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Scientists uncover important clues in the biology of stem cells
August 12, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Mount Sinai Hospital researchers, including Drs Andras Nagy and Jeff Wrana, have discovered new insights into the genesis of stem cells, which will improve the efficiency of stem cell creation for use in tissue regeneration and in…
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Jell-O lab-on-a-chip devices to spark interest in science careers
August 11, 2010 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – With “hands-on” experiences in childhood and adolescence having sparked so many science careers, scientists in Canada are describing a quick, simple, safe, and inexpensive way for kids to participate in making microfluidic devices. Those devices are at…
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Graphic results of supermassive black hole collisions
August 11, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Abdul Mroue and Harald Pfeiffer may soon be crashing together black holes on their desktops; they announced a major breakthrough recently at Canada’s largest supercomputing conference. The researchers at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics at the…
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$6M funding supports studies into long-term effects of women’s cancer drugs
August 6, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Dr Tom Hudson, president and scientific director of the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), and Dr Terrence Sullivan, president and CEO of Cancer Care Ontario (CCO), announce $6 million in funding for projects in the Health…
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Nano-sized advance toward next big treatment era in dentistry
August 6, 2010 by Lab Canada Los Angeles, CA – Scientists are reporting an advance toward the next big treatment revolution in dentistry – the era in which root canal therapy brings diseased teeth back to life, rather than leaving a “non-vital” or dead tooth in…
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Mercury levels grow in Lake Erie fish
August 5, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Mercury levels in a popular species of game fish in Lake Erie are increasing after two decades of steady decline, Ontario Ministry of Environment scientists are reporting. The study, the most comprehensive to date on mercury levels…
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Ottawa scientists first to watch a chemical bond break
July 30, 2010 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Scientists at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) enjoyed a bird’s eye view of a chemical bond as it breaks. The making and breaking of chemical bonds underlie the biochemical…
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Childhood injuries research projects funded with $8.2M
July 30, 2010 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Five injury research teams are being funded through CIHR for a total of $8.2 million over five years. Dr Ian Pike from the University of British Columbia will lead a cross-Canada research team on childhood injury research.…
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First results from Large Hadron Collider announced
July 26, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A group of University of Toronto high-energy physicists, along with their 3,000 ATLAS colleagues, announced they have broken world records in the search for new particles as the first findings from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) were…
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Canadian researchers testing vaccines for prion diseases and common cancers
July 26, 2010 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Several Canadian researchers have come together to help control the relentless spread of a prion disease, chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer and elk, through vaccines. At the same time they aim to generate safe and effective…
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MEDICA and COMPAMED return in November 2010
July 26, 2010 by Lab Canada Dusseldorf, Germany – From November 17 – 19, 2010, two major trade shows, MEDICA 2010 and COMPAMED 2010 will be held concurrently at the Messe Dusseldorf fairgrounds in Germany. Said to be the world’s largest medical trade fair, the combined event…
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Antarctica traced from space
July 26, 2010 by Lab Canada Greenbelt, MD – Antarctica may not be the world’s largest landmass — it’s the fifth-largest continent — but resting on top of that land is the world’s largest ice sheet. That ice holds more than 60 percent of Earth’s fresh…
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Qubec updates $1.16B research strategy; launches new funding body
July 19, 2010 by Lab Canada Quebec City, QC – Quebec’s official research and innovation strategy has been extended and relaunched by Clément Gignac, the province’s minister of economic development, innovation and export trade. Called the Quebec Research and Innovation Strategy, it was originally launched in…
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New UBC pharmaceutical building breaks ground
July 19, 2010 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – A new state-of-the-art building to house the University of British Columbia (UBC)’s Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science celebrated its groundbreaking last week. The $133.3-million building will contain research and teaching laboratories, office space and classrooms, as well as…
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Domtar and FPInnovations develop fibre-based nanotechnologies at new demo plant
July 19, 2010 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Domtar and FPInnovations have formed a new joint venture company to build what they say is the world’s first one metric ton per day commercial-scale nanocrystalline cellulose demonstration plant at the Domtar Windsor, Quebec pulp and paper…
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Ontario’s research and education network names new head
July 19, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Dr Darin Graham, an international information communications technology and innovation leader, has been appointed president and CEO of ORANO and the Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network (ORION), effective August 1, 2010. Most recently head of NZi3…
