Chemistry & Biochemistry

Siyaram PandeyA study in professor Siyaram Pandey’s biochemistry lab has found cancer-fighting potential in synthetic versions of the compound pancratistatin.

Compound kills cancer cells, UWindsor research team finds

A study in professor Siyaram Pandey’s biochemistry lab has found cancer-fighting potential in synthetic versions of the compound pancratistatin.

Maryamdokht (Nazanin) Taimoory, John F. Trant, Rose Fayoumi, Daniel Meister, Dominique Leckie, Emmanuel Igbokwe, Sarah Nasri, Greg Yousif, Advait Desai, Adan Sadiq Ahmed, Seyed Iraj SadraeiMaryamdokht (Nazanin) Taimoory, John F. Trant, Rose Fayoumi, Daniel Meister, Dominique Leckie, Emmanuel Igbokwe, Sarah Nasri, Greg Yousif, Advait Desai, Adan Sadiq Ahmed, Seyed Iraj Sadraei.

Prof to highlight unique undergraduate research opportunities at UWindsor

Science at UWindsdor offers hands-on opportunities for lab research.

Nick Vukotic poses with Proto Manufacturing’s benchtop powder X-ray diffraction system.Nick Vukotic poses with Proto Manufacturing’s benchtop powder X-ray diffraction system.

Chemistry grad turns in gold-medal doctoral performance

Soon after taking up graduate study, Nick Vukotic was drawn into sessions brainstorming a problem that had eluded his advisor Stephen Loeb—and others around the world—for years. Dr. Vukotic’s design solution led to a cover article in Nature Chemistry that is now ranked as the most-accessed article of May 2012 in any chemistry journal.