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.
View 2023 Workshop Agenda & BRochure
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Events by Category
Past events are grouped by category. Click on the box below to view agendas, recordings and/or notes that may have been recorded (if any)
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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
Date/Time: March 5th & 6th, 2020
Description: The March 2020 Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 MRI Technology Development Workshop includes lectures, hands-on training and discussions on dissolution DNP methodology, polarizer instrumentation, MR Sequence and Acquisitions, Chemistry & Production Preps, Clinical Translation, and Analysis & Display Software. Registration is now closed. Recordings of the workshop can be found in the link below:
2020 Workshop - Recordings & Brochures
Date/Time: Thursday, March 15-Friday, March 16, 2018
Master of Ceremonies: Dr. Dan Vigneron
Description: The Hyperpolarized MRI Technology Resource Center (HMTRC) is a Biomedical Resource Technology Center whose mission is to develop new advances in dissolution DNP techniques & instrumentation, specialized data acquisition methodology, and analysis software for biomedical research.
Downloadable Content:
Date/Time: Thursday, March 23 - Friday, March 24, 2017
Master of Ceremonies: Dr. Dan Vigneron
Description: The March 2017 Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 MRI Technology Development Workshop includes hands-on training, lectures, and discussions on dissolution DNP methodology, polarizer instrumentation, MR Sequence and Acquisitions, Bioreactors, Animal Preps, Chemistry & sterile Pharmacy Preps, Clinical Translation, and Software.
Downloadable Content:
2017 Brochure
On-line Workshop Presentations (Morning Sessions)
On-line Workshop Presentations (Evening Sessions)
Date/Time: Tuesday, March 29 - Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Description: The March 2016 Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 MRI Technology Development Workshop includes hands-on training, lectures, and discussions on dissolution DNP methodology, polarizer instrumentation, MR Sequence and Acquisitions, Bioreactors, Animal Preps, Chemistry & sterile Pharmacy Preps, Clinical Translation, and Software.
Downloadable Content:
2016 Brochure
On-line Workshop Presentations (Morning Sessions)
On-line Workshop Presentations (Evening Sessions)
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 26, 2015,11:00am-4:00pm
Description: The Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 MRI Technology Development Workshop on Hyperpolarized Probes includes presentations that focus on new probe developments and also two 30 minute panel discussions associated with the pre-clinical and clinical needs of the collaborative projects for new probes.
Downloadable Content:
2015 Brochure
Date/Time: Tuesday, March 11 & 12th, 2014, 8:00am-8:00pm
Description: 2014 HMTRC Workshop The March 2014 Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 MRI Technology Development Workshop includes lectures, hands-on training and discussions on dissolution DNP methodology, polarizer instrumentation, MR Sequence and Acquisitions, Bioreactors, Animal Preps, Chemistry Preps and Software.
Downloadable Content:
2014 Brochure
On-line Workshop Presentations
Date/Time: Friday, January 10, 2014, 9:30am
Description: Coil Day at UC Berkeley
Location: Cory 140, the newest instructional lab (donated by TI and Agilent)
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 8:30am-3:30pm
Description: 2013 HMTRC Retreat The UCSF Hyperpolarized MRI Technology Resource Center (HMTRC) will be holding a center retreat focused on the recent and future technological developments of the center. The retreat will include presentations from each of the Technology Research and Development (TR&D) projects on technical development updates and future directions followed by a poster session during lunch and each of the poster presenters are invited to present a summary of their poster.
Location: Presidio, Golden Gate Club, Hawthorn Room (135 Fisher Loop, San Francisco, CA 94129)
Date/Time: Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 8:00am-8:00pm
Description: 2013 HMTRC Workshop The March 2012 Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 MRI Technology Development Workshop includes lectures, hands-on training and discussions on dissolution DNP methodology, polarizer instrumentation, MR Sequence and Acquisitions, Bioreactors, Animal Preps, Chemistry Preps and Software.
Location: Mission Bay, Genentech Hall Auditorium (600 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158)
2012 Brochure
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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.
**We are processing the recordings and gathering presenter permissions to post the seminar recordings. Please check back soon**
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.
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.
