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Biology professor Lisa Porter congratulates fourth-year students Nick Paquette and Samantha Dundas for their award-winning presentations at the department’s undergraduate research colloquium. Not everything works the first time you do it, says Nick Paquette. That’s why the fourth-biology student was glad to have years to work on his undergraduate research project. “I’ve been working in […]

Lisa Porter, right, explains some her research to Bryan Bedard, president of the Katelyn Bedard Bone Marrow Association. Little Katelyn Bedard’s life ended far too early, but her legacy lives on, partly in the laboratories of Lisa Porter.~ Diagnosed with leukemia just after her second birthday, Katelyn spent almost an entire year in London receiving

The pupils at St. Anne’s French Immersion School doubled their contribution to the Carl & Gloria Morgan Scholarship in Breast Cancer Research this year. With pennies, nickels, and dimes raised in all sorts of projects, the children collected $3,131.70 and donated it to the University of Windsor at an assembly last Friday afternoon. Nancy Parker,

The University of Windsor will be host to unique cancer research thanks to $250,000 in grants from the Windsor and Essex County Cancer Centre Foundation. Four research projects have been awarded the first startup grants from Seeds4Hope, a new program that supports innovative local cancer research with help from community donations. The projects, involving 13

Cancer never sleeps, and neither it seems does Dr. Lisa Porter. The University of Windsor has many jewels, and Dr. Porter who has been a professor here since 2004, is certainly one of them. The biology professor at the institute’s Department of Biological Sciences, and cancer researcher, was recently awarded a $750,000 grant from the

When the right pieces come together you can see a more complete picture. And in the case of cancer research, it’s a picture which provides hope in the fight against the many diseases that are cancer. Dr. Lisa Porter is one of hundreds of Canadian Cancer Society-funded researchers who are trying to find those puzzle

Being Influential: UWindsor prof awarded $750,000 for breast cancer research “Hope for a cure.” The Windsor Star, May 7, 2009 “U of W Prof Awarded Grant for Breast Cancer Research” The Windsor Star, May 6, 2009 “Cancer Researchers attend Relay for Life” Canadian Cancer Society’s “The Daffodil” – Southwestern Edition, Summer/Fall 2008 Reception recognizes excellence