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Carbon recycling system closer to reality for industry to soak up greenhouse gases
April 28, 2008 by Lab Canada Quebec City, QC – A network of research and technology organizations says it is getting closer to piecing together a system that would fast-track a natural greenhouse gas recycling process in large volumes. Scientists through Innoventures Canada (I-CAN) are working…
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Cancer research chair endowed with $4M
April 28, 2008 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – BC’s provincial government is providing $4 million to the Canadian Cancer Society to endow a research chair at the University of British Columbia in the primary prevention of cancer. The chair will be held by Carolyn Cook…
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Food centre to explore commercialization opportunities for new food products
April 28, 2008 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – The Saskatchewan Food Centre is examining commercialization opportunities for new food products with the help of federal government funding of nearly $800,000. The funding will support the purchase of a new extruder for research purposes. The funding…
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Six of the world’s top scientists win 2008 Gairdner Awards for medical research
April 25, 2008 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Three Canadians were among six winners of this year’s Gairdner Awards. The Gairdner International Awards are one of the most prestigious awards in all of science. Of the 288 Gairdner Awardees over the past 49 years, 70…
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Water quality research gets $1.25M funding boost
April 25, 2008 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – The University of Manitoba has received $1.25 million from Manitoba’s provincial government in order to establish a research chair in water quality. The new research capability was recommended by the Lake Winnipeg Stewardship Board and was also…
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Research chair in cancer control the first in Canada
April 25, 2008 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – Dr Eva Grunfeld has been appointed to the position of Cameron Chair in Cancer Control Research at Dalhousie University. As Canada’s first chair in cancer control research, Dr Grunfeld will provide policy makers, health professionals and managers…
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Groundbreaking celebrated for new $100M centre for vaccine research
April 21, 2008 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi-Aventis Group, broke ground this month on a new, $100 million state-of-the-art vaccine research facility at the company’s historic Connaught Campus in Toronto. The total includes $80 million for construction of…
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Infrastructure funding of $900,000 for BC university
April 21, 2008 by Lab Canada Kamloops, BC – Thompson Rivers University’s research and development innovation and technology commercialization capabilities has received federal funding to support research infrastructure for two projects. The first project will receive funding of $621,000 toward the purchase of nuclear magnetic resonance…
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$8.6M funding for industrial R&D internship program
April 21, 2008 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The federal government has awarded $8.6 M to Accelerate Canada to run a new national industrial research and development internship (IRDI) program. Over the next two years, the funding will help place 1,200 Canadian graduate students and…
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Molecular geneticist wins Genome Quebec award
April 18, 2008 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Dr Alain Moreau, a world renowned clinician-scientist recognized for his excellence in research, associate professor with the Faculty of Medicine at the Universite de Montreal and head of the molecular genetics laboratory of bone and musculoskeletal disorders…
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$60M funding supports cancer research and equipment
April 18, 2008 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) has allocated funding of $60 million for several of the institute’s key programs as well as institutional awards for scientific equipment. Dr Tom Hudson, president and scientific director of the institute…
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New health sciences complex in Mississauga
April 13, 2008 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A new $36 million health sciences complex is to be built at the University of Toronto’s Mississauga campus. The new facility will house the academy of medicine along with other health-related disciplines. The university, in recognizing the…
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Aquatic toxicology lab receives $1.59M funding
April 13, 2008 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – The University of Saskatchewan’s (U of S) Toxicology Centre will purchase cutting-edge bioassay testing equipment and recruit additional research trainees, with funding of $1.59 million from Western Economic Diversification Canada. The research team at the University of…
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$3M grant for development of new technology to reduce tailing ponds’ environmental impact
April 13, 2008 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A $3-million grant to the University of Alberta’s School of Energy and the Environment (SEE) from Alberta’s provincial government is aimed at improving tailings pond reclamation in Alberta’s oil sands region. “Creating new technology to reclaim land…
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Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding to collaborate in microchip-based DNA program
April 13, 2008 by Lab Canada Dublin, CA – Microchip Biotechnologies (MBI) says that the Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding (CCDB), at the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, will be the first participant to join MBI’s early access program for the Apollo 100 STAR…
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Labs in Manitoba get $4.2M modernization program