Date/Time: Thursday, December 17th, 2020
Title: International HP C-13 MRI Seminar Series Kick-off
Details: Virtual Meeting, Hosted by: Dr. Dan Vignernon, HMTRC Director, UCSF
On November 19th, 2020 the Center hosted our International HP C-13 MRI Seminar Series Kick-off. Click to watch the presentations below:
Date/Time: Thursday, November 19th, 2020
Title: UCSF's Mini-Symposium on Denoising
Details: Virtual Meeting, Hosted by: Dr. Jeremy Gordon & Dr. Peder Larson
On November 19th, 2020 the Center hosted a virtual mini-symposium that discussed noise reduction techniques for hyperpolarized MRI. This forum showcased several techniques in development and discussed their merit. View the agenda below. For more information about presentations or resources email [email protected].
Introductory Remarks with Dr. Jeremy Gordon, Assistant Professor & TR&D1 leader
Overview of Denoising in MRI with Dr. Nicholas Dwork, Postdoctoral Scholar
Denoising and Fitting for in-vivo Spectroscopy with Dr. Donghyun Hong, Postdoctoral Scholar
Higher Order SVD Denoising on Patients with Glioma with Dr. Sana Vaziri, Postdoctoral Scholar
Denoising with Patch-based Higher Order Singular Value Decomposition in the Brain
with Dr. Yaewon Kim, Postdoctoral Scholar
Tensor Signal Enhancement and Optimal Multi-channel Receiver Combination
with Dr. Hsin-Yu Chen, Postdoctoral Scholar
Denoising, B1 Correction, and Kinetic Modeling on Patients with Liver Tumors
with Philip Lee, Graduate Student
Discussion & Closing Remarks Moderated with Dr. Peder Larson, Associate Professor & TR&D3 leader
& with Dr. Nicholas Dwork, Postdoctoral Scholar
Bio E 297 - Hyperpolarized MRI Seminar
Dates: Summer 2019: June 28 thru August 23
Flyer:
Date/Time: Thursday, July 12, 2018, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Title: Development and Translation of Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 Cancer Imaging for Therapy Response Monitoring
Speaker: Dr. Zi Zhu, PhD
Details: Genentech Hall, N-114, Hosted by: Dr. Dan Vigneron, PhD
Date/Time: Friday, February 02, 2018, 10:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m.
Title: Diamonds On The Inside: Imaging Nanodiamonds with Hyperpolarized MRI
Speaker: David Waddington, PhD, University of Sydney, Australia
Details: Mission Bay, Byers Hall 212 Hosted by: Dr. Dan Vigneron, PhD
Link to Bio: here
Link to Abstract: here
Date/Time: Thursday, January 25, 2018,11:30 a.m - 12:30 p.m.
Title: Cardiac Hyperpolarized Magnetic Resonance – Physiology and Pathophysiology
Speaker: Dr Michael S. Dodd DPhil, MBiochem, MRSB, Novo Nordisk Fellow, Cardiac Metabolism Research Group, University of Oxford
Details: Mission Bay, Byers Hall 215, Hosted by: Dr. Dan Vigneron, PhD
Link to Abstract: here
Date/Time: Thursday, January 18, 2018, 11:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m.
Title: Guest Talk
Speaker: Dr. Simone Angela Walker. Biomedical Engineer, Research Associate, Stanford University, CA
Details: Mission Bay, Byers Hall 215 Hosted by: Dr. Dan Vigneron, PhD
Date/Time: Tuesday, December 12, 2017, 3:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m.
Title: Development of High Spatiotemporal Resolution Imaging of Hyperpolarized C-13 Compounds using the Balanced Steady-State Free Precession Sequence
Speaker: Eugene Milshteyn, Graduate Student, Bioengineering
Details: Mission Bay, Byers Hall 212
Event Flyer: here
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 25, 2017, 11:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m.
