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$222M in health research grants awarded to 571 recipients
March 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – Prime Minister Paul Martin, accompanied by the Ujjal Dosanjh, minister of health and Dr Alan Bernstein, president of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), have announced the recipients of 571 health research grants worth more than…
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Study sees stall in Canada’s industrial R&D activity
March 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A study of Canadian industrial R&D performance over a 7-year period shows static base of industrial R&D, despite a growth in funds spent on research activity. Performed by consulting firm Impact Group, the study showed that while…
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Innovation foundation unveils $24M in infrastructure support
March 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Victoria, BC – A total of 120 projects in 41 universities across the country have received funding support from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. “Canada’s researchers have made outstanding contributions to the development of innovation in this country,” says David…
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New research funding to find BSE solutions
March 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – The Alberta government is committing $38-million to research on prions, the proteins best known for their link to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The Alberta Prion Science Initiative will build on the research already happening in the province,…
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Canadian clinical research chair in vaccines recipient is announced
March 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Dr David Scheifele, from the BC Research Institute for Children’s and Women’s Health and the University of British Columbia, has been named clinical research chair in vaccines. The newly created chair is being supported with $1.1 million…
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Promised endowment fund to double Alberta’s innovation budget
March 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A new bill tabled in Alberta’s legislature promises to boost the funding of the province’s Ingenuity Fund along with an expansion of other current endowments and scholarships in the advanced education area. The bill was tabled in…
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Canadian scientists win prestigious Killam Research Fellowships
March 10, 2005 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON Some of Canada’s top scientists have been awarded Killam Research Fellowships this year. Among Canada’s most distinguished research awards, the Canada Council for the Arts, the fellowships are made possible by a bequest of Mrs Dorothy J Killam…
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MUHC researchers make cancer target breakthrough
March 9, 2005 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Researchers at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), in Montreal, have identified a new gene to combat cancer. In a new study, published in the on-line edition of the journal Clinical Cancer Research this week, the researchers…
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Hans Bethe, a titan of physics and conscience of science, dies at age 98
March 8, 2005 by Lab Canada Ithaca, NY – Nobel laureate Hans Bethe, the last of the giants of the golden age of 20th-century physics and the birth of modern atomic theory, and one of science’s most universally admired figures, died quietly yesterday evening at his…
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Award recognizes researchers of musculoskeletal, oral and skin diseases
March 7, 2005 by Lab Canada Quebec City, QC – The Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (IMHA) of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research announced the winners of its prestigious Quality of Life Research Award at an Open Researcher/Stakeholder Forum at Universit Laval on March…
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Simple, non-invasive test reveals coronary artery disease in patients with no symptoms
March 7, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A simple, non-invasive test that measures skin tissue cholesterol has demonstrated its ability to detect subclinical vascular disease, according to new data to be presented this week at the 54th Annual Scientific Session of the American College…
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Engineering design and corrosion research centres the focus of new partnership
March 4, 2005 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – McMaster University and General Motors of Canada have partnered to establish two new automotive engineering centres – the GM of Canada Centre for Engineering Design and the GM of Canada Centre for Corrosion Engineering Research. “GM Canada…
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$95M cancer research centre opens in BC
March 4, 2005 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – One of Canada’s largest free-standing cancer research centres has opened its doors. The BC Cancer Research building will provide a new home for eight of the BC Cancer Agency’s research departments, including the Agency’s Michael Smith Genome…
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Theratechnologies appoints executive for clinical affairs
March 4, 2005 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Biotechology company Theratechnologies says it has appointed Dr James W Sutton as vice president, clinical development and regulatory affairs. Dr Sutton will oversee all preclinical, clinical and regulatory activities of the company. “Dr Sutton brings us valuable…
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Synchrotron beamline to help track environmental contaminants
February 25, 2005 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – A new hard X-ray microfocus beamline at the $174-million Canadian Light Source (CLS) synchrotron at the University of Saskatchewan promises to be a powerful tool in protecting the environment. Commissioning of the hard X-ray microanalysis for X-ray…
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New school of biomedical engineering approved
