Outwardly, Mark Sewell doesn’t seem like the type of guy who could dream up an extremely unhinged, über-violent, misguided, psychotic crime fighter.
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Tiny tropical fish much like minnows may hold the key to helping oncologists deliver more personalized and effective methods of treatments to their cancer patients.
That’s the aim of Indrajit Sinha, CEO of Biomedcore, a Tecumseh medical diagnostics company that worked with biology professor Lisa Porter on setting up an experimental system to grow cancer cells in zebrafish and see how they respond to a variety of drug therapies.
A little bit of rebelliousness can create positive change in the world, but misdirected, can lead to all kinds of negative consequences. Being a rebel with a cause is key, according to psychology professor Kathryn Lafreniere.
Claire Sanders was finishing an undergraduate degree at the University of Alberta when her fascination with birds began. Now she’s living her dream.
“I took an ornithology class in my final year and I’ve been hooked on birds ever since,” she said. “I start talking about birds and I can’t stop.”
May 10th, 2013
A scientist born in Windsor but who now conducts his research at New York’s Columbia University will discuss how a natural product derived from plants like aloe vera may slow the progress of such neurodegenerative diseases as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s when he appears as a featured speaker at a conference here next week.
An award-winning researcher from California and long-time collaborator with the Los Alamos National Laboratory will speak here tomorrow about his efforts to help create the equivalent of “hurricane charts” that help predict when structures might fail.
Children who tend to snack in the evening spend more time watching television and playing video games and their portion sizes get larger with the more screen time they get, according to a master’s student in kinesiology.
May 6th, 2013
Award-winning research conducted in part by a scientist at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research could lead to better advisories about the safe consumption of fish as well as improved methods for screening chemicals before they’re released into the environment.
The process of discovery is a universally motivating factor and every time Alex Waugh and Sabrina Botsford learn something new, they’re a little more inspired to scratch deeper below the surface of their respective research subjects.
“It’s almost like a puzzle, and each and every little achievement you make makes you want to go deeper in to it,” said Botsford.
May 2nd, 2013
Besides the obvious benefits of bringing together hundreds of scientists who study natural health products, a UWindsor biochemist hopes a major conference here next week will help people realize the potential of an already growing industry that could create new jobs and growth in that sector.