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Mandel Scientific acquires InterSciences

Guelph, ON - Mandel Scientific, a Canadian distributor of scientific instrumentation and supplies for the analytical and life sciences marketplace, says it has acquired InterSciences, a Markham-based distributor of analytical and life science...
Feb 2, 2012 9:50AM


Brain bank receives $2M gift to upgrade and expand

Montreal, QC - Bell Canada has provided a $2 million gift to the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, enabling the institute to improve the facilities of its brain bank while expanding its recruitment and research activities.
Feb 1, 2012 11:38AM


Nanomaterial from wood fibre the focus of new demo plant

Montreal, QC - CelluForce has officially inaugurated a NanoCrystalline Cellulose (NCC) demonstration plant, at the Domtar pulp and paper mill site in Windsor, Quebec. The company says it is the world's first NCC plant, and will focus on...
Jan 30, 2012 11:03AM


Conference Board launches database of health research policy organizations

Ottawa, ON - The Conference Board of Canada has created an inventory of 88 organizations involved in studying Canada's health system. The database, called "Who's Doing What in the Canadian Health System: A Selected List of Research...
Jan 27, 2012 10:58AM


Discovery confirms universality of an essential cellular process

Montreal, QC - Dr François Robert, molecular biology researcher at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), and his team have confirmed that the phosphorylation of RNA polymerase II, a key enzyme in the process of...
Jan 26, 2012 5:01PM


Forty conferee networking sessions scheduled for Pittcon 2012

Pittsburgh, PA - Topics for the 40 scheduled conferee networking sessions at the upcoming Pittcon 2012 have been announced. The sessions are a networking opportunity for registered conferees to meet in a semi-formal gathering to mutually...
Jan 26, 2012 11:59AM


$100K innovation challenge a first for New Brunswick

Fredericton, NB - The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) is looking for New Brunswick-based companies with innovative and commercially viable ideas. Under the province's newly launched R3 Innovation Challenge, two such companies could...
Jan 23, 2012 3:59PM


$8.3M funding supports crops research

Regina, SK - The Saskatchewan government has announced $8.3 million in crop-related research funding from the Saskatchewan Agriculture Development Fund (ADF), a funding amount the government says is a record. The funding is being awarded to 34...
Jan 23, 2012 3:50PM


Program to spur innovation in fibrosis research

Chicago, IL & White Plains, NY - The Myeloproliferative Neoplasm (MPN) Research Foundation and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) have launched a new concept grant program called the MF Challenge. The program is seeking innovative...
Jan 23, 2012 3:47PM


Medicago expanding pipeline with the development of rabies vaccine

Quebec City, QC - Biotech company Medicago says it has completed initial studies towards the development of a new VLP vaccine candidate for rabies. Over the past 12 months, it says it has been working to expand the application of its VLP...
Jan 23, 2012 2:24PM


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