Biologist receives Canadian Cancer Society funding for brain tumour research

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Lisa Porter is shown here in her biology lab, where she’ll be studying gliomas, the most common form of brain tumour in adults. A UWindsor scientist has been awarded Canadian Cancer Society funding for her innovative approach to studying how aggressive brain cancers develop, which could lead to better diagnosis and treatment options in the future and …

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Fewer Brain Cancer Deaths Among Children Aim of Biology Researcher

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Elizabeth Fidalgo da Silva is seen here in the biology lab where she conducts her research on a protein called tuberin. A biology researcher hopes her studies will result in fewer brain cancer related deaths among children. Elizabeth Fidalgo da Silva, a research associate and adjunct professor in Biological Sciences, is studying the role that a …

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Undergrad researcher studies link between smoking and breast cancer

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Samantha Richardson feeds some of the corn and sesame oil mixture to a mouse in Lisa Porter’s lab. By now most people are aware of the links between smoking and lung cancer, but they probably don’t know that cigarettes may contribute to breast cancer too. Since August, fourth-year biology student Samantha Richardson has been feeding …

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Local Cancer Agencies to Motivate Youth to Stop Smoking Using a Unique Café Style Approach

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Cancer Talk 2011 – Trash the Ash is a free event open to the public, that is  particularly directed towards youth aged 15-25, to encourage them to quit smoking.  The evening will feature three guest speakers and a unique café style format.   A local media personality will act as moderator. Each speaker will talk for …

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Hope for cure, process of discovery motivates award-winning PhD student

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Bre-Anne Fifield is the first student in Windsor to hold a Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Ontario Region Fellowship.  Bre-Anne Fifield hopes to be an academic researcher and professor some day. While the reward of scientific discovery is a motivating factor, it’s the hope of protecting her friends from such diseases as breast cancer that really …

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Colloquium a showcase for undergraduate biology research

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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 …

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St. Anne’s pupils tickled pink to donate for breast cancer research

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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, …

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