Jennifer Andrea wins Ontario/Baden-Württemberg Summer Research Fellowship

Jennifer Andrea received an Ontario/Baden-Württemberg Summer Research Fellowship to spend the summer in Heidelberg at the fabled Ruprecht-Karls-Universität and the German Cancer Research Institute.

Jen will work in a collaborate project on shared open source infrastructure for radiation therapy research (www.SlicerRT.org). Heidelberg is doubtless one of the most spectacular places in Europe, so I suppose Jen will have a constant stream of visitors :-)

Manjunath Anand receives BEST of B.E.S.T 2013 award at IRCAD

Manju returned with an award from the the B.E.S.T 2013 summer school at the world-famous IRCAD surgical robotics centre (http://www.ircad.fr/?lng=en) in Strasbourg, France.

Mattea Welch receives NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship M (PGSM) award

It is a great delight to announce that Mattea Welch received NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship M (PGSM) award.

Keep rolling, Mattea!

New industry partnership nets OCE support

The PerkLab received funding from Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) for building a new industry partnership for the research and development of biopsy guidance system. Although not a large project, it is the beginning of an industry prototype that will incorporate the Plus/SlicerIGT open-source platform.

Manjunath Anand receives the Principal’s Student Initiatives Fund to attend the B.E.S.T. 2013 course in Strasbourg

Manjunath Anand received the Principal’s Student Initiatives Fund to allow him attendance at the B.E.S.T. 2013 Onsite course in Strasbourg, France (http://www.ircad.fr/student/)

Matthew Holden receives a 2013-2014 Ontario Graduate Scholarship

Congratulations to Matthew Holden on receiving a 2013-2014 Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS). The award will support Matthew's reseach on "Percutaneous Intervention Workflow Segmentation".

Manjunath Anand receives Hamlyn Symposium 2013 Student Travel Award

Manju has received Hamlyn Symposium 2013 Student Travel Award.

Manju will present his paper on "Workspace Analysis and Calibration Method for Mobile Image Overlay System used for Image-Guided Interventions" at the at the 6th Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics will be held on Sunday, 23rd and Monday, 24th of June 2013 at the Royal Academy of Engineering, in London, UK.

Motorcycle Ride for Dad grant funding for electromagnetic catheter tracking in prostate brachytherapy

The Prostate Cancer Fight Foundation "Motorcycle Ride For Dad" awarded funding for the project Electromagnetic catheter tracking in transrectal ultrasound-guided high dose rate brachytherapy of prostate cancer. These funds were raised by the volunteers of the Kingston-Quinte chapter of the Motorcycle Ride For Dad.

Manjunath Anand wins Best Poster Award at Queen's Graduate Computing Society Conference

Manjunath Anand received the Best Poster Award at Queen's Graduate Computing Society Conference held in earlier this week. This achievement is all the more remarkable, as Manju is a mechanical engineering master's student. His research pertains to augmented reality surgical guidance with see-through image overlay technology. On to the next one, Manju!

CRA Awards go to our brilliant undergraduates

The Computing Research Association has announced its Undergraduate Research Awards for 2013: Mattea Welch was selected a Runner-Up for the Computing Research Association's Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award (Female). Eric Moult was selected Finalist in the Computing Research Association's Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award (Male).

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