Saskatoon, SK.—Shedding light on the link between stress and disease, scientists at the University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) have uncovered for the first time signs of stress in proteins and other compounds found in blood that can help predict disease susceptibility.

Faced with unprecedented market escalation, the University of Saskatchewan board of governors has confirmed a revised $140-million final construction budget for the International Vaccine Centre (InterVac), the largest investment to date in vaccine research in Canada.

Saskatoon, SK.—University of Saskatchewan research into improved malting barley for brewing better beer has received a major boost thanks to a funding agreement signed recently with grain marketer Parrish & Heimbecker Limited.

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A newly created research tool at the University of Saskatchewan will help link together Aboriginal communities and university researchers.

Exploration of “space weather” over the polar cap will be significantly advanced thanks to a just-announced $101,875 investment in University of Saskatchewan radar technology by the Canada Foundation for Innovation.

U of S President Peter MacKinnon has been appointed to a new Science, Technology and Innovation Council set up by the federal government to provide advice on science and technology issues as well as monitor Canada’s progress relative to international standards.

A University of Saskatchewan research team is launching a study in east-central Saskatchewan that could help to better predict the effects of changing land use and wetlands on flooding, drought, and water supply.

The University of Saskatchewan Space Design Team (USST) has received its third first-place finish in as many years in the prestigious Elevator:2010 competition, this year held October 19-21 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) are working on drought prediction models that could help farmers in planning ahead for the weather.

Healthy Living Services Minister Graham Addley and University of Saskatchewan (U of S) Acting Provost and Vice-President Academic Dr. Ernie Barber today welcomed Dr. Colleen Dell, the university's new Research and Addictions Chair.

OTTAWA - An agreement was signed today by the Government of India with the Canadian Light Source (CLS) and the University of Saskatchewan to promote cooperation between Indian and Canadian researchers in synchrotron science.

Today the Government of Saskatchewan announced $3.5 million in funding for a variety of new equipment, commercialization and other initiatives at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) that will boost agricultural science research and innovation. Included in the funding will be support for training more than 30 graduate students over 10 years.

A new laboratory devoted to research into advanced reproduction techniques for livestock opened today at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) on the University of Saskatchewan campus.

Brother and sister team Rachel and Chris Buhler of Floating Gardens Ltd. have won the $50,000 grand prize in the University of Saskatchewan Industry Liaison Office (ILO) BioVenture Business Plan Challenge.

The University of Saskatchewan (U of S) Library has launched a new web-based tool which centralizes Indigenous electronic research resources. The Indigenous Studies Portal, located online at http://iportal.usask.ca, contains over 6,000 full-text reference materials, including books, articles, theses, book reviews, documents, government reports, photographs, archival resources, and maps.

The sod has been turned for the University of Saskatchewan's new Academic Health Sciences Centre

Two University of Saskatchewan scholars have been named to the Royal Society of Canada -- known officially as RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada, the nation’s highest body of distinguished scientists and scholars.

Six University of Saskatchewan researchers have been collectively awarded almost $450,000 from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) for equipment to study the workings of artificial knees, climate change in Canada’s boreal forests, and blood flow in the brain as it relates to stroke...

Today representatives of all three levels of government and the Canada Foundation for Innovation turned the sod to launch construction of the International Vaccine Centre (InterVac) at the University of Saskatchewan...

The University of Saskatchewan and the Canadian Light Source will be showcasing some of Canada’s leading investments in innovation during a visit by...

Canada’s premiere water pollution research facility opened today as part of an $11.8-million expansion to the University of Saskatchewan’s Toxicology Centre...

Five budding entrepreneurs whose bio-economy ideas range from aquaculture to bioremediation have been named the finalists in the U of S Industry Liaison Office (ILO) BioVenture Business Plan Challenge. The finalists were announced today...

Nobel laureates Carl Wieman and Anthony Leggett, Discovery Channel’s Jay Ingram, and champion of science literacy Lawrence Krauss highlight the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) Congress 2007...

Thirteen U of S researchers have been collectively awarded $654,000 from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) for an array of projects...

A University of Saskatchewan professor lauded for his groundbreaking work in reproductive biology and leadership in medical imaging will receive this spring’s Distinguished Researcher Award...

