Upcoming Events

We have many opportunities to connect with the Hyperpolarized MRI Technology Resource Center in research, collaboration, and training. Please see below for a list of our Upcoming Events.

Missed an Event? Check out our "Events by Category" Section for Agendas, Recordings and Meeting Notes (If Available).  EventS BY category 

 


International HP C-13 MRI Seminar Series

Date: TBD
Zoom Details: 
TBD
Description: The HMTRC Center welcomes you to join our International Seminar series on recent advances in HP MRI. This event is open to the public and will be hosted virtually.

Sign-up for updates on the 
HP c-13 Seminar series HERE

 

Next Seminar: TBD

We are currently looking speakers for January and February 2023. Please reach out to [email protected] if you are interested in presenting.

 

International Users Web Conferences

Date/Time: Varies
Web Conference

SPINlab Users Meeting: The International SPINlab Users Web conference is a bi-monthly meeting with researchers focusing on utilizing the GE polarizer for HP C-13 pre-clinical and translational research studies. If you are interested in joining the meetings, please contact [email protected]. Date/Time: Thursdays 8:30am PT, bi-monthly. View Our List of HP C-13 MRI Human Research Publications

SpinAligner Users Meeting: The International SpinAligner conference is a monthly meeting that allows for collaboration between sites to share tips that would be useful in conducting research with the SpinAligner. If you are interested in joining the meetings, please contact [email protected]. Date/Time: Thursdays, alternating between 8:30am PT and 2:30pm PT, monthly.

HMTRC 2023 Workshop

Dates:
Workshop April 13-14th, 2023

Workshop
 

 Save-the-Date 
2023 Workshop in April. 

The April 2023 Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 MRI Technology Development Workshop includes lectures, hands-on training and discussions on dissolution DNP methodology, polarizer instrumentation, MR Sequence and Acquisitions, Pre-clinical HP Chemistry Preps, Human HP Investigational Dose Formulation & Production, Clinical Translation Methods, Clinical Trial Support, and Analysis & Display Software.

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Workshops

Upcoming Workshops

HMTRC 2023 Workshop

Dates:
Workshop April 13-14th, 2023

Workshop

 Save-the-Date
2023 Workshop in April. 

The April 2023 Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 MRI Technology Development Workshop includes lectures, hands-on training and discussions on dissolution DNP methodology, polarizer instrumentation, MR Sequence and Acquisitions, Pre-clinical HP Chemistry Preps, Human HP Investigational Dose Formulation & Production, Clinical Translation Methods, Clinical Trial Support, and Analysis & Display Software.

View 2023 Workshop Agenda & BRochure


2022 Workshop - Recordings & Agenda

Date/Time: March 17th & 18th, 2022 
Description:  The March 2022 Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 MRI Technology Development Workshop includes lectures, hands-on training and discussions on dissolution DNP methodology, polarizer instrumentation, MR Sequence and Acquisitions, Pre-clinical HP Chemistry Preps, Human HP Investigational Dose Formulation & Production, Clinical Translation Methods, Clinical Trial Support, and Analysis & Display Software.Recordings of the workshop can be found in the link below:

2022 Workshop - Recordings & AGENDA 


Past Workshops 

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International Users Web Conferences

International Users Web Conferences

Date/Time: Varies
Web Conference

SPINlab Users Meeting: The International SPINlab Users Web conference is a bi-monthly meeting with researchers focusing on utilizing the GE polarizer for HP C-13 pre-clinical and translational research studies. If you are interested in joining the meetings, please contact [email protected]. Date/Time: Thursdays 8:30am PT, bi-monthly. View Our List of HP C-13 MRI Human Research Publications

SpinAligner Users Meeting: The International SpinAligner conference is a monthly meeting that allows for collaboration between sites to share tips that would be useful in conducting research with the SpinAligner. If you are interested in joining the meetings, please contact [email protected]. Date/Time: Thursdays, alternating between 8:30am PT and 2:30pm PT, monthly.

 

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Seminars

Upcoming Seminars:

 


International HP C-13 MRI Seminar Series

Date: TBD
Zoom Details: 
TBD
Description: The HMTRC Center welcomes you to join our International Seminar series on recent advances in HP MRI. This event is open to the public and will be hosted virtually.

Sign-up for updates on the 
HP c-13 Seminar series HERE


Next Seminar: TBD

We are currently looking speakers for January and February 2023. Please reach out to [email protected] if you are interested in presenting.

