My name is Jeffery Martin, and I am a second-year Master’s student working on the prostate cancer project in Dr. Porter’s lab in the Biomedical Science Department at the University of Windsor. In honour of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, I would like to share some of the exciting prostate cancer research happening at the University […]
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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
Tiana Visconti Determining the Dependency of Spy1 based on Rb Status in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Breast cancer is the second most common cancer worldwide and the most common cancer among women. Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) is a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer with many subtypes based on gene expression profiles. There
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Ali Nadi Applying CRISPR/Cas9 and Fluorescent Tools to Dissect the Role of Tuberin in Cell Cycle Regulation How cells regulate their growth and division involves a tightly controlled integration of many mechanisms. In cells, Tuberin (gene – TSC2) is a protein in the Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) which modulates cellular growth, size, and proliferation. Mutations in
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Two of our awesome undergraduate students are sharing their projects and experiences during their time in our lab. Check here to read the first post about our 2021 undergraduate students. Evaluation of the cell cycle regulation in Tuberin knockout cell lines Tuberin (TSC2) and its binding partner hamartin (TSC1) are tumour suppressor proteins that regulate
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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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All about barns and pigeons! A DIY by Emily, a Master student in our lab. Check out: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 videos!
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We are sharing with you three undergraduate theses from our students that graduated this year. We had a total of six students completing their theses, you can check the others here. Identifying Molecular Markers of Progression to Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer An estimated 9,000 Canadians are diagnosed with bladder cancer each year making it 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.
Please click on the link below:
http://windsorcancerresearch.com/research/application-of-interest-in-cancer-research/