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Outstanding health research achievements are celebrated
November 16, 2011 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The federal government has announced the recipients of the 2011 Canadian Health Research Awards. The awards will be presented at a special ceremony this evening in Ottawa, hosted by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and…
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CollaborationsLaboratoryLife Sciences
$7M Canada-UK collaboration to focus on antibiotic resistance research
November 14, 2011 by Lab Canada Waterloo, ON – Two Canada-UK research teams have been funded through the Canada/UK Partnership on Antibiotic Resistance, a collaboration between the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the UK Medical Research Council. The partnership’s aim is to stimulate high quality…
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General Lab EquipmentLaboratory
FEI purchases microscopy system manufacturer
November 14, 2011 by Lab Canada Hillsboro, OR – Imaging and analysis systems manufacturer FEI says it has acquired TILL Photonics of Munich, Germany. TILL provides high-resolution, digital light microscopes and high-speed imaging systems for live cell fluorescence microscopy. “The life sciences market is a key…
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CommercializationLaboratoryLife Sciences
GlaxoSmithKline launches $50M life sciences innovation fund in Canada
November 11, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has launched a new $50-million national fund, called the GSK Canada Life Sciences Innovation Fund, which will be focussed on advancing the commercialization of scientific innovation in Canada by investing in early-stage research. The fund…
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LaboratoryLife Sciences
$10M for cancer research in Canada
November 11, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The Cancer Research Society (CRS) has announced its 2011 grants. The announcement was made during a recent event at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM). More than $10 million in funding was allocated, in periods…
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CollaborationsCommercializationLaboratory
Research agreement aims at developing treatment for Alzheimer’s
November 11, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC & Winnipeg, MB – Biopharmaceutical company Cangene has signed a collaborative research agreement with the University of British Columbia (UBC) aimed at developing immune-based therapies for Alzheimer’s disease. Under the agreement, Cangene will develop the work of Dr…
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CollaborationsLaboratoryNew Technology & Applications
Partnership to offer high-performance, fast spinning-disk laser confocal systems
November 11, 2011 by Lab Canada Center Valley, PA – Olympus America and Andor Technology say they have joined forces to offer Andor’s cameras and spinning-disk laser confocal microscope systems built around Olympus microscopes. The systems will be sold and supported through Olympus’ dealers and direct…
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CommercializationLaboratoryLife SciencesNew Technology & Applications
$200k awarded to genomics researchers for developing technologies
November 11, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) has announced the recipients of its SPARK program, which was launched in April this year to seed high-impact, high-risk technology development projects in genomics. Four researchers have received $50,000 each to put…
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LaboratoryNew Facilities
$65M genomics and health research centres open
November 7, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Last week saw the official opening of two new research institutes at Concordia University – the Perform Centre and the Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics. The two new facilities are located at Concordia’s Loyola Campus in…
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General Science & ResearchLaboratory
Cell analyzer image competition invites scientists to vote, share
November 7, 2011 by Lab Canada Chalfont St Giles, UK – GE Healthcare Life Sciences has announced that voting for the 2011 IN Cell Analyzer Image Competition is now open at gelifesciences.com/incellcompetition. Viewers are invited to choose their favourite from 30 shortlisted images submitted by researchers…
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LaboratoryLife Sciences
$12.7M from Terry Fox Foundation supports 3 research projects
November 7, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Multi-million dollar funding from the Terry Fox Foundation through its flagship New Frontiers Program Project Grants program will support new and breakthrough research by scientists and clinicians at health and research centres and institutions in British Columbia,…
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General Science & ResearchLaboratory
Research income grows 3.6% to $6.5B for top Canadian universities
November 7, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – In fiscal 2010, total research income for Canada’s Top 50 Universities was $6.5 billion, an increase of 3.6% over 2009. According to Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities List 2011, released by Research Infosource, research income includes all…
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LaboratoryLife Sciences
Genomics centre gets $5M funding
November 7, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Centre for Applied Genomics (TCAG) has been awarded $5.1 million to support operations for two years. The announcement was made last week by the Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) as part of the Genome Canada Science and…
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LaboratoryLife Sciences
Cardiologist receives Quebec’s highest scientific honour
October 31, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Dr Jean-Claude Tardif, cardiologist, clinician, director of the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) Research Centre, professor of medicine at Université de Montréal, and Pfizer research chair in atherosclerosis at Université de Montréal, has been awarded the Prix Armand-Frappier…
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LaboratoryResearch Results
Key driver of metastasis identified
October 31, 2011 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – Scientists at Dalhousie University have identified a key mechanism of metastasis that could lead to blocking tumour growth if their findings are confirmed. In the November 1 issue of Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer…
