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MDS Pharma Services appoints senior vice president, discovery and preclinical
March 5, 2004 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – March 5, 2004 – MDS Pharma Services, a provider of innovative drug discovery and development solutions, has named Robert Beland senior vice president, discovery and preclinical. Beland will lead the pharmacology, metabolism resource, biopharmaceuticals, pharmaceutics and fermentation…
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Life sciences news briefs (March 05, 2004)
March 5, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – March 5, 2004 – The following life sciences news briefs were published this week by Industry Canada. 1) Pharmaceuticals Update Stressgen reports HspE7 results from two clinical trials Stressgen (Victoria) announced the results from two clinical trials…
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Nearly $1M committed to Canada’s first new emerging team in spinal cord injury
March 3, 2004 by Lab Canada London, ON – March 3, 2004 – The Canadian Institutes of Health Research, in partnership with the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation, has awarded nearly $1 million to Canada’s first new emerging team (NET) of interdisciplinary Robarts researchers who are pioneering promising…
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Marketing agreement for Shimadzu and Proteome Systems
March 3, 2004 by Lab Canada Columbia, MD and Woburn, MA – March 3, 2004 – Shimadzu Scientific Instruments and Proteome Systems say they have entered into a sales and marketing agreement to provide complete solutions in proteomics, including integrated instruments that bridge sample preparation and…
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New nickel institute complements older related associations
March 3, 2004 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – March 3, 2004 – Dr Ivor Kirman has announced the launch of the Nickel Institute. The institute, whose members represent over 70% of current world production, will generate and communicate knowledge required to support safe and sustainable…
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Feds announce $179M for nationwide health research projects
March 1, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – March 1, 2004 – The federal government has announced funding of $179 million for 437 research projects across Canada to be carried out over periods of one to five years. Selected to exemplify CIHR’s comprehensive, problem-based approach…
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Critical infrastructures the focus of new $3M program
March 1, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – March 1, 2004 – NSERC and Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC) have launched a $3-million joint program to fund research in the area of critical infrastructure interdependencies. Under the program, scientists and engineers in the…
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Life sciences news briefs (March 01, 2004)
March 1, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – March 1, 2004 – The following life sciences news briefs were published this week by Industry Canada: 1) Pharmaceuticals Update Isotechnika – FDA agrees to manufacturing plans for ISA247 Isotechnika (Edmonton) announced that the manufacturing process for…
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Herzberg memorial prize and fellowship awarded to electrochemistry scientist
February 27, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – February 27, 2004 – The National Research Council’s international Herzberg memorial prize and fellowship award was established in 1999 to commemorate the late Dr Gerhard Herzberg, NRC scientist and Nobel laureate, known worldwide as the “Father of…
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New $250,000 science and engineering research prize honours physics luminary
February 27, 2004 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – February 27, 2004 – The federal government has announced a $250,000 science and engineering research prize in honour of the late Bertram Brockhouse, winner of the 1994 Nobel prize in physics. Working at Chalk River about 40…
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Researcher awarded Steacie scientific prize for medical genomics work
February 26, 2004 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – February 26, 2004 – Dr Stephen Scherer of the Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto was awarded today the 2003 Steacie Prize in the Natural Sciences for outstanding scientific research carried out in Canada.…
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Protein and antibody purification technology the focus of new agreement
February 24, 2004 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – February 24, 2004 – Agribusiness company Syngenta and biotech firm SemBioSys Genetics say they have entered into an agreement giving Syngenta access to SemBioSys’ oilbody-based Stratosome Biologics and StratoCapture purification systems for the development of Syngenta’s biologic…
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Life sciences news briefs (February 24, 2004)
February 24, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – February 24, 2004 – The following life sciences news briefs were published recently by Industry Canada. 1) PHARMACEUTICALS UPDATE Lorus Therapeutics’ study to investigate GTI-2040 and gemcitabine Lorus Therapeutics (Toronto) announced the initiation of a clinical trial…
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Polymer expert wins Purvis memorial award
February 23, 2004 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – February 23, 2004 – Dr Musa Kamal, a leader in the fields of polymer engineering and processing, is receiving the Purvis award from the Society of Chemical Industry at the 2004 SCI Canada awards dinner in Toronto…
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Genomics partnership to develop virus for insect control
February 23, 2004 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – February 23, 2004 – Federal forest research and policy development group Great Lakes Forestry Centre and the Ontario Genomics Institute say they are partnering in the development of a virus for the control of an insect that…
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Canadian scientists win Killam Research Fellowships
