Laboratory Product News : Headline News

Mandel Scientific acquires InterSciences

Laboratory Product News — Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:50:00 EST

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... [Full Story]

Brain bank receives $2M gift to upgrade and expand

Laboratory Product News — Wed, 1 Feb 2012 11:38:00 EST

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. [Full Story]

Nanomaterial from wood fibre the focus of new demo plant

Laboratory Product News — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:03:00 EST

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... [Full Story]

Conference Board launches database of health research policy organizations

Laboratory Product News — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:58:00 EST

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... [Full Story]

Discovery confirms universality of an essential cellular process

Laboratory Product News — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:01:00 EST

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... [Full Story]

Forty conferee networking sessions scheduled for Pittcon 2012

Laboratory Product News — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:59:00 EST

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... [Full Story]

$100K innovation challenge a first for New Brunswick

Laboratory Product News — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:59:00 EST

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... [Full Story]

$8.3M funding supports crops research

Laboratory Product News — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:50:00 EST

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... [Full Story]

Program to spur innovation in fibrosis research

Laboratory Product News — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:47:00 EST

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... [Full Story]

Medicago expanding pipeline with the development of rabies vaccine

Laboratory Product News — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:24:00 EST

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... [Full Story]