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December 12, 2005 by
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Pittsburgh, PA – Pittcon (The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy) has announced its technical workshops, including four sessions as part of its first-ever Sunday technical program on March 12, 2006, in Orlando, FL. Scientific leaders from industry,…
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December 5, 2005 by
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Toronto, ON – St Michael’s Hospital has received its largest-ever donation of $25 million from the Li Ka Shing (Canada) Foundation (LKSCF) which will be used to establish the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute. The institute is being founded in…
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December 5, 2005 by
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Toronto, ON – Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) – the first collaborative research institute in Canada to focus efforts on the entire spectrum of cancer issues – has officially opened. Ontario’s provincial government says it is committing $142 million…
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December 5, 2005 by
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Toronto, ON – The Mars Discovery District’s research and collaboration facilities are now linked to the global research and scientific networking community, through ORION and the worldwide grid of advanced research and education (R&E) networks. Mars Discovery District and the…
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November 29, 2005 by
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Mississauga, ON – Analytical laboratory network Maxxam Analytics has formed a new partnership with Fisher Scientific Canada. The company awarded Fisher a multi-year national consumable contract commencing November 1, 2005, that it says provides great benefits to both companies. “We…
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November 28, 2005 by
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Ottawa, ON – Canadian pharmaceutical manufacturer ID Biomedical has been contracted by the federal government to produce and test a prototype vaccine to further enhance Canada’s preparedness to respond to an influenza pandemic. “The development of a prototype pandemic vaccine…
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November 28, 2005 by
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Vancouver, BC – A new network of centres of excellence, called PrioNet Canada, has been established with $35 million funding over the next seven years by the federal government. The centre will pool the collective expertise of Canadian prion researchers…
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November 28, 2005 by
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Ottawa, ON – Dr Suzanne Fortier has been appointed president of NSERC. Having held research positions at the Medical Foundation of Buffalo and the National Research Council Canada, Dr Fortier joined the faculty of Queen’s University as assistant professor in…
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November 21, 2005 by
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Edmonton, AB – Seventeen projects in Alberta are receiving a share of $15 million in funding from the provincial government. The projects focus on value-added agriculture, fire prevention, sustainable resource planning, climate change and energy production, among others. Following is…
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November 21, 2005 by
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Vancouver, BC – Dr Allan Young, of the University of British Columbia, has been named to a new $2.25 million research chair in BC. As the new BC Leadership Chair in Depression Research, Dr Young will conduct research to translate…
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November 21, 2005 by
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Palo Alto, CA – Instrument maker Varian says it has acquired PL International, and its subsidiaries including Polymer Laboratories, a privately owned company based in the UK, for approximately $42 million. The transaction also includes an opportunity for additional purchase…
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November 21, 2005 by
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Ottawa, ON – The federal government is providing $2.7 million in research to explore the potential of prairie wetlands and agricultural lands to act as carbon sinks and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada and Agriculture and…
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November 16, 2005 by
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Calgary, AB – A cross-Canada scientific collaboration has successfully tested a potent new cancer-fighting virus that eliminates malignant brain tumours and prolongs survival in mice with a single injection. The scientists – from Calgary and London, ON – have shown…
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November 14, 2005 by
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Montreal, QC – The National Research Council Biotechnology Research Institute (NRC-BRI) says environmental sector has received two grants totalling $1.8 million over three-years from the Canadian Biomass Innovation Network. The first $1.4 million grant is for a project entitled “Natural…
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November 14, 2005 by
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Winnipeg, MB – The National Centre for Agrifood Research in Medicine (NCARM) will expand, with help from $5 million in funding provided by the Winnipeg Partnership Agreement and the federal-provincial Agricultural Policy Framework. NCARM, located at both the St Boniface…
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November 14, 2005 by
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Victoria, BC – Research grants totalling nearly $230,000 will go to the University of Victoria (UVic) and the University of British Columbia (UBC) to study fisheries management, air quality and climate change in BC. The funding is being provided by…
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November 14, 2005 by
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London, ON – Viron Therapeutics has been named as this year’s recipient of the prestigious Prix Galien Canada award in Biotechnology. This award is one of the highest honours in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry and recognizes excellence in medical…
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November 14, 2005 by
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Edmonton, AB – New researchers in Alberta are getting a $2 million boost with equipment grants from the Alberta government. The Small Equipment Grants Program helps first-time researchers set up their labs by investing in key equipment purchases. The grants…
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November 14, 2005 by
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Charlottetown, PEI – A new greenhouse, a key component for the Atlantic Canada Network on Bioactive Compounds, has been officially opened. The network investigates the health benefits of wild rosehips and wild blueberries. It is a pan-Atlantic collaboration of independent…
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November 11, 2005 by
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Montreal, QC – The federal government today announced funding of $102.2 million for 126 Canada Research Chairs. “Holding a Canada Research Chair goes far beyond the financial benefit,” says Dr Chemtob, Canada Research Chair in Perinatology at the Universit de…
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November 9, 2005 by
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Washington, DC – IBM says it is joining forces with three cancer centres, one Canadian and two American, to help accelerate cancer research, diagnosis and treatment. Separate agreements have been made with Montreal’s CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center – Mother and…
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November 9, 2005 by
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Toronto, ON – Dr Jim Woodgett, an internationally recognized molecular biologist known for research breakthroughs in understanding the molecular mechanisms contributing to breast and colon cancers, has been named the new director of the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute at Mount…
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November 9, 2005 by
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Halifax, NS – St Andrew’s Biological Station and the Bedford Institute of Oceanography will receive $203,000 from the federal government this year to improve the scientific understanding of highly migratory species in the Atlantic Ocean. “This funding will help us…
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November 8, 2005 by
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Montreal, QC – The Quebec Division of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada says it has paid its largest-ever amount of over $1.8 million into the organization’s national research fund to discover the cause of and a cure for multiple…
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November 7, 2005 by
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Winnipeg, ON – The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has announced infrastructure funding totalling $18.6 million to support 87 projects in 31 universities across the country. Dr Eliot Phillipson, president and CEO of the CFI, was joined by Reg Alcock,…
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November 7, 2005 by
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Boucherville, QC – A $2-million laboratory devoted to a new technology called Thixomolding has been opened at the National Research Council of Canada’s Industrial Materials Institute (IMI-NRC) in Boucherville. The research conducted in the laboratory – said to be the…
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November 4, 2005 by
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Toronto, ON – The opening of the Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research (CCBR) at the University of Toronto this week signals a new era of discovery in the prevention and treatment of disease, says U of T…
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November 4, 2005 by
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Vancouver, BC – University of British Columbia professor Dr Daniel Pauly, one of the world’s leading fisheries conservation researchers, is the first Canadian to receive the International Cosmos Prize, awarded by the Expo’90 Foundation of Japan. Worth 40 million yen…
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November 4, 2005 by
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Guelph, ON – A new $5.4-million national research network at the University of Guelph will help protect human health by enabling scientists to assess the risk of metals in water, soil, food and air and assist in setting regulatory policies.…
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November 4, 2005 by
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Vancouver, BC – The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, an international mathematics research facility with headquarters at the University of British Columbia, has received unprecedented funding from US, Albertan and Mexican funding agencies totaling nearly $10 million for the…
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November 4, 2005 by
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Montreal, QC – McGill University has created a new executive post that will be charged with the task of developing international research connections for the university. Professor Denis Thrien, director of the university’s school of computer science since 1997, has…
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November 4, 2005 by
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Montreal, QC – Biophage Pharma, which develops phage-based biosensors for live pathogen diagnostics, says it has received notification from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) of an award as part of a consortium of co-investigator headed…