May 14, 2012

News Release 

Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation commits $8.4 million to manage greenhouse gas emissions from biological sources
Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions to administer program
EDMONTON...The Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation will invest $8.4  million over the next three years in projects aimed at discovering, developing and deploying solutions for biological greenhouse gas emissions in the province. The CCEMC will manage its investment in biological projects through expert resources at Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions. Read backgrounder. 

 May 7, 2012

News Release 

CRIBE ANNOUNCES MAJOR INVESTMENT TO ADD WOOD FIBRE INTO AUTO PARTS BOOSTING THE AUTO AND FORESTRY INDUSTRIES 
Concord... The Centre for Research and Innovation in the Bio-Economy (CRIBE) is partnering with Magna Exteriors and Interiors on a project to integrate wood fibre in auto parts...The government of Alberta, through Alberta Innovates-Bio Solutions, has joined CRIBE in supporting this important project. Magna also plans to collaborate with Alberta Bio-materials Development Centre (ABDC), Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures and the National Research Council (NRC) to develop the technology .

 May 1, 2012

Info Bulletin 

Researchers invited to apply to new 2012/13 Food Safety Research and Innovation Funding Program 
Edmonton...Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions in collaboration with Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency is inviting applications to the new "2012/13 Food Safety Research and Innovation Program." The aim of this program is to build on Alberta's already excellent reputation in food safety and contribute to the reduction of food borne illnesses. This will improve the health and well being of Albertans while maintaining consumer confidence in the province's food and agricultural industries. This three-year research and innovation program has base funding of at least $2.5 million.

 February 27, 2012

News Release 

Funding spurs new bioproducts from Alberta biomass 
Edmonton... Three companies developing industrial products from Alberta biomass in the agricultural, forestry and municipal waste sectors are now a step closer to the marketplace after receiving a total of $4 million in grants from Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions (AI Bio).

 February 22, 2012

News Release 

Harper Government Supports Development of New Agricultural Products and Technologies
  Lacombe...A federal investment of more than $4.4 million through Western Economic Diversification Canada will enable the Alberta Crop Industry Development Fund Ltd. to lead an initiative to test and commercialize new products derived from crops and grains. Additional support is also being provided through the Alberta Barley Commission and Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions.

 February 16, 2012

Info Bulletin 

Agriculture, agri-food, forestry, and bioproducts companies invited to apply for an Alberta Innovation Voucher  
Edmonton... Taking an idea for innovation from concept to the marketplace often requires professional and technical services.  To help pay for these services, applications for the next round of Alberta Innovation Vouchers are being accepted until April 2, 2012. Read more

February 14, 2012

News Release

Killing Prions with Ozone
  Edmonton... When it comes to infectious agents, it doesn't get much worse than prions. These misfolding proteins are highly resistant to a wide variety of extreme disinfectant procedures. They have been identified as the culprits behind mad cow disease and chronic wasting disease in animals and humans, and are also implicated in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other prio-related disorders.

January 20, 2012

News Release

Study identifies a new way brain cells die in Alzheimer's disease
  A new study challenges conventional thinking about how brain cells die in Alzheimer's disease. The findings demonstrate a previously unknown mechanism by which the cells die and will help lead researchers in new directions for treating the degenerative brain disease. The study by scientists at the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute is published this week in the prestigious journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

November 30, 2011

News Release

Medical researchers in Canada and the U.S. discover hidden side of prion diseases
  Edmonton... Medical researchers in Canada and the United States recently published their joint findings that fatal prion diseases, which include BSE or "mad cow disease," have a hidden signature.

November 18, 2011

Info Bulletin

U of C Hiring Tier II Canada Reserach Chair in Prion Disease Research
  The University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCVM) is seeking applicants for a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Prion Disease.

November 17, 2011

Info Bulletin

2010-2011 Annual Report Now Available
  APRI's 2010-2011 annual report is now available online! Download it in its entirity or by chapter. 

November 8, 2011

News Release

Identifying Disease Links
Edmonton... Medical researchers at the University of Alberta have made further links between Alzheimer's and prion diseaes.

August 16, 2011

News Release

New Use for Specified Risk Material - Recouping costs
Edmonton... Specified Risk Material (SRM), tissues that are removed from all slaughtered cattle in Canada, may become a new source of raw material for bioplastics and additional income for industry. Dr. David Bressler and his colleagues at the University of Alberta have discovered a new process to break down and reassemble the molecular components of Specified Risk Material into building blocks for plastic that may have uses in various industrial products.

August 12, 2011

Info Bulletin

Researchers invited to apply to new Value Chain Sustainability Funding Program  
Edmonton... Increased competitiveness and profitability of Alberta's agriculture and forestry sectors through decreased cost of production or increased value of products is the aim of the new "Value Chain sustainability" research and innovation program.

July 27, 2011
                                 

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Livestock research centre announces partnership agreement  
Edmonton... University of Alberta's Livestock Gentec Alberta Innovates Centre has formalized a partnership with yet another institute in an effort to further its research into developing livestock industry solutions through the science of genomics... Corefunding for Livestock Genec is provided by Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions and the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency.

