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Canada’s top climate scientists issue open letter calling for action on climate change
April 21, 2006 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Ninety of Canada’s top climate scientists and oceanographers have issued a call to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, urging his government to develop a national strategy on climate change. The group, which represents some of Canada’s leading researchers…
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Cardiovascular research has new director in Manitoba
April 19, 2006 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – The University of Manitoba and St Boniface General Hospital have appointed Dr Larry Hryshko as director of the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences. Dr Hryshko succeeds Dr Naranjan Dhalla, a world-renowned heart researcher and distinguished professor of physiology…
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$1M funding given to 16 researchers for prostate cancer research
April 19, 2006 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada has awarded over $1 million to Canadian researchers actively investigating the causes, cure, treatment, and prevention of prostate cancer. “The foundation is thrilled that we are a part of history-making…
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Canada to play key role in world-wide particle-physics experiment
April 18, 2006 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – What is said to be the biggest science experiment in history is currently underway at the CERN labs in Switzerland, and Canada is poised to play a role in its success. Thanks to a $10.5 million investment…
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Interdisciplinary science centre for Alberta university
April 17, 2006 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A new, state-of-the-art facility at the University of Alberta will bring together students, professors and researchers from a variety of science departments. The Alberta government has committed $285 million over the next three years towards the construction…
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Funding supports testing of immunization drug to prevent shipping fever in cattle
April 17, 2006 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – A $600,000 vaccine project being funded through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Advancing Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food (ACAAF) program will provide Canada’s beef producers with a new drug to help protect their cattle from shipping fever. The project,…
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Newfoundland backs innovation growth
April 17, 2006 by Lab Canada St John’s, NL – The government of Newfoundland and Labrador recently launched a new innovation strategy with the goal of enhancing R&D capacity and improving financing tools to facilitate commercialization. The program will focus on such high-growth fields as ocean…
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New research links metabolism and appetite suppression
April 13, 2006 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – A team led by a Canadian researcher has discovered a process by which a small protein acts directly within muscles to increase the body’s metabolism to burn fat while simultaneously suppressing appetite. These findings suggest that the…
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Dalton Pharma Services completes GMP oligonucleotide manufacturing facility
April 12, 2006 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Dalton Pharma Services, a privately owned Canadian pharmaceutical services company, says it has completed a new state-of-art oligonucleotide production suite. The company’s president and CEO, Peter Pekos, says that the company’s 17-year history in oligonucleotide manufacture and…
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Merck Frosst and Gnome Qubec sign joint R&D agreement
April 10, 2006 by Lab Canada Chicago, IL – Merck Frosst Canada and Gnome Qubec today announced the signing of a research agreement whereby each will invest $5.28 million over three years in the discovery and development of treatments for life-threatening fungal infections. The agreement was…
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Expansion plans for MaRS unveiled with $16M funding announcement
April 10, 2006 by Lab Canada Chicago, IL – The Ontario government is providing $16 million to help expand Toronto’s MaRS Discovery District. “Research and innovation are critical to building a high-wage, high- quality-of-life economy,” said Premier Dalton McGuinty, in making the announcement at Bio2006. “By…
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New collaborative research to advance early detection of ovarian cancer
April 10, 2006 by Lab Canada Victoria, BC – US non-profit organization Canary Foundation has donated $1 million to support research into the early detection of ovarian cancer Canary Foundation’s Canadian-born founder and 25-year technology veteran Don Listwin announced the gift to the BC Cancer Foundation.…
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IBM supercomputer part of University Health Network cancer research centre
April 10, 2006 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – IBM Canada and the University Health Network are creating a new research centre that will use a supercomputer to help discover treatments for ovarian, lung, colon and prostate cancer. The Life Sciences Discovery Centre, located within the…
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MDS sells share in Calgary Laboratory Services partnership
April 10, 2006 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Laboratory testing company MDS Diagnostic Servicessays it has sold its share of the Calgary Laboratory Services partnership to the Calgary Health Region. Under the terms of the agreement, the Calgary Health Region purchased MDS’s 25% interest in…
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Cantest acquires specialty analytical laboratory
April 10, 2006 by Lab Canada Burnaby, BC – Life sciences and contract research company Cantest says it has acquired Elemental Research, a highly specialized, North Vancouver-based laboratory, which primarily services the pharmaceutical market. The company says the acquisition of ERI is another step in the…
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R&D projects in Atlantic Canada receive over $69M in federal funding