Title: Role of Data Analysis in Precision Medicine-Metabolic Dosimetry
Speaker: Dr. James Slater RPh, PhD, Director of Education and Special Projects for Isotope Imaging
Details: This lecture is the first in a series of five to explore how major advancements in data analysis provide critical information for addressing individualized treatment planning and how data analysis translates to the clinical world. We will focus on the use of clinical and imaging data to predict pharmacokinetics and targeting of drugs. Mission Bay, Byers Hall 215 Hosted by: Dr. Dan Vigneron, PhD
Date/Time: Thursday, November 17, 2016,11:00am-12:00pm
Title: Interleaved Echo-Planar Imaging of Hyperpolarized Molecules: From Rats to Humans
Speaker: Justin Lau, PhD Candidate, University of Toronto
Details: Mission Bay, Byers Hall 212 Hosted by: Dr. Dan Vigneron, PhD
Date/Time: Monday, June 27, 2016,11:00am-12:00pm
Title: Substrate selection in the hypertrophic and failing mouse heart
Speaker: Matthew Merritt, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Florida, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Details: Mission Bay, Byers Hall 212
Date/Time: Tuesday, July 28, 2015,11:00am-12:00pm
Title: Increased TCA Cycle Turnover in the Failing Heart: A Role for Anaplerotic Therapy
Speaker: Matthew Merritt, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Advanced Imaging Research Center, Radiology
Details: Mission Bay, Byers Hall 212
Date/Time: Summer Quarter 2015; July 9 - August 27
Title: UCSF Bioengineering 297: Hyperpolarized MR Seminar
Description: Hyperpolarized NMR and MRI is an emerging modality that can be used to study biochemical reactions, including metabolic conversion, as well as pH, redox potential, perfusion, transport, and more. It has promising clinical applications for cancer imaging, as well as potential for novel experiments in pre-clinical models and cells. This modality is enabled by the development of Dissolution Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP), which requires specialized equipment to prepare a hyperpolarized solution for experiments. This course covers the mechanisms behind Dissolution DNP and experimental considerations.
Location: Mission Bay, Byers Hall 215 (Lectures); Biomedial NMR & Surbeck Laboratory (Lab)
Details: Thursday 2:00pm-3:00pm (lecture) & 3:00pm-5:00pm (lab) Hosted by: Dr. Peder Larson
Date/Time: Thursday, April 30, 2015, 2:30pm-3:30pm
Title: Modeling and Model-Based Imaging of HP Substrates
Speaker: James A. Bankson, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Diagnostic Imaging
Details: Mission Bay, Byers Hall 212
Date/Time: Winter Quarter 2015; January 19 - March 20, MW-2:00pm-3:30pm
Title: UCSF Bioengineering 241: Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Description: This course assumes a basic understanding of magnetic resonance physics and will cover in detail the topic of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy including both in vitro and in vivo applications. The course will cover basic theory, underlying biochemistry and physiology, basic and advanced techniques for acquiring and processing MR spectroscopic data, and biomedical applications for this emerging medical imaging modality. The course will also have four hands-on labs that will allow students to actually acquire and analyze spectroscopy data from human tissue extracts, a 3D cell culture bioreactor and a murine model of cancer. In addition to 2 didactic lectures per week, the course will have weekly discussion sessions focused on understanding the material covered in both lectures and labs. While not a pre-requisite, taking either Bioengineering 240, Biomedical Imaging 201, or a similar course that covers the basics of magnetic resonance imaging or NMR is advised. (Lecture & Lab)
Details: Mission Bay, Byer Hall 215 (Lectures); Biomedical NMR Lab (Lab) Hosted by: Dr. John Kurhanewicz, Guest Lecturer: Dr. Peder Larson
Date/Time: Thursday, January 15, 2015,12:15pm-1:15pm
Title: Technology Innovation at GE Healthcare
Speaker: Michael J. Harsh, Vice President and Executive Advisor GE Ventures
Details: Mission Bay, Mission Hall 1401
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 18, 2014,11:00am-12:00pm
Title: Redox molecular imaging using in vivo DNP-MRI
Speaker: Hideo Utsumi, PhD, Professor, Research Managing Director, Innovation Center for Medical Redox Navigation, Kyushu University
