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Pittcon 2010 opens in Orlando
February 28, 2010 by Lab Canada Orlando, FL – The Pittcon 2010 Exposition takes place this week from Monday through Thursday at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The show will include around 950 exhibitors as that provide products for laboratory science and offer…
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Chairs in green chemistry and engineering awarded in Ontario
February 26, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Council of Ontario Universities (COU) has announced the outcome of a competition for three research chairs in environmental science, funded by Ontario’s provincial government. The Ontario Research Chair in renewable energy technologies and health has been…
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New research chair to focus on the horticultural industry
February 26, 2010 by Lab Canada Vineland, ON – A new $3-million research chair in nursery and landscape science has received a $100,000 contribution from the Ontario Horticultural Research Foundation. The new chair, to be located at Vineland Research and Innovation Centre and the Ontario Agricultural…
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Agfa HealthCare breaks ground in Waterloo
February 25, 2010 by Lab Canada Waterloo, ON – Diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions provider Agfa HealthCare says it is constructing a new global Agfa HealthCare Research & Development facility in the Research and Technology Park at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario. “The…
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Partnership sets stage for Ontario photonics research to build commercial success
February 25, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) and OptoNet, a Germany-based cluster that is a world leader in optical technology, have signed a memorandum of agreement. The one-year agreement was signed last week by David Choat, Ontario Centres…
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New research grant program launched by Pfizer and Quebec government
February 22, 2010 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec (FRSQ) has announced the launch of the first competition of the Pfizer-FRSQ-MSSS chronic disease fund, a research grant program established in partnership with the Ministère de la Santé…
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$15M funding to support projects investigating the role of the environment in cancer
February 22, 2010 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The Cancer Research Society (CRS) has partnered with the Fund Health Research Quebec (FRSQ) and the Ministry of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade (MDEIE) to support research into environmental cancer through $15 million funding spread over…
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Flax research projects get $6M support
February 22, 2010 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – The Flax Council of Canada is receiving up to $5.9 million Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to help create new flax varieties and develop an improved method for flax seed testing. The funding will go towards two initiatives:…
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Auto projects receive innovation funding
February 22, 2010 by Lab Canada Oshawa, ON – Two auto industry projects have received funding from the federally sponsored Automotive Partnership Canada initiative. The first project, to be carried out by researchers at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in partnership with General Motors…
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Dairy research cluster created with $8.7M in funding
February 22, 2010 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Funding of $8.7 million is being provided by the federal government to help the dairy industry create a cluster of scientific and technical expertise to study the health benefits of dairy products and ways to improve animal…
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$3.8M funding helps biopharma company in $38M expansion
February 22, 2010 by Lab Canada Bay-d’Urfé, QC – Funding of $3.8 million has been provided to pharmaceutical company Galderma by Quebec’s provincial government to help the company modernize and expand facilities at its production site in Baie d’Urfé. Galderma develops and manufactures therapeutic solutions for…
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Wind energy research project gets $6.5M in funding support
February 22, 2010 by Lab Canada Gaspé, QC – The Wind Energy TechnoCentre has received $6.5 million in funding from the federal government to equip two wind turbines and a test cell with the instrumentation needed to carry out research and development on wind energy in…
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H1N1 by the numbers: study shows patients required more intensive hospital care than typical flu patients
February 16, 2010 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – When compared to a typical flu, the H1N1 virus resulted in a higher proportion of patients requiring specialized hospital services – and affected younger people more – according to a new study released today by the Canadian…
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New award focuses on colorectal or prostate cancer
February 16, 2010 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Canadian Radiation Oncology Foundation and sanofi-aventis have announced the creation of a new award for colorectal or prostate cancer research. The Canadian Radiation Oncology Foundation/Sanofi-Aventis Research Innovation Award (CASARIA) will make available $140,000 in grants for…
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$5M funding for projects to analyze the impact of environmental contaminants on reproductive health
February 16, 2010 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Two teams from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and McGill University have received significant support from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) amounting to $5 million over five years. The first…
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Eleven new strategic research networks receive total of $56M in grants
February 8, 2010 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Eleven groundbreaking, large-scale, multidisciplinary research projects have received funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). These projects will play an important role in connecting academic researchers to Canadian organizations. The grants, totalling…
