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Memorial University gets grant to attract and retain top researchers
November 26, 2012 by Lab Canada St. John’s, NL – The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has granted nine researchers at Memorial University a total of $827,954 to support their innovative research programs. The funding was awarded through the CFI’s Leaders Opportunity Fund, a program designed…
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Umbilical cord cells better at improving cardiac function
November 23, 2012 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Researchers at the University of Toronto, found that umbilical cord cells were 120% more effective than bone marrow cells in improving cardiac function after a heart attack, To stimulate tissue repair and control inflammation most stem cell…
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Innovative health projects get grants
November 22, 2012 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – 51 innovators in 18 low and middle income countries worldwide have received a total of $7 million in grants to pursue bold, creative ideas to tackle health problems in resource-poor countries. Distributed by Grand Challenges Canada, which…
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Collaboration in cancer stem cell research
November 21, 2012 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – With compelling evidence that tigecycline, an FDA-approved antibiotic, is able to selectively target leukemia cells and leukemic stem cells by shutting down their energy supply through the inhibition of mitochondrial protein synthesis, this technology, Based on Dr.…
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Stem cell technology gets investment
November 20, 2012 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Umbilical mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are cells that can differentiate into musculoco-skeletal tissues such as bone, cartilage and muscle. Their ability to generate replacement tissues and affect cellular processes such as inflammation makes them an exciting potential…
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Five researchers take home 25th anniversary Polanyi Prizes
November 19, 2012 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Marking the 25th anniversary of the Polanyi Prize, five of Ontario’s top university researchers are being awarded this year’s prize in recognition of their valuable contribution to the fields of chemistry, literature, physics and physiology/medicine. Established to…
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2013 Insight Awards launched
November 15, 2012 by Lab Canada Belfast, Northern Ireland – Rewards visually stunning and scientifically captivating images, spectra, graphics and movies, this worldwide scientific imaging competition are open to entries produced with either Andor equipment or Bitplane software regardless of the technique or application. Researchers can…
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Satellite finds rising carbon dioxide levels in upper atmosphere
November 14, 2012 by Lab Canada Waterloo, ON – A research project has found that human activity is raising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the uppermost layers of the atmosphere. It is the first hard evidence that such levels are increasing there at a faster…
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Nanotechnology-based cancer drug gets $1.5M development funding
November 14, 2012 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) and MaRS Innovation (MI) have announced $1.5 million in funding from OICR over three years to further develop Cellax™, a nanoparticle drug that could offer an alternative to chemotherapy with…
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Exhibitors compete for SLAS new product award designations
November 14, 2012 by Lab Canada Chicago, IL – The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) will be honouring up to three exhibiting companies with SLAS New Product Award (NPA) Designations. This will be for presenting new products, at SLAS2013, that are judged to be exceptional…
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Call for IAFP 2013 award nominations
November 13, 2012 by Lab Canada Des Moines, Iowa – The International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) is calling for nominations for their 2013 Association Awards. There are 16 awards to be awarded at their annual meeting held this year July 28-31 at the Charlotte Convention…
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Eleven new Research Excellence Chairs to be recruited
November 12, 2012 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Proposals from eight universities have been chosen to recruit Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERCs). The universities have been awarded Canada Excellence Research Chairs in the following areas: École Polytechnique de Montréal—Data Science for Real-Time Decision-Making McGill University—Personalized Pain…
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$30M scientific partnership to focus on water science, infrastructure
November 12, 2012 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Scientists from the University of British Columbia, University of Alberta, University of Toronto and 11 institutions in India are joining forces to tackle urgent issues in both countries with a $30-million partnership. Supported by the Canadian government…
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Webinar on the EU nanomaterial definition
November 12, 2012 by Lab Canada Salisbury, UK – Discussing the impact of the recent EU and JRC publications on the EU’s nanomaterial definition a webinar will be held on Wednesday, November 14. Hosted by NanoSight, providers of nanoparticle characterization technology, the company invites interested parties…
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Is the ELA being sold?
