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April 16, 2007 by
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Montreal, QC – Canadian biotech companies had a banner financing year in 2006, raising $1.8 billion in capital (all figures in US$), setting a new industry record. Capital raised in 2006 topped the previous record of $1.3 billion raised in…
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April 16, 2007 by
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Montreal, QC – A consortium of Canadian and American researchers led by Dr John Rioux, associate professor of medicine at the Montreal Heart Institute and the Universit de Montral, report in the April 15 online edition of Nature Genetics the…
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April 16, 2007 by
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Toronto, ON – The MaRS Discovery District (MaRS) and the Canadian Stem Cell Network (SCN) are partnering in a translational development company called Aggregate Therapeutics. They plan to expand Aggregate’s work in regenerative medicine, build commercialization capacity in the field…
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April 16, 2007 by
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Prince George, BC – A $100,000 donation from Husky Energy will help the University of Northern British Columbia to acquire technical equipment for assessing the effects of environmental contaminants on health. The university says Huskys donation is being matched by…
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April 16, 2007 by
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Halifax, NS – The federal government has earmarked $15 million to help build Dalhousie University’s new Life Science Research Institute. The institute is one of seven centres of excellence in commercialization and research across the country that received a funding…
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April 16, 2007 by
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Winnipeg, MB – Six researchers from the University of Manitoba have received Rh awards. The honours are given to researchers who are in the early stages of their research careers and who display exceptional innovation, leadership and promise in their…
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April 9, 2007 by
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Edmonton, AB – The Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) is offering $59 million in personnel awards to 55 health researchers in Alberta. AHFMR investigator awards are awarded to researchers in annual competitions and applications are peer-reviewed by scientists…
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April 9, 2007 by
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Montreal, QC – A new research and development organization, called the Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative (SADI) has been launched by the federal government. The organization will support strategic R&D in Canada’s aerospace, defence, security and space industries. “This new…
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April 9, 2007 by
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Ottawa, ON – Health researchers across Canada have received a total of 589 health research grants from the federal government, worth $217 million, for a wide range of projects. The grants are awarded through the Canadian Institutes for Health Research…
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April 9, 2007 by
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Edmonton, AB – The Alberta Water Research Institute has named a new management advisory board, which consists of 12 representatives from academia, business and government and two chairs. The institute is a $30-million Alberta government-funded organization that was announced in…
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April 9, 2007 by
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Vineland, ON – The federal and Ontario governments have made the first steps to create a vital hub for horticultural science and innovation in Vineland by making it a model for research facilities elsewhere in the province and the country.…
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April 9, 2007 by
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Victoria, BC – The Collaborative Oceans Information Network (COIN) Pacific is receiving a $20,000 grant from the government of British Columbia to explore new opportunities in oceans and marine observation and research projects. Spearheaded by the government of British Columbia…
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April 9, 2007 by
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Regina, SK – Saskatchewan researchers and entrepreneurs will now be better able to take new technologies and research into the marketplace, due to $6.2 million in federal and provincial government funding that makes a new centre connected with the University…
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April 9, 2007 by
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Toronto, ON – The Innovation Synergy Centre in Markham (ISCM) is receiving a total of $240,000 in funding from the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE). It will receive half the total this year, and the remaining half next year. “OCE…
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March 30, 2007 by
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London, ON – Ontario’s provincial government is providing $23 million funding to support the integration of the Robarts Research Institute with the University of Western Ontario. The funding will support the integration of Robarts with the university and help fund…
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March 30, 2007 by
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Ottawa, ON – The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and Quebec’s three research funding agencies (Fonds de la recherche en sant du Qubec,…
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March 30, 2007 by
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Montreal, QC – The Genesis Awards Gala, the most prestigious event of its kind in Quebec’s biotechnology, health technology and life science industry was held this week in Montreal. At the gala, several leaders and companies active in Quebec’s life…
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March 30, 2007 by
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Regina, SK – A recent economic impact study found Saskatchewan’s two research parks and the Forest Centre in Prince Albert contributed a combined $561 million to the province’s economy in 2006. Both research parks and the Prince Albert building are…
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March 26, 2007 by
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Toronto, ON – MDS, which services the global life sciences markets, says it has completed an acquisition of Molecular Devices, a Sunnyvale, CA-based developer and supplier of bioanalytical measurement systems whose include instrumentation, software and reagent systems. MDS says it…
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March 26, 2007 by
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Peterborough, ON – The federal government is providing $2 million to support research to develop drugs that are effective in combating a pandemic influenza virus. The funding is being given to the International Consortium on Antivirals (ICAV), a non-profit Canadian…
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March 26, 2007 by
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Valcourt, QC – Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) says it is investing $15 million to build a state-of-the-art design and innovation centre next to its head office in Valcourt. In 2006, BRP spent $3.6 million to expand its R&D centre in…
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March 26, 2007 by
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Calgary, AB – Not-for-profit corporation C3 EnviroTech Solutions has received $2 million in federal funding to help commercialize and market new environmental technologies. The organization will create the Technology Solutions Hub, which will help small- and medium-sized enterprises take their…
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March 26, 2007 by
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Regina, SK – Unforeseen construction costs for a new laboratory building addition at the University of Regina are being covered with $23.6 million in funding by Saskatchewan’s provincial government. The state-of-the-art facility, which will house more than 30 research teams…
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March 26, 2007 by
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Victoria, BC – BC’s provincial government is providing $100,000 to the Science Advisory Board for Contaminated Sites in British Columbia (SABCS) to complete two scientific projects to be used in developing regulatory guidance. The work of the SABCS, an independent…
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March 26, 2007 by
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Saskatoon, SK – Three research projects related to the agricultural sector in Saskatchewan have received federal funding support. The projects are: – $149,188 to the University of Saskatchewan to test a by-product of ethanol production for use as a high-grade…
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March 26, 2007 by
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Toronto, ON – Dalton Medicinal Chemistry Partners, the medicinal chemistry arm of Dalton Pharma Services, says it has signed a medicinal chemistry agreement with Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada). Under the agreement, Dalton says it will design and synthesize novel compounds against…
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March 19, 2007 by
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Ottawa, ON – The federal government released its budget for 2007 today, which earmarks $1.3 billion for what the government calls “an ambitious new direction in science and technology”. Proposed funding includes: – $350 million over 2006-07 and the next…
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March 19, 2007 by
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Ottawa, ON – Suzanne Fortier, president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), has named the six winners of the NSERC EWR Steacie Memorial Fellowships. The winners for 2007 are: – Jillian Buriak, department of chemistry,…
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March 19, 2007 by
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Vancouver, BC – A team of researchers at the University of British Columbia have found that a protein called podocalyxin – which the researchers had previously shown to be a predictor of metastatic breast cancer – changes the shape and…
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March 19, 2007 by
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Saskatoon, SK – The Saskatchewan government is providing funding of $24.7 million to the University of Saskatchewans International Vaccine Centre (InterVac). $5.6 million will be available immediately, and the remaining funds will be paid over the next three or four…
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March 19, 2007 by
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Montreal, QC – Researchers in the NanoRobotics Laboratory of Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal’s department of computer engineering and institute of biomedical engineering say they have succeeded in guiding, in vivo and via computer control, a microdevice inside an artery, at…
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March 19, 2007 by
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Washington, DC – Research parks in the United States and Canada directly employ more than 350,000 people and contribute more than $31 billion annually to the economies of the United States and Canada, according to new data compiled by the…