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Medica announces dates of 2008 show
February 21, 2008 by Lab Canada Dusseldorf, Germany – Medical technology trade show Medica will take place from November 19-22 at the Messe Dusseldorf fairgrounds in Dusseldorf, show organizers recently announced. The 2007 show closed with what the organizers say were the best-ever results in the…
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Canadian scientists and scholars win Killam Research Fellowships (February 20, 2008)
February 20, 2008 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Ten Canadian researchers have been awarded a total of $700,000 in the 41st annual competition for Killam Research Fellowships, administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. Among Canada’s most distinguished research awards, the Canada Council for…
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Research centre to develop supermaterials for the aerospace industry
February 17, 2008 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The McGill Aerospace Materials and Alloy Development Centre at the NRC Industrial Materials Institute in Boucherville was opened on Friday. A collaborative initiative between National Research Council (NRC) and McGill University, the centre was created to develop…
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$22M funding for new personalized medicine centre
February 15, 2008 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The Montreal Heart Institute and Genome Quebec have announced the creation of a Centre of Excellence in Personalized Medicine. This project represents funding of more than $22 million over five years. Of this amount, $13.8 million will…
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$63M in federal funding for 11 new centres of excellence
February 15, 2008 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The federal government has announced it is providing $63 million in funding to establish 11 new Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research. Each of these centres will receive a one-time contribution of up to $14.95 million…
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$28M injected into breakthrough clean energy technologies
February 11, 2008 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) and its industry and academic partners today announced funding of $28 million in the research and development of six groundbreaking clean energy projects. Today’s announcement of $13 million from OCE and…
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$3.4M supports petroleum research into cleaner fuel
February 11, 2008 by Lab Canada Fredericton, NB – Researchers at the University of New Brunswick will receive up to $3.4 million over the next five years from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency to develop methods to better analyze petroleum samples for oil producers to develop…
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Health network wins $3M drug development award
February 11, 2008 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) has been awarded a $3 million US National Cancer Institute Phase I grant headed by Senior Scientist Dr Lillian Siu, co-director of the Robert and Maggie Bras and Family New Drug Development Program…
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$8M supports agricultural research projects
February 11, 2008 by Lab Canada Regina, SK – Saskatchewan’s provincial government has announced $8.23 million in funding for 58 agricultural research and development projects through the province’s. The current round of ADF funding provides support for research projects undertaken by organizations such as Agriculture and…
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Safe drinking water target of joint Walkerton/UWindsor research
February 11, 2008 by Lab Canada Windsor, ON – A University of Windsor researcher has received $75,000 in funding to research methods of reducing harmful chemicals in drinking and wastewater from an organization that was established following the Walkerton water crisis. Faculty of Engineering Professor Dr…
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Two-year project to research food products for aging boomers
February 11, 2008 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – New provincial funding of $80,000 to the Food Development Centre in Portage la Prairie and the University of Manitoba will support a two-year research project into the design and development of food products for baby boomers and…
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New process developed for capturing and storing gas
February 11, 2008 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – A new process for capturing gas from the environment and holding it indefinitely in molecular-sized containers has been developed by a team of University of Calgary researchers, who say it represents a novel method of gas storage…
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Invasive species research draws national funding
February 11, 2008 by Lab Canada Windsor, ON – Three University of Windsor researchers have received nearly $160,000 in funding to help stop the spread of invasive species in the Great Lakes, winning out over 16 competing national submissions. The Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network (CAISN)…
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U of T opens Centre for Research in Healthcare Engineering
February 11, 2008 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A new collaborative Centre for Research in Healthcare Engineering (CRHE) opened in late January at the University of Toronto, a centre that will advance the expertise and knowledge in solutions that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of…
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$5.7M funding boost for biomedical devices
February 11, 2008 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – The federal government is providing $5.7 million in funding over three years in Winnipeg’s biomedical technology cluster at the National Research Council (NRC) Institute for Biodiagnostics. Private, public and academia partners have been collaborating in Winnipeg’s biomedical…
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Pfizer Canada provides $1M to support BC drug development research
February 4, 2008 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Pfizer Canada says it is committing $1 million to the Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) to create the Pfizer-CDRD Innovation Fund. This innovation fund aims to fast-track the commercialization of some of BC’s most promising…
