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Top research centre opens at McMaster
September 26, 2005 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – McMaster University has officially opened its new $71-million research facility called the Michael G DeGroote Centre of Learning and Discovery. The complex will eventually house more than 250 scientists who will work together in specialized collaborative teams…
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Innovation centre opens at Memorial University
September 20, 2005 by Lab Canada St John’s, NFLD – A new research and innovation facility, the Inco Innovation Centre, has been officially opened at Memorial University. The centre is supported by a $20-million commitment from Inco, comprised of $13 million for capital costs and $7…
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New cancer research pavilion for McGill
September 16, 2005 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – McGill University is about to begin construction of a new facility, the Cancer Research Pavilion, that will bring together more than 200 basic cancer researchers from other facilities around its campus including the McGill Molecular Oncology Group…
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New advanced spectroscopy research laboratory receives $5M funding
September 12, 2005 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The British Columbia government is providing $5.1 million to help fund the new Laboratory for Advanced Spectroscopy and Imaging Research (LASIR) at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. “The LASIR project will put BC…
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Construction starts on new DNA facility
September 12, 2005 by Lab Canada Peterbrough, ON – Construction has begun on the new DNA Building research facility at Ontario’s Trent University. The first module in phase one of the project will provide a new home for faculty from the biology and Trent-Fleming DNA forensics…
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Ontario hospital to undergo major expansion
September 1, 2005 by Lab Canada Mississauga, ON – The Ontario government has announced funding for a major expansion of Trillium Health Centre’s Mississauga and Queensway sites. The Trillium Health Centre project involves construction of a new west wing at the Mississauga site. It will accommodate…
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Expanded research facilities for Toronto’s Sunnybrook
August 22, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Government approval has been given to Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Sciences Centre to construct four floors on top of the M-wing at its Sunnybrook campus. The addition will house new laboratory space and core technology facilities…
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McMaster recruits top scientist to open cancer institute
August 15, 2005 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – McMaster University has recruited internationally recognized scientist in stem cell research, Dr Mick Bhatia, to establish a new institute focused on human cancer and stem cell biology. Dr Bhatia, who is known for his work understanding the…
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Centre to develop new food and bioscience products
July 18, 2005 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – A new Atlantic Bioresources TechnoVenture Centre is being opened to develop value-added and non-traditional food and bioscience products. To be led by CEO Richard Ablett, the centre was announced last week by Nova Scotia Agriculture and Fisheries…
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$23M supports creation of cardiac diagnostic unit for children
July 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Sick Kids Heart Centre will receive $23 million in funding from Ontario’s Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and from a committed group of donors to Sick Kids Foundation for the creation of the Cardiac Diagnostic…
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Forestry research strengthened in Northern British Columbia
July 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Prince George, BC – The federal government is providing $876,779 in funding to support the University of Northern British Columbia’s forestry research. The money will go towards expanding the university’s forest research laboratory, establishing a renewable energy and environmental research…
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New veterinary lab opens for BSE/TSE testing
June 29, 2005 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – Manitoba has opened a new section of its provincial veterinary laboratory dedicated to testing for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and other transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) such as chronic wasting disease (CWD) in elk and deer and scrapie…
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New veterinary faculty for Calgary
June 20, 2005 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – The University of Calgary is establishing a new faculty of veterinary medicine in the fall of 2006. "The cornerstone of this program is its integration of animal health and human medicine," says Harvey Weingarten, PhD, the university’s…
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Merck Frosst joins new MaRS Centre: one of numerous R&D investments
June 15, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Supporting efforts to strengthen and expand the Ontario biotechnology sector, Merck Frosst Canada says it will be taking up residency at the new MaRS Centre. The company says it is committing up to $3 million in the…
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Ceremony launches $68-million Toronto Centre for Phenogenomics
June 6, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A new research facility in the heart of Toronto’s downtown medical and academic research core will soon be home to genetically altered mice which hold the keys that can unlock secrets about some of the world’s most…
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Extraction capability at the food technology centre enhances biosciences research work
May 16, 2005 by Lab Canada Charlottetown, PEI – A major expansion at the Prince Edward Island Food Technology Centre to accommodate the Atlantic Natural Products Development Initiative was recently opened. In the centre’s laboratory and processing facility, researchers are working with private-sector partners to develop…
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Site chosen for new public health lab in Saskatchewan
April 25, 2005 by Lab Canada Regina, SK – A new provincial public health laboratory in Saskatchewan is a step closer to reality. The province’s health minister, John Nilson, has announced that the Regina Research Park, adjacent to the University of Regina, is the proposed site…
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Blood, obesity research part of new life sciences institute
March 28, 2005 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Life sciences research ranging from drug design to obesity will be accelerated with the opening of a new 25,000-sq-m interdisciplinary research facility at the University of British Columbia. The Life Sciences Institute (LSI) will house eight basic…
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Site for future CHUM chosen in Montreal
March 28, 2005 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The Quebec government says it has decided to establish the new hospital complex of the University of Montreal (CHUM) at the Saint-Luc hospital site in downtown Montreal. The announcement was made last week by Quebec premier Jean…
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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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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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$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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$2.4M injection for New Brunswick Heart Centre
February 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Saint John, NB – New Brunswick’s provincial government has announced a $2.45-million investment to equip a third cardiac catheterization laboratory at the New Brunswick Heart Centre in Saint John. The government says it will invest $1.95 million in the third…
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Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal inaugurates polymer research lab
February 8, 2005 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Robert Papineau, Ecole Polytechnique de Montral’s Director General, together with Professor Pierre Carreau, Director of the school’s Centre de recherche en plasturgie et composites (Research Centre on Polymers and Polymer Matrix Composites – CREPEC), have officially opened…
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First of its kind biomed lab gets $3 million funding
January 10, 2005 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MN – Research that looks at finding better ways to help transplant and cancer patients will be part of a new systems biology program that will receive over $3 million in medical research funding from the Manitoba government. The…
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Brain researchers to develop new class of drugs to repair psychiatric disorders
January 3, 2005 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – So-called ‘smart’ drugs, capable of targeting specific brain cells to control psychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia, may be ready for early clinical trials within three years, according to researchers at the University of British Columbia.…
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Drug-discovery company increases Phase I research capacities
December 21, 2004 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Drug-discovery company MDS Pharma Services says it has expanded and enhanced its facilities in St Laurent, QC, and Neptune, NJ, adding 108 beds for early clinical research. The expansion increases the facilities’ capacities to 304 and 128…
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DNA teaching and research facility gets nod
December 20, 2004 by Lab Canada Peterborough, ON – A business plan outlining the construction of a DNA research and teaching facility to house Trent University researchers engaged in DNA related research has been approved by the university’s board of governors. The university says the facility…
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