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Battery materials R&D the focus of new collaboration
July 8, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Hydro-Québec and the Regional Council of Aquitaine (France) have signed an agreement signalling their interest in collaborating in the field of advanced battery materials for transportation electrification. For several years, Hydro-Québec’s Research Institute has explored various technologies…
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New infectious diseases society has multidisciplinary approach
July 8, 2014 by Lab Canada Milan, Italy – A new International Scientific Society called WAIDID (World Association for Infectious Diseases and Immunological Disorders) was announced this week at the Infectious Diseases World Summit in Shanghai, China. Presided over by Prof. Susanna Esposito, WAIDID has the…
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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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Planning underway for world’s largest medical trade show
July 7, 2014 by Lab Canada Düsseldorf, Germany – Planning for the world’s largest medical trade show, MEDICA 2014 (November 12-15), is already running at full steam ahead. More than 4,500 exhibitors from around 65 nations are expected to participate. COMPAMED – a sister show covering…
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SP Industries acquires Bel-Art products
July 2, 2014 by Lab Canada Warminster, PA – SP Industries – designer and manufacturer of laboratory equipment, biological drug manufacturing solutions, and specialty glassware – has acquired Bel-Art Products. Headquartered in Wayne, NJ, Bel-Art serves the scientific, industrial, and healthcare end markets with over 3,500…
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Nanoparticle research in focus at Pittcon 2015 keynote lecture
June 27, 2014 by Lab Canada Pittsburgh, PA – The Pittcon Program Committee has announced its 2015 Wallace H. Coulter Lecture, “Plasmonics: Shedding Light on Cross-cutting Science and Technologies,” which will be presented by Naomi J. Halas, Stanley C. Moore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.…
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Canadian researcher develops strategy to protect sawfish from extinction
June 27, 2014 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Nicholas Dulvy, Canada Research Chair in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at Simon Fraser University, is leading a global strategy to prevent extinction and promote recovery of sawfish, which now face risk of extinction due to overfishing and…
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Dalhousie neuroscientists receive $1.7M from CIHR
June 27, 2014 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – Two neuroscientists at Dalhousie Medical School have received $1.7 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to answer key questions about how circuits in the spinal cord allow us to move in coordinated, rhythmic ways,…
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Joint venture to commercialize cellulose filaments
June 25, 2014 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC and Montreal, QC – A new joint venture company – Performance BioFilaments – has been set up by Mercer International and Resolute Forest Products to develop commercial applications for cellulose filaments, a new biomaterial. Cellulose filaments have special…
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Agreement expands availability of Goodfellow products in Canada
June 24, 2014 by Lab Canada Huntingdon, UK – Goodfellow, a supplier of metals and materials for research and industry, earlier this year signed an agreement with life science and high-technology company Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, to market and distribute Goodfellow’s portfolio of materials worldwide. This agreement has…
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PANalytical parent acquires Canadian sample prep company
June 20, 2014 by Lab Canada Almelo, the Netherlands – Instrumentation and controls company Spectris – parent company of PANalytical – says it has acquired Quebec-based La Corporation Scientifique Claisse, which produces sample preparation for atomic spectroscopy (including X-ray) analysis. Claisse designs, manufactures and sells consumables…
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Will the chemical sector REACH the 2018 regulatory deadlines?
