The Great Lakes are under constant stress from pollution, habitat loss, climate change, invasive species and over-exploitation, but a group of University of Windsor researchers have received about $6.7 million in research dollars to find ways to improve and preserve their health.
Science
Hosting a national science fair next spring will provide a great opportunity to heighten the university’s profile while showcasing all the great things happening in this region, according to Edwin Tam.
“This is something that draws a lot of attention,” said Dr. Tam, an engineering professor who just returned from the University of Lethbridge, which recently hosted the Canada Wide Science Fair and had more than 400 students submit entries to the contest.
Tiny tropical fish much like minnows may hold the key to helping oncologists deliver more personalized and effective methods of treatments to their cancer patients.
That’s the aim of Indrajit Sinha, CEO of Biomedcore, a Tecumseh medical diagnostics company that worked with biology professor Lisa Porter on setting up an experimental system to grow cancer cells in zebrafish and see how they respond to a variety of drug therapies.
Claire Sanders was finishing an undergraduate degree at the University of Alberta when her fascination with birds began. Now she’s living her dream.
“I took an ornithology class in my final year and I’ve been hooked on birds ever since,” she said. “I start talking about birds and I can’t stop.”
Organic electronics is generating interest not only in the science community but in the business world as well. Its current market of about one billion dollars is expected to grow to $45 billion by 2016.
In a free presentation entitled “Organic Electronics: From Serendipitous Discovery to Market,” Holger Eichhorn will provide some of the facts behind the buzz.
The wonders of science were on display Saturday to hundreds of visitors attending Science Rendezvous at the CAW Student Centre. Volunteer presenters organized activities and exhibits in a range of disciplines, from chemistry, physics and biology to computer science, astronomy, forensics and engineering.
Windsor was one of a number of sites across Canada participating in the festival, showcasing world-class research happening at the nation’s universities and other institutions.
May 10th, 2013
A scientist born in Windsor but who now conducts his research at New York’s Columbia University will discuss how a natural product derived from plants like aloe vera may slow the progress of such neurodegenerative diseases as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s when he appears as a featured speaker at a conference here next week.
May 9th, 2013
Patrons at Science Rendezvous—Saturday, May 11, in the CAW Student Centre—will get more than mind-blowing demonstrations and exciting exhibits. They’ll also get a pass for the day’s free parking on campus.
The family-friendly event promises a chemistry magic show, a football game played by robots, as well as interactive and educational activities involving everything from backyard bugs to a view of the sun, from growing your own vegetables to making a necklace containing DNA.
May 6th, 2013
Award-winning research conducted in part by a scientist at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research could lead to better advisories about the safe consumption of fish as well as improved methods for screening chemicals before they’re released into the environment.
May 2nd, 2013
Lancer men’s soccer players Massimo Megna and Mike Pio will suit up for Ontario University Athletics’ inaugural soccer showcase, this weekend in Vaughan, north of Toronto.
Megna, a fourth-year human kinetics major, and Pio, a second-year science student, will play on the West team in an East-West match-up on Sunday, May 5. The event is designed to showcase Ontario university soccer to prospective student-athletes.