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New $2.6M research chair will focus on new food packaging
November 1, 2010 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – A new research chair has been established that will focus on the development of new food packaging materials. Called the NSERC/Saputo/Excel Pac Industrial Research Chair in Materials and films for safe, smart and sustainable (3S) packaging, the…
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Project delves into greener fuel cell material
November 1, 2010 by Lab Canada Kingston and Oshawa, ON – A researcher’s discovery of an inexpensive new material for potential use in hydrogen fuel cells at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), has been awarded $18,000 in additional development funding by GreenCentre Canada.…
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$2.5M for project to examine microbiota link to auto-immune diseases in children
November 1, 2010 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – A new project to examine microbiota and its potential link in auto-immune diseases in children is receiving $2.5 million in funding. The project, called the Impact of the Microbiota on Immune Development and Disease, was spurred by…
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Corporate R&D spending continues to fall
October 27, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Corporate spending on research and development (R&D) in Canada decreased again this year, according to Canada’s Top 100 Corporate R&D Spenders List 2010 released today by Research Infosource. Canada’s top corporate R&D companies spent $10.22 billion on…
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$35M in funding supports research into medical isotope supplies
October 25, 2010 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The federal government is providing $35 million in funding to support four projects that will focus on developing supply sources of the key medical isotope technetium-99 (Tc-99m), a radioactive tracer used in nuclear medicine for many diagnostic…
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New chief executive appointed to Genome Canada
October 25, 2010 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Dr Pierre Meulien, the chief scientific officer of Genome BC, has been appointed the new president & CEO of Genome Canada. “I fully enjoyed my 3.5 years in the CSO role with Genome BC and the CEO…
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$5.5M supports stem cell research project for osteoarthritis
October 25, 2010 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – A 36-member team that is researching the science and issues connected with osteoarthritis (OA) has formally launched with $5.5 million in funding. The team includes orthopedic surgeons, scientists, rehabilitation specialists, and experts in healthcare design. The province-wide…
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Famous Canadian scientists inducted into hall of fame
October 25, 2010 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame has announced the names of four Canadian scientists are joining the 44 scientists and innovators previously inducted into the hall. This year’s inductees are Dr George C Laurence (1905-1987),…
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Over $15M in funding unveiled for microbiome research
October 14, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Significant new funding will allow seven groups of researchers to investigate the many microorganisms that reside in or on the human body and the role they play in health and disease as well as develop new detection…
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$1M funds research into protecting grizzly bears in Banff National Park
October 14, 2010 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – Fred Green, Canadian Pacific’s president and chief executive officer, has announced $1 million in funding for a multi-faceted, research-based, five-year action plan to further mitigate rail-related grizzly bear mortality in Banff National Park. The plan is being…
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Scientists receive $7M new funding from Terry Fox Research Institute
October 8, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The research teams of Drs Andras Nagy, Tony Pawson (Apotex Chair in Molecular Oncology), Sue Quaggin and Jeff Wrana (Mary Janigan Research Chair in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics) at Mount Sinai Hospital have been awarded continued funding from…
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Researchers discover protein powering drug resistance in fungal infections
October 8, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Researchers at the University of Toronto have identified for the first time a protein which enables a deadly form of fungal infection to become drug resistant, opening up new treatment opportunities. In research published on August 26…
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Pine beetle researcher wins national award
October 8, 2010 by Lab Canada Prince George, BC – A professor at the University of Northern British Columbia, who is involved in research on the DNA of the mountain pine beetle, is being honoured by the Entomological Society of Canada for his efforts and activities…
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Partnership to focus on quantum materials research
October 4, 2010 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The University of British Columbia has formed a formal partnership with the Max Planck Society, Germany’s foremost basic research institution and home to 32 Nobel prizes. UBC president Stephen Toope and Max Planck Society president Peter Gruss…
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Ocean research facility receives $8.3M in infrastructure funding
October 4, 2010 by Lab Canada St John’s, NL – Memorial University’s cold-oceans research facility, the Ocean Sciences Centre (OSC), received a landmark infrastructure funding of $8,325,477 from the province’s Research & Development Corporation (RDC). The funding will be used to build a deep-sea water supply…
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Toronto database for genomic medicine extends global reach
