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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.

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Eric P. Newman Education Center
Seminar Room B

Morning Program

Moderator: Buck Rogers, PhD

All times CST

8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

8:30 am

Welcome

Robert Gropler, MD

8:40 am

Current and Future PET Imaging Agents

Yongjian Liu, PhD

9:10 am

Animal Study Design/Acquisition of Animals

Lynne Jones

9:40 am

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

Richard Laforest, PhD

10:10 am

Break

10:30 am

Scanning Protocols/Animal Handling

Nikki Fettig

McDonnell Medical Sciences Building
Computer Lab, Room 100

Afternoon Program

Moderator: Michael Nickels, PhD

All times CST

12:30 pm

Data Analysis Hands-On

Richard Laforest, PhD

Clinical Workshop
CME Eligible

Eric P. Newman Education Center
Seminar Room B

Morning Program

Moderator: Michael Nickels, PhD

All times CST

8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

8:30 am

Human Study Design Overview

Robert Gropler, MD

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

McDonnell Medical Sciences Building
Computer Lab, Room 100

Afternoon Program

Moderator: Buck Rogers, PhD

All times CST

1:30 pm

Image Analysis Procedures with Calculations Curve Fitting

Richard Laforest, 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

All times CST

Eric P. Newman Education Center
Seminar Room B

12:30 pm

TBD

Moderator: TBD

Frank Bengel, MD
Hannover Medical School

1:10 pm

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

Moderator: TBD

Karl Friedrichsen, PhD
WashU Medicine

1:30 pm

Break

1:40 pm

Alzheimer’s Diseases Related Dementia, S1P1/2

Moderator: Aisling Chaney, PhD

Hongyu An, PhD
WashU Medicine

2:20 pm

The Biology of Sphingosine 1-Phosphate Receptors

Moderator: Aisling Chaney, PhD

Hao Jiang, PhD
WashU Medicine

2:40 pm

Imaging the Effects of Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy on Atherosclerotic CVD

Moderator: Aisling Chaney, PhD

Mandy van Leent, MD, PhD
Icahn School of 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

Farrell Learning and Teaching Center Hearth

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