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Report cites 79% increase in capital raised by Canadian biotechs in 2006
April 16, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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Scientists find major susceptibility genes for Crohn’s disease
April 16, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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New partnership leverages Canadian stem cell intellectual property
April 16, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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$100,000 funding increases research capacity at BC university
April 16, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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$15 million for new life sciences research institute
April 16, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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Six University of Manitoba researchers receive $10,000 awards
April 16, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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$59M awarded to Alberta health researchers
April 9, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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New strategic aerospace and defence initiative gets lift-off
April 9, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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$217M in funding for health research projects
April 9, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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New water research initiative names board members
April 9, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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$28M funding to help revitalize horticultural research centre
April 9, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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Ocean sciences network gets grant to set up observation system
April 9, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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Newly funded innovation centre to support commercialization in Saskatchewan
April 9, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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Markham innovation centre gets $240,000 funding
April 9, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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$23M funding for Robarts Research Institute
March 30, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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Agreement extends reach of Canadian Common CV service
March 30, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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Awards salute scientists building Quebec’s life science industry
March 30, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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Study show positive impact of research parks to Saskatchewan’s economy
March 30, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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MDS acquires Molecular Devices; will merge with MDS Sciex
March 26, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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Pandemic influenza drugs research receives $2M funding
March 26, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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Bombardier to spend $15M on new design and innovation centre
March 26, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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Environmental tech commercialization effort gets $2M funding
March 26, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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$23.6M supports lab building addition in Regina
March 26, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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Funds help develop new guide for contaminated sites
March 26, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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Agriculture and agri-food projects receive $370,000 funding
March 26, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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Medicinal chemistry agreement to focus on antivirals
March 26, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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Research funding outlined in new 2007 federal budget
March 19, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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NSERC Steacie Fellowships announced
March 19, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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Discovery may lead to ‘smart’ therapies for breast, ovarian cancer
March 19, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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$25M funding support for vaccine research centre
March 19, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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Medical researchers navigate wireless device inside artery
March 19, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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