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$2.2M supports cancer research in BC
October 10, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The BC Cancer Agency has received nearly $2.2 million in federal funding for equipment purchases. With the Western Economic Diversification Canada funding, the agencywill purchase three genome sequencers to be installed at its Canada’s Michael Smith Genome…
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Study examines early mechanisms of infection by Salmonella
October 3, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Molecular research company Kinexus Bioinformatics has published the results of a major study to investigate the host signalling pathways impacted by Salmonella enterica. The study, which was undertaken in collaboration with researchers at the Centre for High…
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$1.4M funding supports new diabetes research chair
October 3, 2011 by Lab Canada Sherbrooke, QC – The Université de Sherbrooke has announced the creation of a research chair on the causes of type 2 diabetes in order to focus on preventive measures and early treatment. Through a partnership between pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK),…
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UBC scientist awarded $500,000 no-strings-attached fellowship
September 26, 2011 by Lab Canada Chicago, IL – Sarah Otto, a theoretical biologist at the University of British Columbia (UBC), has been named a MacArthur Fellow for 2011 by the John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation. She is one of 22 fellows named by…
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BC’s CDRD to collaborate with Roche to develop health research technologies
September 26, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) says it has entered into a strategic collaboration agreement with F Hoffmann-La Roche. Under the agreement, Roche has committed several million dollars to support and jointly develop innovative health…
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Scientists identify genes with profound effect on cell power plants
September 23, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – In a new study led by the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), scientists identified two distinct genes that may help better understand a vital component of the mitochondria, or power plants of the cell: the assembly of…
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Lab automation show targets emerging companies with innovation program
September 20, 2011 by Lab Canada Chicago, IL – The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) is inviting emerging companies from around the world to submit applications for its Innovation AveNEW program at SLAS2012, the organization’s annual conference and exhibition. The event is being held…
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Researchers confirm prion-like properties in ALS
September 20, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – A team of researchers from the University of British Columbia and the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute have found a key link between prions and the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s…
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$140M vaccine centre celebrates opening
September 19, 2011 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – The $140-million International Vaccine Centre (InterVac) at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) – the largest facility of its kind in North America – has officially opened. “This stellar addition to our unique life sciences cluster…
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Researchers improve performance of next-gen solar cell technology
September 19, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Researchers from the University of Toronto (U of T), King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) and Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) have created the most efficient colloidal quantum dot (CQD) solar cell ever. The discovery…
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New technology recovers valuable minerals from waste rock
September 14, 2011 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – Researchers report the discovery of a completely new technology for more efficiently separating gold, silver, copper, and other valuable materials from rock and ore. The process uses nanoparticles to latch onto those materials and attach them to…
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$1.9M grant supports project to deliver colorectal cancer drug via magnetic resonance
September 13, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The Québec Consortium for Drug Discovery (CQDM) has granted $1.9 million in funding to Professor Sylvain Martel, director of Polytechnique Montréal’s Nanorobotics Laboratory, for his research project on colorectal cancer treatment. Professor Martel was the world’s first…
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Researchers discover cellular process that clears cholesterol
September 8, 2011 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Researchers at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) have discovered that an ancient pathway called autophagy also mobilizes and exports cholesterol from cells. A team led by Dr Yves Marcel, director of the HDL Biology Laboratory,…
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Campaign aims to make genomics a household word
September 8, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) has launched a public awareness campaign in an effort to make genomics a household word. The campaign spotlights genomics research – what it does, how it benefits people and how research in…
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PerkinElmer to acquire Caliper Life Sciences in $600M deal
September 8, 2011 by Lab Canada Waltham,MA – Analytical instruments and consumables manufacturer PerkinElmer says it has signed an agreement to acquire Caliper Life Sciences, a provider of imaging and detection products for life sciences research, diagnostics and environmental markets, for a total net purchase price…
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Discovery enables production of vitamin-D enhanced mushrooms
