Happy New Year lab! The turn of each year provides us a chance to reflect on what we’ve accomplished and where we want to go in the next year. I hope you will feel like me when you see how far we’ve come and you will be excited by the promise that is on the …
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Yesterday afternoon the Porter Lab welcomed members of the Brain Tumour Survivors Group to the lab. The members were treated to an exciting presentation by Dr. Lisa Porter detailing a brief history of cancer and how Porter Lab is working to advance the frontier of cancer treatment – from basic research to the development of …
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It’s no secret shift work can wreak havoc on your health. A grant handed out Wednesday under a program backed by the Windsor Essex County Cancer Centre Foundation will help a University of Windsor researcher in determining any connection between shift work and colorectal cancer. “This is not to discover a drug,” said Phillip Karpowicz, an …
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Women in Windsor-Essex will benefit first from a new study that is trying to help women with one of the worst forms of breast cancer. University of Windsor biology researcher Lisa Porter and Windsor Regional Hospital oncologist Dr. Carolyn Hamm recently received more than $765,000 to study triple-negative breast cancer. Cancer cells from tumours from about 100 …
Lisa Porter, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, University of Windsor Project Summary: Medulloblastoma is the most prevalent of all childhood brain cancers, with average 5 year survival rates of approximately 62% for children ages 0-14. There are at least 4 very distinct types of this disease that have different prognoses and likewise require independent treatment strategies. Among …
Fourth-year biology student Marisa Market took top prize at this year’s Ontario Biology Day when she won the Corning Award for best oral presentation overall. She competed in the cancer biology category against researchers from neuroscience and plant biology. “We have received major grants for our research and I have put in a lot of …
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A University of Windsor PhD candidate presented her research findings at a conference aimed at making Windsor a cancer research hub Sunday afternoon. Bre-Anne Fifield, 27, has been tackling her PhD since 2009 and is hoping to finish her studies in biological sciences next month when she brings her breast cancer research to the thesis …
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A University of Windsor law professor will be recognized for his work in Canadian and international legal theory when he is named a fellow with a national academy of scholars on Saturday. William Conklin was elected by his peers to be a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, whose scholars are considered to be …
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Per the Seeds4Hope event page, The Windsor Essex County Cancer Centre Foundation, together with the University of Windsor and our community partners, Windsor Regional Hospital and the Windsor Cancer Research Group are very pleased to announce the inauguration of the Seeds4Hope Community Seminar Series. The purpose of the seminar series is to: -Update the community …