February 23, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – February 23, 2004 – Some of Canada’s top researchers have been awarded a total of $2 million in the 36th annual competition for Killam Research Fellowships, administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. Among Canada’s most…
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Four new scientific board members for biopharm company
February 20, 2004 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – February 20, 2004 – Biopharmaceutical company Forbes Medi-Tech says it has added four scientists in cardiovascular and metabolic syndrome research to its advisory board. The new members are Steven E Nissen, MD, Daniel J Rader, MD, Thomas…
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Colleges receive $3.6M to support innovation-related research projects
February 19, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – February 19, 2004 – A new pilot program has been developed to support innovation initiatives by community colleges and institutes. The community innovation initiative was jointly developed by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and…
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Innovation foundation gets new top executive
February 19, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – February 19, 2004 – Dr Eliot A Phillipson has been named president and CEO of the Canada Foundation for Innovation. He succeeds the CFI’s current president, Dr David Strangway, who announced last August that he would be…
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Universit de Sherbrooke awarded new research chairs
February 19, 2004 by Lab Canada Sherbrooke, QC – February 19, 2004 – Denis Paradis, minister of state (financial institutions), on behalf of Lucienne Robillard, minister of industry and minister responsible for the economic development agency of Canada for Quebec, today congratulated the Universit de Sherbrooke…
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$1.5M for Great Lakes cleanup projects
February 16, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – February 16, 2004 – Funding of $1.5 million from the Great Lakes Sustainability Fund has been put toward supporting 47 restoration projects in the Great Lakes Basin. The fund provides financial support to projects that improve the…
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Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame announces 2004 inductees
February 16, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – February 16, 2004 – Three Canadian scientists, Helen Sawyer-Hogg, Raymond Urgel Lemieux and Sir John William Dawson, are being inducted into the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame on May 20, 2004. Housed at the Canada…
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Life sciences news briefs (February 16, 2004)
February 16, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – February 16, 2004 – The following life sciences news briefs were published this week by Industry Canada: 1) PHARMACEUTICALS UPDATE Ecopia cancer drug candidate effective against brain tumour Ecopia BioSciences (Montreal) announced that its lead cancer drug…
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Canada and Spain finance joint grapevine research project
February 16, 2004 by Lab Canada Kelowna, BC – February 16, 2004 – A new large-scale genomics research project that focuses on wine grapes has been announced by Genome British Columbia, Genome Canada and Genome Espana. The C$6.2-million project is jointly funded by Genome Canada and…
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North Safety Products announces two senior management promotions
February 13, 2004 by Lab Canada Cranston, RI – February 13, 2004 – North Safety Products has announced two executive appointments. John Greer has been named VP marketing for the US industrial division. He will be relocating to Cranston, but continues his position as VP marketing…
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Award recognizes contributions to rehabilitation engineering
February 13, 2004 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – February 13, 2004 – Finding innovative solutions for people living with mobility problems has earned Dr Geoffrey Fernie, PhD, PEng, the prestigious 2003 Medec award for medical achievement. Medec – the national association representing Canada’s medical device…
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Pall to distribute Haemonetics blood donor products in Canada
February 13, 2004 by Lab Canada East Hills, NY and Braintree, MA – February 13, 2004 – Automated blood processing system developer Haemonetics says it has entered into an exclusive agreement for Pall to distribute Haemonetics blood donor and laboratory processing equipment and disposables in Canada.…
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Trio of researchers is developing fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy technology
February 12, 2004 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – February 12, 2004 – Three researchers from diverse fields have joined forces to develop next-generation technology for better understanding the important roles that proteins play in diseases such as cancer. The study’s goal is to develop a…
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Petro-Canada donates $6.9M engineering building to University of Calgary
February 12, 2004 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – February 12, 2004 – Petro-Canada today donated the Petro-Canada Building, valued at $6.9 million, to the University of Calgary. Constructed in 1978, the 60,000 sq ft building has been leased to the University of Calgary since 1991.…
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Civil engineer and applied mathematician receives the Max Planck Research Prize
February 12, 2004 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – February 12, 2004 – Dr Patrick Selvadurai, professor of civil engineering and applied mechanics at McGill University, received the Max Planck Research Award in Engineering Sciences for 2003. Dr Selvadurai is the first faculty member at McGill…
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Biomedical scientist appointed to prestigious international forum
February 11, 2004 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – February 11, 2004 – A University of Guelph professor has been named a scientific co-ordinator for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a forum of 30 member countries that monitors economic trends and co-ordinates policy-making.…
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