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Climate change to continue to the year 3000 in best case scenarios
January 10, 2011 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – University of Calgary’s Dr Shawn Marshall has co-authored a study that is the first full climate model simulation to make predictions out to 1,000 years from now. New research indicates the impact of rising CO2 levels in…
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Researchers prolong worms’ life with banned herbicide
January 10, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – It sounds like science fiction – Dr Siegfried Hekimi and his student Dr Wen Yang, researchers at McGill’s Department of Biology, tested the current “free radical theory of aging” by creating mutant worms that had increased production…
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Collaboration to focus on chronic disease risk factors
January 10, 2011 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – The National Research Council (NRC) and Dalhousie University have announced a collaborative research project to decode the risk factors that make people more or less susceptible to cancer, cardiovascular and other chronic diseases. The two-year pilot study…
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NuAire celebrates 40th anniversary with special promotion
January 10, 2011 by Lab Canada Plymouth, MN – Forty years ago, entrepreneur Max D Peters founded NuAire, Inc in his garage. He believed in offering best-in-industry service, expert knowledge, and consistently providing quality laboratory equipment — a philosophy the company continues to the present day.…
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Alzheimer’s test detects aggregated beta amyloid in human CSF
January 10, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Amorfix Life Sciences, a product development company focused on diagnostics and therapeutics for misfolded protein diseases, has announced preliminary results indicating that their human Alzheimer’s disease (AD) diagnostic assay can detect a signal from aggregated beta amyloid…
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Scientists propose new international cancer effort akin to Human Genome Project
January 7, 2011 by Lab Canada Madrid, Spain – Scientists are proposing an international effort, on the scale of the Human Genome Project (HGP), to identify all the proteins present in cancer cells. HGP was the international scientific research project that identified and mapped all the…
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New centres of excellence share $61M in funding
January 3, 2011 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Five new Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR) have been established and are sharing a total of $61.1 million in funding from the federal government over the next five years. The new centres are the MiQro Innovation Collaborative…
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Research funding awards announced in BC
January 3, 2011 by Lab Canada Victoria, BC – British Columbia’s provincial government recently approved $2.9 million in funding for 21 research infrastructure projects at seven universities. The research infrastructure projects are as follows: University of Victoria:– $125,000 – Equipment for Motion and Mobility Research Laboratory.–…
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$6.7M supports next-generation automotive R&D
December 23, 2010 by Lab Canada Sherbrooke, QC – A new project to develop a new hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) version of BRP’s Can-Am Spyder roadster is receiving $6.7 million in funding. The project is supported by the Automotive Partnership Canada (APC) initiative. The Université de…
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Genome research project receives $324,000 in funding
December 23, 2010 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Two Vancouver researchers are tackling the deadliest forms of prostate cancer, the most commonly diagnosed male cancer in Canada, using a brand new field of genomics called computational chemogenomics. This new approach uses computer modeling in virtual…
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Ontario researcher plays major role in the deciphering of fruit fly and roundworm genome
December 23, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – An Ontario researcher has played a key role in the development of a new resource that will help genomics researchers around the world find new ways to prevent and treat cancer. Researchers this week published near-complete data…
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Call issued for new HPV vaccine study
December 23, 2010 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) has issued a call for applications for a study to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of the GardasilTM vaccine. The vaccine provides protection against four strains of the human papilloma…
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Forensic science study gets $265,000 funding support
December 17, 2010 by Lab Canada Oshawa, ON – Dr Shari Forbes, associate professor of forensic science, and Canada Research Chair in Decomposition Chemistry at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), has received a major funding grant from the National Sciences and Engineering Research…
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Pittcon 2011 honours scientists for outstanding contributions
December 17, 2010 by Lab Canada Pittsburgh, PA – Pittcon 2011’s Program Committee has announced the recipients of numerous awards honouring scientists who have made outstanding contributions to analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy. The awards, to be presented during a symposium at Pittcon 2011, March 13-18, Georgia…
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Smash hit for science: Physicists at the LHC rock on for a worthy cause
December 15, 2010 by Lab Canada Huntingdon, UK – Goodfellow, an international supplier of high-purity metals and other materials for research applications, reports that it was intrigued to learn recently about an unusual development at Geneva-based CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), the world’s leading laboratory…
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Research chair to focus on watershed research
