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New clinical research fellowship to focus on breast cancer research
July 31, 2006 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – Cancer Care Nova Scotia and Capital Health have established the Roche Fellowship in Clinical Oncology. The new fellowship is the result of a $225,000 donation from Hoffman LaRoche. The donation provides funding for the recruitment and salary…
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New technology will allow for flexible television and computer screens
July 31, 2006 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Organic light emitting diodes (OLED) are the technology used in making light emitting fabrics used in cell phones and televisions. The fabrication of flexible OLEDs has up to now been held back by the fragility of the…
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Ontario Science Centre on the lookout for new material
July 28, 2006 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Ontario Science Centre is looking for new material, literally. The facility opened a brand new Innovation Centre last week, which includes over 50 experiences, many of which are related to material science. The exhibits goal is…
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Millipore completes acquisition of Serologicals
July 28, 2006 by Lab Canada Billerica, MA – Millipore says it has completed its acquisition of Serologicals following approval by Serologicals’ shareholders. The company says the acquisition will provide it with combined annual revenues of approximately $1.4 billion, based on 2006 full-year projections. “The strategic…
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Ontario focusses on cutting-edge technology in $46M program
July 24, 2006 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Ontario government has launched a new commercialization program focussed on bringing cutting-edge research to market. The four-year, $46-million market readiness program will provide companies with financial support, training and management expertise. The Ontario Centres of Excellence…
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Salt water infrastructure to support fish research
July 24, 2006 by Lab Canada St Andrews, NB – The Huntsman Marine Science Centre (HMSC) has unveiled plans to upgrade its salt water infrastructure to advance ongoing research. The $2.9 million project will be made possible with the support of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency…
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Pharma company planning $9.5M HQ and research centre
July 24, 2006 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Pharma company CV Technologies says it will soon begin constructing a facility to house its corporate headquarters and research and development activities. The building is estimated to cost up to $9.5 million and will be located in…
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$67M announcement supports 90 Canada research chairs
July 19, 2006 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The federal government today announced $66.9 million in funding for 90 Canada Research Chairs. “Canada’s new government is committed to research. In fact, the 2006 budget allocated an additional $100 million a year for higher education research,”…
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$3.5M funding supports new institute for advanced medicine
July 17, 2006 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – The Winnipeg Partnership Agreement is providing $3.5 million toward the construction of the Siemens Institute for Advanced Medicine at the city’s Health Sciences Centre. The institute is expected to employ up to 300 highly skilled individuals and…
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Funding supports purchase of cancer research equipment in BC
July 17, 2006 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The BC Cancer Agency says it will be able to purchase new early cancer detection equipment and develop new drug treatment therapies with $420,000 in new funding from Western Economic Diversification Canada. “Science and technology are making…
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Commercialization of research given boost with new liaison offices
July 17, 2006 by Lab Canada Burnaby, BC – The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) is establishing two new research and industry liaison offices to link private sector partners with academic researchers for developing and commercializing new technology. The offices are being supported with funding…
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Chemistry researcher receives innovation award worth $50,000
July 17, 2006 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – This year’s Dalhousie Innovation Award has been awarded to Dr Mark Stradiotto, a professor in the university’s department of chemistry. Dr Stradiotto’s technology is entitled Developing Transition Metal Catalysts Supported by New Planar-Chiral Metalloligands for Use in…
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New head named for cancer research organization
July 17, 2006 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Dr Elizabeth Eisenhauer, an internationally recognized Canadian oncologist, has been appointed president of the National Cancer Institute of Canada. Dr Eisenhauer is one of Canada’s leading researchers in cancer clinical trials. As president, Dr Eisenhauer will chair…
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Researchers find cause of inherited form of early onset dementia
July 17, 2006 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The genetic cause of the second most common type of dementia in those under the age of 65 has been discovered by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI). Mutations…
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Canola genomics research gets $600,000 in funding
July 10, 2006 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – A genomics research team led by University of Manitoba plant scientist Dr Genyi Li is receiving $600,000 in new funding from the Manitoba government. The team is examining ways to improve canola seed for animal feed applications.…
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$48M supports research into clean technologies
July 10, 2006 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Twenty-two projects focussed on developing and demonstrating clean technologies have received a total of $48 million in funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada. The money includes $7.3 million for four biofuel technology projects ranging from the production…
