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Research to explore anti-microbial food packaging
August 15, 2011 by Lab Canada Summerland, BC – Innovative Food Systems has received funding of $261,000 from Agriculture and Agri-food Canada (AAFC) to allow its researchers to explore new anti-microbial food packaging technology. The research will focus on adapting natural, known antimicrobial compounds into commercial…
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Toronto scientists develop open-source, web-based app that tracks reagent collections
August 11, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Researchers at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, led by Dr Karen Colwill and Marina Olhovsky, have developed an open-source, web-based tool to track both large-scale datasets and individual reagents, allowing for easy access,…
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MaRS Centre Phase 2 expansion underway with completion set for 2013
August 8, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – MaRS Discovery District has announced that construction of its MaRS Centre Phase 2 will proceed. The 20-storey state-of-art convergence centre – a doubling of the facility’s size – will enable the organization to accelerate its role in…
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Researchers create more powerful ‘lab-on-a-chip’ for genetic analysis
August 8, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have invented a silicone chip that could make genetic analysis far more sensitive, rapid, and cost-effective by allowing individual cells to fall into place like balls in a pinball…
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Cooperative programs to boost science and tech links with Brazil
August 8, 2011 by Lab Canada Brasília, Brazil – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced renewed funding for the International Science and Technology Partnership Program, as well as the development of a new bilateral Science and Technology Action Plan focused on innovation. He also said…
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Unlocking the mystery of the disappearing bats
August 8, 2011 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – A researcher at McMaster University is working to pull one of North America’s most common bats back from the brink of extinction. Jianping Xu, an associate professor of biology and member of the Institute for Infectious Disease…
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$16M cancer research lab opens in Ottawa
August 8, 2011 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) recently opened a new $15.8 million laboratory that is designed to accelerate the development and testing of new cancer therapies. “It typically takes more than a decade to turn a promising…
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New genetic mutations found for non-Hodgkin lymphoma
August 8, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – BC Cancer Agency scientists have identified a number of new genetic mutations involved in non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). This massive cancer-sequencing study, published online in Nature, is expected to open a floodgate for researchers around the world to…
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Ontario Institute for Cancer Research receives $420M for cancer research
July 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) will receive $420 million over five years from the Ontario government to continue its research into the prevention, early detection, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. The institute will also occupy…
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Grand opening for Stephen Hawking Centre at Perimeter Institute
July 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Waterloo, ON – The Perimeter Institute has announced that the new Stephen Hawking Centre will celebrate its opening with events for the public from September 16 to 18. The state-of-the-art facility will help advance scientific progress by providing the ultimate…
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Electron microscopy lab opens at NINT in Edmonton
July 25, 2011 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – With the opening of a new electron microscopy facility, Canadian companies looking to reap the benefits of nanotechnology now have access to some of the world’s best microscopy expertise and equipment, including an environmental transmission electron microscope…
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Collaboration to cover materials research and pipeline technology in the north
July 25, 2011 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – Natural Resources Canada’s CANMET Materials Technology Laboratory has signed research agreements with the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta to collaborate on materials research with a focus on emerging technologies for new pipelines, in particular…
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Research pinpoints susceptible target for leukemia
July 25, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – New research from the BC Cancer Agency’s Terry Fox Lab pinpoints a susceptible target for combating many forms of leukemia. Scientists have identified a previously unknown gene involved in the beginning life cycle and spread of leukemias.…
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Partnership to foster research into genomics and personalized medicine
July 25, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Genome British Columbia has announced a new Personalized Medicine Program that will fund projects aimed at using genomic sciences to tailor improved medical treatments for patients. The announcement was made in partnership with the BC Cancer Foundation.…
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Flooding of farmland does not increase levels of flame retardants in milk
July 22, 2011 by Lab Canada Norwich, UK – As millions of acres of farmland in North America recover from flooding, scientists report that river flooding can increase levels of potentially harmful flame retardants in farm soils. But the higher levels apparently do not find their way…
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Fast, powerful computing resources open research doors
