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MIV Therapeutics appoints special scientific advisor
November 4, 2003 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC November 4, 2003 MIV Therapeutics has appointed Dr Arun Chockalingam, BE, MS, PhD, FACC, FACEP, as its special advisor on scientific & international affairs. Dr Chockalingam is a clinical professor of health care and epidemiology at the University…
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Program to drive space telerobotics and telemedicine research
November 3, 2003 by Lab Canada St-Hubert, QC November 3, 2003 The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS) today announced the creation of a new program that will fund Canadian University space researchers and encourage them to build industry…
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Resource giants band together to build $5.3M mining chair
November 3, 2003 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB November 3, 2003 Eleven corporations in the resource sector have come together to create the Alberta Chamber of Resources Industry Chair in Mining Engineering. Combined contributions from Albian Sands, BHP Diamonds, Diavik Diamonds Mines, Finning, Elk Valley Coal,…
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Researchers produce pioneering superfluidity results
November 3, 2003 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB November 3, 2003 Researchers in the University of Alberta department of chemistry have combined homemade equipment and a lot of brainpower to arrive at and extend the frontiers of knowledge in the field of superfluidity. Dr Wolfgang Jaeger…
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Ontario hospital association names new executives
November 3, 2003 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON November 3, 2003 The Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) has named Hilary Short as it new president & CEO, and Tony Dagnone as the chair of its board of directors for 2003-2004. A long-serving member of the staff at…
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Canada’s universities post slower growth in research income
October 31, 2003 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON October 31, 2003 Canada’s top 50 research universities posted C$3.8 billion in sponsored research income for fiscal 2002. This represents a 12.1% increase over the $3.4 billion in 2001, according to Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities List 2003,…
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Time lost in blackout not made up in overtime
October 31, 2003 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON October 31, 2003 The manufacturing, professional/scientific/technical and educational services sectors of Ontario’s economy lost many thousands of hours of work time in the second half of August because of the Ontario-US power outage and subsequent conservation period, according…
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Medical equipment funding given $63M boost in Ontario
October 30, 2003 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON October 30, 2003 The Ontario government says it is improving access to diagnostic equipment and treatment with a $63-million increase to upgrade and modernize medical equipment, Health and Long-Term Care Minister George Smitherman announced today. “We are taking…
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50 patents earn scientists elite status during Xerox’s 50th year in Canada
October 30, 2003 by Lab Canada Mississauga, ON October 30, 2003 This year, Xerox is celebrating 50 years in Canada. At the same time, researchers and scientists at the Xerox Research Centre of Canada are marking another milestone. They are celebrating the fact that 50 US…
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House of Commons passes human reproduction bill
October 29, 2003 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON October 29, 2003 Canada’s House of Commons yesterday voted in favour of Bill C-13, An Act respecting assisted human reproduction and related research. The bill will now be sent to the Senate for review. “Bill C-13 will fill…
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Seminars to focus on spectroscopic solutions
October 28, 2003 by Lab Canada San Jose, CA October 28, 2003 Thermo Electron is running a series of complimentary spectroscopic solutions seminars which will highlight theory, products, applications and techniques related to molecular spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The seminars will review the theories and applications…
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Innovation awards salute university-industry collaborations
October 28, 2003 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON October 28, 2003 The winners of the 2003 NSERC Synergy Awards for Innovation have been announced by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. The awards are given to outstanding university-industry R&D partnerships. Seven partnerships were singled out…
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Qualification program expanded for water purification systems
October 28, 2003 by Lab Canada Billerica, MA October 28, 2003 Water purification system provider Millipore says it has expanded its qualification program to include its next generation Elix and RiOs water purification systems, as well as SDS storage and distribution system and accessories. The company’s…
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Grand-scale smallpox research grid delivers results
October 27, 2003 by Lab Canada Markham, ON October 27, 2003 IBM, along with the University of Western Ontario’s Robarts Research Institute and several other technology and research organizations have completed the important first step in finding a treatment for smallpox. They dramatically reduced the number…
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Ottawa heart institute creates new hypertension research chair
October 27, 2003 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON October 27, 2003 (October 10, 2003) The University of Ottawa Heart Institute has created the Pfizer Chair in Hypertension Research. It says the five-year agreement will advance the groundbreaking work of the Institute’s Hypertension Research Group in new…
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Thermo Electron sells test and measurement business