December 13, 2010 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – Dr David Lobb has been appointed as Manitoba’s first-ever research chair in watershed systems, with a focus on developing new ways to clean up Lake Winnipeg. “We congratulate Dr Lobb on his being named as this inaugural…
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Researchers discover a way to delay Christmas tree needle loss
December 6, 2010 by Lab Canada Quebec City, QC – Researchers at Université Laval, in collaboration with Nova Scotia Agricultural College, have discovered what causes Christmas tree needles to drop off, and how to double the lifespan of Christmas trees in homes. The authors presented their…
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Scientists discover potential common biomarker in 10 epithelial cancers
December 6, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Researchers at Mount Sinai Hospital and the University of Toronto have for the first time identified a key common biomarker in breast, prostate, head and neck, and colon cancers. This groundbreaking discovery, which will be published today…
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End of year promotion from NuAire
December 2, 2010 by Lab Canada Plymouth, MN – Laboratory equipment supplier NuAire has announced a special end-of-year offer that expires January 1, 2011. Customers can choose one free accessory when purchasing any Class II biological safety cabinet or CO2 Incubator. In addition, special promo prices…
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Barbados launches bid to attract biotech companies with US$20M lab and new regulatory authority
December 2, 2010 by Lab Canada Bridgetown, Barbados – The island nation of Barbados has unveiled two new initiatives to attract leading-edge biotechnology companies to the island nation. The main thrusts of the plan are the creation of a US$20-million state-of-art laboratory for research and development…
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Allon Receives Michael J Fox Foundation Grant for Parkinson’s Disease Research
November 30, 2010 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Allon Therapeutics Inc.announced today it has received a major grant from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research to conduct pre-clinical research that will help determine the potential of the company’s lead neuroprotective drug, davunetide, as…
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Carleton University physicists have new insight into universe secrets
November 29, 2010 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Carleton physicists are among the first in the world to directly observe “jet quenching” as a partner involved in the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) experiment ATLAS. After less than three weeks of heavy-ion running at…
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$3M funding creates senior industrial research chair in biomaterials
November 29, 2010 by Lab Canada Peterborough, ON – A research funding announcement made today by Dean Del Mastro, MP, Peterborough and Dr. Suzanne Fortier, President of on behalf of the Government of Canada, will result in the creation of A new senior industrial research chair…
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New facility focusses on food safety research
November 29, 2010 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – A new pilot plant research facility has opened at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Guelph Food Research Centre (GFRC) and will focus on food safety technologies. The facility is unique in Canada for being able to work with…
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Nanomaterials researcher receives Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
November 29, 2010 by Lab Canada Quebec City, QC – Professor Federico Rosei of the INRS Energy Materials Telecommunications Center has been selected as the recipient of the 2010 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award given by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The foundation grants 25 of…
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State-of art cold weather testing centre officially opens
November 8, 2010 by Lab Canada Thompson, MB – The new Global Aerospace Centre for Icing and Environmental Research (GLACIER) facility and the not-for-profit Environmental Test, Research and Education Center (EnviroTREC) celebrated their grand opening in Thompson last week. “GLACIER will be a highly advanced centre…
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Canada research chair wins international water award
November 8, 2010 by Lab Canada Quebec, QC – Rajeshwar Dayal Tyagi, Canada Research Chair in Bioconversion of Waste Water and Sewage Sludge into High-Value-Added Products, has won the International Water Association’s (IWA) 2010 Global Honour Award for Applied Research. Dr Tyagi, who holds his chair…
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2010 Synergy Awards highlight university-industry partnerships
November 8, 2010 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The recipients of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)’s 2010 Synergy Awards for Innovation have been announced. The awards recognize university-industry research and development collaborations that lead to new products. This year’s recipients…
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First call for proposals will boost study of Canada’s North
November 8, 2010 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has launched a new research initiative aimed at helping teams of researchers carry out large-scale projects. The initiative includes two elements: Discovery Frontiers, focused on discovery research,…
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Could Arctic bacteria point to life on Mars?
November 8, 2010 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Canadian microbiologists exploring a salty subzero Arctic spring have found bacteria that might be telling us something about life on Mars. The unexpected discovery of methane-consuming bacteria was made at the Lost Hammer Spring on Axel Heiberg…
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Tobacco and nicotine explored as a pesticide
November 4, 2010 by Lab Canada Tobacco, used on a small scale as a natural organic pesticide for hundreds of years, is getting new scientific attention as a potential mass-produced alternative to traditional commercial pesticides. That is the focus of a study by University of Western…
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