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Pace picks up for hospital research activity
October 29, 2015 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Research activity at Canada’s leading health research organizations rose by a combined 5.0% in fiscal 2014 compared with a 1.1% increase in fiscal 2013, according to Research Infosource, which today released its Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals…
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University research income shrinks for first time in over a decade
October 15, 2015 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – For the first time in 14 years, combined university research income failed to grow last year. Research Infosource provided the information today in its annual ranking report, Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities. Research income at the top…
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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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Looming shortage of medical laboratory technologists needs action: CSMLS
May 1, 2015 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science (CSMLS) was on Parliament Hill this week to speak with parliamentarians regarding the shortage of medical laboratory technologists (MLTs) in Canada. About half of all MLTs will be eligible to…
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Hospital research activity stalls on flat research income
November 3, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Fiscal 2013 research activity at Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals posted a small 1.1% year-on-year gain in available research funding, according to Research Infosource Inc., which released its Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals List today. The annual…
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Canadian corporate R&D spend reaches $12.5B in 2013
November 3, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Canada’s leading firms raised their combined research spending to $12.5 billion in Fiscal 2013, an increase of 4.1% over the previous year, according to the annual Canada’s Top 100 Corporate R&D Spenders list released today by Research…
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Bold steps forward for Canada in new Stem Cell Action Plan
October 30, 2014 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – A coalition of Canadian stem cell advocates, researchers and charities has launched an aggressive Action Plan for Canada to lead the way in developing up to 10 breakthrough therapies by 2025. The 10-year Action Plan outlined in…
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International scientists call for Canadian science funding and freedoms to be restored
October 30, 2014 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Over 800 scientists worldwide have signed an open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper calling on the federal government to restore funding cut from its science programs and to remove barriers to the ability of Canadian government…
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Canadian 2014 R&D expenditures steady at $30.6B
October 21, 2014 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Statistics Canada has released its R&D spending intentions for 2014. In the report, it says Canada’s gross domestic expenditures on research and development (R&D) are expected to total $30.6 billion for 2014. This is virtually unchanged from…
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University research income sees 1.1% growth
October 20, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Total research income at the 50 leading universities expanded by only 1.1% in fiscal 2013, mirroring last year’s slow pace of growth, according to the annual ranking of Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities, released last week by…
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Federal departments get lacklustre grades for science communication
October 8, 2014 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – A report released today by Evidence for Democracy (E4D) and Simon Fraser University (SFU) shows that most federal departments fail to adequately support open communication between their researchers and the public. The report, the first in Canada,…
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Ontario researchers hampered by lack of advanced computing resources
July 8, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A new report issued by ORION cautions that Ontario researchers don’t have the advanced computing resources they need, hindering their productivity and ability to compete internationally. ORION, an ultra-fast fibre optic network enabling research and innovation across…
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Calling Alberta researchers: Government wants your input…today
November 4, 2013 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions is seeking input from researchers involved in basic discovery and translational science research as background to a forum taking place on November 7 and 8 at the Shaw Conference Center in Edmonton.…
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$15M competition will accelerate industry innovation
October 29, 2013 by Lab Canada Fredericton, NB – The New Brunswick Research and Innovation Council is launching the Industry Innovation Challenge, a $15 million competition to identify three to six large-scale industry research and development initiatives. “As part of our government’s $80-million investment in innovation…
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Hospital research income in Canada posts solid growth
October 29, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Total research income at Canada’s 40 leading hospitals expanded by 4.8% last year, according to Research Infosource, which today released its annual Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals List, ranking Canadian hospitals on their success in attracting support…
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National ‘Get Science Right’ campaign comes to Edmonton
October 21, 2013 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Community members in Edmonton are being invited to join in a discussion on the public impact of the crisis in science and research policy in Canada. This is part of a series of cross-country meetings being hosted…
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Survey shows most federal scientists feel they can’t speak out
October 21, 2013 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – A major survey of federal government scientists commissioned by the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC), has found that 90% feel they are not allowed to speak freely to the media about the work…
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New policy earmarks $2.1 billion for research in Quebec
October 17, 2013 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The Québec government unveiled its new policy on research and innovation last week. The province’s minister of higher education, research, science and technology, Pierre Duchesne, said his government will be providing more than $2.1 billion for the first…
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University research income expands at slowest pace since 2001
October 17, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Total research income at the 50 leading universities expanded by just 1.1% in fiscal 2012, the slowest growth since 2001, according to this year’s annual ranking of Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities, released today by Research Infosource.…
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Job picture improves for chemists in US
September 25, 2013 by Lab Canada Washington, DC – With the US economy slowly trudging back from recession and uncertainties remaining about government sequestration, the employment and salary snapshot for chemists and chemical engineers in 2013 shows that salaries and the job market are improving. Results…
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Research grants should not be tied to commercialization: study
June 5, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Canadian universities lag behind their US counterparts in generating technology transfer between academic research and companies, and improved policies are needed to address the problem, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In…
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Five senses direct emerging technological trends
December 17, 2012 by Lab Canada Armonk, NY – A new generation of computing will mimic human senses in the coming years, according to IBM’s annual “IBM 5 in 5” (#ibm5in5) – a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work,…
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Canadian chemistry industry’s investment outlook bullish for 2013
December 17, 2012 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Canada’s chemistry sector is projecting strong investment growth for 2013, according to the 2012 Year-End Survey of Business Conditions, released by the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada (CIAC). In the report, CIAC members estimate that their capital…
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Unlimited free access to books and journals for postdocs
November 30, 2012 by Lab Canada New York, NY – Young scholars who do not have a research position can get free access to scientific books and journals to keep up with their research, Publisher Elsevier launched the initiative, the Postdoc Free Access Passport, and it…
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Stem cell technology gets investment
November 20, 2012 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Umbilical mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are cells that can differentiate into musculoco-skeletal tissues such as bone, cartilage and muscle. Their ability to generate replacement tissues and affect cellular processes such as inflammation makes them an exciting potential…
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Call for IAFP 2013 award nominations
November 13, 2012 by Lab Canada Des Moines, Iowa – The International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) is calling for nominations for their 2013 Association Awards. There are 16 awards to be awarded at their annual meeting held this year July 28-31 at the Charlotte Convention…
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Webinar on the EU nanomaterial definition
November 12, 2012 by Lab Canada Salisbury, UK – Discussing the impact of the recent EU and JRC publications on the EU’s nanomaterial definition a webinar will be held on Wednesday, November 14. Hosted by NanoSight, providers of nanoparticle characterization technology, the company invites interested parties…
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Is the ELA being sold?
November 9, 2012 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Since the planned shuttering of the Experimental Lakes Area half a year ago there have been many controversies and rumors swirling around this world renown research facility. Recently, the Coalition to Save ELA has been informed that…
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Malaria champions of the Americas honoured
November 8, 2012 by Lab Canada Washington, DC – About 250 million people around the world suffer from malaria each year and about 655,000 die from the disease. Almost 23 million people live in areas at risk for malaria in the Americas. Although cases declined 59…
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AFM-IR for quantitative nanoscale chemical analysis
November 7, 2012 by Lab Canada Santa Barbara, CA – A new paper authored by Dr Andrea Centrone and his colleagues at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reported on experiments that carefully studied the AFM-IR signal strength versus sample thickness. The experiments showed…
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Zombie bees not Halloween prank
November 1, 2012 by Lab Canada San Francisco, CA – Zombie movies have always had a great following. But far from fiction, researchers have found zombies in our midst. Honey bees, which have come under much pressure from environmental degradation and intense commercial exploitation, are facing…
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