Join Queen’s Health Sciences leaders and researchers to celebrate the opening of new, team-oriented research facilities and shared lab spaces in Botterell Hall (floor 5) and Abramsky Hall.

Our unique, first of its kind in North America “collaboratory” will provide learners with hands-on experiential learning to trainees so they have the skills required to support our ever-growing biomedical and healthcare sectors.

These labs will allow students to work on projects focused on neurotechnology, an established strength at Queen’s that applies brain sensing, imaging, or modulations technologies to solve real world problems, like diagnosing and treating brain disorders, understanding and modifying brain states, and even interfacing the brain with machines.

From teaching and experimental labs to a student collaboration workspace and motion capture room, learn about our newest spaces via speakers, tours, and hands-on demonstrations.

What: Media is invited to attend the official unveiling and tour the Discovery Labs

When: Friday, October 20, 10:30-12:00 pm

Where: Botterell Hall, room 568

Who: Available to speak to the media are:

1. Lynne Postovit, Head of the Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences at Queen’s University, to discuss the vision behind our Discovery Labs.

2. Michael Adams, Interim Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies, Queen’s Health Sciences can speak to the training and skills available to students.

3. Steve Scott, Vice-Dean Research, Queens Health Sciences can speak to the vision, and will lead the tour of the Neuroscience side in Abramsky Hall

QHS’s Discovery Labs were made possible by $1M from the Ontario government’s Training Equipment and Renewal Fund (TERF), and $1M in matching funding that included significant contributions from two QHS endowments: Julia F. Card Medical Research and the Dickinson Memorial Research Fund

Please RSVP to Julie Brown to confirm attendance.

Julie Brown

Manager, Media Relations

brown.julie@queensu.ca

343-363-2763