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The Canadian Alliance for Skills and Training in Life Sciences (CASTL) officially opens Charlottetown biomanufacturing training facility

Charlottetown, PE – The Canadian Alliance for Skills and Training in Life Sciences (CASTL) today officially opened their new CASTL Biomanufacturing Training Facility located in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.  The new training facility contains state-of-the-art pilot-scale bioprocessing equipment that will allow employees to gain practical skills that are immediately transferable to process scale-up and clean…

Imv Inc: What if the promise of cancer vaccines was finally realized?

IMV Inc. is a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company based in Dartmouth, NS and Boston, MA. IMV is advancing a portfolio of immune-educating therapies based on its novel DPX® platform to treat solid and hematologic cancers without the well-known toxicities typically associated with cancer therapies. By generating educated immune cells that can elicit a specific, robust and sustained…

Notch Therapeutics: Maximizing the Benefits of Cell Therapies

Over the last two decades, significant cancer research and therapy development has been focused on the immune system’s response, with cell therapies offering transformational benefits over existing standards of care. Where chemotherapies act on the cancerous tumours themselves, immunotherapies focus on harnessing immune cells to identify and destroy cancer cells directly.     Today’s challenge for…

Providence Therapeutics: September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

Providence Therapeutics (“Providence”) was founded as Cancer research company and we would like to recognize that September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month, a time to educate and bring awareness to pediatric cancer.   Childhood cancer is different from cancers that develop later in life and 1 in 285 children will be diagnosed with cancer before the…

Master of Science in Biotechnology Set to Launch at Toronto Campus

Master of Science in Biotechnology Set to Launch at Toronto Campus The future of biotechnology holds the keys to solving some of today’s biggest problems, such as developing life-saving vaccines and curing diseases. We spoke to Hazel Sive and Jared R. Auclair from Northeastern’s College of Science about how students in the Master of Science in Biotechnology program are ready to…

Cytophage Technologies Inc. Selected to Join the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator Program

Cytophage receives funding for collaborative research at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center   WINNIPEG, Manitoba — June 30, 2022 – Canadian biotech company Cytophage Technologies Inc. has been awarded $250,000 USD in non-dilutive funding to develop biological solutions for plant bacterial challenges at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri, the world’s…

Toronto Metropolitan University: New Arts co-op program bolsters experiential learning

Toronto Metropolitan University’s Faculty of Arts is introducing co-op opportunities for students in four programs Preparing for professional success is a top priority for most university students. That’s why the Faculty of Arts and Toronto Metropolitan University’s Career Co-op & Student Success Centre have partnered to expand co-operative education to students enrolled in English, politics…

Carleton University: BioCanRX – Making an Impact in experiential learning

BioCanRx: Making an impact in experiential learning through Carleton University Co-operative Education Carleton University’s Co-operative Education program has helped place students with employers in science since the co-op program was established 34 years ago. Gaining experience through work-integrated learning has proven to prepare students with the necessary skills to help launch them into their careers…

Gowling WLG – A new era of employment law

  Canada’s employment law landscape has entered a new era – one shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing advances in technology and a rethinking of the traditional employee-employer relationship. From maintaining a remote workforce to translating new employee protections into company policy, Canadian employers must quickly contend with a slate of new responsibilities – and…

Ag-West Bio: A catalyst and connector for Saskatchewan’s bioscience industry

Are you building an agri-food business in Saskatchewan, looking for connections, training or support?   Or maybe you’re an investor looking for opportunities in the agri-food sector? We can help!  Ag-West Bio is Saskatchewan’s bioscience industry association. We work with industry stakeholders, innovators, and investors to help bring research to market, and to assist local agri-food…