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1,500 scientists worldwide call for protection of boreal forest
May 14, 2007 by Lab Canada Ottawa and Seattle – Telbec/ – In a letter released today and addressing all Canadian governments – provincial, territorial and federal – 1,500 highly respected scientists from more than 50 countries around the world call for protection of Canada’s boreal…
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Sandoz to invest $80M in Boucherville facilities
May 14, 2007 by Lab Canada Boucherville, QC – Sandoz Canada annousays it will invest $80 million in its Boucherville facilities to meet demand for its generic sterile injectable pharmaceuticals continues. In addition to more than 100 new positions created in 2006, 100 additional jobs will…
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Industrial R&D project gets $2M financial boost
May 14, 2007 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – An Ontario manufacturer is receiving $2.48 support from the provincial government to create an industrial research and development centre of excellence project. The company, Skyjack, is a division of Linamar Corporation’s industrial group and manufactures mobile aerial…
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Cancer society funds more than $47M in research across Canada
May 8, 2007 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A total of 78 new cancer research grants across the country, totalling $47.2 million, have been awarded by the Canadian Cancer Society. “Thanks to the generosity of Canadians, we are able to fund some of the best…
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New research uncovers fresh evidence linking genes to heart disease
May 7, 2007 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Researchers at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) have identified a piece of the DNA sequence that boosts a person’s susceptibility to heart disease by up to 40% regardless of other established risks such as cholesterol,…
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Collaboration to commercialize leading-edge photonics research
May 7, 2007 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) has signed an agreement for joint technical, scientific and technology transfer activities with the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) in Catalonia, Spain. The goal of the agreement is to stimulate innovation and…
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Company acquires rights to gene-based tests for colorectal cancer
May 7, 2007 by Lab Canada Quebec City, QC – Biotech company DiagnoCure says it has secured the worldwide rights to two molecular tests for colorectal cancer and an option to a CLIA-certified US service laboratory to commercialize molecular cancer diagnostics tests. The two tests for…
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$1M in grants awarded to advance cellulosic ethanol development
May 4, 2007 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Biochemicals developer Lignol Energy says that its subsidiary, Lignol Innovations has been awarded grants of up to $994,620 from the Alberta government and the National Research Council (NRC), to support the ongoing development and commercialization of its…
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Mars mission concept teams receive funding go-ahead
April 30, 2007 by Lab Canada Longueuil, QC – As part of an international effort to send a manned mission to Mars, Canadian Space Agency recently announced an opportunity to develop mission concepts. The concepts are intended to define the role Canada might play and the…
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Demo plant to turn trash into power
April 30, 2007 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – A demonstration plant that turns garbage into clean energy is receiving $4 million in funding from the Ontario government The demonstration plant, operated by the Plasco Energy Group in Ottawa, uses a sealed system to break down…
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Nanotech start-up gets seed money from Ontario
April 30, 2007 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Northern Nanotechnologies is receiving $250,000 of pre-seed investment through Ontario Centres of Excellence’s Commercialization program. The nanomaterials company’s key innovation is a patent-pending, scalable, and cost effective method to custom design nanomaterials for a wide range of…
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R&D funding to attract offshore exploration in Atlantic
April 30, 2007 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – The Nova Scotia government is granting $100,000 to Petroleum Research Atlantic Canada, a research assocation, to explore the use of electromagnetic imaging technology to help find oil and gas deposits in offshore Nova Scotia. “Electromagnetic imaging technology…
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$103M research infrastructure funding for 35 Ontario projects
April 27, 2007 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A total of $103.1 million was awarded this week to 35 research projects across Ontario. The funding is through the province’s research infrastructure program, and provides support for lab space, equipment and computer software. The funding leverages…
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Drug development R&D centre gets $25M funding
April 23, 2007 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The British Columbia government says it is earmarking $25 million for the Centre for Drug Research and Development to advance new drug therapies and medicines from the discovery stage to commercialization. The centre will use the funds…
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Dr Art McDonald and SNO team wins Franklin Medal
April 23, 2007 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – Queens physicist Dr Art McDonald and his team of scientific the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) have won another prestigious international award for their groundbreaking discoveries about the nature of matter and the structure of the universe. This…
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NRC scientists produce world’s most sensitive radio detectors to probe universe
