Christopher Jaworski Christopher Jaworski Glioblastoma (GBM) stands as one of the most lethal and aggressive brain cancers, often defying current treatment strategies. The outlook for patients remains grim, with average survival hovering around just 14 months after diagnosis. A major reason for this is the tumor’s ability to resist therapy and recur, often driven by […]
Producer and Director – Our fabulous graduate student Isabelle Hinch.
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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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The Porter Lab was a success at the WCRG2018 this weekend. Our lab marked presence with one of nine Rapid Fire Session presentations and had a total of 10 posters presentations from a total of 58 conference posters. One of our students received a Student Research Excellence Award for his poster presentation and a Porter Lab alumni also
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The Porter Lab new logo was designed by our talented Ph.D. student Martin K. Bakht. The logo depicts the main research areas of our lab. The P of Porter shows the following: Asymmetric Cell Division Speedy Cell cycle The L of Lab shows the following: DNA technology Zebrafish used by our Lab as a
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Dr. Lisa Porter was invited to participate in TEDx Talks in Windsor (TEDx Windsor), an event to stimulate conversation and connections, helping communities and organizations. One more time Dr. Porter made us proud! Here is the video of her brilliant talk. Please leave your comment below. Elizabeth Fidalgo, Ph.D 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.
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http://windsorcancerresearch.com/research/application-of-interest-in-cancer-research/