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2024 PET-RTRC Annual Workshops & Scientific Session

February 20 - 22, 2024

Join us for the PET Radiotracer Translation and Resource Center (PET-RTRC) Workshops & Scientific Session. Registration is now open for the annual event, hosted by Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The PET-RTRC leverages the university’s expertise in PET radiotracer design, development, training and use with that of research groups throughout the country who are studying molecular and cellular processes of interest to facilitate the development and dissemination of novel PET radiotracers.



See below for more information about our upcoming workshops and scientific session. For more information or questions about the schedule, contact Michelle Hoelscher.

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Imaging of Immunotherapy Workshop

Eric P. Newman Education Center
Seminar Room A

Morning Program

Moderator: Michael Nickels, PhD; Gyu Seong Heo, PhD

All times CST

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am

Welcome

Robert Gropler, MD

9:10 am

Radiation and the Immune System: From Imaging to Immunomodulation

Carolina de Aguiar Ferreira, PhD

9:55 am

Imaging Components of the Immune System: Imaging Secreted Markers/Cytokines

Kirstin A. Zettlitz, PhD

10:40 am

Break

11:00 am

Tools for Imaging: Immune Imaging with Antibodies/Nanobodies

Patrícia Ribeiro Pereira, PhD

11:45 am

Tools for Imaging: Immune Imaging with Peptides/Small Molecules

Henry VanBrocklin, PhD

Afternoon Program

Moderator: Buck Rogers, PhD; Gyu Seong Heo, PhD

All times CST

1:30 pm

Imaging of the Immune System: Macrophage Imaging

Yongjian Liu, PhD

2:15 pm

Imaging of the Immune System: T-Cell Imaging

Oluwatayo “Tayo” Ikotun, PhD

Developments in Neuroimaging + FDA Regulatory Updates Workshop

Eric P. Newman Education Center
Seminar Room A

Morning Program

Moderator: Buck Rogers, PhD; Ying Hwey Nai, PhD

All times CST

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am

Introduction

Michael Nickels, PhD

9:10 am

Updates in Imaging Biomarkers of Neuroinflammation

Aisling Chaney, PhD

9:55 am

Challenges in the Prediction of Compounds Crossing the BBB

Vijay Sharma, PhD

10:40 am

Break

11:00 am

Exploring Neuroinflammation Using Diffusion MR Imaging

Qing Wang, PhD

11:45 am

Imaging Neuroinflammation for CNS

Matthew Brier, MD, PhD

Afternoon Program

Moderator: Michael Nickels, PhD; Ying Hwey Nai, PhD

All times CST

1:30 pm

FDA Regulatory Update 1

Reiko Oyama

2:15 pm

FDA Regulatory Update 2

Peter Scott, PhD

Morning Program: Isotope Production, Theranostics, and Imaging Facility Tours

9:00–11:00 am
Meet at the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center lobby

Afternoon Program: Scientific Session

Learn more about the speakers.
All times CST

Eric P. Newman Education Center
Seminar Room A

12:30 pm

Mechanistic Determinants of Cardiac Inflammation and Fibrosis

Moderator: Yongjian Liu, PhD

Kory Lavine, MD, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine

1:15 pm

Inflammation PET Imaging with Novel PET Tracers

Moderator: Yongjian Liu, PhD

Gyu Seong Heo, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine

1:35 pm

Break

1:50 pm

Clinical Needs for Molecular Imaging of Non-Malignant Lung Disease

Moderator: Aisling Chaney, PhD

Steven Brody, MD
Washington University School of Medicine

2:35 pm

PET Imaging of Lung Inflammation-Fibrosis Axis by Targeting Chemokine-Like Receptor 1 (CMKLR1)

Moderator: Aisling Chaney, PhD

Sina Tavakoli, MD, PhD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

3:00–4:30 pm

Poster Session

Farrell Learning and Teaching Center Hearth

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