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$3M research chair to study infectious disease
June 27, 2011 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – Manitoba’s first-ever research chair in the immunobiology of infectious disease has been announced at the University of Manitoba. The funding is being provided jointly by Manitoba’s provincial government, the University of Manitoba and GlaxoSmithKline. The chair will…
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Clinical trials network launched for diabetes research
June 20, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Canada has launched a large-scale network to support clinical trials evaluating new treatments and technologies for type 1 diabetes in Canada. The JDRF Canadian Clinical Trial Network (JDRF CCTN) brings together the…
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Molecule research could lead to new cancer treatments
June 20, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute’s Drs Derek Ceccarelli and Frank Sicheri, in collaboration with colleagues at Mount Sinai Hospital, Celgene Corporation, the Université de Montréal and the University of Edinburgh, have discovered how a small molecule selectively…
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Physicists on verge of solving neutrino mystery
June 17, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – An international experiment with contributions from physicists at a number of Canadian universities, including the University of Toronto, has announced results that could solve a long-standing puzzle in particle physics and may even turn the Standard Model…
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Malvern Instruments launches Canadian operation
June 17, 2011 by Lab Canada Westborough, MA – Materials characterization company Malvern Instruments has established Malvern Instruments Canada, a new direct entity that it says will support its growing customer base in Canada. The move follows many years of successful cooperation in Canada with Spectra…
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CIHR appoints new chief scientific officer/VP of research
June 15, 2011 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has announced the appointment of Dr Jane Aubin to the position of chief scientific officer/vice-president, research effective Monday, July 4, 2011. As chief scientific officer, Dr Aubin will assume responsibility…
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Partnership to focus on research to combat food contamination
June 14, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Theralase Technologies says it is partnering with George Brown College’s Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts to conduct applied research in the use of patented photodynamic compounds (PDCs) activated by its proprietary laser technology to destroy microbial…
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Food safety network seeks partners to advance tools in the marketplace
June 13, 2011 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – Global food safety is an ever-increasing public health issue, but even more so, with the current E coli crisis in Northern Germany that began in the past weeks. The rare evolved strain of E Coli appears to…
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Breakthrough at the IRCM could help understand certain cancers
June 13, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – A scientific breakthrough by researchers at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM) will be published tomorrow in Developmental Cell, a scientific journal of the Cell Press group. Led by Dr Frédéric Charron, the team of…
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Tech expo to profile cancer-related innovations for potential investors
June 13, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) says it will host a Technology Expo for the international financial community, featuring new cancer-related innovations and technologies that have emerged with the Institute’s support. The event will take place…
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Marine network to foster scientific research and innovation
June 6, 2011 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – A new collaborative marine research and innovation organization, called the Halifax Marine Research Institute (HMRI), has been launched. It will bring together partners from industry, government and the post secondary education system with the aim of increasing…
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Layoffs announced at Environment Canada
June 6, 2011 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Environment Canada has announced the layoff of 50 term employees, with their employment ending on June 30. The layoffs include employees who were hired on a short-term basis to perform a certain body of work for a…
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Call for papers for Pittcon 2012
June 6, 2011 by Lab Canada Pittsburgh, PA – The program committee for Pittcon 2012 is inviting the scientific community to submit abstracts for contributed oral or poster presentations. Joseph J Grabowski, PhD, program committee chairman, says his committee is seeking a diverse, yet comprehensive technical…
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Winners of YouTube contest announced by International Year of Chemistry
June 3, 2011 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Winners of the “It’s Chemistry, Eh!?” YouTube contest, aimed at highlighting the exciting contributions of chemistry to society, were announced Friday in celebration of the International Year of Chemistry (IYC 2011). The contest was established as one…
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$12.5M funding for five climate change research projects
June 2, 2011 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Five research teams in Canada have been awarded a total of $12.5 million dollars under the International Research Initiative on Adaptation to Climate Change (IRIACC). The announcement was made by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) together…
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Genevac and Dionex sign worldwide distribution agreement
June 2, 2011 by Lab Canada Ipswich, UK – Solvent evaporation instrument maker Genevac has entered into an OEM agreement with ion chromatography specialist Dionex. The agreement will see Genevac’s high-speed evaporator being sold as part of Dionex accelerated solvent extraction (ASE) instruments. The high-speed evaporator…
