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Project to develop tree fibre mapping techniques
April 23, 2012 by Lab Canada St John’s, NL – A $2.5 million project at Memorial University of Newfoundland that is developing new inventory tools to model and map forest properties in Newfoundland and Labrador has received $736,000 in funding from Newfoundland and Labrador’s provincial government…
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Funding improves forestry testing centre
June 1, 2010 by Lab Canada Fredericton, NB – The University of New Brunswick’s (UNB) Wood Science and Technology Centre (WSTC) is enhancing its testing capabilities due to new funding of more than $200,000 from the federal and provincial governments. The WSTC will purchase equipment to…
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Partnership to develop Ontario’s forest bio-economy
December 21, 2009 by Lab Canada Thunder Bay, ON – A new partnership has been created between the Center for Research and Innovation in the Bio-Economy (CRIBE) and FPInnovations, to facilitate the transformation of the Ontario forest sector through the adoption of innovative technologies related to…
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Novel approach used to sequence a fungus key to mountain pine beetle infestation
September 14, 2009 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Simon Fraser University and the BC Cancer Agency’s Genome Sciences Centre have developed a new way to compile draft genome sequences that could advance the fight against mountain pine…
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Genomic research projects to tackle supply and demand issues in emerging forestry biofuels industry
September 4, 2009 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Two new research projects, receiving a total of nearly $9 million in funding from Genome BC, are focused on discovering efficient and long-term supplies of feedstock for biofuel production. The first of the two projects will use…
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New genomic research to forecast the potential and pitfalls of an emerging forestry biofuels industry
August 3, 2009 by Lab Canada Whistler, BC – As Canada and the world begin to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels, the emerging bioenergy sector faces a key challenge: the sheer volume of biomass required to produce biofuels, and how to guarantee a steady supply.…
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