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Various in vivo and in vitro imaging methods were discussed, such as optical imaging, ultrasound, CT, PET, SPECT, MRI, multi-modality imaging, new molecular imaging agents and probes and the application of imaging to drug development.

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Saturday, September 8, 2007
17:00 - 17:05 Welcome by Johannes Czernin and Tom Budinger
17:15 - 17:30 Meeting Preview by Sam Gambhir
17:30 - 18:30
Opening Keynote Presentation: 
Sir George Radda, Head of the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics
University of Oxford, England
Genes, Transcription and Metabolic Control:
Targets for Molecular Imaging
18:30 - 20:00 Welcome Reception: Joint Conference Exhibits Officially Open
Sunday, September 9, 2007
07:00 Registration
08:00 - 09:30
PLENARY I: Molecular Biology of Disease
1. Robert Balaban, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Maryland, USA
  Molecular Biology of Disease (Topic TBD)
2. Michal Neeman, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
  Molecular Imaging: Revealing Regulatory Pathways of Tumor Angiogenesis
3. Michael Schäfers, University Hospital Münster, Germany
 
  High Resolution PET in Cardiovascular Molecular
Imaging -
Challenges and Current Developments
09:30 - 10:15 Coffee Break - Visit the Exhibits & Posters
10:15 - 12:00
CONCURRENT 1
10:15 - 12:00
Advances in Ultrasound Probes
Young Investigators
New Cancer Probe Development
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch Break; Visit Exhibits & Posters
13:30 - 15:15
CONCURRENT 2
13:30 - 15:15
Novel Imaging for Clinical Studies
Imaging Gene Expression
Measures of Cancer Treatment Efficacy
15:15 - 16:00 Coffee Break - Visit the Exhibits & Posters
16:00 - 17:00 Poster Session I - Probes, Instrumentation & Gene Expression Topics
17:00 - 18:45
CONCURRENT 3
17:00 - 18:45
New PET/SPECT Instrumentation
Cardiovascular
Imaging 1
Imaging Cancer Gene Expression
18:45                Adjourn, Free Evening
Monday, September 10, 2007 
07:00 - 08:00 Registration
08:00 - 09:30
PLENARY II: Imaging in Drug Development
1. Darrick Fu, PhRMA, Washington D.C., USA
  Imaging in Drug Development: Promise, Threats, and Opportunities
2. John Kotyk, Washington University School of Medicine, Missouri, USA
  Imaging and Translational Research at Washington University School of Medicine
3. Scott D. Patterson, Amgen, California, USA
 
  Parallel Analysis Technologies ('omics) for
Pharmacodynamics and Stratification in Early Drug Development
09:30 - 10:15 Coffee Break - Visit the Exhibits & Posters
10:15 - 12:00
CONCURRENT 4
10:15 - 12:00
Optical Instrumentation & Probes 1
Animal Models of Inflammation & Disease
New Methods for Cancer Detection
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break; Exhibit Hall Open & Posters
13:00 - 14:45
CONCURRENT 5
13:00 - 14:45

Quantitation 1

Cancer Probe Chemistry

Cell Surface and Lymphatics Targeting

14:45 - 15:30 Coffee Break - Exhibit Hall Open & Posters
15:30 - 16:30 Poster Session II - Cancer, Animal Models, Cardiovascular, Novel Clinical and Quantitation Topics
16:30 - 17:30
CONCURRENT 6
16:30 - 17:30

Quantitation 2

MR Instrumentation and Probes

Cardiovascular
Imaging 2

17:30 - ADJOURN - Gala Dinner Event
Tuesday, September 11, 2007 
07:00 - 08:00 Grantsmanship: NIH Research Funding Opportunities
08:00 - 09:30
PLENARY III: Quantitative Imaging
1. Steve Bacharach, UC San Francisco, USA  Quantitation in PET and SPECT
  Quantitative PET Imaging: Promise and Reality
2. John Frangioni, Harvard, USA  Optical Imaging
  Signal and Background Considerations in Optical Imaging
3. Brian Rutt, Robarts Institute, Ontario, Canada,  MRI
 
  Quantitation and Limits of Detection in Cellular
and Molecular MRI
09:30 - 10:15 Coffee Break - Visit the Exhibits & Posters
10:15 - 12:00
CONCURRENT 7
10:15 - 12:00
Advances in PET/SPECT Probes
Imaging in Neurosciences 1
Cancer Imaging Instru-mentation & Analysis
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch Break; Exhibit Hall Open & Posters
13:30 - 15:15
CONCURRENT 8
13:30 - 15:15

Cell Trafficking

Imaging in Neurosciences 2

Other Cancer Topics

15:15 - 16:00 Coffee Break - Exhibit Hall Open & Posters
16:00 - 17:00 Poster Session III - Cancer, Neuroscience, Cellular, Stem Cell & Other Topics
17:00 - 18:45
CONCURRENT 9
17:00 - 18:45

Imaging of Stem Cells

Optical Instrumentation & Probes 2

18:45                                                        FINAL ADJOURNMENT

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