2025 PET-RTRC Annual Workshops & Scientific Session

February 18 - 20, 2025

Attendees in a seminar room at the 2024 PET-RTRC Workshops & Scientific Session.

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.

Morning Program

Moderator: Buck Rogers, PhD

All times CST

8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

8:30 am

Welcome

8:40 am

Current and Future PET Imaging Agents

9:40 am

Scanner/Suite Preparations (Calibration) – QC, Calibration of Gamma Counters and Scanners

10:10 am

Break

10:30 am

Animal Study Design/Acquisition of Animals

Lynne Jones

11:00 am

Scanning Protocols/Animal Handling

Nikki Fettig

11:30 am

Lunch


McDonnell Medical Sciences Building
Computer Lab, Room 100
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the preclinical hands-on session will now be held on Wednesday afternoon, and the clinical hands-on session will be held on Tuesday afternoon.

Afternoon Program

Moderator: Michael Nickels, PhD

All times CST

1:00 pm

Clinical Data Analysis Hands-On

Clinical Workshop
Eligible for up to 3.25 CME hours*

Eric P. Newman Education Center
Seminar Room B

Morning Program

Moderator: Michael Nickels, PhD

All times CST

8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

8:25 am

Human Study Design Overview

9:00 am

Scanner/Suite Preparations
Patient Prep and Scanning Procedures

Linda Becker

10:00 am

Consent Forms

Jennifer Frye

10:20 am

Break

10:40 am

Post Scanning Procedures/Patient Follow-Up

Kitty Harrison

11:00 am

Ask the Experts: FDA Regulations Roundtable Discussion

Reiko Oyama, Peter Scott, Henry VanBrocklin

12:00 pm

Lunch


McDonnell Medical Sciences Building
Computer Lab, Room 100
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the preclinical hands-on session will now be held on Wednesday afternoon, and the clinical hands-on session will be held on Tuesday afternoon.

Afternoon Program

Moderator: Buck Rogers, PhD

All times CST

1:00 pm

Preclinical Data Analysis Hands-On

* Accreditation: In support of improving patient care, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Awarded for this Activity – American Medical Association (AMA): Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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: Brain-Body Interactions

Learn more about the speakers.
All times CST

12:30 pm

Interrogating Brain/Heart Crosstalk by PET

Moderator: Matthew Brier, MD, PhD

Frank Bengel, MD
Hannover Medical School

1:30 pm

Imaging the Effects of Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy on Atherosclerotic CVD

Moderator: Matthew Brier, MD, PhD

Mandy van Leent, MD, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine

1:50 pm

Break

1:40 pm

Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Dementia using 11C-CS1P1 PET/MR Imaging

Moderator: Aisling Chaney, PhD

Hongyu An, PhD
WashU Medicine

2:40 pm

[11C]-CS1P1 PET in Multiple Sclerosis and the Effects of S1P-Modulators

Moderator: Aisling Chaney, PhD

Karl Friedrichsen, PhD
WashU Medicine

3:00 pm

Rapid Fire Talks

Moderator: Patrícia Ribeiro Pereira, PhD

10 presenters at 3 minutes each

3:30–5:00 pm

Poster Session

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For more information on the PET-RTRC, click here.