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Ottawa, ON — Mitacs, a Canadian not-for-profit research and training organization, and the Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Education (SIU) signed an agreement creating opportunities for graduate students from both countries to participate in industrial research internships. The agreement was signed by Alejandro Adem, CEO and Scientific Director of Mitacs, and Vidar Pedersen, Head […]

University of Alberta postdoctoral fellow Lu Deng received an award for her research that commercialized a urine test for adenomatous polyps, a precursor to colon cancer.

University of Alberta postdoctoral fellow Lu Deng received the Mitacs and NRC-IRAP Award for Commercialization. Her research with Metabolomic Technologies commercialized a urine test for adenomatous polyps, a precursor to colon cancer.

Toronto – An up-and-coming Toronto researcher is being recognized for his outstanding efforts to combat viral outbreaks, such as the current Zika virus, by pioneering a new field of research that applies protein engineering to fight infectious disease. Wei Zhang, a 34-year-old postdoctoral fellow studying at the University of Toronto’s Donnelly Centre for Cellular and […]

Ottawa, ON — Five researchers from across Canada were recognized last night for their efforts to advance innovation and transform the lives of Canadians. Their contributions range from creating a faster, less expensive method of testing for food contaminants, to fighting viral outbreaks like Zika and Congo Fever, to developing a low-cost urine test to […]

Vancouver, BC — Mitacs, a national not-for-profit research and training organization, has released a new five-year strategic plan. Target 10,000: Talent, Ideas, Networks follows an extensive engagement process with stakeholders in academia, industry, the not-for-profit sector, and government, and reflects Mitacs’ commitment to enhancing innovation in Canada. As Canada’s university-based cooperative innovation platform — an […]

In a world full of food fraud, the paprika-dusted wild salmon you ordered off the menu might not be exactly what ends up on your plate, a UBC researcher is warning. A 2013 University of Guelph study found one-third of the fish sold in grocery stores, restaurants and sushi venues is mislabeled. In the same year scandal […]

UBC PhD student Yaxi Hu won a Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation for her PhD research to detect harmful dyes in food.

Wei Zhang feels he could land a full-time job at a mid-sized university someday. But the young post-doctoral fellow says his current home at the University of Toronto’s Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research is likely out of his tenure-track league. “The U of T is a little bit too hard for me I […]

A UBC researcher says over 20 per cent of Vancouver residents have fallen victim to food fraud. Yaxi Hu says many food items eaten every day are packed with things that aren’t supposed to be in them. But the 24-year-old has come up with an award-winning method to combat food fraud and keep contaminants out of our […]

Yaxi Hu will accept the Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation in Ottawa on Monday for her work with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to detect Sudan I, a cancer-causing food dye. She is also working on detecting domoic acid, a common toxin that affects clams and mussels. But Hu believes her method can be used to […]

Vancouver, BC — Today, during the Governor General of Canada’s state visit to Israel, an agreement was signed to create opportunities for graduate students in Canada and Israel to participate in industrial research exchanges between the two countries. The agreement is between Mitacs, a Canadian not-for-profit research and training organization, and the Israel Innovation Authority […]