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$30M flows to water research
December 4, 2006 by Lab Canada Onoway, AB – Alberta’s provincial government is allocating $30 million to begin implementing a water research strategy, which focuses on safe drinking water, efficient water use and healthy watersheds. “Developing knowledge and new technologies for effective water management is very…
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Canadian researchers receive honourable mentions in X-ray diffraction scholarship annnouncement
December 4, 2006 by Lab Canada Boston, MA – Honourable mentions were made to Matt Izawa of the University of Western Ontario and Svetlana Neretina of McMaster University at the recent announcement of Bruker AXS’ 2006 Excellence in X-ray diffraction (XRD) scholarships. Matt Izawa, who was…
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BC cancer researcher receives cancer research award
December 4, 2006 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Dr Wan Lam, senior scientist at the BC Cancer Agency (BCCA), is the recipient of the prestigious 2006 William E Rawls Prize for his innovative cancer research. He was awarded the prize at the BC Cancer Agency’s…
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Sudbury Neutrino Observatory wins first NSERC Polanyi award
November 20, 2006 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The winners of the inaugural $250,000 NSERC John C Polanyi Award are the scientists at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO), who are being honoured for their groundbreaking research on neutrinos, says Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council…
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BIOQuebec releases survey results on the state of Quebec’s biotech industry
November 20, 2006 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – “Financing is still the order of the day for Quebec’s biotech and life science industries. Although a certain degree of progress in the situation can be noted with the arrival of some new investors in the Province…
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New lab to enhance animal and human health protection
November 20, 2006 by Lab Canada Abbotsford, BC – Construction will begin next month on a high-tech lab that will allow the British Columbia to respond faster and more efficiently to animal disease incidents. The Containment Level 3 (CL3) lab, to be built by Vanbots Construction,…
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$30M funding to strengthen agricultural research in Alberta
November 20, 2006 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Alberta’s agricultural research capacity will continue to grow with a commitment of $30 million by the Alberta government towards upgrading greenhouse facilities and purchasing research lands. Doug Horner, minister of agriculture, food and rural development, said the…
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Heidolph laboratory products now available from Brinkmann
November 18, 2006 by Lab Canada Westbury, NY – Brinkmann Instruments has announced that on November 17, 2006, it became the exclusive North America distributor for the entire Heidolph line of laboratory equipment, including the companys rotary evaporators, overhead stirrers, peristaltic pumps, homogenizers, magnetic stirrers, synthesis…
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Nutraceutical commercialization centre opens its doors
November 16, 2006 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – A new BioAccess Commercialization Centre has been opened by the National Research Council in Saskatoon. The centre was created by NRC to assist firms in Western Canada’s nutraceutical, functional food and natural health products industries bring products…
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High-throughput RNA analysis platform unveiled in Quebec
November 13, 2006 by Lab Canada Sherbrooke, QC – Genome Quebec and the University of Sherbrooke have announced the creation of the Genome Quebec and Universite de Sherbrooke RNomics Platform. The initiative was launched at the inauguration of a new functional genomics laboratory at the university…
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Spinal cord research facility a first for Canada
November 13, 2006 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – A state-of-the-art $45-million research facility that will take spinal cord research beyond what is currently possible anywhere in the world is officially under construction at Vancouver General Hospital. This is the only facility in Canada, and one…
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Grant supports water quality research
November 13, 2006 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Alberta Environment has awarded a $50,000 grant to University of Alberta professor, Dr David Schindler, and his team of researchers to study possible scientific methods to improve water quality in some Alberta lakes. One of the key…
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US medical institute awards $19M to Canadian and Latin American scientists
November 10, 2006 by Lab Canada Chevy Chase, MD -Thirty-nine scientists in Latin America and Canada have been named Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) international research scholars. Each will receive a five-year award totalling nearly $500,000. The competitive awards recognize the accomplishments and promise of biomedical…
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$9M centre launched to find energy alternatives
November 10, 2006 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Practical solutions to urgent energy issues are the focus of the University of British Columbias Clean Energy Research Centre (CERC), which opened earlier this month. It is Canadas only interdisciplinary facility dedicated to improving existing energy technologies…
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Researchers find virus that kills invasive brain cancer
November 10, 2006 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – Researchers at the University of Calgary, who are funded by the Terry Fox Foundation and the Canadian Cancer Society, have found that a cancer-fighting virus called VSV kills the most malignant form of brain cancer in mice…
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Novel bacterial protein complex discovered by international research team
