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Sunday, September 12
MORNING
Continental Breakfast - Visit the Exhibits & Posters
Plenary Session V: Imaging/Therapy Combinations and Guiding Therapeutic
Choices in Cancer
Co-chairs: Andreus Jacobs and Chrit Moonen
One of the promises of molecular imaging is the ability to "watch"
the distribution of therapeutics in vivo. Whether it is immune cell therapy,
radioimmunotherapy or new chemotherapies, there is a need for early and accurate
assessment of biodistribution and response. This symposium is designed to discuss
imaging and therapies as cooperative endeavors.
Plenary Session VI: Imaging in Aging and Neurological Disease
Co-Chairs: Mike Welch and Brian Ross
Great strides have been made in imaging neuroreceptors, transporters and neuronal
function in vivo. Imaging holds the promise of pre-morbid diagnosis of specific
diseases where no alternative exists. The purpose of this session is to highlight
cutting edge imaging research in neurological disease.
AFTERNOON
1 - 2:30 PM CONCURRENT GROUP 3
Symposium IX: Oncogenesis, Angiogenesis and Disease Progression
Co-chairs: Ralph Weissleder and Martin Pomper
Symposium IX is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Schering
AG
This symposium addresses the promise of early detection and determination of
disease progression with a focus on cancer. The purpose of this symposium is
to provoke the chemist, molecular biologist and clinician into thinking about
current methods and future targets for cancer therapy and detection.
Symposium X: Methods of Multimodality Imaging: Fusion Instruments &
Software Solutions
Co-chairs: David Piston and Jerry Glickson
Symposium X is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Bruker Biospin
MRI Inc.
Imaging modalities can be synergistic, yielding more information when combined
than when separately deployed. These can be linked with multifunctional detectors
or by combination devices. This session brings the expertise of different fields
to bear on the problem of seeking to complement the limitations of individual
modalities by using more than one.
Symposium XI: Imaging in Drug Discovery and Drug Development
Co-chairs: Henry Van Brocklin and Bill Eckelman
Co-Sponsored by the Society of Non-Invasive Imaging in Drug Development (SNIDD)
The arena of drug discovery is fraught with overwhelming combinations of chemical
structures, complexities of biodistribution and difficult response measures.
The goal of this symposium is reveal how imaging can refine our preclinical
and clinical studies by providing more data faster-from discovery to the clinic.
Symposium XII: Late Breaking Session
Co-chairs: Mike Moseley and Alexi Bogdanov
The purpose of the late-breaking papers is to provide attendees with information
about research that was initiated or completed after the original abstract deadline
of June 25, 2004 and is submitted by the late-breaking abstract deadline of
August 12, 2004.
2:45 - 4:15 PM CONCURRENT GROUP 4
Symposium XIII: Advances in Clinical Molecular Imaging
Co-chairs: Steve Larson and Zaver Bhujwalla
This symposium calls on the imaging researcher and clinician to cooperate in
bringing the knowledge of both areas into new diagnostic and treatment strategies
and to update biologists of the methods that already have applicability in the
clinic.
Symposium XIV: Enhancing Delivery and Traversing Barriers
Co-chairs: Jan Schnitzer and Kathy Ferrara
Barriers exist everywhere, undermining our attempts to deliver targeted diagnostic
probes and therapeutics. The goal of this symposium is to review the latest
data defining barrier functions at the cell membrane, whole cell, interstitium
and organ level and highlight novel strategies to traverse these barriers.
Symposium XV: Chemistry of Multifunctional Probes
Co-chairs: Sam Achilefu and Vijay Sharma
Imaging modelities can be linked molecularly with multifunctional probes combining
PET/SPECT/MRI and optical techniques to exploit their most favorable attributes
in a variety of applications. This session explores the design, synthesis, and
characteristics of combination probes.
Symposium XVI: Imaging Gene Therapy and Advanced Vector Design
Co-chairs: Sam Gambhir and June-Key Chung (Seoul)
Gene therapy holds promise for tailored treatment in the future of individualized
medical care. This symposium will update the promise and pitfalls of gene therapy
with a focus on the role of imaging in the development, delivery, and assessment
of advanced vectors.
4:15 PM Adjourn
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Secretariat
Joan Oefner
email: joefner@molecularimaging.org
Director of Education
Charles Metzger
email: cmetzger@molecularimaging.org
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