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Bio-research partnership establish collaboration
July 20, 2009 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A new bio-research partnership is aimed at enabling agriculture, forest and bioindustries to collaborate to develop new products, reduce waste and add value to biomass feedstock. The Alberta Bioconversion Network, located at the University of Alberta’s…
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Grant program focuses on Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders
July 20, 2009 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec (FRSQ), the Agence Nationale de la Recherche of France (ANR, France), and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) have announced the launch of a new program to…
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Scientist receives medal for discovery of new cancer antidote
July 20, 2009 by Lab Canada Charlottetown, PEI – Canada research chair in marine natural products Russ Kerr was recently awarded Prince Edward Island’s Premier’s Medal for Innovation for his work on advancing cancer treatment. He is now developing and testing a marine product known as…
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Toxin detection as close as an inkjet printer
July 14, 2009 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – If that office inkjet printer has become just another fixture, it’s time to take a fresh look at it. Similar technology may soon be used to develop paper-based biosensors that can detect certain harmful toxins that can…
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Researchers to study impact of nanomaterials on aquatic ecosystems
July 13, 2009 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A team of Canadian scientists and engineers, led by the University of Alberta and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), will collaborate on a $3.39 million, three-year study to assess the potential effects of nanoparticles in…
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Mineral research consortium receives $2M in funding for technology transfer
July 13, 2009 by Lab Canada Quebec, QC – COREM, a pre-competitive research consortium specializing in the processing and transformation of mineral substances, has received $2 million in federal funding to develop 24 new technologies, organize 21 technology and knowledge transfer activities and conduct 29 new…
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Agricultural researchers get $13M to help fight virulent wheat stem rust
July 13, 2009 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – $13 million in funding is being provided to combat a newly spreading type of wheat stem rust by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. This strain of wheat stem rust, known as Ug99, was discovered in Uganda in 1999,…
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R&D body to help further research in Newfoundland
July 13, 2009 by Lab Canada St John’s, NFLD – Newfoundland’s provincial government recently launched a new crown entity devoted to improving research and development in the province, The new Research & Development Corporation (RDC) will operate at arm’s length from government but with responsibility for…
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Canada joins international research publications repository
July 6, 2009 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the National Research Council’s Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI), and the US National Library of Medicine (NLM) have announced a three-way partnership to establish PubMed Central Canada…
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Commercialization bodies join forces to further innovation efforts
July 6, 2009 by Lab Canada Toronto and Kingston, ON – Ontario’s Centre for Commercialization of Research (CCR) and PARTEQ Innovations, the technology commercialization office of Queen’s University, have signed an agreement to work together to advance technology innovations across the province. The partnership formalizes an…
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$34M expansion at Montreal Heart Institute Research Centre gets green light
June 29, 2009 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) has been given the go-ahead to expand its Research Centre at a cost of $33.9 million. The project is being financed by the Quebec government ($21.8 million), the MHI Foundation ($10.1 million),…
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$1.6M awarded for prion research
June 29, 2009 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – In an effort to address the health-related risks posed by mad cow and other prion diseases, $1.6 million in funding is being provided by PrioNet Canada in partnership with the Alberta Prion Research Institute, to enable further…
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Genomic tools will help facilitate the shift to greener crop protection
June 29, 2009 by Lab Canada Langley, BC – A Genome BC research project will test the egg-laying capacity of predatory mites as a method of standardizing and improving biocontrol programs. Two-spotted spider mites are a continuing plague to growers in BC and around the world,…
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Biomaterials centre to help test technologies for developing new products
June 23, 2009 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A new biomaterials development centre is inviting researchers and companies to test methods and technologies for producing new or enhanced materials, chemicals and energy from fibre feedstock. Based at the Alberta Research Council’s facility in Vegreville and…
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Researchers examine role of microorganisms in oil sands development
June 23, 2009 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A research team that will examine Alberta’s potential to reduce the use of water and natural gas in oil sands extraction and improve the management of tailings ponds is receiving $2 million in support from Genome Alberta.…
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Discovery heralds new era in cancer genomics
June 23, 2009 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Vancouver scientists from the Ovarian Cancer Research (OvCaRe) Program at BC Cancer Agency and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute have discovered that there appears to be a single spelling mistake in the genetic code of granulosa cell…