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Canada and California launch science and technology initiatives worth $1M
February 8, 2010 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Fifteen research initiatives, worth a total of $1 million, have been announced under the Canada-California Strategic Innovation Partnership (CCSIP). Of the 15 initiatives, nine are collaborative events and six are research and development projects. They involve 21…
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Prof Stephen Hawking to visit Perimeter Institute this summer
February 5, 2010 by Lab Canada Waterloo, ON – Prof Stephen Hawking will visit the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo this summer to conduct scientific research and participate in a televised outreach event. The announcement was made today by Dr Neil Turok, director of…
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U of T researchers cast light on how stem cells “make decisions”
February 5, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Researchers at the University of Toronto are part of an international collaboration which has shed new light on how stem cells “decide” what kinds of cells to become, opening up new opportunities for regenerative medicine such as…
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Sale of MDS Analytical Technologies is completed
February 1, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON & Washington, DC – MDS Inc and Danaher Corporation announced today that they have finalized the sale of the Analytical Technologies division of MDS to Danaher for $650 million in cash. “The divestiture of the MDS Analytical Technologies…
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Seven projects in PEI share over $12M in federal funding
February 1, 2010 by Lab Canada Charlottetown, PEI – Seven R&D projects in Prince Edward Island are receiving a total of $12.3 million in federal funding support under Round VII of the Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF). The projects include: Nature’s Crops International Limited (Kensington) Project: Products…
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Nine projects in New Brunswick share nearly $20M in federal funding
February 1, 2010 by Lab Canada Moncton, NB – Nine R&D projects in New Brunswick are receiving a total of $19.6 million in federal funding support under Round VII of the Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF). The projects include: Umoe Solar New Brunswick (Miramichi) Project: Advanced Solar…
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Seven projects in Newfoundland share nearly $14M in federal funding
February 1, 2010 by Lab Canada St John’s, NL – Seven R&D projects in Newfoundland and Labrador are receiving a total of $13.8 million in federal funding support under Round VII of the Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF). The projects include: PanGeo Subsea (St John’s) Project: Acoustic…
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Fresh varieties of apples, cherries to be developed with $2.3M funding
February 1, 2010 by Lab Canada Kelowna, BC – The Okanagan Plant Improvement Corporation is receiving up to $2.3 million from the federal government to enhance and accelerate the commercialization of new high-quality varieties of apples and sweet cherries. The funding will support the development of…
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New appointments at Vineland Research and Innovation Centre
February 1, 2010 by Lab Canada Vineland, ON – The Vineland Research and Innovation Centre has announced five new appointments, which are: – Michael Kauzlaric, horticulture technology scout– Travis Banks, research scientist, bioinformatics– Dr Rumen Conev, research scientist, plant breeding– Dr Ben Campbell, research scientist, horticulture…
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$16.7M supports research projects in Nova Scotia
January 25, 2010 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – In Nova Scotia, a total of seven R&D projects, representing both private and public sector research, are receiving $16.7 million in funding from the federal government. The funding is part of a larger allotment of $61.1 million…
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Synchrotron researcher wins prestigious Canadian chemistry award
January 25, 2010 by Lab Canada London, ON and Saskatoon, SK – Professor Tsun-Kong (T K) Sham, Canada Research Chair in Materials and Synchrotron Radiation at the University of Western Ontario (Western) and a driving force behind the development of the Canadian Light Source (CLS), is…
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New name, new focus for Canadian Chemical Producers’ Association
January 25, 2010 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Canadian Chemical Producers’ Association has reinvented itself as the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada, to reflect the changing face of the chemistry sector and its renewed commitment to environmental sustainability. This is the biggest change in…
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BC researchers launch genomic surveillance of pandemic H1N1
January 25, 2010 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The BC Centre for Disease Control has launched an influenza genome sequencing project to better understand how the pandemic H1N1 flu virus has evolved and may continue to evolve in the coming months. This project capitalizes on…
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$7M supports new agricultural research centre
January 25, 2010 by Lab Canada Truro, NS – A new Atlantic Centre for Agricultural Innovation at Nova Scotia Agricultural College will receive $7 million in funding from the federal and provincial governments. The federal government is providing $2 million from ACOA’s Community Adjustment Fund (CAF),…
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$2.5M awarded to livestock and forage research projects
January 25, 2010 by Lab Canada Regina, SK – A total of $2.5 million in funding has been provided by Saskatchewan’s Agriculture Development Fund for 21 livestock and forage-related research projects. The projects that received funding include developing new livestock feeds from the by-products of processed…
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