reduced impact on the environment, as well as lower operating costs. This is understandable considering that an average 6-ft fume…
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Moving toward a greener lab
November 22, 2011 Melvin Homik Sustainability issues are becoming increasingly prominent in the laboratory setting, leading to discussions about “green” laboratory environments. You can start the process to minimize your laboratory’s environmental impact by implementing a few straightforward steps. Not only can these initiatives help…
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$2M to boost petroleum engineering research
November 21, 2011 by Lab Canada St John’s, NL – $2-million funding by energy company Statoil Canada and the Research & Development Corporation (RDC) will be used to create the Statoil chair and Statoil associate chair in reservoir engineering at Memorial University and foster the development…
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Canada’s most powerful supercomputer is in Sherbrooke
November 21, 2011 by Lab Canada Sherbrooke, QC – According to the international ranking Top500 supercomputers, the Université de Sherbrooke hosts the most powerful computer in Canada, and the 41st most powerful in the world. Called “Mammouth” (French for “mammoth”), it has the combined memory and…
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Researchers create world’s most efficient flexible OLED on plastic
November 21, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Engineering researchers at the University of Toronto have developed what they say is the world’s most efficient organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) on plastic. This result enables a flexible form factor, as well as a less costly, alternative to…
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LaboratoryLife Sciences
$60M funding extends federal genomics initiative
November 21, 2011 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – A multi-year funding extension for the federal Genomics Research and Development Initiative (GRDI) has been announced by Gary Goodyear, minister of state (science and technology). The $59.7-million funding is being allocated over three years. Established in 1999,…
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New lab to provide sample-testing services in Northern BC
November 21, 2011 by Lab Canada Prince George, BC – The University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) is relocating its Central Equipment Laboratory and acquiring 22 new pieces of research instruments with $850,000 in funding from Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD). The analytical equipment – including…
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