February 25, 2005 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – McMaster University has established a School of Biomedical Engineering. The school, created jointly by the Faculties of Engineering and Health Sciences, will begin operating for the 2005/2006 academic year. The new biomedical school will bring together existing…
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Research park unveils strategic plan
February 25, 2005 by Lab Canada Sarnia, ON The University of Western Ontario Research Park (Sarnia-Lambton Campus) has launched a strategic plan to become a centre of innovation excellence by being the preeminent accelerator of industrial innovation and technology-based economic development. Local industrial expertise in the…
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New reproduction research group attracts international conference
February 25, 2005 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – A new Queen’s University research group in reproduction, development and sexual function will host the world’s largest conference on issues dealing with the placenta. The five-day meeting, expected to attract more than 300 delegates and their families,…
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Global light source website launched
February 25, 2005 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – The Canadian Light Source (CLS) and 15 other facilities in the international light source community have launched a website devoted to news and information on the world’s accelerator-driven light sources (synchrotrons and free-electron lasers) and the science…
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Innovation foundation funds projects in New Brunswick
February 25, 2005 by Lab Canada Edmundston, NB – Funding of $100,000 for five research assistantship positions and a start-up grant for a research project at Universit de Moncton’s Edmundston campus is being made by the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation. Manuel Lamontagne, Hector Adgbidi, Lacina Coulibaly,…
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Mental health research receives funding boost in BC
February 25, 2005 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – A private donor has provided a $10-million private gift for mental health research, training and policy in British Columbia. The provincial government is now also seeking legislative approval for a matching 10-million contribution to help establish three…
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Young Canadian scientist awarded 2005 Lee Osheroff Richardson prize
February 25, 2005 by Lab Canada Concord, MA – The 2005 Lee Osheroff Richardson Prize has been awarded to Dr Christian Lupien, Universite’ de Sherbrooke. Established in 2004 to support young scientists conducting research employing low temperature and/or high magnetic fields in North America, the Lee…
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Varian divestiture helps boost lab-related focus
February 21, 2005 by Lab Canada Palo Alto, Ca – Scientific instrument and vacuum technology supplier Varian says it is planning to sell its electronics manufacturing business to Jabil Circuit for around $195 million. Varian’s president, Garry Rogerson, says that divesting of this non-core business will…
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Research parks worth half a billion dollars to Saskatchewan
February 21, 2005 by Lab Canada Regina, SK – An economic impact study on the value of Saskatchewan’s research parks shows that Innovation Place in Saskatoon and the Regina Research Park contributed half a billion dollars to the province’s economy in 2004. The survey, conducted and…
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Genetic cause of psychosis probed in new research
February 21, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The supersensitivity to dopamine that is characteristic of schizophrenia can be caused by mutations to a wide variety of genes, rather than alterations to just two or three specific genes, according to a University of Toronto researcher.…
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Bone loss research team discovers how acid interacts with osteoclasts
February 18, 2005 by Lab Canada London, ON – Researchers at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) group in skeletal development and remodeling at Western say they have discovered how the acid in the body interacts with the cells responsible for bone loss and what…
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National report card on antibiotic resistance commends efforts but sounds warning
February 17, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Canada remains among the most successful countries in the world in the fight against antibiotic resistance, but new data announced today indicate that while some rates of resistance are decreasing, others are showing an upward trend. The…
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Chair in prostate cancer created at Universit de Montral
February 16, 2005 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Universit de Montral is inaugurating the first chair exclusively devoted to research into prostate cancer. The creation of the chair is aimed at improving the prognostic tools vital to the detection of this form of cancer and…
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Pharma company plans new class of antibiotics for superbugs
February 16, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Affinium Pharmaceuticals says it has selected a drug candidate for development of a novel MRSA antibiotic to be used in hospital and community settings. The candidate is one of multiple compounds from the company’s Galapagos program. “It…
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$8M funding to launch biodiversity research centre
February 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – A Vancouver couple who are University of British Columbia alumni have donated $8 million toward a biodiversity research centre at the university that will include a museum of natural history. Ross Beaty, a 53-year-old geologist and mining…
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$13M surface engineering and science centre opens
February 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – The University of Alberta has opened a $13-million integrated research facility for surface characterization and modification. The new facility is called the Alberta Centre for Surface Engineering and Science. The new centre has comprehensive lab capability and…
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