October 27, 2003 by Lab Canada Waltham, MA October 27, 2003 Thermo Electron Corporation says it has sold its test and measurement business to the Ling Dynamic Systems (LDS) business of SPX Corporation for an undisclosed cash amount. The Thermo business, formerly part of the company’s…
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Life sciences news briefs (October 27, 2003)
October 27, 2003 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON — October 27, 2003 — The following life sciences news briefs were published recently by Industry Canada: 1) Pharmaceuticals Update Altachem Achieves milestone with potential anti-cancer compound Mr Warren Jackson, president and CEO of Altachem Pharma (Edmonton) announced…
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New round of Canada research chairs announced
October 23, 2003 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON October 23, 2003 Allan Rock, minister of industry, praised the work of university researchers today as he announced funding for 118 new Canada research chairs. A special ceremony took place at the University of Toronto to mark the…
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$3M added to oil and gas research resources
October 22, 2003 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS October 22, 2003 Petroleum Research Atlantic Canada (PRAC) a 38-member public-private partnership and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) are teaming up to provide an additional $3 million for new oil and gas research projects at…
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PEI bio-projects selected in second round of Atlantic Innovation Fund projects
October 22, 2003 by Lab Canada Charlottetown, PEI October 22, 2003 Up to C$16.8 million in total funding is being awarded to five research and development projects in Prince Edward Island under the Atlantic Innovation Fund. The following projects have been approved for funding: ChitoXanSys is…
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New research institute to study Atlantic coastal zones
October 22, 2003 by Lab Canada Shippagan, NB October 22, 2003 A Coastal Zones Research Institute being established at the to Universit de Moncton is receiving additional funding of $3,545,522 from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. In addition, a memorandum of understanding between the province and…
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Nobel laureates among Pittcon speakers in 2004
October 20, 2003 by Lab Canada Pittsburgh, PA October 20, 2003 The Pittsburgh Conference announced today that Koichi Tanaka and Professor Kurt Wnthrich, 2002 Nobel laureates, will present separate plenary lectures describing their work at the 2004 Pittsburgh Conference at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. Both…
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NSERC to set up office in Atlantic region
October 20, 2003 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS October 20, 2003 The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) plans to open an office in Atlantic Canada in 2004. “Every year NSERC invests more than $700 million in university research across Canada, yet up to now…
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Qubec biotechnology incubator inaugurates new facilities in Laval
October 20, 2003 by Lab Canada Laval, QC October 20, 2003 Incubator Qubec Biotechnology Innovation Centre (QBIC) officially inaugurated its new Phase 3 facilities at Biotech City of Greater Montreal today. The new facilities will occupy 28,000 sq ft and are located in the Laval Biotechnology…
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Industrial research chairs to help canola and rapeseed growers
October 20, 2003 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB October 20, 2003 The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) has announced more than C$1.3 million in funding for two new NSERC industrial research chairs in high erucic acid rapeseed R&D at the University of Manitoba. NSERC…
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Plans unveiled for developing lower-cost, low-field MRI
October 17, 2003 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB October 17, 2003 A joint federal-provincial initiative is expected to make magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology more accessible and affordable, as well as develop commercial opportunities for a made-in-Canada MRI. A joint $1.23 million federal-provincial contribution has been…
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Energy research helping to reduce carbon dioxide emissions
October 17, 2003 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB October 17, 2003 A heavy oil extraction test facility was recently opened near Fort McMurray in order to explore a technology that could reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 85%. Last year, the Alberta government announced it was joining…
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Cangene and NIH team up against SARS
October 17, 2003 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON and Winnipeg, MB October 17, 2003 Biotech firm Cangene says it has signed a research and development contract with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to develop a hyperimmune specific for the virus that causes…
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Life sciences news briefs (October 17, 2003)
October 17, 2003 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON October 17, 2003 The following life sciences news briefs were recently published by Industry Canada. 1) Pharmaceuticals Update Axcan receives “not approvable” letter for Helicide Axcan Pharma (Mont Saint Hilaire) has announced that the US Food and Drug…
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Study shows that worldwide M&A activity declines for pharma companies as biotech increases
October 16, 2003 by Lab Canada Oxford, UK October 15, 2003 A study by PharmaVentures shows that M&A activity among pharmaceutical companies worldwide has declined radically over the past seven years while biotech-biotech activity has risen dramatically. In 1996, there were over 100 reported mergers and…
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Alberta health research projects receive $46.5 million in federal funding
October 15, 2003 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB October 15, 2003 The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has announced it is providing $46.5 million to fund health research in Alberta. “The Government of Canada has more than doubled its health research investment over the last…
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