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Two new research centres open at Guelph
October 20, 2008 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – Ontario’s University of Guelph has officially opened two new research-related centres this month. The new Centre for Agricultural Renewable Energy and Sustainability, which opened last week, will focus on bioenergy research and the bioeconomy. The other new…
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BC forest research projects receive $12.5M in funding
October 20, 2008 by Lab Canada Vernon, BC – BC’s provincial government is providing $12.5 million in funding to 216 research projects that aim to improve timber growth practices, respond to the impacts of climate change, and maximize the benefits from British Columbia’s forest resources, Pat…
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$7.6M supports basic and applied research projects
October 20, 2008 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Ontario Research Fund is providing nearly $7.6 million in funding to support basic and applied research projects across the province. A total of 46 projects at 13 institutions have received funding. Following is a list of…
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Field tests of carbon capture and storage to begin soon
October 20, 2008 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Three test wells will soon be drilled for a ground-breaking, long-term, large-volume CO2 sequestration project in Alberta. The Alberta Energy Research Institute (AERI), is providing $6.6 million in funding for the three-year $20-million project near Shell Canada’s…
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Scientific director appointed to Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes
October 20, 2008 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Dr Philip M Sherman has been appointed scientific director of Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)’s Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (CIHR-INMD), effective January 1, 2009. “Dr Sherman is a welcome addition to the CIHR leadership…
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New VP of research named for University of Guelph
October 20, 2008 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – The University of Guelph has appointed Kevin Hall, head of the department of civil engineering at Queen’s University, as its new vice-president (research), effective January 1. Dr Hall also directs Queen’s Centre for Water and the Environment…
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Canada Research Chairs Program releases names of latest chairholders
October 13, 2008 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Canada Research Chairs Program has released the names of the most recently appointed Canada Research Chairs. These 123 top researchers, whose nominations were submitted by 38 Canadian universities in December 2007, include 18 new Canada Research…
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$1M in funding supports projects aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions
October 13, 2008 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – More than $1 million in funding is being provided by Manitoba’s provincial government to support new research aimed at reducing greenhouse-gas emissions generated by the province’s agricultural sector. Environment Canada data shows that agricultural activities produce 30%…
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Oil sands research lab to be built with $1M financial support
October 13, 2008 by Lab Canada Regina, SK – The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) is constructing a new oil sands research laboratory, which will include a 3D-scaled physical model for oil sands testing that is being built with the assistance of a $1-million contribution from Oilsands…
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Advanced registration opens for Pittcon 2009
October 13, 2008 by Lab Canada The 60th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemsitry and Applied Spectroscopy (Pittcon 2009), which takes place in Chicago from March 8-13, has opened conferee advanced registration. Conferees registering before February 9 will save 50% on the registration fee and more than…
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Health research scientists win $150,000 prizes in new competition
October 6, 2008 by Lab Canada London, ON – Three researchers at the Lawson Health Research Institute have won the newly established Lawson Innovation Prize. The prize competition was announced in March and challenged all researchers affiliated with the institute or its community outreach programs to…
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US$12.9M infectious disease biomarker research contract for Montreal biotech firm
October 6, 2008 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Caprion Proteomics says it has been awarded a $12.9 million contract by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a part of the US National Institutes of Health, to carry out biodefense research in the…
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Drug discovery consortium issues first call for proposals
October 2, 2008 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The CQDM (Quebec Consortium for Drug Discovery) has launched its first call for proposals of its funding program designed to support the development of innovative enabling tools that can accelerate the drug discovery process. “We are aimed…
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Instant win game and sweepstakes launched for laboratory professionals
September 30, 2008 by Lab Canada Roswell, GA – Kimberly-Clark Professional’s Kimtech brand will reward one lucky laboratory worker who will get to go on a trip of a lifetime, valued at $10,000. The instant win game and sweepstakes, which can be played at www.kimtech.com/winningworld, will…
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Contract research company completes $40M expansion of Laval facility
September 30, 2008 by Lab Canada Laval, QC – Non-clinical contract research organization, LAB Research, says it has completed the first phase of a 3-year $40 million facility expansion of its Canadian operations. The facilities will now total 156,000 ft(2) and feature 80 rooms representing increases…
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Cleantech projects receive $5M in funding
September 29, 2008 by Lab Canada Oshawa, ON – Ontario’s provincial government is providing more than $5 million to fund innovative research projects in the cleantech sector, an area of the economy that brings together environmental solutions and economic potential. “Research and innovation has a major…
