Topic
Laboratory
News
General Science & ResearchLaboratory
Calgary celebrates science with annual Beakerhead festival
September 15, 2015 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – This week, Calgarians will celebrate the annual Beakerhead festival, a fun smash-up of art, science and engineering. The five days of events will commence September 16, with the world’s largest pop-up gallery, called a String (Theory) of…
News
LaboratoryNew Facilities
U of T research facilities to expand in new partnership
September 15, 2015 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The University of Toronto says it has acquired four floors in the new west tower of research hub MaRS and will be taking a 20 percent equity share in the building. The acquisition will provide space for…
News
CollaborationsLaboratoryNew Facilities
New incubator at MaRS will hold up to 50 start-ups
September 15, 2015 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Pharmaceutical company Janssen Inc. is collaborating with Ontario’s provincial government, the University of Toronto, and MaRS Discovery District (MaRS) to launch a JLABS incubator. The incubator, called JLABS @ Toronto, is scheduled to open in the spring…
News
LaboratoryLife SciencesResearch Results
Study connects Alzheimer’s with abnormal fat build-up in the brain
September 14, 2015 by Lab Canada Montréal, QC – People with Alzheimer’s disease have fat deposits in the brain. For the first time since the disease was described 109 years ago, researchers affiliated with the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) have discovered accumulations of…
News
LaboratoryResearch Results
Study overturns knowledge about plant hydrological cycles
September 11, 2015 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – A new paper published in the September 3 issue of Nature sheds new light on how water moves through soil to nourish plants, recharge water stocks and discharge in streams. “The prevailing view in the field assumes…
News
CollaborationsLaboratoryLife SciencesNew Facilities
Cardiovascular disease the focus of new research centre
September 11, 2015 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – Developing comprehensive and innovative ways to fight cardiovascular disease will be the focus of the new Centre for Cardiovascular Investigations at the University of Guelph. Officially launched this month, the centre is a collaborative venture by laboratories…
News
LaboratoryLife SciencesResearch Results
Why does running make us happy?
September 11, 2015 by Lab Canada Montréal, QC – The joy of running. That sense of well-being, freedom and extra energy that runners often experience is not just a matter of endorphins. A study at the Université de Montréal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) shows that the…
News
LaboratoryMaterials ScienceResearch Results
First superconducting graphene created by Canadian researchers
September 10, 2015 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Graphene, the ultra-thin, ultra-strong material made from a single layer of carbon atoms, just became a little more extreme. Physicists at the University of British Columbia have been able to create the first-ever superconducting graphene sample by…
News
LaboratoryNew Facilities
$17M research facility to study safer nuclear power
September 10, 2015 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – A $17-million Reactor Materials Testing Laboratory (RMTL) has opened at Queen’s University’s Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. Scientists at the facility will focus on advancing the safety and economy of nuclear power, in addition to developing…
News
LaboratoryLife SciencesResearch Results
Blueberry extract could help fight gum disease
September 8, 2015 by Lab Canada Quebec City, QC – Gum disease is a common condition among adults that occurs when bacteria form biofilms or plaques on teeth, and consequently the gums become inflamed. Some severe cases, called periodontitis, call for antibiotics. But now scientists have…
News
CollaborationsLaboratoryLife SciencesResearch Results
Open-source molecule helps to further cancer research
September 8, 2015 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Researchers from the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) and the Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC) at the MaRS Discovery District recently developed a new drug prototype called OICR-9429 and made it freely available to the research community.…
News
CollaborationsLaboratoryLife SciencesResearch Results
Collaboration uses stem cell technology to further personalized medicine
September 8, 2015 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A collaborative team of clinician-scientists and stem cell biologists has developed a powerful new method to generate 3D bile duct structures from human stem cells in order to study and develop new personalized treatments for bile duct…
News
LaboratoryLife SciencesNew Facilities
Brazilian pharma company to build international R&D centre in GTA
August 31, 2015 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Brazilian-owned pharmaceutical company Biolab Farmacêutica has announced plans to open a research and development centre in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The company says the project will cost approximately $8 million in equipment, facilities and technical staff.…
News
LaboratoryLife Sciences
$1.35M supports cancer research projects in Quebec
August 31, 2015 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Three Quebec researchers have won Terry Fox New Investigator Awards and are receiving a total of $1.35 million in funding. Two of the three researcherswill pursue new ways to help children in hospital who are battling a…
News
CollaborationsLaboratoryLife Sciences
$2.5M funding for research on the artificial pancreas
August 31, 2015 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – A Canadian research team working on the development of an external artificial pancreas is receiving a grant of just over US$2.5 million from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the U.S.…
News
LaboratoryLife SciencesResearch Results
Why we’re smarter than chickens
