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New scientific prize searches for world’s best and brightest
October 25, 2006 by Lab Canada London, ON – Life sciences commercialization facility, the Stiller Centre, is encouraging entries to a recently launched annual award for young science graduates from around the world that will provide them with the opportunity to develop their ideas towards viable…
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New fund supports research into environment/cancer links
October 23, 2006 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A new fund has been launched by the Cancer Research Society, to support research into the relationship between environmental factors and cancer. “While the lessons concerning the effects of environmental influences such as tobacco smoking and diet…
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New $50M research and development centre for Millipore
October 23, 2006 by Lab Canada Billerica, MA – Millipore has opened a new $50-million research and development center in Bedford, Massachusetts. The 110,000 sq-ft building, designed by ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge, contains 47,000 sq ft of lab space, and consolidates multiple functions, and will encourage a…
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Scientists from Quebec’s pediatric research centres receive honours
October 19, 2006 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The Foundation for Research into Children’s Diseases is honouring four pediatric researchers at its 24th annual “Bal des Enfants du Monde” being held this evening at Montreal’s Fairmont-Queen Elizabeth Hotel. The four researchers being honoured were selected…
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Canadian scientists win space fellowships
October 17, 2006 by Lab Canada Longueuil, QC – The Canadian Space Agency has announced four fellowships in space science. Fellows in the 2004 competition are Dr Scott Chapman of the University of Victoria, and Dr Konstantin Kabin of the University of Alberta. Fellows in the…
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Clinical trials researcher receives top cancer society award
October 17, 2006 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Dr Joseph Pater, director of the National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC) clinical trials group, has been awarded the RM Taylor medal and award. Sponsored by the Canadian Cancer Society and its research partner, the National Cancer…
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MDS Pharma Services doubles North American testing capacity
October 17, 2006 by Lab Canada Philadelphia, PA – MDS Pharma Services, a provider of drug discovery and development services, says it has opened its first central lab in the United States. The new 15,000 sq-ft facility, located in North Brunswick, New Jersey is fully operational,…
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Bovine mastitis research network gets $6.9M in support
October 16, 2006 by Lab Canada Saint-Hyacinthe, QC – The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) is providing $6.9 million in new funding to support the Canadian Bovine Mastitis Research Network, headquartered at the Faculte de medecine veterinaire of the Universite de Montreal. Mastitis costs…
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Food safety systems the focus of initiative
October 16, 2006 by Lab Canada Regina, SK – Saskatchewan is receiving $600,000 over the next two years from the federal government to enhance and promote food safety systems in its food processing industry. The Food Safety Initiative (FSI), a component of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s…
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Nutrisciences research facility gets $2M support
October 16, 2006 by Lab Canada Charlottetown, PEI – The National Research Council Institute for Nutrisciences and Health (NRC-INH) has received $2 million funding support from the federal government. Within the facility, which is located on the University of Prince Edward Island campus, Agriculture and Agri-Food…
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New facility to support agricultural research
October 16, 2006 by Lab Canada Fredericton, NB – A new research support building being constructed at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Potato Research Centre, in Fredericton. The new facility has received $3.6 million in funding from the federal government. The building will support field research…
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Collaborative genetic marker research to improve crop breeding
October 16, 2006 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON & Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, QC – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and DNA LandMarks say they will collaborate on developing genetic markers for the breeding of Brassica crops like canola, cabbage, and broccoli. The project involves the study of single nucleotide…
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Bio-fibre research gets $750,000 funding
October 16, 2006 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – Bio-material research and commercialization at the Winnipeg-based Composites Innovation Centre (CIC) is being supported with $750,000 in funding from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. “The CIC plays a very important role in assisting companies in developing and commercializing…
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Pharmaceutical company donates $255,000 for respiratory illness research
October 13, 2006 by Lab Canada Quebec City, QC – Alan Davis, vice-president of scientific affairs at Altana Pharma, has announced a $255,000 donation to Laval University to help fund research in the area of respiratory health. The funding will be shared by the Laval Hospital…
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$348 million in CIHR funding for health research projects
October 13, 2006 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has announced the recipients from across Canada of 1,633 health research grants worth over $348 million for a range of projects. “I take tremendous pleasure in seeing how CIHR’s programs…
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Ontario to get state-of-art forensic services complex