November 10, 2006 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – A new find by an international research team of a novel bacterial protein complex may ultimately help in designing drugs to disable pathogens that cause a range of disorders such as meningitis, blood diseases and hospital-acquired infections,…
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Alcan to sell Wheaton Science Products business
November 9, 2006 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Alcan says it has entered into an agreement to sell its Wheaton Science Products business in New Jersey to River Associates Investments, a private equity group headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The parties expect to complete the transaction…
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Ontario awards second round in early researcher award program with $14M funding
November 7, 2006 by Lab Canada London, ON – Over 100 young academic researchers in Ontario are getting a funding boost that totals $14 million from the provincial government. The government is providing $51 million over five years in the Early Researcher Award program. This second…
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Alcan, UBC to designate $250,000 engineering chair
November 6, 2006 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Alcan is partnering with the University of British Columbia (UBC) to designate an Alcan chair in advanced process engineering. The five-year commitment of $50,000 in annual contributions will aid in the continued development of the UBC’s current…
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Belgium pharma firm opens Canadian operation
November 6, 2006 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – UCB, a Belgium-based global biopharmaceutical company, has announced the expansion of its North American operations with the opening of an affiliate in Canada, called UCB Pharma Canada. Research at UCB is focused in the areas of central…
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$20M plans unveiled for bio-oil plant and research facilities
October 31, 2006 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Energy solutions developer Dynamotive has announced the site location for a new flagship 200 tonnes-per-day bio-oil plant in Guelph, and a product research laboratory in the Waterloo area. Together with its development partners, Dynamotive says it plans…
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Ontario unions say it’s time for safety-engineered sharps to be law
October 31, 2006 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Three unions representing about 130,000 Ontario health care workers say it’s time for Ontario to catch up with the rest of Canada and make the use of safety-engineered sharps mandatory in the province’s health-care facilities. The Ontario…
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Small, medium-sized companies get help in developing environmental solutions
October 31, 2006 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Not-for-profit commercialization developer Precarn, the Ontario Centre for Environmental Technology Advancement (OCETA) and the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) are partnering to fund the research and development efforts of small- and medium-sized companies in Ontario. Under the…
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$2.5M funding for research lab to probe uses of pine beetle-infested trees
October 31, 2006 by Lab Canada Prince George, BC – The University of Northern British Columbia is receiving $2.5 million in funding from the province’s government to establish a wood and fibre multi-site research laboratory to find further uses for trees infested by the mountain pine…
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Synergy awards honour innovation leaders
October 31, 2006 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), recently honoured seven partnerships between some of Canada’s leading-edge companies and the university researchers who collaborate with them. One of the partnerships is responsible for more than 40 patents…
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Research income growth slows for Canada’s universities
October 30, 2006 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Research income growth at Canada’s universities slowed dramatically in fiscal 2005, according to Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities List 2006, released last week by Research Infosource. Total sponsored research income, which includes both government and non-government sources,…
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$2.25M taps into underwater research
October 30, 2006 by Lab Canada Victoria, BC – Dr Kim Juniper has been appointed to the BC leadership chair in marine ecosystems and global change at the University of Victoria. The $4.5-million chair, funded by a $2.25-million investment from the provinces Leading Edge Endowment Fund,…
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Biotron facility to launch agriculture research into the future
October 30, 2006 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), the University of Western Ontario and the University of Guelph are collaborating to establish the Biotron, a state-of-the-art research facility. The facility will support research into the impact of climate change and…
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New studies on the benefits of eating pulse crops
October 30, 2006 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – Pulse Canada has awarded $1.25 million in new funding for human clinical trials studying the health benefits of eating pulse crops, including peas, beans and lentils. Part of the Pulse Innovation Project, the funding supports five major…
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$25-million funding the largest-ever for pharmacy facility
October 30, 2006 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Edmonton-based Katz Group and Alberta’s provincial government say they are each contributing $7 million to the University of Alberta. The $14 million investment – said to be the largest ever one-time gift to a Canadian pharmacy school…
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New initiative to strengthen trans-Atlantic life science ties
October 27, 2006 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Biosciences hub MaRS Discovery District says it has signed a letter of intent with Biolink Canada-Ireland, a new Enterprise Ireland network initiative linking scientists, industry, academia and government agencies from the Irish and Canadian life sciences sector.…
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