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$1.24M funding supports nano-fabrication lab expansion
July 10, 2006 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – An expansion of the University of Manitoba’s nano-fabrication laboratory will give researchers access to new technologies and increased commercialization opportunities. The Canada-Manitoba Economic Partnership Agreement says it is contributing $1.24 million towards the project. Nano-fabrication refers to…
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New labs for research in food and wine
July 10, 2006 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – New research laboratories opened late June in the renamed Food, Nutrition and Health Building at the University of British Columbia. With an investment totalling $690,000 from Western Economic Diversification Canada, these laboratories will help expand research capacity…
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Malvern Instruments acquires Spectral Dimensions
July 5, 2006 by Lab Canada Malvern, UK – Analytical instrument maker Malvern Instruments says it has acquired Spectral Dimensions, a privately held company producing near infrared (NIR) chemical imaging instrumentation and software. The chemical imaging development and applications teams will continue to operate from the…
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$2.3M additional funding supports Marine Biotechnology Research Centre
July 4, 2006 by Lab Canada Rimouski, QC – The federal government has committed to an additional $2.3 million in funding for the Marine Biotechnology Research Centre (MBRC). The money will support the centre’s R&D and technology transfer activities for the next three years. The Marine…
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Construction set to begin on new pharmacy building
June 28, 2006 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – Ground has been broken on a new home for the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Pharmacy. The Apotex Centre is set to go up in downtown Winnipeg, cementing the area as the health sciences learning centre of…
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New lab tackles tainted groundwater with nanotechnology
June 28, 2006 by Lab Canada London, ON – A new research facility at the University of Western Ontario will help researchers improve groundwater through the use of technologies developed on the nanoscale. “There is considerable interest in pumping nanomaterials into the ground where they can…
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Researcher invents superior filters to stop disease
June 28, 2006 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – A Canadian scientist is developing new filters that, instead of simply relying on small pores to block contaminants, actively remove unwanted components. Dr Chris Hall, of the University of Guelph’s department of environmental biology, is making filters…
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Canada and California forge a strategic partnership
June 28, 2006 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The University of British Columbia and the University of California say that a growing partnership between research leaders in the two countries has resulted in the completion of a new ultra-high bandwidth connection between Canada’s national research…
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Researchers identify immune cell defects that give rise to fungal infection in HIV patients
June 28, 2006 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Researchers at Universit de Montral and the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montral (IRCM) have identified a defective immune cell population that determines susceptibility to candidiasis, a common and often debilitating infection in individuals infected with the…
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Pain researcher awarded NSERC prize
June 28, 2006 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – McGill researcher Dr Jeffrey Coull, whose exploration of the mechanisms that cause chronic neuropathic pain has helped enormously in the search for new analgesic drugs, has been awarded Canada’s top prize for doctoral research in science and…
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New fellowships for women in science
June 28, 2006 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – L’Oral Canada says it is extending its national For Women in Science program with the launch of two new fellowships of $20,000 each aimed at supporting women scientists in Canada. L’Oral Canada For Women in Science Research…
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Research lab on boreal forest silviculture receives $350,000 extra funding
June 27, 2006 by Lab Canada Amos, QC – The federal government is providing $350,000 to the Universit du Qubec en Abitibi-Tmiscamingue (UQAT), for its Amos campus laboratory on boreal forest silviculture and industrial plantation forestry. The funding complements a previous $1-million investment from the Canada…
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New research centre to cultivate growth in value-added agriculture
June 26, 2006 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A new $25-million research facility at the University of Alberta will form the centrepiece of food safety and agricultural product development research in Alberta. The Agri-Food Discovery Place (AFDP), which opened last week, will support three main…
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Canada’s quietest research space opens
June 26, 2006 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Hundreds of Canada’s leading scientists and engineers gathered in Edmonton last week to celebrate the opening of one of the world’s most technologically advanced research facilities – the National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT). The $52.2-million facility is…
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Award given to Winnipeg scientist for infectious disease research
June 23, 2006 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Dr John Dirks, president of the Gairdner Foundation, today announced that Dr Allan Ronald, OC, is the winner of the 2006 Wightman Award, which is given by the Foundation to a Canadian who has demonstrated outstanding leadership…
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