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Brain researchers to become ‘neuroentrepreneurs’
June 3, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) and the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) have joined forces and are providing $400,000 to turn Ontariobased neuroscience researchers into ‘neuroentrepreneurs’ and their work into viable companies. Jointly funded through the OCEOBI Entrepreneurship…
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Record $4.5M funding for Alzheimer research
June 3, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Canadian researchers pursuing answers to Alzheimer’s disease have just been awarded $4.5 million in funding, including a record $4 million from the Alzheimer Society of Canada’s Alzheimer Society Research Program (ASRP). The money will be provided to…
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Spray-on flat lens bends UV light
June 3, 2013 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – A team of researchers, including a University of British Columbia engineer, have made a breakthrough utilizing spray-on technology that could revolutionize the way optical lenses are made and used. Kenneth Chau, an assistant professor in the School…
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CF-related metabolic disorders targetted in pioneering lab
May 27, 2013 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Biomedical research institution IRCM has created a new clinic subspecialized in the metabolic disorders associated with cystic fibrosis (CF), in collaboration with the CHUM (Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal). The IRCM and the IRCM Foundation also…
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Tech projects get $1.9M funding for research
May 27, 2013 by Lab Canada St John’s, NL – Twelve business-led projects are receiving a total of $1.8 million in support from the Research & Development Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador (RDC). The funding supports small- and medium-sized businesses in areas ranging from ocean technology…
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Scientists find antibody genes not universal
May 27, 2013 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Drugs and vaccinations that are designed to treat entire populations may be missing their mark, according to a new study from a team of North American scientists, including lead researcher Felix Breden, professor and departmental chair of…
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Protecting Great Lakes focus of $6.7M research project
May 27, 2013 by Lab Canada Windsor, ON – The Great Lakes are under constant stress from pollution, habitat loss, climate change, invasive species and over-exploitation, but a group of University of Windsor researchers have received about $6.7 million in research dollars to find ways to…
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Drug-resistant cancer target of study
May 24, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Re-routing anti-cancer drugs to the ‘power plants’ that make energy to keep cells alive is a promising but long-neglected approach to preventing emergence of the drug-resistant forms of cancer — source of a serious medical problem, scientists…
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Scientists map mega genomes of spruce species
May 23, 2013 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – In two studies, Canadian and Swedish scientists have released genome sequences of two of the most economically important forest trees in the world. The genomic maps are expected to revolutionize how forest industry policymakers and researchers manage…
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Basic research gets boost with $413M in Discovery Grant awards
May 21, 2013 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Canada’s federal government is committed to supporting basic research, says Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology). He made the comment today at the awarding of $413 million in Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of…
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Climate change research projects share $32M in funding
May 21, 2013 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Federal funding of over $32 million in research funding over five years will support seven environmental projects. The funding is being provided through the Climate Change and Atmospheric Research (CCAR) initiative. Established in 2011, CCAR is administered…
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Top award for renowned Alzheimer’s researcher
May 17, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Professor Peter St George-Hyslop, a world-renowned molecular geneticist who is director of the University of Toronto’s Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, has won one of Europe’s top health awards for his pioneering work on the…
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Blockbuster $5M funding supports collaborative mining industry research
May 15, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – What is said to be the largest grant ever awarded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), through its Collaborative Research and Development program, is supporting a massive nationwide research project led by the mining…
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Clean tech projects get $82M in funding
May 15, 2013 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Natural Resources Canada’s ecoENERGY Innovation Initiative (ecoEII) is providing $82 million in support for 55 projects across Canada in the area of clean technologies. Of these, 15 will be pre-commercialization demonstration projects to test the feasibility of…
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Proteomics luminary to deliver plenary lecture at Pittcon 2014
May 14, 2013 by Lab Canada Pittsburgh, PA – Steven Carr, director of proteomics at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, will deliver the Wallace H. Coulter Plenary Lecture at Pittcon 2014. Dr. Carr is internationally recognized as a leader in the development of novel…
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$1.8M funding for research into new battery technology