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Waterloo professor wins award for eco-friendly, portable sampling device
September 29, 2008 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – Dr Janusz Pawliszyn, a professor of chemistry at the University of Waterloo, is the 2008 winner of the $100,000 EnCana Principal Award from the Ernest C Manning Awards Foundation. The award recognizes Canadian innovators who, like Dr…
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McGill celebrates new era of life sciences research in Canada
September 22, 2008 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – McGill University has opened its new multimillion-dollar McGill University Life Sciences Complex. The facility, the largest construction project in McGill’s history, is intended to encourage increased interdisciplinary research by bringing some of the world’s key scientific talent…
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Green health sciences building opens
September 22, 2008 by Lab Canada Burnaby, BC – Simon Fraser University’s new $56.9-million health sciences building, Blusson Hall, has opened and is being applauded as a green facility. “Blusson Hall is a great example of government, academia and private sponsors working together to help create…
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New chair to head national cancer research action group
September 22, 2008 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – Queen’s University cancer researcher, Dr Elizabeth Eisenhauer, is the new chair of the Research Action Group of the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, and co-chair of the Canadian Cancer Research Alliance. Dr Eisenhauer, who has been president of…
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Research grants support bioenergy development
September 22, 2008 by Lab Canada Victoria, BC – BC’s provincial government is providing $600,000 to help grow BC’s wood bioenergy sector with continued research into feedstock supplies, technology and infrastructure. $300,000 funding is being given to the FPInnovations forest research institute, $200,000 to the University…
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New biotech company to deliver therapeutic protein production services
September 22, 2008 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A new Canadian biopharmaceutical company, Therapure Biopharma, has launched and will specialize in developing, manufacturing, purifying, and packaging biological protein therapeutics. Biological proteins can have higher efficacy and fewer side effects than other pharmaceutical products, but the…
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$1.6M funding for research to help mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change
September 22, 2008 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences (CFCAS) and the University of Toronto today announced over $1.6 million in funding to support groundbreaking research that will advance Canada’s science and technology objectives and help prepare for…
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Calgary researchers play key role in expanded space weather monitoring program
September 22, 2008 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – The University of Calgary has a network of specialized digital cameras that record the northern lights above Canada each night. The network will now be used to enhance understanding of potentially dangerous bursts of radiation from the…
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Canada’s graduate students issue call to step up funding to basic research
September 19, 2008 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Canada’s graduate students today issued a statement outlining their expectations from the federal government. According to the National Graduate Caucus of the Canadian Federation of Students, direct funding for graduate students, increased non-targeted support of the granting…
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Technology development project to find use for mountain pine beetle devastated wood
September 15, 2008 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A $28-million multi-partner research project in Alberta is developing the technology to convert dead trees into high-grade newsprint, and provide a use for massive tracts of forest in Alberta and BC devastated by the mountain pine beetle.…
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Invasive species research projects get funding support
September 15, 2008 by Lab Canada Charlottetown, PEI – Prince Edward Island’s Aquaculture and Fisheries Research Initiative, which is administered by the provincial Department of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Rural Development, recently approved three research projects dealing with invasive species. The projects were submitted by the PEI…
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Projects receive grants to probe fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
September 15, 2008 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The first annual round of grants awarded for research, prevention and treatment of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) have been announced by Dr Louise Nadeau, professor at the Universite de Montreal and scientific director of the Centre…
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$116,500 in grants support prototype development for radiation detecting triage mask
September 15, 2008 by Lab Canada Oshawa, ON – A new radiological triage mask (RTM) has the ability to quickly identify radiation contaminants in patients, including individuals who may be the victims of radiological dispersal devices, which are also known as dirty bombs. The RTM, which…
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Air quality and climate change the focus of funded projects
September 15, 2008 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Two research projects at McGill University are receiving a total of $526,000 in funding from the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences (CFCAS). The projects will advance efforts to prepare for the effects of climate change.…
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New research and scholarship programs unveiled by feds
September 8, 2008 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The federal government has launched two new research and scholarship programs: the Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) Program and the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship Program (Vanier CGS). Members of the selection boards for each program were also…
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