October 4, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – This week marks the launch of the Database of Genomic Variants archive (DGVa) – a public resource that will facilitate the translation of genetic information into new diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic tools for improved human health. DGVa…
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Arctic soil study turns up surprising results
October 4, 2010 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – Across the globe, the diversity of plant and animal species generally increases from the North and South Poles towards the Equator but surprisingly that rule isn’t true for soil bacteria, according to a new study by Queen’s…
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$1.8M supports Newfoundland researchers
October 4, 2010 by Lab Canada St John’s, NL – More than $1.8 million in funding was recently awarded for research projects at Memorial University of Newfoundland. The funding is being provided by the Industrial Research and Innovation Fund (IRIF) in research areas relevant to Newfoundland…
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Tofu ingredient yields formaldehyde-free glue for plywood
September 29, 2010 by Lab Canada Madison, WI – In a real-life “back to the future” story, scientists today reported that the sustainable, environmentally friendly process that gave birth to plywood a century ago is re-emerging as a “green” alternative to wood adhesives made from petroleum.…
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Program issues challenge for young Canadian scientists
September 27, 2010 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – A call to action for young Canadian scientists to make a contribution to global health has been issued by a program called Grand Challenges Canada. The program’s goal is to tap into the creativity, knowledge and skills…
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Contract awarded for Mars exploration technologies
September 27, 2010 by Lab Canada Longueuil, QC – The Canadian Space Agency says it has awarded a contract valued at $6 million to MDA to develop a terrestrial prototype of a science rover for Mars exploration. MDA will design, build and test a semi-autonomous rover…
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$14.8M funding for cancer research across Canada in new partnership
September 20, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – On the 30th anniversary of Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope, the Terry Fox Foundation (TFF) has announced $14.8 million in funding for cancer research. The TFF funding is being allocated to institutions and researchers in Ontario ($9.7…
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Study examines contract research as a source of funding
September 20, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A new study on research contracting in Canada has been released by The Impact Group, a science and technology policy consulting company. The study, called Knowledge Transfer Through Research Contracting, highlights the scale and scope of research…
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Xerox researcher achieves 100th patent milestone
September 20, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – While Nan-Xing Hu was growing up in China, he remembers seeing his first photograph. It was a moment that kicked off a lifetime of trying to understand how things work, and ultimately led to one of the…
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Brinkmann to change name to Metrohm in Canada
September 15, 2010 by Lab Canada Mississauga, ON – Laboratory instrument supplier Brinkmann Canada says it will change its name to Metrohm Canada, effective January 1, 2011. Although the name change is new, the company says the Brinkmann-Metrohm partnership has actually spanned more than five decades;…
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$17M project aimed at developing biochips that sense pathogenic problems
September 13, 2010 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – A decade ago, in May 2000, Canada experienced its worst-ever E coli outbreak after the bacteria entered the water supply in Walkerton, ON, killing seven people and making more than 2,300 others sick. More recently, 22 Canadians…
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Exposure to stress puts brain on high alert
September 13, 2010 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – A Faculty of Medicine from the University of Calgary team, including Dr Jaideep Bains, an associate professor in the Hotchkiss Brain Institute and post-doctoral fellow Dr Brent Kuzmiski, is publishing an article in the October issue of…
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Drug research and development centre appoints VP for new biologics division
September 13, 2010 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) has announced that John Babcook will head up a new biologics division at the centre. The creation of a biologics division will provide a resource for academic investigators to…
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$13M funding for health-related research projects across Canada
September 3, 2010 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Researchers from 12 universities across the country are undertaking 31 new health-related research projects with a total of $13 million in federal funding. The funding comes from the Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP) program, which is an…
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Breakthrough discovery enables nanoscale manipulation of piezoelectric effect
September 3, 2010 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The generation of an electric field by the compression and expansion of solid materials is known as the piezoelectric effect, and it has a wide range of applications ranging from everyday items such as watches, motion sensors…
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Research funding awarded in Ontario
September 3, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Ontario provincial government has announced the results of this year’s Early Researcher Awards and its ORF – Research Infrastructure program. It says it is providing more than $11 million to support 80 emerging researchers and their…
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