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Sartorius to acquire Biohit’s liquid-handling business
October 27, 2011 by Lab Canada Goettingen, Germany – Laboratory instrument provider Sartorius is acquiring the liquid-handling business of the Finnish laboratory supplier Biohit Oyj. Biohit produces mechanical and electronic pipettes, as well as for the associated consumables. The segment, which employs some 400 people, generated…
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$20M supports livestock genomics research projects
October 27, 2011 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Genome Alberta says it is leading a group of funding partners on two large-scale genomics projects in the livestock sector. These projects build on Genome Alberta’s Applied Livestock Genomics Program which was launched in Dec 2010. “Application…
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LaboratoryLife Sciences
Clinical research companies join forces
October 27, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC, and Dublin, Ireland – Clinical research organizations JSS Medical Research and Venn Life Sciences Holdings say they are working together in clinical research to provide “best in class” services to the pharmaceutical industry in North America and Europe.…
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LaboratoryNew Technology & Applications
Interferometer to reach space onboard the NPP meteorological satellite
October 27, 2011 by Lab Canada Quebec, QC – Instrument developer and manufacturer ABB says that one of its interferometers is at the heart of a key instrument for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project (NPP). The satellite is the first of a…
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2012 inductees named to Medical Hall of Fame
October 24, 2011 by Lab Canada London, ON – The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame has announced its 2012 inductees, who are: – Dr John James Macleod (1876-1935)– Terry Fox (1958-1981)– Dr Armand Frappier (1904-1991)– Dr Peter Macklem (1931-2011)– Dr John Dirks – Dr F Clarke…
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Dalhousie forms research relationship with Israel
October 24, 2011 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – Dalhousie University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel have signed a memorandum of understanding that strengthens their commitment to explore opportunities for collaboration on international research. Dalhousie’s vice-president of research, Martha Crago, and the province’s…
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LaboratoryLife Sciences
Next-generation of genomic variants database launches
October 24, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Version 2 of the Database of Genomic Variants (DGV) launched last week. DGV – also known as “the Toronto Database” – is a public resource that facilitates the translation of genomic information into new diagnostic, prognostic and…
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Chemicals Management Plan funding extended by 5 more years
October 24, 2011 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The federal government recently announced that it is extending its support for the Chemicals Management Plan (CMP) by five more years with $506 million in funding. In making the announcement, Peter Kent, the minister of environment, noted…
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Young innovators are awarded by NSERC
October 24, 2011 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has announced the winners of the 2011 Innovation Challenge Awards. The awards honour graduate students in the natural sciences or engineering who have demonstrated an entrepreneurial spirit…
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Cardiac research specialist joins the Montreal Heart Institute
October 24, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – International specialist Dr Matthias Friedrich has joined the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) as a cardiologist, researcher and director of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging. Dr Friedrich also holds the newly created Hornstein Chair in Cardiovascular Imaging at the…
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Fume hood manufacturer is acquired
October 21, 2011 by Lab Canada Creedmoor, NC – Laboratory manufacturer Mystaire says it has acquired the scientific laboratory fume hoods and forensic product division of Misonix. All manufacturing, sales and support functions will be handled at the company’s corporate headquarters located in Creedmoor, NC. “We…
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LaboratoryResearch Results
Study shows how electrons move in a chemical reaction
October 17, 2011 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – A revolutionary experiment conducted by the University of Ottawa and the National Research Council of Canada’s Joint Attosecond Science Laboratory (JASLab) to solve the mystery of how electrons move in a chemical reaction has been published in…
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Researchers use phage to create new packaging to control microbial growth
October 14, 2011 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – The recent Listeria and E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks associated with cantalope and raw beef in North America reveals that the current available methods and procedures for food safety are lacking to achieve full control of these deadly…
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$204M supports new and renewed Canada Research Chairs
October 12, 2011 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – The federal government today announced that 253 new or renewed Canada Research Chairs at 56 Canadian degree-granting postsecondary institutions are being awarded a total of $203.9 million to undertake new research. “The Canada Research Chairs Program helps…
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Researchers reconstruct genome of the Black Death
October 12, 2011 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – An international team – led by researchers at McMaster University and the University of Tubingen in Germany – has sequenced the entire genome of the Black Death, one of the most devastating epidemics in human history. This…
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Researchers discover new blood based biomarkers for schizophrenia
October 12, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – GeneNews Limited, a company focused on developing blood-based biomarker tests for the early detection of diseases and personalized health management, says it has published a study data using its own platform technology to identify complex changes in…
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