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The 2026 PET-RTRC Annual Workshops & Scientific Session will take place February 17–19, 2026.


Tu and Perlmutter Receive $3 Million for PET Tracer Research
Longtime collaborators Zhude (Will) Tu, PhD, and Joel S. Perlmutter, MD, were awarded $3 million over five years to investigate the use of PET and radiotracer [11C]CS1P1 to quantify neuroinflammation in Parkinson’s disease. Tu, serves as co-director of the PET-RTRC,…

PET Radiotracer Innovators Convene in St. Louis at 2025 PET-RTRC Workshops and Scientific Session
The PET Radiotracer Translation and Resource Center (PET-RTRC) at WashU Medicine Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR) hosted the sixth annual Workshops and Scientific Session from February 18–20, 2025. The event brings together members of the PET radiotracer community throughout the…

Fall/Winter 2024: PET-RTRC Newsletter
Get the latest updates about all things PET-RTRC including workshops, training sessions, publications and more. View newsletter here.

Advancing Immunotherapy for Heart Failure
A type of immunotherapy approved to thread arthritis and other inflammatory conditions could also help treat heart failure. With funding and collaboration from the PET-RTRC’s TR&D 2 project (led by Yongjian Liu, PhD) and a collaborative project led by Kory…

PET-RTRC Hosts Simon Cherry
In conjunction with the MIR Seminar Series, the PET-RTRC hosted Simon Cherry, PhD, from the University of California, Davis. Cherry, a professor emeritus with the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Radiology, presented “Advances in PET Technology and Implications…