- Alberta Innovates
- Another first. Sleep apnea discovery
Another first. Sleep apnea discovery.
Dr. John Remmers, a global leader in sleep physiology and sleep medicine, was the first to demonstrate that sleep apnea, a condition in which a person stops breathing periodically during sleep, is due to an anatomical narrowing of the pharynx. Dr. Remmers produced CPAP and the SnortSat sleep recorder.
- $1 billion, a 30–year legacy and health and medical innovation
Alberta Innovates Health Solutions has a 30-year legacy of supporting top-quality, world-renowned research, formerly under the name Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR). During that time, we have invested more than $1 billion in health and medical research.
- Improved ‘senses’ could mean thousands more barrels of bitumen a day.
Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures Sensors Engineering specialists have partnered with a series of oil sands processing operators over the past decade to create a series of sensors, MineSentry, collectively boost bitumen recovery from oil sands separation processes. Given the mass volume of bitumen, even a one percent improvement in recovery could mean tens of thousands of barrels per day of additional bitumen produced, and reduced environmental footprint.
- Wheat straw offers shelter and withstands earthquakes
Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures developed technology that uses wheat straw to solve a pressing human need for shelter, profoundly improves the living conditions of millions of people, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and protects the environment on a large scale.
- Gender and culture offer clues into cardiac research
Dr. Kathryn King has been a leader in cardiovascular nursing research at the University of Calgary for nearly a decade. Her research looks at how gender and culture influence how patients make health care decisions for themselves. Her work will lead to interventions to improve outcomes for cardiac patients.
- New technology equates to a 60 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions
- New oil sands technology eliminates need for tailings ponds
- 35 years managing investments in energy research and developement
- The Alberta–developed food safety product, Micocin, prevents listeriosis in packaged meat products.
- Located in Alberta, Canada’s largest poultry research and value–added centre has built an international reputation as a top collaborative R&D centre and learning hub over the last 25 years
- Oslo Cold Water Extraction (OCWE)
- Collaborators include large companies and consortia
Alberta Innovates has captured attention globally. When we have the opportunity to speak with researchers and innovators outside of Alberta, they wonder how we have put the system together and achieved the alignment that we have achieved.
Dr. Cy Frank is one of the leading figures in the field of bone and joint injury in the world and attributes his presence in Alberta to Alberta Innovates Health Solutions.
Ron Dyck, Assistant Deputy Minister of Research and Innovation Division of Advanced Education and Technology, discusses the mandate of Alberta Innovates. Alberta Innovates brings together research and industry together in a new way.
Alberta Innovates has married together business, academics, entrepreneurial science, invention, innovation and management. It creates the opportunity for long-term value.
Bacterial growth medium is used to grow and ensure optimal growth of bacterial liquid cultures.
Hepatoma cells are used to grow the hepatitis C virus. This is a model system to study the growth of HCV outside the body.
The hepatoma cell line is unique because it allows the hepatitis C virus to be isolate while it infects the cells in the tissue culture hood. Therefore the virus can be studied due to its safe environment.