April 13, 2008 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – The Manitoba government says it is providing $4.5 million to modernize university laboratories. The funding will be used to modernize labs and upgrade equipment at Brandon University, the University of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba. “Our…
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Funding opportunities for clean energy technology research
April 13, 2008 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – The federal government has announced two new funds devoted to supporting research in the area of clean energy. One is a a $125-million fund to advance carbon capture and storage technologies that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions…
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Funding of $800,000 to support research at Genome Prairie
April 13, 2008 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – Western Economic Diversification Canada is providing funding of $800,000 for research at Genome Prairie that is aimed at strengthening the region’s ability to develop and commercialize innovations in the field of genomics. The support will contribute to…
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Research trust issues small grants program request for submissions
April 7, 2008 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Ontario Association of Medical Laboratories has announce its 2008 Small Grants Program to support non-proprietary research projects to improve the efficiency or effectiveness of the delivery of laboratory services. Previously funded projects have included research into…
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Canadian researchers receive grant for genome sequencing
April 4, 2008 by Lab Canada Miami, FL – NTM Info & Research (NTMir), a Miami, Florida based not-for-profit organization, says that its first international research grant has been awarded to the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre to provide funding for “The Complete…
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Diagnostic kit for dairy products gets $1M development funding
April 3, 2008 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – SciMed Technologies is receiving $1 million from the federal government to help it with commercializing and marketing of new diagnostic kits that test Vitamin A and D in milk and dairy-based foods. The kits speed up the…
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Aquaculture research gets $24M boost
April 3, 2008 by Lab Canada St John’s, NL – Research directed at increased production of high-quality farmed salmon off the south coast of Newfoundland has received a funding commitment totalling over $24 million. The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) is providing $9.4 million, while Cold…
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Collaborative research database to benefit complementary and alternative medicine
March 31, 2008 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The McGill University Health Centre Research Institute and the University of Calgary in collaboration with Centennial College are launching a searchable database of outcome measures intended for complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) researchers – the IN-CAM Outcomes…
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Project to capture minerals from oil sands tailings
March 31, 2008 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A $3.5-million grant from Alberta Energy to technology development company Titanium Corporation will support research into producing a variety of manufactured products from minerals extracted from oil sands tailings. Project researchers will study the value-added opportunities and…
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$56M funding supports animal health research at Guelph
March 31, 2008 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Ontario government is providing $56 million to the University of Guelph to advance research, animal health and the Ontario Veterinary College. The one-time funding, included in last week’s provincial budget, will also help ensure training opportunities…
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ARC collaborates with Idaho National Laboratory to explore energy options
March 31, 2008 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – The Alberta Research Council (ARC) is collaborating with a top American energy organization, Idaho National Laboratory, to research energy options and provide the scientific and engineering information that will help guide industry and policy-makers through a maze…
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Researchers identify a gene responsible for cases of Lou Gehrig’s
March 31, 2008 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – A team of Canadian and French researchers has identified a novel gene responsible for a significant fraction of ALS (sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) cases. ALS is commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease, an incurable neuromuscular disorder…
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New award for young chromatographers is unveiled
March 28, 2008 by Lab Canada Waltham, MA – Instrument manufacturer PerkinElmer has launched the Ettre Award, a new award to honour young scientists in the field of gas chromatography (GC). The award is named after Leslie S Ettre, a distinguished professor in the field of…
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$800,000 to drive genomic research networks in BC
March 28, 2008 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Genomics research in BC is receiving a boost in the form of $800,000 in federal funding over four years. The funding will be used to create a series of 12 networks through Genome BC for the application…
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CFI awards $22.5M for research infrastructure
March 27, 2008 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has awarded $22.5 million in funding for 134 projects across the country. The funding in state-of-the-art labs and equipment at 31 universities nationally will jump-start 134 projects in key areas of…
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Research receives support in new Ontario budget
March 26, 2008 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Ontario’s new budget was released yesterday and among the myriad funding announcements, is support for research in the province. HIghlight included $300 million in new funding by the Ministry of Research and Innovation, specifically: – $250 million…
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