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New DNA analysis technique promises speedier diagnosis
August 5, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Researchers from McGill University and the Génome Québec Innovation Centre have achieved a technical breakthrough which they say should result in speedier diagnosis of cancer and various pre-natal conditions. The key discovery, which is described online this…
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Canadian cancer research pioneer passes away
August 5, 2014 by Lab Canada Columbia, SC – Cancer research lost a pioneer on Sunday, August 3, 2014, with the passing of Dr. Emmanuel Farber, a renowned pathologist who made fundamental contributions to the understanding of chemical carcinogenesis. Dr. Farber’s studies in experimental pathology demonstrated…
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$2.5M supports agricultural research at Vineland centre
August 5, 2014 by Lab Canada Vineland Station, OB – The Vineland Research and Innovation Centre has received $2.5 million from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to support two research projects. Just over $1.4 million funding will be used to modernize the centre’s rose breeding program using…
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Mouse models of autism respond to therapy of social aspect part of brain
August 5, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – An area of the brain tied to empathy, urges and other social aspects of our behaviour is abnormal in mice used to model autism, but some of the abnormality is repairable with drug therapy during a critical…
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Study probes gene responsible for neuromuscular disorder
July 30, 2014 by Lab Canada Peterborough, ON – Craig Brunetti, a biology professor at Trent University, along with environmental and life sciences PhD student Andressa Lacerda and undergraduate biochemistry student Emily Hartjes, have discovered the cellular mechanism that results in Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT) disease,…
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Genetic mechanism for ALS is uncovered
July 29, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Researchers have found a missing link that helps to explain how ALS paralyses and ultimately kills its victims. The breakthrough is helping them trace a path to a treatment or even a cure. “ALS research has been…
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$2M funding supports in two major health challenges
July 29, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The University of Toronto’s research funding program – the Connaught Fund – broke the mould this year with its $1 million Global Challenge Prize, awarding two projects instead of the usual one. Projects led by two Faculty…
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NRC’s IT system suffers cyber attack
July 29, 2014 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has suffered a cyber attack on its IT infrastructure, and the organization says it might take up to a year to create a new secure infrastructure. In a related statement,…
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$1.2M awarded to Crohn’s and colitis researchers
July 29, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Crohn’s and Colitis Canada has awarded four research grants, totalling $1,229,750, to researchers across Ontario. The grants will support a number of research projects relating to Crohn’s and colitis, known collectively as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Drs.…
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Innovation council to guide Alberta’s research and development
July 29, 2014 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Alberta’s government has inaugurated a new Alberta Innovation Council that is charged with the task of guiding the province’s research and development. It says the council will act as a “system architect”, providing vital oversight and advice…
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$2.1M translational chair in cancer appointed
July 29, 2014 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Lynne Postovit, PhD, has received an AIHS Translational Health Chair in Cancer from Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions (AIHS). She will receive approximately $2.1 million for the seven-year research program. Dr. Postovit is a newly appointed associate…
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Waters acquires REIMS technology
July 22, 2014 by Lab Canada Milford, MA – Waters Corporation says it has acquired rapid evaporative ionization mass spectrometry (REIMS) technology from MediMass. The REIMS technology represents substantially all of the assets of MediMass and includes patent applications, software, databases and REIMS expertise. “While showing…
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New light shed on biology underlying schizophrenia
July 22, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – As part of a multinational, collaborative effort, researchers from Canada’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have helped identify over 100 locations in the human genome associated with the risk of developing schizophrenia, in what is…
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International dark matter experiment coming to SNOLAB
July 21, 2014 by Lab Canada Sudbury, ON – The SuperCDMS experiment is coming to the SNOLAB underground science facility. The Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search is an international, multimillion-dollar dark matter experiment currently based in Minnesota with plans to progress the project by building a…
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$1.9M supports bio-fibre quality research projects
July 21, 2014 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – Manitoba’s Composites Innovation Centre is receiving over $1.9 million in combined federal-provincial funding from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development to support FibreCITY, North America’s first agriculture fibre-grading centre of excellence program. The…
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Potential anti-cancer agent focus of study