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New development fund to help commercialize genomics-related drug discoveries
June 23, 2009 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Genome British Columbia and the Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) have unveiled a new development fund to help BC’s researchers move promising research along the commercialization path. Genome BC has earmarked $1 million for the…
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$665M for research infrastructure across Canada
June 19, 2009 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – At the University of Ottawa yesterday, Dr Eliot Phillipson, president and CEO of the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and Tony Clement, minister of industry, announced more than $665 million for new infrastructure at 41 Canadian research…
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New research institute focuses on pediatric and maternal health
June 15, 2009 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – The Alberta Children’s Hospital and the University of Calgary (U of C) last week celebrated the launch of the new Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute for Child and Maternal Health. The institute was made possible by a…
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Research projects in Ontario get $94M funding boost
June 15, 2009 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Ontario government has begun announcing the successful recipients of $94 million in funding that will support 31 research projects and 300 researchers across the province. The funding supports numerous projects across the province dealing with basic…
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Six leading international health research agencies form alliance to curb chronic diseases
June 15, 2009 by Lab Canada Seattle, WA – The Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) has joined five other leading world health agencies in forming a landmark alliance to collaborate in the battle against chronic, non-communicable diseases: cardiovascular diseases (mainly heart disease and stroke), several…
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HIV/Hepatitis C rapid test chosen by CDC for collaborative evaluation program
June 15, 2009 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – MedMira, a developer and marketer of rapid diagnostic technology and solutions, says that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States has selected the company’s Multiplo HIV/Hepatitis C (HCV) Rapid Test to be…
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New energy and automobile research centres receive $73 million in funding
June 8, 2009 by Lab Canada Oshawa, ON – A total of $73 million in funding from the federal and Ontario’s provincial government is supporting construction of two new research centres at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT). The first to be announced, the…
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Scientists in BC set to receive $2.7 million in funding
June 8, 2009 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Genome BC has announced the second round of funding through its Science Opportunities Fund. In all, 10 research teams are being approved to launch peer-reviewed, short-term genomics research projects valued at just over $2.7 million. The projects…
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University of Saskatchewan and Canadian synchrotron researchers shed light on esophageal disease
June 8, 2009 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – Canadian Light Source (CLS) staff scientist Luca Quaroni and Dr Alan Casson, head of the department of surgery at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) used the synchrotron’s infrared microscope to identify tissue afflicted with a…
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Pandemic influenza vaccines the focus of new $11M research network
June 5, 2009 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A new national influenza research network has been created that will focus on pandemic vaccine evaluation. The federal government says the network will strengthen Canada’s capacity to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a pandemic influenza vaccine…
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Strategic alliance for plant biotech research is renewed
June 5, 2009 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – Dow AgroSciences Canada says it has renewed a strategic alliance with the National Research Council Plant Biotechnology Institute (NRC-PBI) of Saskatoon for an additional five-year term. “This third five-year term of the alliance further leverages PBI and…
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Study shows melamine in milk can be detected using NIR spectroscopy
June 4, 2009 by Lab Canada Milk powder is one of the most heavily regulated food products in China, and is becoming increasingly so in the rest of the world. Milk powder, especially when it comprises an ingredient of baby formula milk powder, has attracted considerable…
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New lab focuses on indoor air research
June 4, 2009 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The National Research Council (NRC)’s Institute for Research in Construction has opened a new Indoor Air Research Laboratory. The lab includes a state-of-the-art testing facility for ventilation systems. Researchers will measure and evaluate the impact of various…
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Sustainable mineral exploration research centre gets nearly $1M funding for start-up
June 1, 2009 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – A smart mineral exploration and mining research centre is being established within the department of earth and ocean sciences at the University of British Columbia has received start-up funding of $960,000 from the federal government. The funding…
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Solar panel testing laboratory opens in Vancouver
June 1, 2009 by Lab Canada Cleveland, OH and Vancouver , BC – Testing and certification organization CSA International has opened a state-of-the-art laboratory for the testing and certification of solar panels and equipment used as an alternative energy source for homes and businesses worldwide. “This new…
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