 


2022 Seminars

Date/Time: Thursday December 1st, 2022
Title: HMTRC Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Hosted Seminar 
Details: Virtual Meeting, Hosted by: Dr. Jeremy Gordon, PhD, Assistant Professor, UCSF

Presentations on December 1st, 2022 included "Dynamic Hyperpolarized 13C MRI of Pyruvate Metabolism in Patients with Glioma" by Yan Li, PhD, Assistant Professor from the University of California San Francisco Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging and "Our Initial Experience with SpinAligner" by Yi-Fen Yen, PhD, Assistant Professor from Harvard Medical School &  Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Radiology

       

*Dr Yi-Fen Yen's recording coming soon - to be posted with publication*


Date/Time: Tuesday September 27th, 2022
Title: HMTRC Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Hosted Seminar 
Details: Virtual Meeting, Hosted by: Dr. Robert Bok, MD, PhD, Professor, Director of Preclinical-Clinical Translation

Presentations on September 27th, 2022 included "Improving Multiparametric MR-Transrectal Ultrasound Guided Fusion Prostate Biopsies with HP 13C Pyruvate Metabolic Imaging: A technical development study" by Hsin-Yu Chen, PhD, Senior Bioengineer from the University of California San Francisco Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging and "Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging & Metabolic Characterization of Patient-derived Xenograft Models of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma" by Renuka Sriram, PhD, Assistant Professor, TR&D2, HMTRC Executive Member from the University of California San Francisco Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging. 

       

*Dr. Sriram's presentation coming soon - to be posted with publication*


Date/Time: Tuesday August 16th, 2022
Title: HMTRC Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Hosted Seminar 
Details: Virtual Meeting, Hosted by: Dr. Dan Vignernon, HMTRC Director, UCSF

Presentations on August 16th, 2022 included "Clinical Translation of Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 Imaging in Patients with Glioma" by Adam Autry, PhD
Research Specialist from the University of California San Francisco Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging 
and "Hyperpolarised 13C-MRI for Targeting Glycolytic Tumour Core in Prostate Cancer" by Nikita Sushentsev, MD, PhD Student and Gates Scholar from University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine
Department of Radiology.

       


Date/Time: Wednesday June 22nd, 2022
Title: HMTRC Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Hosted Seminar 
Details: Virtual Meeting, Hosted by: Dr. Dan Vignernon, HMTRC Director, UCSF

On June 22nd, 2022 Ferdia Gallagher, MD, PhD, Professor of Translational Imaging from the University of Cambridge Department of Radiology presented on
"Imaging Metabolism and Metabolic Heterogeneity in Oncology". Click below on the image to view the recorded presentation.

       


Date/Time: Tuesday June 21st, 2022
Title: International HP C-13 MRI Seminar Presentations
Details: Virtual Meeting, Hosted by: Dr. Roselle Abraham, MD, Cardiologist, UCSF

Presentations on June 21st, 2022 included "Quantification of Whole-heart Hyperpolarized 13C-pyruvate MRI" by Dr. Peder Larson, PhD, Associate Professor from the University of California San Francisco Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging and "Cardiac Function Through a HP lens - Lessons & Opportunities from Probing Human Cardiac Metabolism with HP 13C-Labeled Substrates" by Vlad G. Zaha, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine & Biomedical Engineering, Division of Cardiology & Advanced Imaging Research Center Medical Director from UT Southwestern Medical Center Cardio-Oncology Program, Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center. 

       

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Date/Time: Thursday June 2nd, 2022
Title: International HP C-13 MRI Seminar Presentations
Details: Virtual Meeting, Hosted by: Dr. Peder Larson PhD, Associate Professor, UCSF

Presentations on June 2nd, 2022 included "Creating Consensus Protocols for Hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI" by Peter J. Niedbalski, PhD, Research Assistant Professor
from the University of Kansas Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine and "Building a Consensus in the HP C-13 Community" by Dr. Peder Larson, PhD, Associate Professor from the University of California San Francisco Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging.
 

       


Date/Time: Thursday February 17th, 2022
Title: International HP C-13 MRI Seminar Presentations
Details: Virtual Meeting, Hosted by: Dr. Michael Ohliger, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology, HP Radiologist Leadership Committee, UCSF

Presentations on February 17th, 2022 included "HP 13C MR Acquisition Developments: Updates from UCSF" by Dr. Jeremy Gordon, PhD, Assistant Professor, 
TR&D1 Leader, HMTRC Executive Committee Member
, from the UCSF Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging and "Hyperpolarized 13C MRI of the Human Brain" by Dr. Charles Cunningham, PhD, Professor of Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto and Senior Scientist at the Sunnybrook Research Institute.

       


Past Seminars:

The center faculty, researchers and staff host and participate routinely in a variety of seminars to share recent HP MRI technology & findings. Below you will find a sample of some of the seminars our members have participated in.

