Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research

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.

Provincial funding boosts research tracking COVID-19 through sewage

Mar 23rd, 2021

A UWindsor research team received $540,000 to test samples from wastewater treatment plants as an early warning system for COVID-19.

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Qiudi Geng

Ryland Corchis-Scott

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.

Researchers set to screen for COVID-19 on campus

Mar 15th, 2021

The COVID Surveillance Platform study will test the saliva of campus volunteers for COVID-19.

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Lisa Porter

Yufeng Tong

Jackie Fong

Elizabeth Fidalgo Da Silva

Chris Houser

Mike McKay

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Chelsea Salter is studying how bacteria in Point Pelee sand can break down toxins before they contaminate the residents’ drinking water.

Microbes may hold the key to degrading toxic algal blooms

Mar 10th, 2021

Chelsea Salter is studying how bacteria in Point Pelee sand can break down toxins before they contaminate the residents’ drinking water.

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Chelsea Salter

Chris Weisener

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Spotlight on Graduate Research

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.

Professor helps set public agenda for Great Lakes

Feb 9th, 2021

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.

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Postdoctoral fellow Christine Madliger is one of the editors of the first book on the field of conservation physiology.

Book a first in field of conservation physiology

Feb 3rd, 2021

UWindsor researchers contributed to the first book to explore the field of conservation physiology.

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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.

Science UWindsor sweeps conservation awards

Jan 22nd, 2021

The Essex Region Conservation Authority conferred awards on three representatives of UWindsor science Thursday.

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Trevor Pitcher

Emily Browne

Ken Drouillard

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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.

Fish genome project attracts early attention

Nov 19th, 2020

UWindsor professor Daniel Heath heads a research project creating a genomic toolkit to assess the health of freshwater species.

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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.

UWindsor COVID research gets $300,000 funding boost

Nov 9th, 2020

Mike McKay is leading a research team using sewage as an early warning system to determine trends in COVID-19 infection rates.

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satellite image of Windsor-Essex and greater Detroit

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.