Siyaram Pandey was skeptical when he was first approached by a local oncologist who was curious about cancer patients who had been drinking dandelion tea and seemed to be getting better.
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Every morning when they go to work in their Essex Hall biochemistry lab, PhD students Pam Ovadje and Dennis Ma get an inspirational reminder of why they’re there. Mounted on the door to that lab is a plaque dedicating the space to the memory of Kevin Couvillon, who died at the age of 26 in November 2010, after a three-year battle with acute myeloid leukemia.
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Professor Praveen K. Saxena will deliver a presentation entitled “Introducing Novel Natural Health Products into the Canadian Market: An integrated system for developing safe and effective plant based medicines,” on March 5 at Leamington’s Roma Club.
The presentation is sponsored by the University of Windsor’s Vice-President, Research, in collaboration with the Windsor Essex Economic Development Commission and is of especial interest to researchers and enterprises involved in the agri-food and natural product industries.
Stephen Loeb is clearly reticent about tooting his own horn, but as far as friends and colleagues are concerned, it’s high time the chemistry professor was recognized for a career of consistently producing cutting edge research and cranking out top quality graduate students from his lab.
In her highly controversial 1962 bestseller Silent Spring, author Rachel Carson argued that the uncontrolled and widespread use of such pesticides as DDT was killing a wide variety of birds that were facing the possibility of extinction if something wasn’t done to address the problem.
After years of conducting experiments based largely on trial and error, chemistry professor James Green has learned to manage his expectations for positive outcomes. However, he can’t deny the fleeting surge of excitement he felt when a compound he helped develop proved effective at killing certain types of cancer cells in preliminary lab tests.
Nanotechnology is miniaturization taken to the extreme, down to the size of atoms and molecules. Its applications impact a wide range of products from the textile, personal care, pharmaceutical, and electronic industries.
Award-winning chemist Tricia Carmichael will describe nanotechnology in general and in applications such as self-cleaning nanopants in a free public lecture Wednesday, January 18, at 7:30 p.m. at Canada South Science City.
Math and statistics professor Rick Caron calls chemistry professor emeritus Roger Thibert one of his favourite people. That is why he was so honoured to be named one of the inaugural recipients of the Roger Thibert Teaching Excellence Award, Monday at the Celebration of Teaching Excellence.
“I thought, if I’m going to get a teaching award, this is the one I want,” Dr. Caron said. “I feel such a kinship with the man for his dedication to his students.”
Three research projects involving a total of eight researchers from the University of Windsor, Windsor Regional Cancer Centre, Windsor Regional Hospital, and McGill University will share a total of $206,000 in funding from the Windsor & Essex County Cancer Centre Foundation.
The grants are made under the 2011 Seeds4Hope program, which supports innovative local cancer research.
The foundation’s president, Norma Brockenshire, said she was proud to support the work of the medical and research community.
Chantal Vallée, head coach of the national champion Lancers women’s basketball team, will discuss how she built a winning program and developed the character of her players in a presentation entitled “Lead to Succeed On and Off the Court” today during the 12th annual Athena Scholarship Luncheon.
The event, sponsored by the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce, will honour the three 2011 recipients of the Athena Scholarship: