Chemistry & Biochemistry

Mike McKay in lab at 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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Mike McKay

Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research

Qiudi Geng

Ryland Corchis-Scott

Lisa Porter and John Trant, shown in this 2019 photo, have received another $250,000 in research funding from the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research.

Cancer research gets $250,000 boost

Mar 22nd, 2021

Lisa Porter and John Trant have received a further $250,000 in funding from the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research.

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Lisa Porter

John Trant

An article by chemistry professor Stephen Loeb was named Best Paper of the Year by the Canadian Journal of Chemistry.

Research into stabilizing polymers earns praise for chemistry prof

Mar 17th, 2021

An article by chemistry professor Stephen Loeb was named Best Paper of the Year by the Canadian Journal of Chemistry.

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Stephen Loeb

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

Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research

Chemistry professor John Trant has received a $50,000 grant from the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada to launch research into cancer-fighting nanoparticles that kill tumours by tricking the brain’s defences.

UWindsor chemist designs alternate treatment for brain cancer

Mar 8th, 2021

Researcher John Trant is exploring the use of nanoparticles to fight cancer by tricking the brain’s defences.

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John Trant

Lisa Porter

K.W. Michael Siu

UWindsor graduate students Michael Nguyen, Mitchell DiPasquale, and Brett Rickeard visit the NIST Center for Neutron Research, a neutron beam facility in Gaithersburg, Maryland. A $14.25 million federal grant will fund new neutron beam equipment in Canada and access to similar facilities in the U.S.

UWindsor researcher signs on to effort building new Canadian neutron beams

Mar 5th, 2021

UWindsor prof Drew Marquardt, president of the Canadian Institute for Neutron Scattering, supported a project to produce neutron beams in Canada.

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Biochemist Kenneth Ng joined the UWindsor faculty in July 2020, and is exploring treatments for coronaviruses.

Anti-viral expert joins Faculty of Science

Feb 5th, 2021

Biochemist Kenneth Ng joined the UWindsor faculty in July 2020, and is exploring treatments for coronaviruses.

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Kenneth Ng

Drew Marquardt hopes his term as president of the Canadian Institute for Neutron Scattering will secure a future for related research in this country.

Professor working to secure source for neutrons

Feb 1st, 2021

Drew Marquardt hopes his term as president of the Canadian Institute for Neutron Scattering will secure a future for related research in this country.

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Drew Marquardt

Chris Houser