August 31, 2015 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Toronto researchers have discovered that a single molecular event in our cells could hold the key to how we evolved to become the smartest animal on the planet. Benjamin Blencowe, a professor in the University of…
News
LaboratoryLife SciencesResearch Results
Researchers develop microchip that predicts viability of donor lungs
August 31, 2015 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – University of Toronto researchers have found a way to determine quickly if a donor lung is suitable for transplant by using a microchip to measure biomarkers. This innovation can eliminate the leading cause of post-operation death. Biomarker…
News
CollaborationsCommercializationLaboratory
Partnership formed to determine risk and progression of type 2 diabetes
August 21, 2015 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The IRCM (Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal) and Nuclea Biotechnologies Inc. have formed a new strategic partnership to validate quantitative mass spectrometry-based assays for insulin, proinsulin, and c-peptide. The goal of the partnership is to develop…
News
LaboratoryNew Technology & Applications
Finnish researchers develop miniature gas sensor for mobile devices
August 21, 2015 by Lab Canada Espoo, Finland – A miniature gas sensor that can be connected to mobile devices and facilitates easier detection of internal air problems has been developed by the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. The miniaturized gas sensor is based on…
News
LaboratoryLife SciencesResearch Results
New mouse embryo model furthers neurodegenerative disease research
August 19, 2015 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital -The Neuro, at McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre, have made a breakthrough in understanding an important protein, called Netrin1, that brings cells together and maintains their…
News
General Science & ResearchLaboratoryResearch Results
Microplastics entering ocean food web through zooplankton
August 19, 2015 by Lab Canada Vancouver, B.C. – Tiny microscopic animals called zooplankton are ingesting plastic particles at an alarming rate, according to a new study by Dr. Peter Ross, head of the Ocean Pollution Research Program at Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre. That could…
News
LaboratoryLife SciencesResearch Results
Nanotech chemo delivery system leaves healthy cells unharmed
August 19, 2015 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – A researcher at Dalhousie Medical School has developed a new way to deliver chemotherapy drugs. Using nanotechnology, the novel system releases chemo in cancerous cells only, leaving healthy cells alone. The work was recently published in Nature’s…
News
LaboratoryResearch Results
Trans fats, but not saturated fats, linked to greater risk of death
August 18, 2015 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – A study led by researchers at McMaster University has found that that trans fats are associated with greater risk of death and coronary heart disease, but saturated fats are not associated with an increased risk of death,…
News
CollaborationsLaboratoryNew Technology & Applications
Supercritical fluid research the focus of international collaboration
August 17, 2015 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Food engineer Feral Temelli, a researcher in the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences and the co-inventor of a novel drying technology for biopolymers using supercritical carbon dioxide, is leading a U of…
News
LaboratoryLife SciencesResearch Results
Mutation to single gene makes mice brainy
August 17, 2015 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Scientists at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have created unusually intelligent mice by causing a mutation to a single gene. While the research is a long way from reaching human trials, it helps researchers identify a…
News
Academic ResearchLaboratoryNew Facilities
$95M science complex coming to Waterloo
August 17, 2015 by Lab Canada Waterloo, ON – A new $95-million science complex is being planned at the University of Waterloo, and it recently received a $24.7 million contribution from the federal government. The new Science Complex will expand laboratory space at the university…
News
CollaborationsGeneral Science & ResearchLaboratory
$1.5B research fund announces first successful funding recipients
August 12, 2015 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The federal government has announced the results of the first round of funding from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund, which was launched late last year. A total of $350 million over seven years has been awarded…
News
CommercializationLaboratoryNew Facilities
$25M funding kicks off plans for new advanced materials research facility
August 12, 2015 by Lab Canada Mississauga, ON – A new research centre that will be devoted to the commercialization of smart materials for the medical, automotive, aerospace and defence industries is being jointly established by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and the Xerox…
News
LaboratoryLife Sciences
Stem cell pioneer was an ‘amazing’ researcher
August 11, 2015 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Canadian Stem Cell Foundation has reported that Dr. Andy Becker, one of the true pioneers of stem cell science, died last week in Toronto at age 80. Dr. Becker was the lead author of a…
News
LaboratoryLife SciencesResearch Results
Study uncovers the molecular mechanism leading to addiction in humans
August 11, 2015 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – A new study opens the field to new understanding of the molecular mechanism underlying addiction in humans. The study was published on August 4 in the journal Molecular Psychiatry by the team led by Salah El Mestikawy,…
News
LaboratoryLife SciencesResearch Results
Possible “obesity gene” discovered by Canadian researchers
August 11, 2015 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Scientists at the University of British Columbia have discovered a gene that could be an important cause of obesity. The gene, which encodes a protein called 14-3-3zeta, is found in every cell of the body. But…
News
LaboratoryLife Sciences