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Collaboration focuses on CNC and OSB research
September 25, 2013 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – FPInnovations and Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures (AITF) have entered into two collaborative agreements that strengthen their research partnership in the areas of cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) and engineered composite products. Researchers from both organizations will collaborate to bring together…
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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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Funding cuts under discussion at town hall meetings
September 23, 2013 by Lab Canada Waterloo, ON – The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has kicked off a cross-country series of town halls aimed at engaging the public in a discussion about the impact of funding cuts to basic research and the muzzling of…
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$34.5M in Vanier, Banting scholarships announced
September 23, 2013 by Lab Canada Quebec City, QC – A total of 165 new recipients of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships and 70 new recipients of the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships were announced today. These awards provide the best doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers from Canada…
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$4.5M funding for arthritis research
September 23, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Arthritis Society has announced over $4.5 million in funding to support arthritis research projects across the country. The funding will be used to fund both established researchers as well as provide young investigators with their first…
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$1M research chair focuses on Alzheimer’s Disease
September 23, 2013 by Lab Canada Laval, QC – Professor Charles Ramassamy of the INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier Centre has been named the inaugural chairholder of the new Louise and André Charron Research Chair in Alzheimer’s Disease. Funded by a $1 million gift over five years from the…
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Health sciences community mourns passing of Dr. Donald Low
September 19, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Canada’s health sciences community is mourning the death yesterday of Dr. Donald Low, a well-known and highly respected microbiologist. Dr. Low was microbiologist-in-chief at Mount Sinai Hospital from 1985 until his recent retirement, as well as medical…
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$5M funding for project aimed at eliminating HIV/AIDS
September 18, 2013 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – With funding from Genome BC and others, a new $5M project aims to develop an improved HIV drug-resistance test, real-time drug resistance surveillance and better methods for personalizing treatment of HIV based on each patient’s unique DNA.…
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Alfa Aesar acquires Biomedical Technologies
September 17, 2013 by Lab Canada Heysham, UK – Research chemical manufacturer Alfa Aesar says it has completed the purchase of Biomedical Technologies (BTI) of Stoughton, MA. BTI has been manufacturing life science research products for more than 30 years. Its product line includes specialty proteins,…
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Scientists stand up for science in rallies across Canada
September 16, 2013 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Thousands of scientists and concerned citizens participated in rallies across Canada today, voicing their concern for the state of science in the public interest. Speakers highlighted that the health of public science impacts all of us and…
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$12M supports new dairy research cluster
September 16, 2013 by Lab Canada Embrun, ON – The Dairy Farmers of Canada has received $12 million from the federal government to lead a research cluster. The plan is to bring together scientific expertise for research in key areas such as sustainable milk production, dairy…
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Weather patterns play significant role in seasonal flu
September 13, 2013 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – Influenza is like a cloud, moving across Canada with the fall weather, McMaster University researchers have found. They have established that the spread of seasonal flu in Canada is tied to low temperature and low humidity and…
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Bruker acquires Prairie Technologies
September 13, 2013 by Lab Canada Billerica, MA – Bruker Corporation says it has acquired Prairie Technologies, a provider of life science fluorescence microscopy products. Headquartered near Madison, Wisconsin, privately held Prairie pioneered the use of multiphoton fluorescence microscopy. Its multiphoton product offerings facilitate discoveries in…
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Conferee registration opens for Pittcon 2014
September 13, 2013 by Lab Canada Pittsburgh, PA – Conferee registration with an early bird discount is now open for Pittcon 2014, the world’s largest annual conference and exposition for laboratory science, which is being held March 2-6, at McCormick Place South in Chicago. A discount…
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Early-onset Parkinson’s disease linked to genetic deletion
September 10, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and University Health Network (UHN) have found a new link between early-onset Parkinson’s disease and a piece of DNA missing from chromosome 22. The findings help shed…
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$7M funding supports crop research alliance
September 9, 2013 by Lab Canada Woodstock, ON – The Canadian Field Crop Research Alliance (CFCRA) has received $7 million in funding from the federal government to lead a research cluster in developing improved strains of grains. The alliance will bring together scientific expertise for research…
