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 […]
Amy Llancari My project focuses on differentiating the progression of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NALFD) into Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) between male and female mice. HCC is the sixth most prevalent cancer in the world, yet it ranks as the third leading type of cancer deaths with an accelerated increase in incidence rates. NAFLD is a
Our 2021 undergraduate students have done wonderful work presenting their research results at the Ontario Biology Day, UWill Discover, and our Undergraduate Research Colloquium. Our lab has faced many challenges during this past year, the pandemic has tested our limits in many ways, but we are keeping up with our outstanding research projects. We had
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Producer and Director – Our fabulous graduate student Isabelle Hinch.
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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 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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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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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/