Final preparations are in full gear as the University of Saskatchewan gets ready to greet around 5,500 delegates to the largest multi-disciplinary gathering of scholars in North America. The eight-day event gets underway today with an opening reception featuring Saskatchewan Premier Lorne Calvert and Saskatoon Mayor Don Atchison.

A research team from the University of Saskatchewan and Saskatoon Health Region is examining intimate partner violence in Saskatchewan from all sides in an effort to find community-based solutions...

Andrew Potter, an internationally recognized authority on vaccine development, will become the new Director of the University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) starting...

A new drug with the potential to treat a wide array of inflammatory conditions has secured this year’s Award of Innovation...

The University of Saskatchewan has set up an independent Community Liaison Committee to ensure full and open communication on safety issues related to the International Vaccine Centre (InterVac), soon to be Canada’s newest lab for...

University of Saskatchewan health researcher John Gordon has been awarded $242,000 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to help bring closer to market a new anti-inflammatory drug that could ease the suffering...

Three researchers from the University of Saskatchewan and the Saskatoon Health Region have been awarded a total of $805,000 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to study immunization rates among Aboriginal children in Saskatoon...

Issue #3, April, 2007 (PDF): Croquet Anyone? Cultural Events Abound at Congress | Aboriginal Research and Culture to be Highlighted | Congress Goes Green | Congress Highlights Growing Importance of the Social Economy | Overwhelming Sponsorship Support (Issues 1 and 2 also available)

The Extending Horizons: University of Saskatchewan Research, Scholarly and Artistic Landscape document was presented to University Council...

Wednesday, April 4, 2007: Four University of Saskatchewan research teams, whose innovations range from more profitable biodiesel and a better tomato to a novel gene for fast-maturing crops and a new anti-inflammatory drug, have been nominated for the Innovation Place–Industry Liaison Office Award of Innovation.The nominations were announced today...

Wednesday, March 28, 2007: Beth Horsburgh has been named to a new senior position in charge of health research: Associate Vice-President Research (Health) at the University of Saskatchewan and Vice-President Research and Innovation with the Saskatoon Health Region (SHR). The joint position was filled...

The Government of Saskatchewan has committed $24.7 million to the University of Saskatchewan’s International Vaccine Centre (InterVac). "“The important research that will be done at InterVac will save lives,” Advanced Education and Employment Minister Pat Atkinson said...

Researchers in the Fine Arts and Humanities at the University of Saskatchewan interested in using digital media in their scholarly and artistic works now have a state-of-the-art facility, thanks to the College of Arts and Science’s construction of the Humanities and Fine Arts Digital Research Centre (DRC).

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Monday, March 5, 2007: University of Toronto professor Peter Wells will kick off this year’s Brain Awareness Week on March 19 with a free public lecture about how unborn children are damaged when their mothers take crystal meth. Wells, a professor of pharmacy and pharmacology...

February 28, 2007: Agriculture and Food Minister Mark Wartman today announced $4.39 million in funding to support 35 agriculture research and development projects in Saskatchewan, through Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food’s Agriculture Development Fund (ADF).

Regina, Feb. 20, 2007 – In the latest paper released by Saskatchewan Institute on Public Policy (SIPP), U of S researchers Simon Weseen and Rose Olfert suggest that an expanded ethanol industry in Saskatchewan will not be viable without government subsidies and mandated use.

The University of Saskatchewan will participate in two national initiatives just announced by the Canada Foundation for Innovation – one that will bring Canadian social science and humanities research to the Internet and another that will provide researchers and students with online access to scholarship from around the world through their libraries. The $25-million total CFI investment will provide...

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, February 12, 2007– Agricultural research and development in Saskatchewan is getting a boost as a result of an agreement between Canada’s New Government and the Province of Saskatchewan on the use of $41.5 million in federal Agricultural Policy Framework (APF) wedge and rollover funds.

Hope can ease the suffering of the terminally ill, their families, and the health professionals caring for them, according to the findings of a team led by University of Saskatchewan health researcher Wendy Duggleby.

Two University of Saskatchewan professors have been awarded fellowships by the Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy (SIPP) to study areas of critical societal importance – the success of higher education in the Aboriginal population and quality monitoring in our health care system.

A groundbreaking vaccine for cattle that will protect water and food supplies from the toxic E. coli O157:H7 bacteria has been approved for release in Canada...