2021 Seminars

Date/Time: Tuesday December 7th, 2021
Title: International HP C-13 MRI Seminar Presentations
Details: Virtual Meeting, Hosted by: Dr. Zhen Jane Wang, HP Center Medical Director & Professor, UCSF

Presentations on December 7th, 2021 included "Applications of HP 13C-MRI in Prostate Cancer - UCSF Experience" by Dr. Robert Bok, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, TR&D2 Leader, HMTRC Executive Committee Member, from the UCSF Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging and "Clinical Hyperpolarised 13C MRI in Breast Cancer" by Dr. Ramona Woitek, PhD, Senior Research Associate and Honorary Consultant Radiologist, University of Cambridge Department of Radiology.

       


Date/Time: Tuesday, September 28th, 2021
Title: International HP C-13 MRI Seminar Presentations
Details: Virtual Meeting, Hosted by: Dr. Andrew Riselli, PharmD, RPh, HP Research Pharmacist, UCSF

Presentations on September 28th, 2021 included "Considerations for Translation of Hyperpolarized [1-13C]pyruvate to Clinical Use" by Dr. Christoffer Laustsen, PhD,
Professor and Research Director at The MR Research Centre at Aarhus University Department of Clinical Medicine 
and "Assessing Response to Therapy in Patients with Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer" by Dr. James Bankson, PhD, Professor, Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Diagnostic Imaging at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. 

       


Date/Time: Thursday, July 15th, 2021
Title: International HP C-13 MRI Seminar Presentations
Details: Virtual Meeting, Hosted by: Dr. Peder Larson PhD, Associate Professor, UCSF

Presentations on July 15th 2021 included "Imaging metabolic impairment in neurological disorders using HP 13C" By Dr. Myriam Chaumeil, PhD Associate Professor of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences, from University of California San Francisco, Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging and "Recent methodological developments in dDNP from the Ardenkjær-Larsen Lab" by Dr. Jan Henrik Ardenkjaer-Larsen, PhD, Professor, Head of section for MRI, from Technical University of Denmark Department of Health Technology MRI

       


Date/Time: Thursday, June 29th, 2021
Title: International HP C-13 MRI Seminar Presentations
Details: Virtual Meeting, Hosted by: Dr. Renuka Sriram PhD, Assistant Professor, UCSF

Presentations on June 29th 2021 included "Imaging of the tumor microenvironment and pH using hyperpolarized 13C" By Dr. Robert Flavell, MD, PhD
Associate Professor Chief, Molecular Imaging & Therapeutics from UCSF Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging
 and "Imaging treatment 
response with clinical hyperpolarized 13C-MRI" By Dr. Ferdia Gallagher, MD, PhD, Professor of Translational Imaging from University of Cambridge Department of Radiology

       


Date/Time: Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
Title: International HP C-13 MRI Seminar Presentations
Details: Virtual Meeting, Hosted by: Dr. Jeremy Gordon, PhD, Assistant Professor, UCSF

Presentations on April 22nd, 2021 included "Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 in Diffuse Liver Disease" By Dr. Michael Ohliger, MD, PhD Associate Professor, Abdominal & Liver Radiologist, HP Radiologist Leadership Committee Member from UCSF and "New Coils, Sequences, and Probes for Preclinical Hyperpolarized MRI" By Dr. Cornelius von Morze, PhD, Assistant Professor of Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. 

       


Date/Time: Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021
Title: International HP C-13 MRI Seminar Presentations
Details: Virtual Meeting, Hosted by: Dr. Dan Vignernon, HMTRC Director, UCSF

Presentations on February 23rd, 2021 included "Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 Studies in Brain Tumors at UCSF" By Dr. Javier Villanueva-Meyer, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology in Neuroradiology, HP Radiologist Leadership Committee from 
UCSF and "Hyperpolarized MRI Research at UT Southwestern" By Dr. Craig Malloy, MD, Richard A. Lange Chair in Cardiology, Professor & Medical Director of the Advanced Imaging Research Center from UT Southwestern Medical Center.

       


Date/Time: Thursday, January 28th, 2021
Title: International HP C-13 MRI Seminar Preclinical Presentations
Details: Virtual Meeting, Hosted by: Dr. John Kurhanewicz PhD, Professor, UCSF

Presentations on January 28th 2021 included "Hyperpolarized 13C Metabolic Biomarkers of Castrate Resistant and Metastatic Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer" By Dr. Renuka Sriram PhD, Associate Researcher, UCSF and "Hyperpolarized Dihydroxyacetone is a Sensitive Detector of Hepatic Glucose Metabolism" By Dr. Matthew Merritt PhD, Associate Professor U. of Florida. 

          

 

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