October 6, 2006 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Ontario government says it is building a new forensic services complex in the Greater Toronto Area to house the province’s forensic sciences and coroner’s services. “The new forensic services complex will significantly increase Ontario’s ability to…
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New program to support start-up tech companies
October 6, 2006 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Ontario’s government says it is funding the creation and expansion of angel investor networks that will help the provinces leading-edge start-up companies grow. The government is spending $2.5 million to build and expand angel investment networks across…
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New bioenergy fund to energize Alberta’s agriculture sector
October 6, 2006 by Lab Canada Red Deer, AB – The Alberta government says it is committing $239 million over the next five years to strengthen and expand Alberta’s bioenergy sector by encouraging manufacturers to bring more bioenergy products to the marketplace. Doug Horner, minister of…
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Foundation announces $10 million prize to map 100 human genomes in 10 days
October 4, 2006 by Lab Canada Washington, DC – The X Prize Foundation has unveiled the $10 million Archon X prize for genomics, a multi-million dollar incentive to create technology that can successfully map 100 human genomes in 10 days. This is the second major prize…
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Research and clinical practice get boost at new Edmonton facility
October 2, 2006 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A $25-million research centre has opened at the University of Alberta Hospital. The state-of-the-art Alberta Cardiovascular and Stroke Research Centre (ABACUS) brings together 100 investigators focused on heart disease and stroke research. The centre will form an…
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North America’s newest biofuel test centre opens
October 2, 2006 by Lab Canada Regina, SK – A new fully qualified and accredited biofuels test facility has opened in Saskatchewan, which will offer reasonably priced, fast and reliable tests to the biofuels industry on a fee-for-service basis. The tests will help producers validate the…
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Vaccine research centre receives $1.5M funding
October 2, 2006 by Lab Canada Regina, SK – The provincial government in Saskatchewan says it is providing the vaccine and infectious disease organization (VIDO) with $1.5 million over five years to continue its work in infectious diseases. “The province’s support enables us to continue to…
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$19M R&D support for Alcan’s waste treatment project in Quebec
October 2, 2006 by Lab Canada Ville Saguenay, QC – The federal government says it is providing $19.1 million to support research and development activities at Alcan Primary Metal’s Jonquire facility in Quebec. The funding is part of a $242 million pilot project to process and…
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Researchers floated in zero gravity aboard final Bordeaux flight
October 2, 2006 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – York University researchers floated in zero gravity last week, aboard an airplane modified to simulate weightlessness, in order to investigate why astronauts become disoriented in space, and what can be done about it. The research, funded by…
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Dalhousie and SCIREQ form joint venture for asthma products
October 2, 2006 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – Dalhousie University and SCIREQ Scientific Respiratory Equipment of Montreal say they have agreed on terms for a new collaborative venture in the area of asthma. SCIREQ has been collaborating for several years with Dr Geoff Maksym and…
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NanoQuebec launches program aimed at increasing competitiveness
September 25, 2006 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – NanoQuebec has unveiled a a new program, with a budget of $700,000, designed to support industry-university pilot projects. The program’s goals are to increase the adoption of nanotechnology in Quebec companies and promote the creation of research…
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$645,000 federal funding supports Quebec Photonic Network
September 25, 2006 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The federal government says it is awardubg $643,608 in non-repayable funding to support the activities of the Quebec Photonic Network (QPN). The Quebec Photonic Network, formed in 2005 by the merger of the Rseau photonique de Montral…
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$20M funding supports 126 research/innovation projects in Ontario
September 25, 2006 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Ontario government says it is providing $20 million to support 126 projects under the Ontario Research Fund. The funding will help to finance much-needed equipment for the researchers, including lab equipment, specimens and computer software. The…
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Research super-computer projects get $22M funding
September 22, 2006 by Lab Canada Kingston and London, ON – The Ontario government made two simultaneous funding announcements today to support leading-edge super-computer projects at various institutions. The governments ministry of research and innovation is providing $11.5 million for Queen’s University’s High Performance Computing Virtual…
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Arius expands management team with antibody expert
September 22, 2006 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Biotech company Arius Research says that Dr Daniel Pereira has joined it as vice president of research. Dr Pereira previously spent eight years at ImClone Systems where he was director of the tumour biology department. In his…
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Researcher wins award for inventing ultrasound microimaging technology
September 22, 2006 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – Ontario researcher Dr Stuart Foster has won the $25,000 Manning Award of Distinction for revolutionizing medical research with his invention of an ultrasound microimaging system. The system, produced by Toronto-based VisualSonics, is a high-resolution in vivo micro…
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