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Researchers identify immune cell defects that give rise to fungal infection in HIV patients
June 28, 2006 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Researchers at Universit de Montral and the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montral (IRCM) have identified a defective immune cell population that determines susceptibility to candidiasis, a common and often debilitating infection in individuals infected with the…
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Pain researcher awarded NSERC prize
June 28, 2006 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – McGill researcher Dr Jeffrey Coull, whose exploration of the mechanisms that cause chronic neuropathic pain has helped enormously in the search for new analgesic drugs, has been awarded Canada’s top prize for doctoral research in science and…
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New fellowships for women in science
June 28, 2006 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – L’Oral Canada says it is extending its national For Women in Science program with the launch of two new fellowships of $20,000 each aimed at supporting women scientists in Canada. L’Oral Canada For Women in Science Research…
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Research lab on boreal forest silviculture receives $350,000 extra funding
June 27, 2006 by Lab Canada Amos, QC – The federal government is providing $350,000 to the Universit du Qubec en Abitibi-Tmiscamingue (UQAT), for its Amos campus laboratory on boreal forest silviculture and industrial plantation forestry. The funding complements a previous $1-million investment from the Canada…
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New research centre to cultivate growth in value-added agriculture
June 26, 2006 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A new $25-million research facility at the University of Alberta will form the centrepiece of food safety and agricultural product development research in Alberta. The Agri-Food Discovery Place (AFDP), which opened last week, will support three main…
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Canada’s quietest research space opens
June 26, 2006 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Hundreds of Canada’s leading scientists and engineers gathered in Edmonton last week to celebrate the opening of one of the world’s most technologically advanced research facilities – the National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT). The $52.2-million facility is…
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Award given to Winnipeg scientist for infectious disease research
June 23, 2006 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Dr John Dirks, president of the Gairdner Foundation, today announced that Dr Allan Ronald, OC, is the winner of the 2006 Wightman Award, which is given by the Foundation to a Canadian who has demonstrated outstanding leadership…
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Alberta adds $4.4M to research fund
June 21, 2006 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – The Alberta government’s research-funding arm, called Alberta Ingenuity, says it is increasing its fund by $4.4 million, bringing its total funding for innovative science and engineering research to $21 million in 2006-07. “Great research drives economic and…
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$20.5M in CFI funding for 103 projects
June 21, 2006 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) today announced funding for 103 new projects at 33 Canadian universities. The funding of $20.5 million under the CFI’s Leaders Opportunity Fund will support the work of 132 researchers. The $20.5…
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$4.5M in funding supports forestry research
June 20, 2006 by Lab Canada Ottawa, On – The federal government says it is providing $3.3 million over three years to support new sustainable forest management projects in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, and New Brunswick. Continued funding of $1.2 million in Quebec research projects for…
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Call for papers issued for Pittcon 2007
June 20, 2006 by Lab Canada Pittsburgh, PA – The Pittsburgh Conference has released a call for papers for the 58th annual Pittcon Conference and Expo. Pittcon 2007 will be held February 25 to March 2 at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, IL. The…
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Genomics research project in Atlantic provinces receives $9.2M in funding
June 19, 2006 by Lab Canada St John’s, NF – The Atlantic Medical Genetics and Genomics Initiative (AMGGI) is receiving a total of $9.2 million in funding from Genome Canada, through Genome Atlantic, Newfoundland’s provincial government and a number of of regional innovation and health research…
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UK scientist named as Genome Canada chief scientific officer
June 19, 2006 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Genome Canada says it has appointed Dr Michael Morgan as its new chief scientific officer. Dr Morgan is an internationally known researcher and the former chief executive of the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus. His appointment was effective…
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Research advisory board names first members
June 19, 2006 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Ontario government has appointed the first members to the Ontario Research Fund (ORF) Advisory Board in what it says is a step toward building a dynamic research and innovation agenda. The province’s premier, Dalton McGuinty, appointed…
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Scientists to collaborate to find new biofuels
June 14, 2006 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – In the first scientific collaboration of its kind, Canada’s top plant researchers are joining forces with the federal government and industry partners to come up with new ways to use crops to reduce greenhouse gases, provide alternative…
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HPLC players establish marketing and technology alliance