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Merck Frosst R&D centre to close
July 12, 2010 by Lab Canada Kirkland, QC – Merck & Co, based in Whitehouse Station, NJ, says it will close the Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research, located at the head office of its Canadian subsidiary in Kirkland, Québec, by the end of 2010. The…
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CLSA trade shows coming to BC this fall
July 12, 2010 by Lab Canada Kitchener, ON – The Canadian Laboratory Suppliers Association (CLSA) is running two trade shows this autumn, both in the Vancouver area. The West Coast Laboratory Exhibition will be held at the BC Institute of Technology on Tuesday, September 21 from…
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Researchers crack the protein kinase specificity code
July 12, 2010 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Kinexus Bioinformatics, which conducts molecular communications research, has announced major advancements in its PhosphoNET KnowledgeBase (www.phosphonet.ca) for the study of cell signalling systems. This free resource to the scientific community now features data on more than 92,000…
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$6M funding supports Health Services Research Program
July 12, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, On – $6 million in funding for projects in cancer research have been announced by Dr Tom Hudson, president and scientific director of the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), and Dr Terrence Sullivan, president and CEO of Cancer…
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Augrey J Tingle Prize awarded to Dr Julio Montaner
July 5, 2010 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS clinical director Dr Julio Montaner is the first recipient of the Aubrey J Tingle Prize, created in honour of the founding president and CEO of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health…
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Genome Customization Award announced
July 5, 2010 by Lab Canada Cellectis Bioresearch, a specialist in genome customization and subsidiary of Cellectis has announced the first edition of The Genome Customization Award. The award is intended for academic research teams across the world who are undertaking targeted modification of the genome…
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Nearly $31M supports isotope research at new lab
June 28, 2010 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – TRIUMF, Canada’s national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics which is located at the University of British Columbia, has received $30.7-million in provincial funding. The funding is for ARIEL (Advanced Rare IsotopE Laboratory), a $62.9-million project to…
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$1M funding supports antibody treatment research program
June 28, 2010 by Lab Canada London, ON – The United States Department of Defense Spinal Cord Injury Research Program has announced a grant of more than a US$1 million to support research at the Robarts Research Institute at The University of Western Ontario (Western). The…
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Physicist recognized as distinguished researcher
June 28, 2010 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – John Tse, Canada Research Chair in Theoretical Materials Science at the University of Saskatechwan, was recently recognized with the University of Saskatchewan’s 2010 Distinguished Researcher Award. Based in the department of physics and engineering physics, Dr Tse…
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Collaboration to focus on prostate cancer research
June 28, 2010 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) and the Vancouver Prostate Centre (VPC) have signed a collaboration agreement to work together on the discovery, development and commercialization of anti-cancer therapeutics. “Knowing that our two organizations hold…
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White paper outlines how to contract chemical tracking to service provides
June 25, 2010 by Lab Canada Fairfield, CA – ChemSW has released a new in-depth white paper that examines best practices for contracting chemical inventory management to managed services providers. Titled “How to Successfully Contract Chemical Tracking to Managed Services Providers”, the white paper investigates the…
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Amorfix and QED Bioscience to develop novel monoclonal antibodies for cancer
June 24, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Amorfix Life Sciences and QED Bioscience have announced they are working together to develop high-affinity monoclonal antibodies against a number of targets for cancer. Under the agreement, QED will generate monoclonal antibodies against several disease specific epitopes…
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Abstract submissions invited for LabAutomation 2011
June 24, 2010 by Lab Canada Chicago, IL – The Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA) has issued an invitation to research scientists, engineers and business leaders to submit abstracts for podium and poster presentations at the LabAutomation2011 Conference and Exhibition, January 29-February 2, 2011 in Palm…
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International Year of Chemistry to be celebrated at Pittcon 2011
June 21, 2010 by Lab Canada Pittsburgh, PA – Next year has been declared the International Year of Chemistry (IYC) by the United Nations. The year-long celebration has the goal of increasing public appreciation of chemistry in meeting world needs and encouraging interest in chemistry among…
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Scientists discover 3.6 million-year-old relative of ‘Lucy’
June 21, 2010 by Lab Canada Cleveland, OH – Scientists from The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Kent State University, Case Western Reserve University, Addis Ababa University and Berkeley Geochronology Center were part of an international team that discovered and analyzed a 3.6 million-year-old partial skeleton…
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