Researchers Lisa Porter and John Trant have received a $100,000 grant for a project that could lead to new therapies for aggressive cancers.
Researchers Lisa Porter and John Trant have received a $100,000 grant for a project that could lead to new therapies for aggressive cancers.
Mckenzie Cervini has written and illustrated a children's book about cancer for her final project in Dr. Lisa Porter's Cancer Undergraduate Research Education (CURE) class.
Explaining cancer to children can be difficult, but UWindsor science student Mckenzie Cervini has done it with all the flair of Dr. Seuss.
Cervini has written and illustrated a children’s book about the disease. It’s colourful — and it rhymes.
“I found there was a gap in communicating cancer in a simple way,” Cervini said of how she came up with the idea for the book she titled, The C-Word.”
“It covers the biology in layman’s terms.”
UWindsor associate professor Lisa Porter receives the 2018 David Kelly Award for Community Service from Chris Sullivan, chair of the board of directors of the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada.
UWindsor associate professor Lisa Porter received the 2018 David Kelly Award for Community Service in support of the brain tumour community in Canada.
Student Ingrid Qemo engages in public outreach as a volunteer with the Windsor Cancer Research Group.
A new undergraduate course will educate students about the multidisciplinary cancer research happening in Windsor-Essex.
UWindsor faculty, students, and staff will join the Brain Tumour Walk on Saturday, June 9.
UWindsor faculty, students, and staff will join the Brain Tumour Walk on Saturday, June 9.
Thirteen-year-old cancer survivor Dereck Lau looks through a microscope under the watchful eye of Rosa-Maria Ferraiuolo (BSc 2009, PhD 2015), a research associate in biology professor Lisa Porter’s lab.
“Cancer Researcher for a Day” allows child cancer survivors to learn about work to find cures and better treatments.
Research associate Rosa-Maria Ferraiuolo and scientific director Lisa Porter of the Windsor Cancer Research Group accept a donation from regional president Kevin Laforet on behalf of Caesars Windsor.
“Nucleus: Core Labs Enabling Solutions” will create a virtual inventory of equipment housed through the community.
The Porter Lab at the University of Windsor received a major boost thanks to the efforts of a team of landscapers near Woodstock, Ontario.
By aerating, rolling and overseeding lawns last Saturday, Jason Stubbe and his team raised $170,326 during their annual Spring Yard Cleanup for Cancer. Stubbe said he has been passionate about raising money for cancer research ever since his father was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2006.
The March for Science, April 22 on Windsor’s riverfront, is one of more than 400 around the world.
The March for Science, April 22 on Windsor’s waterfront, is one of more than 400 around the world.
A collaborative session slated for April 7 will provide an opportunity to brainstorm on cancer research projects.
