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• Genome Canada: Canadian Scientists Play Key Role in Analyzing Poplar's DNA Blueprint: Findings Published in Science; Analysis of First Complete Tree Genome Could Pave the Way for Poplar's Use as an Alternative Energy Source.

  - 2006-09-14

  OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Sep 14, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- In a cover article published today in Science magazine, an international consortium of scientists representing 34 organizations, including the U.S. Department of Energy DOE, the University of British Columbia, Genome Canada, Genome British Columbia, and the Umea...

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• Announcing the 2004 CIC Fellowships.(CIC Bulletin ICC)(The Chemical Institute of Canada)

  - 2004-04-01

  The nine members of The Chemical Institute of Canada profiled below were elected to the Fellowship in 2004 by the CIC Board of Directors. They will receive their Fellowship certificates either at the CIC Annual General Meeting AGM in London, ON, on May 31, 2004, or at...

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• Nobel laureate and UBC professor Michael Smith lost to cancer at 68.

  - 2000-10-06

  M2 PRESSWIRE-6 October 2000-UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA: Nobel laureate and UBC professor Michael Smith lost to cancer at 68 C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05102000 Nobel prizewinner and University of British Columbia Prof. Emeritus Michael Smith died yesterday of cancer....

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