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August sees nearly $400M in funding announcements for CFI
August 30, 2010 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – This month, the federal government has announced nearly $400 million in funding support for the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). The announcements included $182 million in funds for the Leaders Opportunity Fund (LOF) in early August, and…
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Canada research chair awarded gold medal
August 30, 2010 by Lab Canada London, ON – Dr Aaron Fenster, Canada Research Chair in Medical Imaging at the University of Western Ontario, has been awarded the 2010 Gold Medal by the Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (COMP), in recognition of his outstanding achievements. COMP…
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Research laboratories added to Dalhousie medicine program
August 30, 2010 by Lab Canada Saint John, NB – Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick (DMNB), located on the Saint John campus of the University of New Brunswick, is receiving $5 million from the province’s government to establish and equip research laboratories. The funding will be divided…
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BiologyLaboratoryResearch Results
Trees soaking up less carbon than expected, study finds
August 30, 2010 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – Scientists and policy-makers hoping to use forests to naturally soak up increasing amounts of carbon dioxide may have overestimated the role of trees as carbon sinks, according to a new study by University of Guelph researchers. Contrary…
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Worldwide study identifies the genes that control cholesterol levels
August 30, 2010 by Lab Canada London, ON – A worldwide study involving the genetic testing of more than 100,000 people has identified the genes that control lipid levels, in particular: LDL (bad cholesterol), HDL (good cholesterol) and triglycerides. It found 95 genes associated with lipid…
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Study shows biosynthetic corneas restore vision in humans
August 30, 2010 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – A new study from researchers in Canada and Sweden has shown that biosynthetic corneas can help regenerate and repair damaged eye tissue and improve vision in humans. The results, from an early phase clinical trial with 10…
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Equine research receives $2M funding
August 30, 2010 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – The University of Guelph has received $2 million from the EP Taylor Equine Research Fund to support clinical research in the health and performance of racehorses. “This generous gift is an investment in the future of the…
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$1M funding enables upgrades at TRIUMF lab
August 30, 2010 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Canada’s National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics (TRIUMF) has received nearly $1 million to upgrade essential infrastructure and acquire equipment that creates positron emission radiopharmaceuticals (PERs). The $911,000 funding is being provided by the federal government.…
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Neurochip technology developed by Canadian team
August 23, 2010 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – Scientists at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Medicine have been involved in the development of new technology that monitors brain cell activity at a resolution never achieved before. Developed with the National Research Council Canada (NRC),…
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Canadian firm to develop interferometer for Mars mission
August 23, 2010 by Lab Canada Quebec City, QC – Power and automation technology group ABB says it has been chosen by the Canadian Space Agency to develop a main component on a satellite that will be launched in 2016 to the planet Mars. ABB will…
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AECL appoints new senior vice-president for nuclear laboratories
August 23, 2010 by Lab Canada Chalk River, ON – Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) has appointed Dr Robert Walker as senior vice-president responsible for its nuclear laboratories. The appointment is effective November 15, 2010. Dr Walker’s will lead AECL’s research and development efforts in…
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Collaboration to focus on automated cell biology workflows
August 23, 2010 by Lab Canada Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, and Mannedorf, Switzerland – Instrument maker Tecan says it is working with cellular therapy developer Miltenyi Biotec to develop a range of automated solutions for cell biology, based on magnetic bead technology. The agreement is aimed at…
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Scientists uncover important clues in the biology of stem cells
August 12, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Mount Sinai Hospital researchers, including Drs Andras Nagy and Jeff Wrana, have discovered new insights into the genesis of stem cells, which will improve the efficiency of stem cell creation for use in tissue regeneration and in…
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Jell-O lab-on-a-chip devices to spark interest in science careers
August 11, 2010 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – With “hands-on” experiences in childhood and adolescence having sparked so many science careers, scientists in Canada are describing a quick, simple, safe, and inexpensive way for kids to participate in making microfluidic devices. Those devices are at…
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Graphic results of supermassive black hole collisions
August 11, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Abdul Mroue and Harald Pfeiffer may soon be crashing together black holes on their desktops; they announced a major breakthrough recently at Canada’s largest supercomputing conference. The researchers at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics at the…
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$6M funding supports studies into long-term effects of women’s cancer drugs