July 26, 2011

News Release

Livestock Gentec Centre announces new leader, partnership agreement  
Edmonton... The Livestock Gentec Alberta Innovates Centre has advanced to the next level of operation with several new initiatives, including new management, staff and a partnership agreement. Focused on developing livestock industry solutions through the science of genomics, the Centre welcomes Dr. Graham Plastow as its interim Chief Executive Officer effective Aug. 1, 2011. Located at the University of Alberta, the Centre also welcomes the addition of new staff members Dr. John Basarab, Dr. Leluo Guan and Tom Lynch-Staunton; and announces a memorandum of agreement with Olds College.

June 7, 2011
 

News Release
 

Alberta expert speaks at European biomass conference Berlin    
Germany...   Organizers of the 19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition 2011 invited Dr. Stanford Blade, Chief Executive Officer of Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions, to speak at a plenary session about his paper entitled "Building the Bioeconomy: Alberta Invests in the Future." Read more in the attached news release. Read Dr. Blade's paper at  http://www.albertainnovates.ca/media/24351/stanpaper-6jun11.pdf

May 31, 2011

News Release

Healthy Alberta foods receive high honour  
Edmonton... Healthy food products are being put on the shelves because of the efforts of three Alberta food producers and a University of Lethbridge researcher.

May 11, 2011
 

News Release
 

Quality Food for Health Research and Innovation Funding Program 
Edmonton... Launched by Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions and funding partners, the aim of the new "Quality Food for Health" research and innovation program is to improve the health and well being of Albertans while increasing the competitiveness of the province's food and agricultural industries. Funding partners include: Alberta Innovates Health Solutions, Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency, Alberta Crop Industry Development Fund, Alberta Canola Producers Commission, Alberta Milk, and Alberta Pulse Growers.

March 31, 2011

News Release

Cost-benefit analysis of voluntary BSE testing released
Edmonton... A study released today offers information on the costs and benefits of voluntary BSE testing of Canadian cattle. The study, funded by the Alberta Prion Research Institute (APRI), PrioNet Canada and the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency (ALMA), is intended to encourage discussion within the cattle industry.

February 15, 2011

News Release

Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions together with BioAlberta welcomes ABIC 2013 to Calgary, Alberta, Canada  
Saskatoon… The Chairman of the board of the ABIC Foundation, Mr. Jerome Konecsni, announces the ABIC 2013 conference will be held in Calgary, Alberta and is co-hosted by Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions and BioAlberta. The conference will take place from September 15 - 18.

January 27, 2011

News Release

Government of Canada Invests in Forest Industry Transformation at Alberta Newsprint Mill  
Whitecourt... The Government of Canada today announced an investment in new Canadian technology that will contribute to a more sustainable pulp and paper industry in Canada. The Honourable Rob Merrifield, Minister of State (Transport), announced the $1.05-million investment at the Alberta Newsprint Company mill in Whitecourt, Alberta. The mill will receive funding under the Transformative Technologies Pilot Scale Demonstration Program to implement state-of-the-art technology that will result in substantial reductions in energy and fresh water consumption at the mill...Other funding for the project includes a contribution of more than $1 million from the Alberta Newsprint Company and an $80,000 investment by Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions.

January 25, 2011

News Release

Alberta Innovates makes strategic investment in oilseed and livestock research  
Edmonton… Creating new opportunities for Alberta crop and livestock producers is the goal of two agricultural research centres being launched today with support of $4.5 million over two years from Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions.

January 18, 2011

Info Bulletin

Industry invited to apply to new advanced materials and chemicals funding program  
Vegreville…Bringing new technologies and products to market is the focus of a new funding program from Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions. The 'Driving conversion of Alberta's biomass to advanced materials and chemicals program' aims to support industry, operating companies and other organizations in speeding the process of technology commercialization.

November 24, 2010

News Release

Nathan Deleaut winner of the Alberta Prion Research Institute's International Young Researcher Prize  
Edmonton… To celebrate its fifth anniversary and promote work being done in prion and protein misfolding research, the Alberta Prion Research Institute is recognizing the work young researchers are accomplishing on the international scene. Today, Nathan Deleault was awarded with the Alberta Prion Research Institute's International Young Researcher Prize.

May 5, 2010

News Release

Alberta to analyze cost-benefits of additional BSE testing in cattle  
Edmonton…An agriculture-based think-tank will do an analysis of whether the cost of conducting client-driven optional BSE testing in animals before or after slaughter would be beneficial in the marketplace.

 April 21, 2010

 News Release

Alberta invests in science to ensure strong livestock industry
To ensure the Alberta livestock industry remains competitive at the global level, Alberta Innovates - Bio Solutions is providing $2.25 million and the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency $1.5 million of new funding to Livestock Gentec, formerly the Alberta Bovine Genomics Program.

April 20, 2010

News Release

CEO appointed to Alberta Innovates - Bio Solutions  
Edmonton... Dr. Stanford Blade has been appointed Chief Executive Officer by the Board of Alberta Innovates - Bio Solutions.

Dr. Blade has been Interim CEO since Alberta Innovates was launched in January 1,2010. "Stan was the obvious choice to lead the Bio Solutions corporation within the Alberta Innovates framework. His extensive knowledge and expertise will ensure we deliver on Alberta's agricultural and forestry potential," said Art Froehlich, Board Chair.

January 4, 2010

News Release

Alberta Innovates is new hub for innovating, investing, collaborating  
Edmonton... Realigned innovation structure makes a great system even better

November 18, 2009

News Release

World-class chairs to lead Alberta Innovates