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Cell membrane protein discovery uses NMR spectroscopy
September 9, 2013 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – University of Guelph physics professors Vladimir Ladizhansky and Leonid Brown say they have perfected ways to determine the structure of large proteins found in cell membranes throughout the body. Their work may help drug companies and other…
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Clinical research centre to open in Laval
September 9, 2013 by Lab Canada Laval, QC – Servier Canada, the Canadian subsidiary of the Servier Research Group, the second largest French pharmaceutical company, has begun construction of a Centre of Excellence in Clinical Research at its Laval location. This new 30,000 square-foot complex represents…
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Accelrys acquires EH&S compliance provider ChemSW
September 9, 2013 by Lab Canada San Diego, CA – Scientific innovation lifecycle management software provider Accelrys has acquired ChemSW, an environmental health & safety compliance (EH&S) solutions provider. Accelrys says the acquisition will enable it to provide solutions for managing and tracking the source, use…
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New life science development centre in cards for Montreal
September 9, 2013 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Following a US$30-million commitment to Sanderling Ventures, BDC Venture Capital and the Fonds de solidarité FTQ say Sanderling will create a permanent facility for the development of early-stage life science projects in Montreal. The funds committed by…
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$2M a year for ELA from Ontario
September 3, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Ontario government says it will commit up to $2 million a year to keep the famed Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) open. The ELA is the only fresh water research facility of its kind in the world.…
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DNA cages may aid drug delivery
September 3, 2013 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – A study by researchers at McGill University marks a step toward the use of biological nanostructures to deliver drugs to diseased cells in patients. The findings, which focus on nanoscale ‘cages’ made from strands of DNA that…
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Canadian urology research grants awarded
August 29, 2013 by Lab Canada Markham, ON – The Canadian Urological Association (CUA) and Astellas Pharma Canada have renewed a partnership for a second year in support of the CUA Astellas Research Grant Program. Last year, Astellas pledged $750,000 over a period of five years…
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RNA double helix structure identified using synchrotron light
August 27, 2013 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – When Francis Crick and James Watson discovered the double helical structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in 1953, it began a genetic revolution to map, study, and sequence the building blocks of living organisms. DNA encodes the genetic…
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$3M funding will fast track virology discoveries to market
August 22, 2013 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – The University of Alberta’s Li Ka Shing Applied Virology Institute has received funding of $3 million from Western Economic Diversification Canada. The money is earmarked for commercialization efforts in transitioning research discoveries to the marketplace. “This funding…
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Breast cancer research projects get $8.4M
August 22, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation – Ontario Region has awarded more than $8.4 million in research and fellowship grants across the province. “Although the mortality rate of breast cancer has significantly declined, it’s still the most common…
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Arthritis research gets million-dollar boost
August 21, 2013 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Totalling over one million dollars over the next four years, five different recipients in British Columbia have been awarded grants to help them move forward with research projects that will directly affect those in BC and the…
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Insect-inspired super rubber moves toward practical medical use
August 21, 2013 by Lab Canada Newark, DE – The remarkable, rubber-like protein that enables dragonflies, grasshoppers, crickets and other insects to flap their wings, chirp and jump has major potential uses in medicine This is the conclusion of scientists in a recent article in the…
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Full report on health research strategy survey released
August 20, 2013 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Consensus is emerging among members of the BC health research community around the actions and research gaps that could be addressed by a provincial health research strategy. Under the leadership of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health…
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$4.2M supports expansion of advanced composites industry
August 20, 2013 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – The Western Diversification Program is providing $4.2 million to the Composites Innovation Centre(CIC) to help it purchase composites equipment for research, complete capital upgrades and hire specialized incremental staff to support initiatives to expand the western aerospace…
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Virus-derived particles target blood cancer
August 20, 2013 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Researchers have developed special virus-derived particles that can kill human blood cancer cells in the laboratory and eradicate the disease in mice with few side effects. The study is published in Blood Cancer Journal by co-senior authors…
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