Stories

The Navigator helps connect experts in state-of-the-art Canadian facilities with leaders in business, academia and government. Explore our success stories to find out how, and delve into what else is happening in Navigator-listed facilities through stories from our partners.
Success story
Olivia Carey,

How one company used lab equipment in a new way to advance their product idea

After months of searching, a Quebec researcher-entrepreneur found the expertise he needed to test a one-of-a-kind oxygen-rich drink

Researcher-entrepreneur Daniel Sdicu, CEO of the company IV e État Inc. located in Granby, Que., searched for months to find the right partner to help him test a new product: bottled water enriched with oxygen. The water...
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Partner story

Food: friend or foe in immunity’s fight against ovarian cancer

Precision Radiation Medicine for Cancer Immunotherapy (P-REX)

Inside the tiny micro-environment of a tumour, cancer cells and immune cells are in a battle for nutrients. University of Victoria researchers have now discovered a key culprit that will help them use gene-engineering...
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Success story
Olivia Carey,

Bringing high-impact drugs to market

A doctor-turned-entrepreneur looks to the Navigator to find the research support he needs to develop new drugs for patients with neurological diseases

Toronto-based company Neuractas Therapeutics uses the Navigator to find the pharmaceutical manufacturing expertise needed to develop high-impact therapeutics Andrew Lingard was in his last year of medical school when an...
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Partner story

Supporting smarter shopping experiences with technology

Longo’s Food Retail Laboratory

Our fast-paced lifestyles have sparked significant changes in almost all consumer, family and technology experiences in the past 30 years – except shopping for food at grocery stores. University of Guelph researchers are...
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Success story
Olivia Carey,

Applying new chemistry to cancer treatment

Fuzionaire Diagnostics turned to the Research Facilities Navigator to find expert collaborators to help bring a revolutionary new technology to market

Fuzionaire Diagnostics was born out of one entrepreneur’s dream to make medical imaging more accurate and accessible. When Anton Toutov was a PhD candidate working in Nobel Prize winner Robert Grubbs’ lab at the...
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Partner story

Engineers developing air filter to deactivate COVID-19 virus

Canadian Light Source Inc. (CLS)

The team is using the Canadian Light Source at the University of Saskatchewan to take high-resolution images of their device while it is in action to gain a deeper knowledge of the sanitation process. They will use that...
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Partner story

Neuroethics rises to the challenge

Neuroethics Canada

When it comes to studying the brain, it’s essential to consider the many ethical questions that often arise. Neuroethics Canada is a research group that’s part of the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health and led by...
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Success story
Olivia Carey,

Oil field innovation

A Regina-based entrepreneur turns to Navigator-listed experts for solutions to oil industry challenges

Read about how Rand Oil Ltd.’s CEO Larry Hesterman uses the Navigator as a key resource for finding the right research partners in the development of his business. Throughout his career in engineering, Larry Hesterman...
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