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$10M for project researching feed efficiency in dairy industry
August 10, 2015 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – A new $10.3 million project led by Genome Alberta and the Ontario Genomics Institute will help industry growth by using genomics-based approaches to select for dairy cattle with the genetic traits needed for more efficient feed conversion…
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CommercializationLaboratoryLife Sciences
Collaborations to accelerate drug discovery for personalized medicine
July 30, 2015 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Pharma-based consortium CQDM and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), through its institutes of Cancer Research, Genetics and Infection and Immunity, have awarded $1.5 million in funding for two translational projects in personalized medicine, to accelerate…
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LaboratoryLife Sciences
$4.5M funding launches network dedicated to hepatitis C research
July 29, 2015 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – A new network that will focus on preventing hepatitis C infections and improving the health of those with the disease has been launched with $4.5 million in funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and…
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CollaborationsLaboratoryLife Sciences
Far-reaching regenerative medicine program launched with $114M grant
July 29, 2015 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The University of Toronto has received a $114 million grant – said to be the largest in the institution’s history – to help it become one of the world’s leading centres for the design and manufacture of…
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LaboratoryLife SciencesResearch Results
Study links high-fat feeding with impairments in critical brain pathway
July 28, 2015 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – High-fat feeding can cause impairments in the functioning of the mesolimbic dopamine system, says Stephanie Fulton of the University of Montreal and the CHUM Research Centre (CRCHUM). This system is a critical brain pathway controlling motivation. Fulton’s…
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General Science & ResearchLaboratory
$93M supports genomics projects in agriculture and fisheries
July 27, 2015 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – Genome Canada and Western Grains Research Foundation have announced a total of $93-million in funding for 11 new genomics research projects that address challenges and opportunities for Canadian agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture. The projects chosen for funding…
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BiotechnologyCommercializationLaboratory
New program supports early development of bio-industrial technologies
July 21, 2015 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions has launched a new funding program, “Alberta Bio Future Product and Technology Commercialization,” that is aimed at helping companies with pre-commercial or commercial development of new bio-industrial products or bio-industrial technologies. Bio-industrial products…
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Bio-industry commercialization the focus on new partnership
July 21, 2015 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) have formed a partnership they say will help Canadian firms to translate research and development from the lab to the marketplace. The partnership’s focus…
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ChemistryLaboratoryResearch Results
Discovery opens door to greener preparation of iodide reagents
July 21, 2015 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Researchers at McGill University have discovered a clean photo-driven pathway for the efficient synthesis of aryl iodides under extremely mild conditions. The finding, published June 18 in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, provides a more…
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AgriculturalGeneral Science & ResearchLaboratory
$2M funding supports agricultural projects in Manitoba
July 20, 2015 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – A total of $2 million in funding is being awarded to 24 research projects in Manitoba’s agriculture and agri-food sector by the federal and Manitoba’s provincial governments. The funded projects cover a range of agricultural issues. In…
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LaboratoryLife SciencesResearch Results
Canadian scientists discover how HIV escapes the body’s antiviral responses
July 15, 2015 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – A Canadian research team at the IRCM in Montréal, led by molecular virologist Éric A. Cohen, PhD, have made a significant discovery on how HIV escapes the body’s antiviral responses. The team uncovered how an HIV viral…
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LaboratoryLife Sciences
Inaugural research award supports research into rare GIST cancer
July 14, 2015 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – The inaugural Glenita Mungcal GIST Research Award in aid of gastrointestinal stromal tumour research in Canada has been granted to medical oncologist Dr. Yoo-Joung Ko at the Sunnybrook Research Institute. The award is presented by the Life…
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Deal inks first Canadian university collaboration with Tesla Motors
July 10, 2015 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – Tesla Motor’s co-founder and chief technology officer JB Straubel has signed a research agreement with Dalhousie University’s Jeff Dahn, a lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery researcher with the Faculty of Science and his group of students, postdoctoral researchers and…
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LaboratoryMaterials ScienceResearch Results
Physicists shatter stubborn mystery of how glass forms
July 10, 2015 by Lab Canada Waterloo, ON – A physicist at the University of Waterloo is among a team of scientists who have described how glasses form at the molecular level and provided a possible solution to a problem that has stumped scientists for decades.…
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$10M research facility to develop intelligent green cars
July 10, 2015 by Lab Canada Waterloo, ON – A new breed of smarter and greener cars than current models could emerge from technology developed at a new research facility that recently opened at the University of Waterloo. The $10-million Green and Intelligent Automotive (GAIA) research facility…
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Researchers map rules governing the structure of glass
