Radiobiology and Imaging (RBI) Program Annual Retreat 2015
Date: April 24, 2015, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Location: SCTR 8-146AB
Keynote Speaker:
Zeljko Vujaskovic, MD, PhD
Director, Division of Translational Radiation Sciences
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Maryland
Agenda:
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 8:45AM | Breakfast | |
| 9:00 AM | Chi Dang, MD, PhD | Welcome and Overview of the ACC |
| 9:15 AM | Rahim Rizi, PhD | Use of Hyperpolarized MRI for Studying the Pulmonary System |
| 9:30 AM | Lin Z. Li, PhD | Developing redox imaging methods for cancer diagnosis and prognosis: an update |
| 9:45 AM | Ann Kennedy, D.Sc | Is the Development of Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) a Major Problem for Radiation Oncology Patients? |
| 10:00 AM | Sydney Evans, VMD, MS | Evolving role of microvesicles in the outcome of GB patients |
| 10:15 AM | Break | |
| 10:45 AM | David Mankoff, MD, PhD | Molecular Imaging Biomarkers for Cancer Therapy |
| 11:00 AM | Jerry Glickson, PhD | Molecular Imaging of Tumor Metabolism & Biomarkers of Therapeutic Response |
| 11:15 AM | Alan Mitteer (Fan Lab) | Proton beam radiation induces DNA damage and cell apoptosis in glioma stem cells through reactive oxygen species |
| 11:30 AM | Robert Mach, PhD | PET Radiotracers for Oncological Imaging applications |
| 11:45 AM | Sergei Vinogradov, PhD | Phosphorescence Lifetime Microscopy of Oxygen |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:00 PM | Zeljko Vujaskovic, MD, PhD | Keynote Presentation: Radiation-Induced Lung Injury: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies |
| 2:00 PM | Mariana Cooke, PhD (Dorsey Lab) | Molecular characterization of EGFR mutation in High-Grade Glioma Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) at Single Cell Resolution |
| 2:15 PM | Daniel Pryma, MD | Pre-clinical development of alpha emitting radiotherapeutics: 211At-MABG and 211At-MM3 |
| 2:30 PM | Break | |
| 2:45 PM | Alex Lin, MD | A Novel Approach to Targeting Hypoxia and Improving Radiotherapy Efficacy for Head and Neck Cancer. |
| 3:00 PM | Costas Koumenis, PhD | The role of the microbiome in the tumor response to radiation: Preliminary studies |
| 3:15 PM | Andrew Tsourkas, PhD | Engineering molecular imaging agents and targeted therapeutics |
| 3:30 PM | Charles Simone, MD | Evolving Role of PET for Assessing Treatment Response and Inflammatory Complications Following Radiation Therapy. |
| 3:45 PM | Timothy Zhu, PhD | Singlet oxygen explicit dosimetry for Photodynamic therapy |