Perk Lab receives $1,000,000 research infrastructure grant

The Canada Foundation for Innovation has approved Dr. Fichtinger's project on "Percutaneous Oncology Intervention Laboratory" at the tune of $400,000. Ontario and Queen's matching funds bring the total amount of the grant to $1M. Among 44 Institutions and 312 researchers funded, this was the second highest grant: http://www.innovation.ca/en/news/2008/12/12/18#queens. Many thanks to Karilee Reinbold, who took the lion's share in the preparation of the proposal!