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Research pinpoints susceptible target for leukemia
July 25, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – New research from the BC Cancer Agency’s Terry Fox Lab pinpoints a susceptible target for combating many forms of leukemia. Scientists have identified a previously unknown gene involved in the beginning life cycle and spread of leukemias.…
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Partnership to foster research into genomics and personalized medicine
July 25, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Genome British Columbia has announced a new Personalized Medicine Program that will fund projects aimed at using genomic sciences to tailor improved medical treatments for patients. The announcement was made in partnership with the BC Cancer Foundation.…
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Flooding of farmland does not increase levels of flame retardants in milk
July 22, 2011 by Lab Canada Norwich, UK – As millions of acres of farmland in North America recover from flooding, scientists report that river flooding can increase levels of potentially harmful flame retardants in farm soils. But the higher levels apparently do not find their way…
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Fast, powerful computing resources open research doors
July 18, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Upgraded high-performance computing (HPC) systems with massive memory and exceptional speed are being launched at two universities in British Columbia. Nearly $17 million has been provided through the Compute Canada / WestGrid project toward upgrades at the…
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Affiliation agreement to enhance research commercialization in Alberta
July 18, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC and Edmonton, AB – The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) and TEC Edmonton have signed an affiliation agreement allowing University of Alberta researchers with promising health discoveries to access CDRD’s expertise and infrastructure. CDRD is a…
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$2.9M supports research projects into prion disease
July 18, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – A total of $2.9 million in funding for 11 research projects has been announced by PrioNet Canada. The goal of the funding is two-fold, says Dr Neil Cashman, scientific director of PrioNet Canada, one of Canada’s Network…
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$5.6M funding supports international wheat genomics project
July 18, 2011 by Lab Canada Regina, SK – A total of $5.6 million in research funding will support research by Saskatchewan scientists into new wheat varieties. The project will be managed by Genome Prairie and is part of the $8.5 million Canadian Triticum Advancement through…
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Biotech firm forms R&D agreement with Chinese agricultural group
July 18, 2011 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – Performance Plants, an agricultural biotechnology provider with R&D facilities in Kingston, says it has entered into a commercial licensing agreement in corn and a four-year R&D collaborative licensing agreement in rice and soybean with Chinese agricultural company…
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Novus Biologicals opens Canadian office
July 14, 2011 by Lab Canada Littleton, CO – Novus Biologicals, supplier of antibodies and antibody-related products to bioscience researchers, says it has opened a Canadian office in Oakville, ON. The Colorado-based company also has international offices in Cambridge, UK. “Canada has remarkably talented research scientists…
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$16.5M funding supports new Centre for Arctic Resource Development
July 11, 2011 by Lab Canada St John’s, NL – C-CORE, a research group based at Memorial University, is launching a major new initiative aimed at unlocking the potential of the Arctic’s natural resources. The initiative is supported by $16.5 million in combined funding announced by…
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Pilot facility to make nano-material from wood and straw pulp
July 11, 2011 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A new Edmonton-based pilot facility will be the first in Canada to produce the quality of nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) that researchers need to fully explore all its potential applications. The $5.5-million pilot plant, created through a collaboration…
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Three new scientists join Vineland research organization
July 11, 2011 by Lab Canada Vineland, ON – Three new research scientists have joined Vineland Research and Innovation Centre. Dr Bernard Goyette, post-harvest technologies, Dr Valerio Primomo, vegetable breeder, and Dr Anissa Poleatewich, plant pathology, bring their respective research expertise and experience to Vineland. “So…
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Medical fair sees 4,500 booth space bookings
July 11, 2011 by Lab Canada Düsseldorf, Germany – It’s four months to show time for the world’s largest medical trade fair, MEDICA 2011and its sister event, COMPAMED, and organizer Messe Düsseldorf says that around 4,500 exhibitors have so far booked around 1.2 million square feet…
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Human blood stem cell discovery at University Health Network
July 7, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – An Ontario Cancer Institute team, lead by University Health Network (UHN) senior scientist Dr John Dick, has isolated a human blood stem cell capable of regenerating the entire blood system. The results of this study, published today…
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$2M in grants helps tackle pressing global health challenges
June 29, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Grand Challenges Canada has announced 19 grants to Canadian innovators in the first phase of its Canadian Rising Stars in Global Health initiative. “When I ran the in the Olympic Torch Relay with my wife Sandra, we…
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Canadian, German research centres sign commercialization agreement
