Adam at the 2026 WeSpark Conference Since joining the Porter Lab as a volunteer in 2023, Adam has excelled and completed his undergraduate thesis project in 2026. His dedication to research was reflected in a 2025 summer scholarship awarded by the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada (BTFC). This scholarship supported Adam’s full-time research on brain […]
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All about barns and pigeons! A DIY by Emily, a Master student in our lab. Check out: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 videos!
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We are sharing with you three undergraduate theses from our students that graduated this year. We had a total of six students completing their theses, you can check the others here. Identifying Molecular Markers of Progression to Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer An estimated 9,000 Canadians are diagnosed with bladder cancer each year making it the
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This year we had 6 students completing their undergraduate thesis, the so-called 420’s thesis students. Sadly, they couldn’t present their results at our yearly department colloquium because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Three of these students are sharing the highlight of their work in the Porter Lab. Isabelle joined Porter Lab in 2017 as a volunteer
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Today our star is the awesome Isabelle Hinch. She finished her undergraduate studies this spring and is starting the M.Sc. thesis in the fall in our lab. She has many co-stars in her video, including her cute pets and some of our fabulous undergraduate students. Just in case you missed: part 1, part 2, and
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Girl Power on the blog today! Two of our brilliant graduate students are showing how to be creative during this pandemic. Jackie Fong shows us how to create an office space at home and Jillian Brown is sharing recipes for making wonderful cocktails. I guess it is a great combo ‘science and drinks’ for this
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We have more videos to share with you! Our undergrads are sharing a little bit of their routine during the COVID-19 quarantine. Click here to check out part 1. The first video is from Nick, a student in the Breast research group that will start a Master thesis in September to continue his exciting research
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Part of the world has stopped because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our lab is still pretty active during this time. We aren’t at the bench doing experiments, but we are at home working on papers, grants, catching up with our scientific reading and trying to release the stress of this difficult time by being creative
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The fall term is starting today at the University of Windsor. We had wonderful and productive summer in our lab. Some of our great research projects were carried on by summer students. This year we hosted 6 undergraduate students and 1 medical student. Three of the undergraduate students had an NSERC – USRA fellowship award
Our lab has been featured on CTV News! The reportage covers the collaboration between researchers and clinicians in Windsor and how this teamwork is helping cancer patients in our community. Check the link below to watch the videos. Windsor-area researchers and doctors collaborate in search of a cure for cancer Tweet
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No position is available at the moment.
For interested graduate students please visit the University of Windsor Department of Biology for admission requirements (http://www1.uwindsor.ca/biology/graduate-program) and contact Dr Bre-Anne Fifield (fifield@uwindsor.ca) to express your interest in joining the lab.
For volunteers please contact Dr Dorota Lubanska (lubanskd@uwindsor.ca) and indicate the year you are in and the type of experience you are interested in. Note that interviews only happen once a year in the Spring.
Please click on the link below:
http://windsorcancerresearch.com/research/application-of-interest-in-cancer-research/