August 6, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Dr Tom Hudson, president and scientific director of the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), and Dr Terrence Sullivan, president and CEO of Cancer Care Ontario (CCO), announce $6 million in funding for projects in the Health…
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Nano-sized advance toward next big treatment era in dentistry
August 6, 2010 by Lab Canada Los Angeles, CA – Scientists are reporting an advance toward the next big treatment revolution in dentistry – the era in which root canal therapy brings diseased teeth back to life, rather than leaving a “non-vital” or dead tooth in…
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Mercury levels grow in Lake Erie fish
August 5, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Mercury levels in a popular species of game fish in Lake Erie are increasing after two decades of steady decline, Ontario Ministry of Environment scientists are reporting. The study, the most comprehensive to date on mercury levels…
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Ottawa scientists first to watch a chemical bond break
July 30, 2010 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Scientists at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) enjoyed a bird’s eye view of a chemical bond as it breaks. The making and breaking of chemical bonds underlie the biochemical…
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Childhood injuries research projects funded with $8.2M
July 30, 2010 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Five injury research teams are being funded through CIHR for a total of $8.2 million over five years. Dr Ian Pike from the University of British Columbia will lead a cross-Canada research team on childhood injury research.…
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First results from Large Hadron Collider announced
July 26, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A group of University of Toronto high-energy physicists, along with their 3,000 ATLAS colleagues, announced they have broken world records in the search for new particles as the first findings from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) were…
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Canadian researchers testing vaccines for prion diseases and common cancers
July 26, 2010 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Several Canadian researchers have come together to help control the relentless spread of a prion disease, chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer and elk, through vaccines. At the same time they aim to generate safe and effective…
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MEDICA and COMPAMED return in November 2010
July 26, 2010 by Lab Canada Dusseldorf, Germany – From November 17 – 19, 2010, two major trade shows, MEDICA 2010 and COMPAMED 2010 will be held concurrently at the Messe Dusseldorf fairgrounds in Germany. Said to be the world’s largest medical trade fair, the combined event…
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Antarctica traced from space
July 26, 2010 by Lab Canada Greenbelt, MD – Antarctica may not be the world’s largest landmass — it’s the fifth-largest continent — but resting on top of that land is the world’s largest ice sheet. That ice holds more than 60 percent of Earth’s fresh…
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Qubec updates $1.16B research strategy; launches new funding body
July 19, 2010 by Lab Canada Quebec City, QC – Quebec’s official research and innovation strategy has been extended and relaunched by Clément Gignac, the province’s minister of economic development, innovation and export trade. Called the Quebec Research and Innovation Strategy, it was originally launched in…
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New UBC pharmaceutical building breaks ground
July 19, 2010 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – A new state-of-the-art building to house the University of British Columbia (UBC)’s Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science celebrated its groundbreaking last week. The $133.3-million building will contain research and teaching laboratories, office space and classrooms, as well as…
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Domtar and FPInnovations develop fibre-based nanotechnologies at new demo plant
July 19, 2010 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Domtar and FPInnovations have formed a new joint venture company to build what they say is the world’s first one metric ton per day commercial-scale nanocrystalline cellulose demonstration plant at the Domtar Windsor, Quebec pulp and paper…
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Ontario’s research and education network names new head
July 19, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Dr Darin Graham, an international information communications technology and innovation leader, has been appointed president and CEO of ORANO and the Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network (ORION), effective August 1, 2010. Most recently head of NZi3…
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Merck Frosst R&D centre to close
July 12, 2010 by Lab Canada Kirkland, QC – Merck & Co, based in Whitehouse Station, NJ, says it will close the Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research, located at the head office of its Canadian subsidiary in Kirkland, Québec, by the end of 2010. The…
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CLSA trade shows coming to BC this fall
July 12, 2010 by Lab Canada Kitchener, ON – The Canadian Laboratory Suppliers Association (CLSA) is running two trade shows this autumn, both in the Vancouver area. The West Coast Laboratory Exhibition will be held at the BC Institute of Technology on Tuesday, September 21 from…
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Researchers crack the protein kinase specificity code
July 12, 2010 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Kinexus Bioinformatics, which conducts molecular communications research, has announced major advancements in its PhosphoNET KnowledgeBase (www.phosphonet.ca) for the study of cell signalling systems. This free resource to the scientific community now features data on more than 92,000…
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