November 9, 2012 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Since the planned shuttering of the Experimental Lakes Area half a year ago there have been many controversies and rumors swirling around this world renown research facility. Recently, the Coalition to Save ELA has been informed that…
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Research animals die in Sandy’s wake
November 9, 2012 by Lab Canada New York, NY – When the back-up generators failed at the New York University (NYU) Langone Medical Center the 300 patients were evacuated safely to other hospitals. The center’s animal research facility was abandoned and the thousands of laboratory mice…
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Malaria champions of the Americas honoured
November 8, 2012 by Lab Canada Washington, DC – About 250 million people around the world suffer from malaria each year and about 655,000 die from the disease. Almost 23 million people live in areas at risk for malaria in the Americas. Although cases declined 59…
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AFM-IR for quantitative nanoscale chemical analysis
November 7, 2012 by Lab Canada Santa Barbara, CA – A new paper authored by Dr Andrea Centrone and his colleagues at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reported on experiments that carefully studied the AFM-IR signal strength versus sample thickness. The experiments showed…
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Study doubles genetic regions associated with inflammatory bowel diseases
November 6, 2012 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, the two most common forms of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), are chronic inflammatory digestive disorders affecting 230,000 Canadians. An international team of scientists has thrown new light on the genetic basis of…
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Novel protein interaction technology gets boost
November 5, 2012 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Seeking to develop and commercialize a process to better understand membrane proteins in mammalian cells the Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) is providing $100,000 through its Pre-commercialization Business Development Fund (PBDF) to the University of Toronto’s Mammalian Membrane…
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Making barley like saline soil
November 2, 2012 by Lab Canada Wageningen, Netherlands – Not only is climate change harming agriculture, salinisation of agricultural land is a global problem. Worldwide, about 3,230,000 km² of agricultural land is in some way affected by saline contamination according to FAO/UNESCO (Food and Agricultural Organization…
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Zombie bees not Halloween prank
November 1, 2012 by Lab Canada San Francisco, CA – Zombie movies have always had a great following. But far from fiction, researchers have found zombies in our midst. Honey bees, which have come under much pressure from environmental degradation and intense commercial exploitation, are facing…
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Mediterranean meals better than junk food
October 31, 2012 by Lab Canada Montreal and Toronto – In a bid to compare bad fat versus good fat, researchers undertook a study to compare the effects of junk food and a typical Mediterranean meal on the vascular endothelium – the inner lining of the blood vessels.…
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New ceramic and glass division emerges
October 30, 2012 by Lab Canada Huntingdon, UK – Dedicated solely to materials and finished components in ceramic and glass, the Goodfellow Ceramic and Glass Division is a newly formed division of Goodfellow, an international supplier of metals and materials for research and industry. “The new…
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Physical activity keeps you smart
October 29, 2012 by Lab Canada Montreal and Toronto – Keeping fit is not just good for the physical body but will keep the mind sharp as well. A study has shown that cognitive functions improve significantly after four months of high-intensity interval training program in…
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Early life development impacted by adversity
October 26, 2012 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – It is the interaction between biology and environment in early life that influences human development, according to a series of studies recently published in a special edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).…
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R. Michael Barnett to present keynote lecture at Pittcon 2013
October 25, 2012 by Lab Canada Senior Physicist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Fellow of the American Physical Society, R. Michael Barnett, will present the Wallace H. Coulter keynote lecture on Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 5:00 PM in Ballroom B, Level 300 of the Pennsylvania…
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Quick science survey on biosensing for life science
October 24, 2012 by Lab Canada Bonn, Germany – A survey to identify the current challenges affecting researchers at the forefront of molecular binding studies and kinetic analysis has been launched by SAW Instruments, developer of the sam family of biosensors for real-time, label-free assays. By…
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Aquatic scientists need to get vocal
October 22, 2012 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A panel discussion at the University of Toronto will be focused on the need to raise awareness and promote action in response to recent changes in federal laws and cuts to government programs. These policy changes are…
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Opportunities at Medical Manufacturing Innovations 2012
October 19, 2012 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – With the medical and dental device industry booming, the Medical Manufacturing Innovations (MMI Toronto) 2012 conference is gearing up for a more comprehensive-than-ever event. From October 24-25 at the International Centre, Hall 6, in Mississauga, the industry’s…
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Award for novel population sequencing studies
October 16, 2012 by Lab Canada Cambridge, UK – Abstracts from researchers undertaking a range of population genetics studies are being solicited for an award that will provide the successful applicant with funding and practical support for their sequencing study, as well as access to the…
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