April 23, 2007 by Lab Canada Victoria, BC – The National Research Council of Canada says it has designed and built the most sensitive and precise radio detector ever built for millimeter-wavelength operation. The Band 3 millimeter-wavelength radio receiver promises to revolutionize studies of the cold…
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Green building to facilitate environmental engineering research
April 23, 2007 by Lab Canada London, ON – The University of Western Ontario has received a $5-million gift that will help build an engineering research facility dedicated to investigating climate change and the environment. The gift from the Lassonde Family Foundation will support the construction…
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Innovation projects get million-dollar funding in PEI
April 23, 2007 by Lab Canada Charlottetown, PEI – The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI), the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), and PEI’s provincial government are launching projects designed to generate cutting-edge research, commercialization, and professional development opportunities. The funding will allow the Prince Edward…
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Key found to killing cystic fibrosis-related superbug
April 23, 2007 by Lab Canada London, ON – Researchers from the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario, working with a group from Edinburgh, have discovered a way to kill the cystic fibrosis superbug, Burkholderia cenocepacia. The investigators, under the…
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Innovators to get $2.6M boost in support services
April 23, 2007 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Entrepreneurs and small to medium-sized enterprises across Alberta will have greater access to technology commercialization and innovation support services as a result of $2.6 million in funding from the Alberta government. The funding will support services including…
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Metabolomics company opens R&D facility in Montreal
April 23, 2007 by Lab Canada Chester, NJ and Montreal, QC – Molecular Biometrics, a privately held metabolomics company, says it has opened a research and development facility in Montreal. “It was a propitious time to set-up a research facility in Montreal to further develop our…
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GE Healthcare acquires biopharma manufacturer
April 17, 2007 by Lab Canada Chalfont St Giles, UK – GE Healthcare, part of General Electric Company, says it has acquired Wave Biotech, a supplier of disposable manufacturing technologies for the biopharmaceutical industry. The acquisition will allow GE Healthcare to expand its offerings to include…
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$2.5M project to commercialize bioengineering research
April 16, 2007 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – An engineering researcher at the University of Calgary will receive a $2.5 million award to commercialize electrical engineering and biomedical research. One of the key projects of Dr Michal Okoniewski and his team is a micro-scale chip…
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Marine geophysicists probe sea floor in joint Canada-US venture
April 16, 2007 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A team from the University of Torontos marine geophysics group is participating in a joint project to create the worlds largest cable-linked sea floor observatory on the Pacific Ocean floor. Located in the northeast Pacific off the…
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Report cites 79% increase in capital raised by Canadian biotechs in 2006
April 16, 2007 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Canadian biotech companies had a banner financing year in 2006, raising $1.8 billion in capital (all figures in US$), setting a new industry record. Capital raised in 2006 topped the previous record of $1.3 billion raised in…
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Scientists find major susceptibility genes for Crohn’s disease
April 16, 2007 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – A consortium of Canadian and American researchers led by Dr John Rioux, associate professor of medicine at the Montreal Heart Institute and the Universit de Montral, report in the April 15 online edition of Nature Genetics the…
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New partnership leverages Canadian stem cell intellectual property
April 16, 2007 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The MaRS Discovery District (MaRS) and the Canadian Stem Cell Network (SCN) are partnering in a translational development company called Aggregate Therapeutics. They plan to expand Aggregate’s work in regenerative medicine, build commercialization capacity in the field…
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$100,000 funding increases research capacity at BC university
April 16, 2007 by Lab Canada Prince George, BC – A $100,000 donation from Husky Energy will help the University of Northern British Columbia to acquire technical equipment for assessing the effects of environmental contaminants on health. The university says Huskys donation is being matched by…
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$15 million for new life sciences research institute
April 16, 2007 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – The federal government has earmarked $15 million to help build Dalhousie University’s new Life Science Research Institute. The institute is one of seven centres of excellence in commercialization and research across the country that received a funding…
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Six University of Manitoba researchers receive $10,000 awards
April 16, 2007 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – Six researchers from the University of Manitoba have received Rh awards. The honours are given to researchers who are in the early stages of their research careers and who display exceptional innovation, leadership and promise in their…
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$59M awarded to Alberta health researchers
April 9, 2007 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – The Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) is offering $59 million in personnel awards to 55 health researchers in Alberta. AHFMR investigator awards are awarded to researchers in annual competitions and applications are peer-reviewed by scientists…
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