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IAFP names bioMrieux as recipient of prestigious award
June 2, 2011 by Lab Canada Des Moines, IA – The International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) says it has selected diagnostic test producer bioMérieux as the 2011 recipient of its prestigious Black Pearl Award. Sponsored by Wilbur Feagan and F & H Food Equipment Company,…
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Clean water technology projects receive $17M funding
May 30, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Ontario’s provincial government has announced $17.1 million in funding for nine research and development projects in the water technology sector. “Ontario is supporting its water technology researchers and companies so they grow, expand and export water technology…
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$2M funding supports cancer research in BC
May 30, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Four grants worth $1.668 million have been awarded by the Canadian Cancer Society to support cancer research in British Columbia. The projects cover a broad spectrum of cancer research from risk reduction to genetic studies to drug…
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$4.7M pan-Canadian surgical study focuses on early-stage oral cancer
May 27, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The Terry Fox Research Institute (TFRI) has announced the launch of a $4.7 million pan-Canadian Phase III clinical trial aimed at improving outcomes for patients undergoing surgery for oral squamous cell cancers. The Canadian Optically Guided Approach…
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SLAS2012 now accepting abstract submissions
May 26, 2011 by Lab Canada Chicago, IL – The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) says it is now accepting abstract submissions for presentation at SLAS2012, the first annual SLAS Conference and Exhibition, February 4-8, 2012 at the San Diego Convention Center, San Diego,…
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Scientists map path to generate renewable antibodies
May 15, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – In the first study of its kind to date, an international group of scientists including Drs Tony Pawson and Karen Colwill at Mount Sinai Hospital and Drs Dev Sidhu and Aled Edwards at the University of Toronto…
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Lignin demo plant produces lignan for research
May 13, 2011 by Lab Canada Thunder Bay, ON – FPInnovations in partnership with the Centre for Research and Innovation in the Bio Economy (CRIBE), Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN) and AbitibiBowater says it is now producing its first batches of operational lignin for Canadian researchers. Lignin…
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Research chair in poultry welfare is launched
May 12, 2011 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – University of Guelph professor Tina Widowski has been named as the new Egg Farmers of Canada Chair in Poultry Welfare. Professor Widowski is based in the Ontario Agricultural College’s (OAC) Department of Animal and Poultry Science and…
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Tips for successful cell cultures
May 12, 2011 By Ed Sullivan. Ed Sullivan is a Hermosa Beach, CA-based writer who has researched and written about For those who perform cell culture experiments, it pays to be meticulous. Even seemingly minor handling techniques and lab equipment features can make a difference in achieving success. It can be challenging to maintain pure cell cultures and keep them…
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Imaging live cell response in real time
May 12, 2011 by Lab Canada Understanding the molecular mechanisms behind how cells remodel in response to mechanical stimulation is essential to developing therapies for many vascular diseases. Studies of how cytoskeletal proteins respond to mechano-chemical stimulation have traditionally relied on post-stimulation cell fixation and staining.…
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Understanding engineered nanomaterials
May 12, 2011 By Andrew W Salamon. Andrew Salamon is senior staff scientist with PerkinElmer, Analytical Sciences In recent years there has been ever-increasing activity and excitement within the scientific and engineering communities, driven heavily by government investment, about engineered nanotechnology applications. The US National Science Foundation has estimated that the global nanotechnology market could be worth…
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BC scientists link to European consortium studying human genome
May 9, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – A group of scientists in British Columbia are now part of an international team compiling an enormous bank of resources for research into the functions of all known genes. The BC focus is neurological, including the brain,…
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Genomics researchers awarded $23 million
May 9, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, On – The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) has announced funding of over $23.8 million ($11.3 million from Genome Canada, $12.5 million from co-funding) for genomics research projects. As part of the Genome Canada Large-Scale Applied Research Project Competition, which…
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Animal vaccine manufacturing centre opens
May 2, 2011 by Lab Canada Belleville, ON – Biopharmaceutical company Bioniche Life Sciences has officially opened a new Animal Health and Food Safety Vaccine Manufacturing Centre at its corporate headquarters in Belleville. The company says the facility represents the largest livestock vaccine manufacturing facility in…
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Extracting stem cells from fat for tissue regeneration
May 2, 2011 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – A team of reseachers at Queen’s University are working on methods to grow mature tissue substitutes from stem cells that have been extracted from human fat samples. Stem cells extracted from body fat may pave the way…
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