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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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$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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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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New state-of-art lab to provide newborn screening
May 29, 2006 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – A new screening lab at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) will screen every baby born in Ontario for several rare genetic disorders. The province’s government is providing $7 million annually to expand the number of…
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$6.6M project to boost greenhouse vegetable research
May 29, 2006 by Lab Canada Brooks, AB – Alberta’s government says that the province’s agricultural research and greenhouse sectors will soon be enhanced with the rebuilding of the outdated greenhouse facilities at the provincial Crop Diversification Centre South in Brooks. The new $6.6-million greenhouses will…
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Food research centre opens its doors
May 19, 2006 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – The University of Manitoba has officially opened the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals (RCFFN), a $31-million facility that will enable researchers to identify and enhance health-promoting compounds in prairie crops and develop them into marketable…
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High-performance computing network unveiled for Atlantic Canada researchers
May 19, 2006 by Lab Canada St John’s, NF – Researchers in Atlantic Canada will be able to share large amounts of information and model and visualize data simultaneously, due to the launch of the Atlantic Computational Excellence Network (ACEnet)’s pan-atlantic high performance computing network. Memorial…
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Ottawa opens new Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation
May 19, 2006 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – A new Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation has opened at the University of Ottawa. The centre will host leading-edge research in the field of catalysis which is a process that uses chemical reactions to manufacture chemicals,…
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Nanotechnology agreement signed with US nano-college
May 15, 2006 by Lab Canada Waterloo, ON – Aiming to advance nanotechnology research across the borders, the University of Waterloo says it has reached a collaborative agreement with the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany-State University of New York. The…
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$230M investment to boost future research capabilities
May 15, 2006 by Lab Canada London, ON -The University of Western Ontario says it is undergoing a $230-million expansion of space over the next seven years to help ensure its position as a research-intensive university. The long-range plan includes 15 major construction, renovation, and relocation…
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High-density magnetoencephalography laboratory peers into the mysteries of human brain function
May 5, 2006 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Neuropsychology and cognition researchers at the Universit de Montral have a new state of the art research instrument at their disposal: a high-density whole-head magnetoencephalography (MEG) system. The first such brain imaging laboratory in Quebec and the…
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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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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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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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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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Genomics centre to research organ transplant rejection
February 27, 2006 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A new genomics centre at the University of Alberta is exploring ways to help transplant patients fight organ rejection. The Alberta Transplant Institute Applied Genomics Centre has been kick-started by a $1-million gift from the Alberta government.…
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Pharmacogenomics centre to be built in Montreal
February 20, 2006 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The Universit de Montral has received a donation of $5 million to fund the construction of the Beaulieu-Saucier Pharmacogenomics Centre on Montreal Heart Institute property. Pharmacogenomics, a branch of drug research, uses a patient’s genetic profile to…
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Life Sciences Research Institute under development in Halifax
January 23, 2006 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – A planned $34-million research facility called the Life Sciences Research Institute (LSRI) came one step closer to reality last week with the unveiling of architectural drawings. When the facility is completed, it will provide much-needed research and…
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New health sciences centre gets $100M funding commitment
December 22, 2005 by Lab Canada Regina, SK – $100 million in funding has been promised to the University of Saskatchewan’s new Academic Health Sciences Centre by the province’s government. The university says its new Academic Health Sciences Centre will be organized around an integrated training…
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$5M to fund expansion of nutraceuticals research centre
December 21, 2005 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – The Winnipeg-based National Centre for Agrifood Research in Medicine is receiving $5 million in funding from the federal government to support its expansion. The funding is cost-shared. The centre is receiving $3.75 million through the tri-partite Winnipeg…
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Bio-processing facility for studying nutraceuticals receives $4M support
December 19, 2005 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – A new applied research and product development centre at the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals has received $4-million funding from Western Economic Diversification Canada. The new centre, located at the University of Manitoba, will focus…
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Largest-ever donation of $25M to support patient health and research institute
December 5, 2005 by Lab Canada 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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Mars Discovery District connects to ORION and global grid
December 5, 2005 by Lab Canada 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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State-of-art greenhouse to enhance wild rose research
November 14, 2005 by Lab Canada 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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New $2M lab facilitates research into high-performance manufacturing
November 7, 2005 by Lab Canada 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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Cellular and biomolecular research centre opens in Toronto
November 4, 2005 by Lab Canada 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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Inco starts up hydromet demonstration plant
October 20, 2005 by Lab Canada Argentia, NL – Inco says it has started up a demonstration plant in Argentia, NL, to test hydrometallurgical processing technologies for treating Voisey’s Bay nickel concentrates. “The demonstration plant at Argentia will build on the successes we’ve already achieved with…
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Centre for commercializing nanotechnology gets $3.8M funding
October 17, 2005 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – The federal government says it is committing $3.8 million to the University of Alberta for the National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT)’s Innovation Centre. The centre will be located on the fourth floor of the National Research Council…
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Biotech ‘wet lab’ to be built at Edmonton Research Park
October 17, 2005 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Young, growing biotechnology companies in Greater Edmonton and Alberta will soon have a new 72,000 sqft wet lab facility at Edmonton Research Park to help them develop their commercial potential. Western Economic Diversification Canada and Alberta Innovation…
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New wood engineering facility includes wood research centre
October 17, 2005 by Lab Canada Quebec City, QC – Universit Laval has opened the Gene-H-Kruger Building, a new wood engineering teaching and research facility. The facility is intended to boost the competitiveness of the Canadian and Quebec wood products industry, while broadening Quebec and Canadian…
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GlaxoSmithKline announces $23M expansion and R&D funding
October 3, 2005 by Lab Canada Mississauga, ON – GlaxoSmithKline has announced a $23 million expansion of its Mississauga, ON, facility. The expansion will include an increase of over 75 jobs and a $1 million investment in Toronto’s MaRS Discovery District. “GlaxoSmithKline is proud to contribute…
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