July 10, 2015 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – University of Saskatchewan materials scientists Min Wu and John Tse have solved a small piece of a puzzle that has perplexed researchers for years: the structure of glass, or more precisely, metallic glass. Metallic glasses are made…
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BiologyLaboratoryResearch Results
Rapid decline in bumblebee species caused by climate change, study finds
July 10, 2015 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – In the most comprehensive analysis of the impact of climate change on critical pollinators, researchers have found that rapid declines in bumblebee species across North America and Europe are strongly linked to climate change. The study was…
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Radiopharmaceutical manufacturing facility opens at Sunnybrook
July 10, 2015 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A new cyclotron and radiopharmaceutical manufacturing facility, opened by ISOLOGIC Innovative Radiopharmaceuticals at Toronto’s Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, is expanding access to positron emitting radiopharmaceuticals (PERs), an essential component in molecular imaging commonly referred to as PET…
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Big Data genomics researchers call for cloud support
July 9, 2015 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Today in the journal Nature prominent researchers from Canada, Europe and the U.S. have made a powerful call to major funding agencies, asking them to commit to establishing a global genomic data commons in the cloud that…
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BiologyLaboratoryResearch Results
Global trends show seabird populations dropped 70% since 1950s
July 9, 2015 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – University of British Columbia (UBC) research shows world’s monitored seabird populations have dropped 70 per cent since the 1950s, a stark indication that marine ecosystems are not doing well. Michelle Paleczny, a UBC master’s student and researcher…
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LaboratoryNew Technology & Applications
Energy storage technology research projects get $1.5M funding
July 8, 2015 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A total of $1.5 million in funding is being provided to six new energy storage projects in Alberta that are intended to help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and accelerate the deployment of renewable energy. The funding…
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$22M funding supports specialized Arctic research facility
July 7, 2015 by Lab Canada Churchill, MB – The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and Manitoba’s provincial government are providing a total of $22.1 million to build a highly innovative research facility to be located in the Port of Churchill, Canada’s only Arctic deepwater port.…
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Study brings black phosphorus one step closer to being the next silicon
July 7, 2015 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – As scientists continue to hunt for a material that will make it possible to pack more transistors on a chip, new research from McGill University and Université de Montréal adds to evidence that black phosphorus could emerge…
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Researchers develop quick, easy test to detect superbugs
July 7, 2015 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – Infectious diseases such as hepatitis C and some of the world’s deadliest superbugs – C. difficile and MRSA among them – could soon be detected much earlier by a new diagnostic test, designed to identify dangerous pathogens…
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CDRD appoints Dr. Kelly McNagny as co-scientific director
July 3, 2015 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) has appointed Dr. Kelly McNagny, professor in the Department of Medical Genetics, and co-director of the Biomedical Research Centre at the University of British Columbia (UBC) as co-scientific director…
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General Science & ResearchLaboratory
$35M program brings together Canadian, Israeli research teams
June 30, 2015 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A new $35-million research funding program that will focus on biomedicine was announced this week at Toronto’s Ontario Science Centre by representatives of the Azrieli Foundation, Canada’s International Development Research Centre, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR),…
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Health data portal opens to global researchers
June 30, 2015 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – A landmark research portal that includes health and biological data from 300,000 Canadians – nearly one in every 50 individuals between the ages of 35 and 69 – was launched this week by the Canadian Partnership Against…
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Top cancer researchers win Awards for Excellence
June 30, 2015 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Five of Canada’s cancer scientists have received Awards for Excellence from the Canadian Cancer Society. “These extraordinary scientists represent some of the best researchers in the country. They have played a key role in our understanding of…
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LaboratoryNew Technology & Applications
Funding boosts sustainable tech projects
June 30, 2015 by Lab Canada Dolbeau-Mistassini, QC & Cambridge ON – Two tech projects for developing clean technology have received funding support of $2.2 million and $750,000, respectively. In Dolbeau-Mistassini, Sysgaz Inc. is receiving $2.2 million to develop a technology that can transform methane gas…
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General Science & ResearchLaboratory
Maritime research the focus of proposed new network
June 30, 2015 by Lab Canada Quebec City, QC – The Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ) and the Ministère de l’Éducation, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (MEESR) are requesting feedback from the research community to assist in the development of a new network…
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State-of-art lab to bring novel genetic testing to Canada
June 24, 2015 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – As part of a strategy to facilitate genetic testing in Canada and further the growth of personalized medicine, laboratory testing services company LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services today celebrated the grand opening of its new state-of-the-art genetics laboratory…
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