July 21, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The path of discovery to developing a potential anti-cancer agent by a team led by Dr. Tak Mak has been published in the journal Cancer Cell. “What began with the question ‘what makes a particular aggressive form…
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Global warming pause reflects natural fluctuation
July 21, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Statistical analysis of average global temperatures between 1998 and 2013 shows that the slowdown in global warming during this period is consistent with natural variations in temperature, according to research by McGill University physics professor Shaun Lovejoy.…
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Study discovers genetic variant that protects against Alzheimer’s disease
July 21, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Judes Poirier, PhD, C.Q., from the Douglas Mental Health Institute and McGill University in Montreal, and his team have discovered that a relatively frequent genetic variant actually conveys significant protection against the common form of Alzheimer’s disease…
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$1M funding supports honeybee health surveillance study
July 21, 2014 by Lab Canada McLennan, AB – A four-year-nationwide surveillance project to document the health profile of honey bee colonies in Canada is being supported with funding of $1 million from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The funding is being provided to the Beekeepers Commission…
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Pittcon 2015 issues call for conferee networking topics
July 17, 2014 by Lab Canada Pittsburgh, PA – The organizers of Pittcon 2015 have issued a call for topics for the Conferee Networking Sessions. It’s a great opportunity to be a Pittcon 2015 Conferee Networking Session host – if you have an idea for a…
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New lab to test for invasive fish species
July 17, 2014 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – A new Asian carp science lab recently celebrated its opening in Burlington, ON. Rather than shipping samples of the invasive species for analysis outside of the country, the new lab will allow Fisheries and Oceans Canada scientists…
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$418M in NSERC funding for 3,700 researchers
July 16, 2014 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) has announced the recipients of its 2014 Discovery Grants, Discovery Accelerator Supplements, Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarships, Postgraduate Scholarships, and Postdoctoral Fellowships. In total 3,796 recipients – scientists,…
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$99.5M renews funding for genome institute
July 15, 2014 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has renewed the Genomics Research and Development Initiative (GRDI) with $99.5 million over the next five years. GRDI coordinates eight federal science departments and agencies in the field of genomics…
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$43M supports research projects in Atlantic Canada
July 15, 2014 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is awarding a total of $43 million to ten research and development projects across Atlantic Canada through its Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF). The projects receiving funding are highly diverse and range from technology to improve the…
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BC researchers receive Scholars Awards
July 15, 2014 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Thirty-two BC health researchers have been named recipients of Scholar awards through MSFHR’s 2014 Scholar Program funding competition. The award recipients, selected from a highly competitive pool of more than 120 applicants, are working on projects that…
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$2.5M funding to study genetic link among three chronic diseases
July 15, 2014 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – A team of researchers affiliated with the University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research Institute (uOBMRI) has been awarded a five-year, $2.5 million grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to explore a possible genetic link…
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Microbe sniffer could point the way to next-gen bio-refining
July 15, 2014 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – A new biosensor invented at the University of British Columbia (UBC) could help optimize bio-refining processes that produce fuels, fine chemicals and advanced materials by sniffing out naturally occurring bacterial networks that are genetically wired to break…
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$5M awarded to prostate cancer research team
July 15, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Dr. John Bartlett of the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (principal investigator) and his team of 14 co-investigators from several provinces have been awarded the $5 million 2014 Movember Team Grant. Their research is entitled ‘The prostate…
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Carbon dioxide-consuming fuel cell project wins development grant
July 14, 2014 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Can a fuel cell consume rather than produce carbon dioxide to create energy? That’s the $35-million question a University of Alberta Faculty of Engineering-led team is looking to answer as one of the 24 challengers moving onto…
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Fast, portable device provides lab-quality cocaine testing
July 14, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Testing for cocaine and other drugs usually involves two steps: a quick on-site prescreen and then a more accurate confirmatory test at a laboratory. This process can often take days or weeks — far too long in…
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Prostate cancer researcher lands major research award
July 10, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Dr. Mads Daugaard, a senior research scientist with the Vancouver Prostate Centre, has won the Safeway Rising Star in Prostate Cancer Research Award. A $450,000 research grant provided by Prostate Cancer Canada, the award acknowledges emerging leaders…
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