June 19, 2014 by Lab Canada Helsinki, Finland – Each year since it was established the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has held a Stakeholders’ Day. Andrew Cox describes the latest in the series of these one-day events – which bring together representatives of the chemical industry…
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$5.7M supports research on breast cancer in young women
June 18, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A pan-Canadian research team investigating breast cancer in young women is being supported with $5.7 million in funding from the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Institute of Cancer Research. The program…
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CQDM and Sanofi Canada partner to accelerate drug discovery
June 18, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Drug discovery research in Canada is receiving a boost with an announcement that CQDM and Sanofi Canada have formed a partnership to support highly innovative research. Sanofi Canada will be contributing up to $500,000 over a period…
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Meeting explores barriers to accelerating HIV vaccine discovery
June 18, 2014 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – Twelve national and international experts in HIV and non-HIV vaccine discovery and development exchanged information from the perspectives of basic science, regulatory affairs and industry at the Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative (CHVI) Research and Development Alliance Coordinating…
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Neuromuscular disease network to enhance research, clinical care
June 18, 2014 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – The Canadian Neuromuscular Disease Network was launched last week by the University of Calgary’s Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and Muscular Dystrophy Canada. “Neuromuscular diseases are individually rare but as a group…
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Canada, Australia to collaborate in stem cell research
June 17, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON and Melbourne, Australia – Canada’s Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM) and the Stem Cells Australia consortium have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together to increase the translation of stem cell research in…
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$1.4M funding supports clean air research projects
June 12, 2014 by Lab Canada Gatineau, QC – More than $1.4 million in funding is being provided by Environment Canada for science initiatives under the Clean Air Regulatory Agenda. In all, seven universities will receive funding for 13 projects that will contribute to the body…
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CLS partnership with Mitacs to foster access to synchrotron research
June 12, 2014 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – The Canadian Light Source synchrotron has signed a memorandum of understanding with Mitacs, a national, not-for-profit organization that brings together academia, industry and the public sector, to develop cutting edge tools and technologies vital to Canada’s knowledge-based…
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Program trains science, engineering graduates
June 11, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) is awarding $14.8 million for nine training programs at seven Canadian institutions that will help graduates acquire skills for new careers in several focus areas. The program, called CREATE,…
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$15 million funding boosts cancer trials collaboration
June 11, 2014 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – The NCIC Clinical Trials Group (CTG) at Queen’s University has been awarded $15 million in funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health through the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) to strengthen its work leading major cancer…
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Habitat loss on breeding grounds cause of monarch decline
June 11, 2014 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – Habitat loss on breeding grounds in the United States – not on wintering grounds in Mexico – is the main cause of recent and projected population declines of migratory monarch butterflies in eastern North America, according to…
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Partnership strengthens drug development pipeline
June 11, 2014 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Canada’s national drug development and commercialization centre, the Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD), says it has entered into a new affiliation agreement with the University of Manitoba. The agreement opens the door for the university’s…
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New class of nanoparticle brings cheaper, lighter solar cells outdoors
June 11, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Researchers in the University of Toronto’s Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering have designed and tested a new class of solar-sensitive nanoparticle that outshines the current state of the art employing this new…
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Tobacco control scientist wins prestigious cancer research award
June 5, 2014 by Lab Canada Waterloo, ON – The Canadian Cancer Society is honouring a University of Waterloo scientist with one of its prestigious Awards for Excellence in Cancer Research. Dr David Hammond is the recipient of the William E. Rawls Prize for the remarkable…
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Newly launched $1M grant supports ALS research
June 5, 2014 by Lab Canada Markham, ON – ALS Canada has launched a $1 million grant, in efforts to accelerate a discovery for a therapeutic breakthrough for the terminal disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The grant, named after one…
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Science tells when a sewage pipe needs repair, before it bursts
June 5, 2014 by Lab Canada Boulder, CO – Aging infrastructure – in particular sewer systems – is a topic most people would prefer to avoid, but broken pipes leaking raw sewage into streets and living rooms in many cities are forcing the issue. To better…
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$7M research chairs to turn science into enterprise
June 5, 2014 by Lab Canada Fredericton, NB – The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) has established the first three of six new applied research chairs valued at over $3,525,000 over five years. When complete, the organization says that over $7 million will be awarded for…
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Corrosion research the focus of $600K funding
June 5, 2014 by Lab Canada St John’s, NL – Newfoundland’s Research and Development Corporation says it is providing $598,000 to build research and development capacity and expertise in corrosion research, an area of significant interest for the oil and gas, marine shipping and other industries…
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Study turns free radical theory of aging on its head
May 12, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Many people believe that free radicals, the sometimes-toxic molecules produced by our bodies as we process oxygen, are the culprit behind aging. Yet a number of studies in recent years have produced evidence that the opposite may…
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Vaccine developed by Canadian scientist approved for human trials
May 12, 2014 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – A vaccine invented at the University of Guelph to protect against Campylobacter jejuni – one of the leading bacterial causes of food-borne illness in the world – has just been approved for human clinical trials by the…
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