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$168M boost for health-related facilities and other upgrades in Alberta
February 4, 2008 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Cutting-edge pharmaceutical labs and health research facilities will be added to the University of Alberta (U of A) as part of $168-million in funding from the Alberta government. “We’re committed to investing in Alberta’s post-secondary education system,”…
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GE Healthcare to acquire Whatman
February 4, 2008 by Lab Canada Chalfont St Giles, UK and Maidstone, UK – Life sciences company GE Healthcare and filtration supplier Whatman say they have agreed on terms for the former to acquire the latter. The two say a strong strategic fit between the two…
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$22.3M for photonics research cluster
February 4, 2008 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The National Research Council Canada (NRC)’s Ottawa-based photonics cluster has received $22.3-million in renewal funding from the federal government. Launched in 2002, the NRC initiative was undertaken to advance the region’s ability to perform collaborative R&D that…
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Inaugural AHFMR Lougheed prize awarded to pediatric researcher
February 4, 2008 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – Dr Michael Meaney is the inaugural recipient of the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) Lougheed Prize in fetal and early childhood development, which awards $100,000 to an outstanding biomedical or clinical researcher. AHFMR will also…
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Largest renewable diesel demonstration gets revved up
January 22, 2008 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Canada’s largest cold-weather, on-road demonstration of renewable diesel officially launched today. The Alberta Renewable Diesel Demonstration, managed by Climate Change Central, comes after months of laboratory testing of various fuel feedstocks and production processes. Over 60 trucks…
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Aboriginal health network established with $16M funding
January 22, 2008 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has received $15.8 million over three years from the federal government to create the Network Environments for Aboriginal Health Research (NEAHR). The program is intended to help develop the research…
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Pandemic flu vaccine provides 100% protection in mice at low doses
January 22, 2008 by Lab Canada Quebec City, QC – Biotechnology company Medicago says that, in a preclinical study, low doses of its H5N1 avian influenza virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine provided 100% protection in mice against a lethal challenge of live H5N1 viruses. In addition, the…
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Clinical simulation does not replace hands-on training for medical lab tech students: study
January 22, 2008 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – A research study released today by CSMLS concludes that there is little evidence to support the use of ‘clinical simulation’ as a replacement for clinical training – the ‘hands on’ work experience – that is part of…
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Newfoundland projects added to $63M funding announcement in Atlantic Canada
January 22, 2008 by Lab Canada St John’s, NL – Seven research projects in Newfoundland chosen for funding under Round V of the Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF) were announced this morning by the federal government. This is in addition to $1.1 million funding being provided for…
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$63M supports R&D projects in Atlantic Canada
January 21, 2008 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – Research and development in Atlantic Canada is receiving a boost from federal funding of up to $63 million under Round V of the Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF) for 29 projects across the region. With a total project…
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$115M funding to be allocated in Ontario Research Fund round
January 21, 2008 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – The Ontario government is in the process of announcing its latest round of research funding through the Ontario Research Fund. A total of 19 projects around the province will be supported in this round, with the government’s…
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Biomedical MRI research lab opens in Halifax
January 21, 2008 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – A biomedical magnetic resonance imaging research laboratory (BMRL) was officially opened last week by the IWK Health Centre and the National Research Council Canada (NRC). Research at the laboratory will focus on pediatric and adult diseases such…
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Health research teams to receive total of $20M funding
January 21, 2008 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – The first recipients of the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) Interdisciplinary Team Grants competition have been announced. This multimillion dollar initiative provides opportunities for collaborative teams of researchers from different research disciplines and institutions to…
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Partnership to develop pipe-corrosion solution for oil sands
January 21, 2008 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – The Alberta Research Council (ARC), 3M Canada and Alberta Advanced Education and Technology (AET) are teaming up in an $800,000 project to develop pipe liners that will prevent corrosion and erosion and prolong pipeline life. “ARC is…
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$2.3M for lobster research in Nova Scotia and PEI
January 21, 2008 by Lab Canada Shelburne, NS – The Canadian lobster industry is receiving funding of more than $2.3 million for lobster research in the provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island under the federal government’s Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF). The Atlantic Lobster Moult…
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