July 18, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Upgraded high-performance computing (HPC) systems with massive memory and exceptional speed are being launched at two universities in British Columbia. Nearly $17 million has been provided through the Compute Canada / WestGrid project toward upgrades at the…
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Affiliation agreement to enhance research commercialization in Alberta
July 18, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC and Edmonton, AB – The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) and TEC Edmonton have signed an affiliation agreement allowing University of Alberta researchers with promising health discoveries to access CDRD’s expertise and infrastructure. CDRD is a…
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$2.9M supports research projects into prion disease
July 18, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – A total of $2.9 million in funding for 11 research projects has been announced by PrioNet Canada. The goal of the funding is two-fold, says Dr Neil Cashman, scientific director of PrioNet Canada, one of Canada’s Network…
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$5.6M funding supports international wheat genomics project
July 18, 2011 by Lab Canada Regina, SK – A total of $5.6 million in research funding will support research by Saskatchewan scientists into new wheat varieties. The project will be managed by Genome Prairie and is part of the $8.5 million Canadian Triticum Advancement through…
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Biotech firm forms R&D agreement with Chinese agricultural group
July 18, 2011 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – Performance Plants, an agricultural biotechnology provider with R&D facilities in Kingston, says it has entered into a commercial licensing agreement in corn and a four-year R&D collaborative licensing agreement in rice and soybean with Chinese agricultural company…
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Novus Biologicals opens Canadian office
July 14, 2011 by Lab Canada Littleton, CO – Novus Biologicals, supplier of antibodies and antibody-related products to bioscience researchers, says it has opened a Canadian office in Oakville, ON. The Colorado-based company also has international offices in Cambridge, UK. “Canada has remarkably talented research scientists…
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$16.5M funding supports new Centre for Arctic Resource Development
July 11, 2011 by Lab Canada St John’s, NL – C-CORE, a research group based at Memorial University, is launching a major new initiative aimed at unlocking the potential of the Arctic’s natural resources. The initiative is supported by $16.5 million in combined funding announced by…
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Pilot facility to make nano-material from wood and straw pulp
July 11, 2011 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A new Edmonton-based pilot facility will be the first in Canada to produce the quality of nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) that researchers need to fully explore all its potential applications. The $5.5-million pilot plant, created through a collaboration…
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Three new scientists join Vineland research organization
July 11, 2011 by Lab Canada Vineland, ON – Three new research scientists have joined Vineland Research and Innovation Centre. Dr Bernard Goyette, post-harvest technologies, Dr Valerio Primomo, vegetable breeder, and Dr Anissa Poleatewich, plant pathology, bring their respective research expertise and experience to Vineland. “So…
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Medical fair sees 4,500 booth space bookings
July 11, 2011 by Lab Canada Düsseldorf, Germany – It’s four months to show time for the world’s largest medical trade fair, MEDICA 2011and its sister event, COMPAMED, and organizer Messe Düsseldorf says that around 4,500 exhibitors have so far booked around 1.2 million square feet…
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Human blood stem cell discovery at University Health Network
July 7, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – An Ontario Cancer Institute team, lead by University Health Network (UHN) senior scientist Dr John Dick, has isolated a human blood stem cell capable of regenerating the entire blood system. The results of this study, published today…
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$2M in grants helps tackle pressing global health challenges
June 29, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Grand Challenges Canada has announced 19 grants to Canadian innovators in the first phase of its Canadian Rising Stars in Global Health initiative. “When I ran the in the Olympic Torch Relay with my wife Sandra, we…
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Canadian, German research centres sign commercialization agreement
June 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC and Dortmund, Germany – Two drug discovery and development organizations – Canada’s Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) and Germany’s Lead Discovery Center (LDC) – have signed a partnership agreement to enable joint development of promising innovations…
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Saskatchewan and Manitoba to partner on innovation and research
June 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – Saskatchewan and Manitoba have signed a letter of intent to cooperate on research and innovation initiatives. The letter was signed today at the BIO International Convention in Washington, DC. The agreement focuses on key priority areas of…
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New research facility recovers value from waste, lowers emissions
June 27, 2011 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A sophisticated waste-to-biofuels research facility has officially opened its doors. The $12.5-million Advanced Energy Research Facility – a partnership between Alberta Innovates – Energy and Environment Solutions (AI-EES), the City of Edmonton, and waste-to-biofuels/chemicals company Enerkem –…
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Coastal aquaculture the focus of new research station
June 27, 2011 by Lab Canada Deep Bay, BC – Finding new and more sustainable ways of farming shellfish, and helping re-energize BC’s coastal aquaculture industry are the aims of a new research facility in Deep Bay. The Deep Bay Marine Field Station is an off-campus…
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