April 3, 2006 by Lab Canada Truro, NS – The federal government has awarded over $69 million in funding to research and development projects in Atlantic Canada under ACOA’s Atlantic innovation fund. The selected projects will be led by partnerships involving the private sector, universities and…
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New science facility for Toronto campus
April 3, 2006 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Work has begun on a new science building at the University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus. The new building, scheduled to open in 2008, will provide collaborative space for interdisciplinary teaching and research in physical, environmental and life…
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$12.3M allocated to continue forest management research
March 29, 2006 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Research into sustainable forest management has received $12.3 million in continued funding from the federal government. “Network research is identifying new solutions for the development of more sustainable forest management practices across the country. Our research findings…
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Civil engineering network gets $9.6M for materials research
March 29, 2006 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – A research network devoted to developing fibre reinforced polymers (FRPs) and integrated fibre optic sensing (FOS) technologies has received renewed funding of $9.6 million from the federal government. Headquartered at the University of Manitoba, the ISIS Canada…
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$25M to support research into emerging animal diseases
March 27, 2006 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – The Ontario government is providing $25 million for the animal health lab at the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) for research into emerging diseases such as avian flu and West Nile virus. “We welcome this…
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Synchrotron beamline gets $6M in funding
March 27, 2006 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – The University of Saskatchewan has received more than $6.2 million from the provincial government for the biomedical imaging and therapy beamline (BMIT) at the Canadian Light Source synchrotron. The funding matches federal funding provided by the Canadian…
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New facility targets spread of breast cancer
March 27, 2006 by Lab Canada London, ON – A new research facility at the University of Western Ontario will help researchers determine how breast cancer cells spread through the body. Drs Moshmi Bhattarcharya and John Di Guglielmo will lead a team of 12 in a…
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New innovation program gives out first funding allocations
March 27, 2006 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – One hundred and thirty research projects received funding today from a new program being offered by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). The program, called the Leaders Opportunity Fund, is intended to provide universities with more flexibility…
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$100,000 Killam prizes awarded for 2006
March 27, 2006 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Three science and engineering researchers are among five winners of 2006 Killam Prizes, each worth $100,000. Dr Paul Corkum, with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), won in the natural sciences category. A leading expert on…
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$225,000 grant supports co-generation field test using biogas from wastewater
March 23, 2006 by Lab Canada Fort Saskatchewan, AB – With the help of a $225,000 grant, the Alberta Capital Region Wastewater Commission is embarking on a 12-month field test to enhance the use of biogas from the wastewater treatment process. The grant was awarded by…
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Lead creator of key ophthalmic drug wins Herzberg gold medal
March 20, 2006 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The creator of Visudyne, one of the world’s most successful ophthalmic products, is the winner of the 2005 Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering. Dr David Dolphin, University Killam research professor in the department…
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$30M directed at new agriculture research and development
March 20, 2006 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Alberta’s agricultural research and development community will receive nearly $30 million in additional research grants to help bring the newest techniques and technologies from the lab to the farm. “Research into new innovations is key to transforming…
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$6.6M funding for science research at composites innovation centre
March 20, 2006 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – Manitoba’s Composites Innovation Centre (CIC) is receiving $6.6 million to continue supporting the growth of an internationally competitive composites industry. The centre is supported by both the provincial and federal governments. Composite materials are made by embedding…
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$750,000 supports equipment purchase for research projects in Alberta
March 20, 2006 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Alberta’s Small Equipment Grants Program helps first-time researchers set up their labs by investing in key equipment that is essential to their research activities. A new round of grants totalling $750,000 has been allocated to projects including…
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Quebec hospitals get new diagnostic imaging technology
March 20, 2006 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – A new dual x-ray imaging tool, now in use at the Centre hospitalier de l’Universit de Montral (CHUM) and the Centre hospitalier universitaire (CHU) Sainte-Justine, was presented last week by the CHUM, the CHU Sainte-Justine, the Ecole…
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Tumour bank to help scientists obtain samples for research
March 20, 2006 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Canadian Tumour Repository Network (CTRNet) has established a national tumour bank registry and research infrastructure network that will enable cancer investigators to obtain samples for their research and increase the rate of discovery. “CTRNet’s national network…
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