UWindsor professor Ken Drouillard is heading a research project to help the Windsor-Essex Sewing Force. The volunteer group recently passed a production milestone of 50,000 masks and scrub caps.
UWindsor professor Ken Drouillard is heading a research project to help the Windsor-Essex Sewing Force.
Mike McKay, executive director of UWindsor’s Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, has received another $540,000 in funding for his research program that uses samples from wastewater treatment plants as an early warning system for COVID-19 outbreaks. The funding is part of a $12 million investment by the province to support and expand the network of researchers analyzing wastewater across Ontario.
A UWindsor research team received $540,000 to test samples from wastewater treatment plants as an early warning system for COVID-19.
Jackie Fong leads staff member Elizabeth Fidalgo Da Silva through the MyCap app as part of a pilot project to screen campus volunteers for COVID-19.
The COVID Surveillance Platform study will test the saliva of campus volunteers for COVID-19.
Chelsea Salter is studying how bacteria in Point Pelee sand can break down toxins before they contaminate the residents’ drinking water.
Chelsea Salter is studying how bacteria in Point Pelee sand can break down toxins before they contaminate the residents’ drinking water.
UWindsor professor Mike McKay spoke to the health of the Great Lakes last week on the provincial public affairs program, The Agenda with Steve Paikin.
UWindsor professor Mike McKay spoke to the health of the Great Lakes last week on the provincial public affairs program, The Agenda with Steve Paikin.
Postdoctoral fellow Christine Madliger is one of the editors of the first book on the field of conservation physiology.
UWindsor researchers contributed to the first book to explore the field of conservation physiology.
Science student Emily Browne received the Youth Conservation Award from the Essex Region Conservation Authority at its annual general meeting Thursday. Photo by Shayenna Nolan.
The Essex Region Conservation Authority conferred awards on three representatives of UWindsor science Thursday.
Daniel Heath is heading GEN-FISH, a four-year project that involves creating a genomic toolkit to assess the health of freshwater species. Fish farm operators and consultants hired to do environment assessments are already lining up to be among the first to use the new technology.
UWindsor professor Daniel Heath heads a research project creating a genomic toolkit to assess the health of freshwater species.
Mike McKay, executive director of the Great Lake Institute for Environmental Research, is leading a research team using sewage as an early warning system to determine trends in COVID-19 infection rates.
Mike McKay is leading a research team using sewage as an early warning system to determine trends in COVID-19 infection rates.
This image from NASA shows the Detroit River and its surroundings. According to the State of the Strait, the ecosystem needs more clean-up despite decades of restoration efforts.
The Detroit River ecosystem needs more clean-up despite decades of restoration efforts, says a report released Tuesday.