June 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC and Dortmund, Germany – Two drug discovery and development organizations – Canada’s Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) and Germany’s Lead Discovery Center (LDC) – have signed a partnership agreement to enable joint development of promising innovations…
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Saskatchewan and Manitoba to partner on innovation and research
June 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – Saskatchewan and Manitoba have signed a letter of intent to cooperate on research and innovation initiatives. The letter was signed today at the BIO International Convention in Washington, DC. The agreement focuses on key priority areas of…
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New research facility recovers value from waste, lowers emissions
June 27, 2011 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A sophisticated waste-to-biofuels research facility has officially opened its doors. The $12.5-million Advanced Energy Research Facility – a partnership between Alberta Innovates – Energy and Environment Solutions (AI-EES), the City of Edmonton, and waste-to-biofuels/chemicals company Enerkem –…
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Coastal aquaculture the focus of new research station
June 27, 2011 by Lab Canada Deep Bay, BC – Finding new and more sustainable ways of farming shellfish, and helping re-energize BC’s coastal aquaculture industry are the aims of a new research facility in Deep Bay. The Deep Bay Marine Field Station is an off-campus…
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$6M supports health research in Manitoba
June 27, 2011 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – $6 million research funding is being provided to the Manitoba Health Research Council by Manitoba’s provincial government. The Manitoba Health Research Council (MHRC) supports excellence in research in the health sciences in Manitoba through its grants and…
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$3M research chair to study infectious disease
June 27, 2011 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – Manitoba’s first-ever research chair in the immunobiology of infectious disease has been announced at the University of Manitoba. The funding is being provided jointly by Manitoba’s provincial government, the University of Manitoba and GlaxoSmithKline. The chair will…
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Clinical trials network launched for diabetes research
June 20, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Canada has launched a large-scale network to support clinical trials evaluating new treatments and technologies for type 1 diabetes in Canada. The JDRF Canadian Clinical Trial Network (JDRF CCTN) brings together the…
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Molecule research could lead to new cancer treatments
June 20, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute’s Drs Derek Ceccarelli and Frank Sicheri, in collaboration with colleagues at Mount Sinai Hospital, Celgene Corporation, the Université de Montréal and the University of Edinburgh, have discovered how a small molecule selectively…
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Physicists on verge of solving neutrino mystery
June 17, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – An international experiment with contributions from physicists at a number of Canadian universities, including the University of Toronto, has announced results that could solve a long-standing puzzle in particle physics and may even turn the Standard Model…
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Malvern Instruments launches Canadian operation
June 17, 2011 by Lab Canada Westborough, MA – Materials characterization company Malvern Instruments has established Malvern Instruments Canada, a new direct entity that it says will support its growing customer base in Canada. The move follows many years of successful cooperation in Canada with Spectra…
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CIHR appoints new chief scientific officer/VP of research
June 15, 2011 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has announced the appointment of Dr Jane Aubin to the position of chief scientific officer/vice-president, research effective Monday, July 4, 2011. As chief scientific officer, Dr Aubin will assume responsibility…
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Partnership to focus on research to combat food contamination
June 14, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Theralase Technologies says it is partnering with George Brown College’s Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts to conduct applied research in the use of patented photodynamic compounds (PDCs) activated by its proprietary laser technology to destroy microbial…
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Food safety network seeks partners to advance tools in the marketplace
June 13, 2011 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – Global food safety is an ever-increasing public health issue, but even more so, with the current E coli crisis in Northern Germany that began in the past weeks. The rare evolved strain of E Coli appears to…
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Breakthrough at the IRCM could help understand certain cancers
June 13, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – A scientific breakthrough by researchers at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM) will be published tomorrow in Developmental Cell, a scientific journal of the Cell Press group. Led by Dr Frédéric Charron, the team of…
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Tech expo to profile cancer-related innovations for potential investors
June 13, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) says it will host a Technology Expo for the international financial community, featuring new cancer-related innovations and technologies that have emerged with the Institute’s support. The event will take place…
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Marine network to foster scientific research and innovation
June 6, 2011 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – A new collaborative marine research and innovation organization, called the Halifax Marine Research Institute (HMRI), has been launched. It will bring together partners from industry, government and the post secondary education system with the aim of increasing…
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