June 13, 2006 by Lab Canada Dublin, CA – Eksigent, a provider of capillary HPLC systems and Phenomenex, a manufacturer of HPLC columns, have announced a strategic marketing and technology collaboration to develop columns optimized for capillary HPLC systems. Under the agreement, Phenomenex will offer a…
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$3.7M to support medical research in Halifax
June 12, 2006 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – The Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation says it is providing $3.7 million to support research in the Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine in the coming year. The largest contribution in the foundation’s 27-year history, it includes a one-time…
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American oilman donates US$2M to brain research
June 12, 2006 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB A joint fundraising initiative of the University of Calgary and Calgary Health Region has honoured Texas oilman Boone Pickens for donating US$2 million to the Hotchkiss Brain Institute. His gift will establish the Boone Pickens Centre for Neurological…
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Researchers find stroke death channel
June 12, 2006 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – A team of University of British Columbia neuroscience researchers have found a new stroke death channel — the conduit through which key chemicals are lost from brain cells during stroke, causing the cell death that disables stroke…
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MaRS Centre wins intelligent building of the year
June 12, 2006 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) announced MaRS Centre as the winner of its Intelligent Building of the Year at the annual Intelligent Community of the Year Awards in New York City on Friday, June 9. MaRS Centre…
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New technique developed for injecting cancer cells into mouse ovaries
June 12, 2006 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – University of Guelph researchers say they have perfected a technique for injecting cancer cells directly into mouse ovaries, a breakthrough that could ultimately improve diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer. Over the past 18 months, Dr Jim…
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NSERC opens Prairie office in Winnipeg
June 12, 2006 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) opened a regional office in Winnipeg last week to serve the three Prairie provinces. “This is the second of five regional offices that NSERC is establishing across Canada,” says…
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$2M clinical facility dedicated to gastroenterology opens
June 5, 2006 by Lab Canada Edmonton, ON – Capital Health and the University of Alberta have jointly opened the Zeidler Gastrointestinal Health Centre, the new home of the university’s division of gastroenterology. The 30,000-sq-ft, three-storey building is Canada’s first clinical facility dedicated solely to gastroenterology…
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Neutrino lab garners ORION Discovery Award
June 5, 2006 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO), known as Canada’s Eye on the Universe, is being awarded the Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network’s (ORION) Discovery Award at Ontario’s Research and Education Summit on June 5 in Toronto. The…
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Nuclear network names exec director
June 5, 2006 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – Engineering physics professor at McMaster, Dr Bill Garland, has been named executive director of the University Network of Excellence in Nuclear Engineering (UNENE). Established in 2002, UNENE brought together industry (key funding partners are Ontario Power Generation,…
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NYU star named McGill dean of medicine
June 5, 2006 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Dr Richard Levin has been named vice-principal (health affairs) and dean of the Faculty of Medicine of McGill University. Currently the vice-dean for education, Faculty and Academic Affairs at New York University (NYU) School of Medicine, Dr…
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Discovery could lead to stronger antibiotics
June 5, 2006 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Researchers at McGill University have made a fundamental breakthrough that could pave the way to a better class of drugs to combat the growing problem of antibiotic resistance. By mapping the first known three-dimensional structure of a…
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NRC now houses Canada’s most powerful magnet
June 5, 2006 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The federal government, along with the University of Ottawa and the provinces of Quebec and Ontario, last week officially opened the $15 million NRC WG Schneider Building. Named after nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) pioneer and former NRC…
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Disease investigation unit gets $150,000 in funding
June 5, 2006 by Lab Canada Regina, SK – Saskatchewan’s provincial government has announced funding of $150,000 over three years for the disease investigation unit at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. “This funding helps Canada to meet its international trade and animal health obligations, because…
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Physicists and materials scientist win Brockhouse award as a team
June 5, 2006 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – NSERC’s second annual Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering was recently awarded to a team of three University of British Columbia professors: Dr Walter Hardy, Dr Doug Bonn and Dr Ruixing Liang. The…
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$18M in funding to support genome-related research facilities
May 29, 2006 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Six science and technology platforms across Canada will receive more than $18.6 million in funding from Genome Canada over the next 15 months. The platforms provide the tools and expertise to analyze genomes in various ways and…
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