May 14, 2013 by Lab Canada Waterloo, ON – A nanotechnology research project to explore new battery chemistries that could lead to high-density energy storage has been awarded funding from Natural Resources Canada’s ecoENERGY Innovation Initiative. Led by Professor Linda Nazar of the Faculty of Science…
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Study discovers path to extreme antibiotic resistance in P. aeruginosa
May 14, 2013 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – Combining two mutations in non-essential genes can lead to extreme antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, one of the leading causes of hospital-inquired infections. These findings come from a new study published in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and…
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Commercialization program boosts Alberta-Finland ties
May 13, 2013 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures has issued a second call for proposals for the Alberta – Finland Innovation and Commercialization Program. The $2 million program allows small to medium-sized Alberta companies to partner with Finnish companies in clean technologies,…
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Sanofi opens new HQ in Laval
May 13, 2013 by Lab Canada Laval, QC – Pharmaceutical company Sanofi Canada has opened a new head office in Laval. “As part of Laval’s Biotech City, we remain committed to bringing innovative new medicines to Quebec and Canada, and hope to those living with diabetes,…
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Experimental Lakes Area agreement secures future
May 13, 2013 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) that will allow the IISD to manage the Experimental Lakes Area. A Canadian-based, public policy research institute,…
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New model tests HER2-positive breast cancer treatments
May 6, 2013 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – Scientists at Dalhousie Medical School have developed a new and effective way to test potential new treatments for aggressive, metabolically active HER2-positive breast cancers. Dr. Paola Marignani is principal investigator of the team of scientists that has…
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Recovery of overfished ocean populations depends on swift action
May 6, 2013 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – A secret to recovery in ocean populations that have been depleted by overfishing is quick decision action at the first sign of overfishing, according to a new study co-authored by University of Dalhousie biologist Jeff Hutchings. The…
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Organic agriculture research site inaugurates with $13M in funding
May 6, 2013 by Lab Canada Saint-Bruno-De-Montarville, QC – An agricultural research site devoted to organic agricultural research has received $13.1 million in funding. Supported and inaugurated by Quebec’s Research and Development Institute for the Agri-Environment (IRDA) and located on a 90-ha piece of land, the…
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Pharmaceutical awards honour UBC team
May 6, 2013 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences (CSPS) Awards for 2013 have been awarded to a team of scientists at the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Faculty members Drs. John McNeill and Kishor Wasan, graduate student…
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Synthetic biology research community maps itself
May 6, 2013 by Lab Canada Washington, DC – The number of private and public entities conducting research in synthetic biology worldwide grew significantly between 2009 and 2013, according to the latest version of an interactive map produced by the Synthetic Biology Project at the Woodrow…
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Brockhouse Medal recognizes groundbreaking scientists
May 6, 2013 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The 2013 Brockhouse Medal is being awarded to Kari Dalnoki-Veress and James Forrest, professors at McMaster University and University of Waterloo respectively, for their collaborative work in the physics of macromolecules in thin films, as well as…
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Drinking water research projects share $1M funding
May 1, 2013 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – Three researchers at the University of Calgary have been awarded a total of $1 million in funding for projects investigating water quality and the sustainable management of groundwater. “I’m very excited about the work done by our…
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$11M funding to enhance use of data collected through genomics research
April 29, 2013 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Seventeen bioinformatics and computational biology research projects across the country are receiving a total of $11 million in funding. The projects are being awarded through Genome Canada’s 2012 Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Competition, a partnership between Genome…
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Five brain research teams awarded $1.5M grants
April 29, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto ON – Five teams comprised of researchers from among Canada’s top medical and research institutes are the first to be funded through the W. Garfield Weston Foundation – Brain Canada Multi-Investigator Research Initiative (MIRI). The teams, each of which…
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Dr. Alain Beaudet reappointed as president of CIHR
April 26, 2013 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Dr. Alain Beaudet has been reappointed as president of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for a five-year term. He has served as president since July, 2008. Prior to that, he was president and chief executive…
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Genome Canada award to help researchers develop personalized medicine software
April 25, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Dr. Lincoln Stein, who is program leader, informatics and bio-computing with the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), has been awarded $250,000 through Genome Canada’s Bioinformatics and Computational Biology competition, in partnership with the Canadian Institutes of…
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