News
News
CollaborationsLaboratory
U of T and Indian Institute of Science to collaborate
August 20, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Increased collaborations on scientific research, entrepreneurship activities and educational opportunities are being planned through a new memorandum of understanding signed by the University of Toronto and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, India. As a…
News
General Science & ResearchLaboratory
$24M funding to help science, engineering grads
August 12, 2013 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Job skills training for science and engineering grads and postdocs across the country is being supported with $24 million in funding for a group of 15 new training networks. Announced today by the Natural Sciences and Engineering…
News
CommercializationLaboratoryLife Sciences
Collaboration to commercialize cancer screening tool
August 12, 2013 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A new diagnostic test for pre-cancerous polyps, PolypDx™, from Metabolomic Technologies (MTI), is moving towards commercialization as a result of a collaboration between the company, Alberta’s provincial government, the University of Alberta, and BGI Shenzhen (formerly Beijing…
News
LaboratoryLife SciencesResearch Results
Researchers find best stem cells for bone marrow transplants
August 11, 2013 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – McMaster University researchers have discovered the location of human blood stem cells that may improve bone marrow transplants. The best stem cells are at the ends of the bone. It is hoped this discovery will lead to…
News
LaboratoryLife SciencesResearch Labs
Flu vaccine could prevent spread of cancer after surgery
August 11, 2013 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – New research led by Dr. Rebecca Auer at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute suggests that the common flu vaccine may be able to help prevent the spread of cancer following surgery. Previous research by Dr. Auer and…
News
General Science & ResearchLaboratory
Scientific community mourns the passing of Dr. Tony Pawson
August 11, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The scientific community has joined Mount Sinai in expressing its profound sadness at the passing of Dr. Tony Pawson, a giant in the world of medical research and a beloved colleague and friend to so many. Dr.…
News
BiologyLaboratoryResearch Results
Monarch butterfly generations tracked through migration
August 11, 2013 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – Biologists at the University of Guelph have for the first time mapped the migration pattern across the continent over an entire breeding season. That information might help conserve a creature increasingly threatened by loss of habitat and…
News
LaboratoryLife Sciences
Pioneering hematologist wins Wallace H. Coulter Award
August 9, 2013 by Lab Canada Washington, DC – The 2013 Wallace H. Coulter Award for Lifetime Achievement in Hematology, the highest honour of the American Society of Hematology, is being presented to Professor Sir David Weatherall, MD, of the University of Oxford for his more…
News
LaboratoryLife SciencesResearch Results
Genome of HeLa cell line now released to scientists
August 9, 2013 by Lab Canada Bethesda, MD – The first study to sequence and analyze the entire genome of a HeLa cell line, along with access to its sequence data, was published August 7 in its final version, by G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics, an open-access, scientific journal…
News
LaboratoryLife SciencesResearch Results
PTEN discovery provides knowledge to individualize treatment
August 9, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Scientists at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have discovered a function of the tumour suppressor gene PTEN that helps explain why certain promising therapies fail in many cancer patients, a finding that could aid in delivering tailored,…
News
LaboratoryMaterials ScienceNew Technology & Applications
Quantum of sonics: Bonded, not stirred
August 1, 2013 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Researchers at McGill University have discovered a new way to join materials together using ultrasound. Ultrasound is normally used to smash particles apart in water. In a recent study, the team of researchers, led by McGill professor…
News
BiologyLaboratoryResearch Results
Bird vaccine may halt West Nile Virus
August 1, 2013 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – University of British Columbia researchers have developed a vaccine that may halt the spread of West Nile Virus (WNV) among common and endangered bird species. WNV, a mosquito borne pathogen, arrived in North America in 1999 and…
News
LaboratoryLife Sciences
First Nation knowledge aids in quest for anti-cancer compounds
August 1, 2013 by Lab Canada Lethbridge, AB – In the native prairie grasses of southern Alberta, University of Lethbridge biological sciences researcher Dr. Roy Golsteyn is looking for new cancer treatments – and by inviting help from traditional First Nations knowledge practitioners, he is hoping…
News
BiologyLaboratory
New plant cryopreservation facility gets $2M funding
August 1, 2013 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – Deep-freezing living tissue from the world’s endangered trees and banking the material for future use are among the scientific possibilities at an expanding University of Guelph (U of G) research institute. A cryopreservation facility will be created…
News
LaboratoryLife SciencesResearch Results
3-D look at prions may help find cure to brain diseases
August 1, 2013 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Researchers at the University of Alberta have collaborated to create antibodies for a leading prion study in Switzerland and created a 3-D image showing where those antibodies bind to the prion molecule. That will help design the…
News
General Science & ResearchLaboratory
Networking session topics sought for Pittcon 2014