September 7, 2011 by Lab Canada Mississauga, ON – Scientist Ryan Simon at Cantox Health Sciences International and colleagues recently discovered a new commercial processing technology that is suitable for boosting the vitamin D content of mushrooms. In addition, it has no adverse effects on other…
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MS researcher receives funding as part of new collaboration
September 7, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Multiple sclerosis (MS) researcher Dr Jeffery D Haines has received the first of four awards being given as part of a new collaboration between the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS) and the Multiple Sclerosis…
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Collaboration to focus on developing bi-specific antibody therapeutics
September 7, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Biotechnology company Zymeworks has announced a research collaboration with Merck around Zymeworks’ proprietary platform for the development of novel bi-specific antibody therapeutic candidates. Bi-specific antibodies are designed to bind to two different drug targets for broad use…
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$53M in CFI funding announced
September 1, 2011 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has announced $53 million in funding for projects across the country. “CFI investments provide vital infrastructure in communities across the country and create opportunities for leveraging the work being undertaken by…
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Registration opens for Pittcon 2012
September 1, 2011 by Lab Canada Pittsburgh, PA – Pittcon 2012 has opened registration for its upcoming conference and exposition on laboratory science that will take place from March 11-15, 2012 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL. One of the world’s largest…
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$8.5M supports research commercialization in Atlantic Canada
September 1, 2011 by Lab Canada Moncton, NB – Springboard Atlantic has received $8.5 million in funding to support its research commercialization activities in Atlantic Canada. The not-for-profit organization was established seven years ago and provides resources to all 19 post-secondary institutions in the region to…
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Results of viral therapy trial in cancer patients are promising
August 31, 2011 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Researchers from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI), the University of Ottawa (uOttawa), biotherapeutics company Jennerex and several other institutions today reported promising results of a world-first cancer therapy trial in the journal Nature. The trial is…
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$2.7M to fund depression-related biomarker research
August 29, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Pharmaceutical company Lundbeck Canada has made a donation of $2.7 million to support groundbreaking research at the University Health Network to identify biomarkers (biological markers) that will enhance the diagnosis and treatment of patients suffering from major…
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Canadian scientists contribute to international genome sequencing project
August 29, 2011 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – Canadian scientists have helped sequence part of the genome of canola. Results from the international collaboration were published online this week in the peer-reviewed science journal Nature Genetics. Determining the DNA sequence of crops allows researchers to…
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Study validates clinical importance of leukemia stem cells
August 29, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Cancer scientists have long debated whether all cells within a tumour are equal or whether some cancer cells are more potent – a question that has been highly investigated in experimental models in the last decade. Research…
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Researcher recognized with $50,000 award at new centre opening
August 25, 2011 by Lab Canada Churchill, MB – Dr Serge Payette has been named as the inaugural recipient of the Weston Family Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Northern Research. The $50,000 prize, the largest of its kind in recognizing a northern researcher in natural science,…
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$12.6M supports high-impact clinical trials for cancer research
August 22, 2011 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – Dr Tom Hudson, president and scientific director of the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), has announced $12.6 million in funding over four years for OICR’s High Impact Clinical Trials (HICT) program. The HICT program, led by…
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UL launches food safety program
August 18, 2011 by Lab Canada Northbrook, IL – UL (Underwriters Laboratories) has launched a new program called UL Food Safety that promotes standards-based safety solutions in industry. The program will help mitigate risk by employing science-based processes to help address industry concerns, new government regulations…
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Gene combination increases risk of lung cancer, study finds
August 17, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Smokers with variations in two specific genes have a greater risk of smoking more cigarettes, becoming more dependent on nicotine and developing lung cancer, a new study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) shows.…
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Omega Engineering to be acquired by Spectris
August 16, 2011 by Lab Canada Surrey, UK – Instrumentation and controls company Spectris says it has signed an agreement to acquire the Omega Engineering business. Omega is a privately held company that provides process measurement and control instrumentation to customers in industrial and academic markets,…
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Canadian Light Source spots speed bumps in graphene’s electron highway
August 15, 2011 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK -Using the Canadian Light Source, a research team led by scientists from the University at Buffalo have produced images of graphene showing how folds and ripples in the nanomaterial act as speed bumps for electrons, affecting its conductivity.…
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