August 1, 2013 by Lab Canada Pittsburgh, PA – A call for topics for Conferee Networking sessions has been issued for Pittcon 2014, which takes place on March 2-6, 2014 at McCormick Place in Chicago. These two-hour sessions provide a special networking opportunity for attendees with…
News
General Science & ResearchLaboratory
Quantum mechanics prize goes to pioneering physicists
August 1, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The University of Toronto’s Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control has announced Michel Devoret and Robert Schoelkopf, both of Yale University, as winners of the prestigious John Stewart Bell Prize for their enormous contributions to the…
News
BiologyLaboratory
Canadian plant names and distribution simplified in new database
July 30, 2013 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – A comprehensive and curated checklist of all vascular plants reported in Canada, Greenland (Denmark), and Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France), has been published by a group of botanists led by Dr. Luc Brouillet, a specialist of Canadian…
News
LaboratoryLife Sciences
Renowned cardiologist wins international medicine prize
July 29, 2013 by Lab Canada London, ON – Internationally renowned cardiologist and epidemiologist, Dr. Salim Yusuf, is being awarded with the J Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine. Dr Yusuf is a professor in Western University’s Department of Medicine, and the founder and director of…
News
LaboratoryLife Sciences
$10M supports genomic research into lymphoid cancer
July 29, 2013 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Researchers at the BC Cancer Agency will receive $10 million in funding to further their work in finding a cost-effective, genomic approach to treat lymphoid cancer. “This funding allows BC to become a real world laboratory to…
News
AgriculturalLaboratory
Agricultural research in BC gets boost
July 29, 2013 by Lab Canada Victoria, BC – A program that furthers innovation in BC agriculture has been renewed by the BC and federal governments with $3 million in funding over two years. The cost-shared program will allow companies to access funding to support late-stage…
News
AgriculturalLaboratory
$15M establishes canola research cluster
July 29, 2013 by Lab Canada Howden, MB – The federal government is providing $15 million in funding to support a new research cluster being led by the Canola Council of Canada. It brings together scientific expertise for research into key areas such as canola oil…
News
LaboratoryLife SciencesResearch Results
Checklist avoids flaws in preclinical animal research
July 29, 2013 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Only 11% of drugs that enter clinical trials in humans are ultimately found safe and effective enough to receive regulatory approval. One possible reason for this dismal success rate is flawed preclinical animal research. A number of…
News
LaboratoryLife Sciences
$1.7M project examines genetic roots of FASD
July 29, 2013 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – The Canadian Institutes of Health Research has awarded $1.37 million in funding to a team at the University of Manitoba that is led by James Davie, Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Chromatin Dynamics. The researchers will study…
News
General Science & ResearchLaboratory
Research icebreaker celebrates 10th birthday
July 26, 2013 by Lab Canada Quebec City, QC – The Canadian Coast Guard ship Amundsen is celebrating its 10th anniversary as a research icebreaker this year as it departs Quebec City today for its annual expedition to the Canadian Arctic. Over the past 10 years,…
News
General Science & ResearchLaboratory
Laser research prize issues application call
July 26, 2013 by Lab Canada Ditzingen, Germany – Developers and researchers who work in the field of laser technology are being called to apply for a 30,000-euro prize called the Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis. Deadline for both applications and nominations is December 31, 2013. This international…
News
LaboratoryLife SciencesResearch Results
Pressurized virus blasts its infectious DNA into human cells
July 24, 2013 by Lab Canada Pittsburgh, PA – The virus that causes those painful lip blisters known as cold sores has an internal pressure eight times higher than a car tire, and uses it to literally blast its infectious DNA into human cells, scientists are…
News
General Science & ResearchLaboratory
Top prize for Arctic researcher
July 22, 2013 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – One of the world’s top Arctic researchers, Queen’s University professor John Smol, has been awarded the $50,000 Weston Family Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Northern Research by the W. Garfield Weston Foundation. Dr. Smol’s collaborative work has…
News
LaboratoryResearch Results
Wildfires projected to get more common, harder to control
July 22, 2013 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Devastating wildfires the likes of which razed Slave Lake in 2011 will become more common and tougher to control, according to new study from researchers at the University of Alberta. The study appears in a special issue…
News
LaboratoryNew Technology & Applications
Highly sensitive E coli test uses new molecular technology
July 22, 2013 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Agricultural, medical and computer science researchers from the University of Alberta (U of A) have developed a new testing device that can detect pathogenic E. coli while meat is still at food processing facilities. The test is…
News
LaboratoryLife SciencesNew FacilitiesNew Technology & Applications
Medical isotope production facility opens in Alberta
July 22, 2013 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – The University of Alberta’s new Medical Isotope and Cyclotron Facility has celebrated its grand opening. The facility is receiving funding of $7 million through the federal government’s Isotope Technology Acceleration Program (ITAP). The funding is being used…
News
LaboratoryLife Sciences