Details: Mission Bay, Byers Hall 215
Date/Time: Friday, October 3, 2014, 10:30am-11:30am
Title: Substrate Selection in Heart Failure
Speaker: Mathew Merritt, PhD, Assistant Professor University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Advanced Imaging Research Center, Radiology
Details: Mission Bay, Byers Hall 212
Date/Time: Thursday, March 6, 2014, 1:00pm-2:00pm
Title: Nonlinear Gradient Encoding: Design and Implementation on a 3T Human Scanner
Speaker: Leo Tam, PhD, Post-doctoral Fellow Yale University, Biomedical Imaging
Details: Mission Bay, Byers Hall 212
Date/Time: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 4:00pm-5:00pm
Title: Dynamic metabolic imaging with 3D spiral CSI for hyperpolarized [2-13C]pyruvate
Speaker: Sonal Josan, PhD, Senior Research Scientist Stanford University Department of Radiology
Details: Mission Bay, Byers Hall 212
Date/Time: Thursday, January 16, 2014,12:00pm-1:00pm
Title: Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 Studies of Intermediary Metabolism: Gluconeogenesis in the Liver, Compartmentation and Substrate Competition in the Heart
Speaker: Matthew Merritt, PhD, Assistant Professor
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Advanced Imaging Research Center, Radiology
Details: Mission Bay, Byers Hall 215
Date/Time: Summer Quarter 2013; July 2 – August 13, 2013; Tuesdays – 3:00pm-3:45pm (lectures); 3:45pm-4:30pm (lab)
Title: UCSF Bioengineering 297: Hyperpolarized MR Seminar (Lectures & Lab)
Instructors: Peder Larson, PhD; Cornelius vonMoze, PhD; David Wilson, MD, PhD; Subramaniam Sukumar, PhD, and Mark van Criekinge
Details: Mission Bay, Byers Hall 215 (Lectures); Biomedical NMR Lab or Surbeck Lab for Advanced Imaging (Lab)
Description: Hyperpolarized NMR and MRI is an emerging modality that can be used to study biochemical reactions, including metabolic conversion, as well as pH, redox potential, perfusion, transport, and more. It has promising clinical applications for cancer imaging, as well as potential for novel experiments in pre-clinical models and cells. This modality is enabled by the development of Dissolution Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP), which requires specialized equipment to prepare a hyperpolarized solution for experiments. This course covers the mechanisms behind Dissolution DNP and experimental considerations. Attendance in this course and completion of a practical HyperSense operation Exam is required to used the Oxford Instruments HyperSense DNP polarizers at UCSF.
Date/Time: Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 10:00am-11:00am
Title: Advances in Free Radical Imaging Using Overhauser-Enhanced MRI
Speaker: Brandon Armstrong, PhD, Post-doctoral Fellow Harvard University, Department of Physics
AA., Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital
Details: Mission Bay, Byers Hall 215
Date/Time: Tuesday, February 12, 2012,10:30am
Title: Regulation of Renal Urea Transport
Speaker: Dr. Jeff M. Sands, MD, Professor of Medicine and Physiology,
Renal Division Director
Emory University
Details: Mission Bay, Byers Hall 212
Date/Time: Winter Quarter 2012; January 11 – March 12, MW – 2:00pm-3:30pm
Title: UCSF Bioengineering 241: Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Faculty: Faculty: Drs. John Kurhanewicz, Dan Vigneron, Sarah Nelson, Sabrina Ronen, Susan Moyher Noworolski, Duan Xu, Peder Larson
Details: Mission Bay, Byers Hall 212
Course Description: This course will cover a broad spectrum from basic MR physics to clinical applications of MR spectroscopy that provides noninvasive physiologic and biochemical information. The course will cover basic theory, underlying biochemistry and physiology, basic and advanced techniques for acquiring and processing MR spectroscopic data, and biomedical applications for this emerging medical imaging modality. Bio-engineering 240, which provides basics of conventional MR imaging, is not a pre-requisite but is advised.
Date/Time: Monday, February 6, 2012, 3:30pm-4:30pm
Title: Visualising Cardiomyocyte Function Using Hyperpolarised Carbon-13 Magnetic Resonance
Speaker: Marie Schroeder, PhD, Sir Henry Wellcome Post-doctoral Fellow,
Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics
University of Oxford
Details: Mission Bay, Byers Hall 212
Date/Time: Friday, December 9, 2011, 10:00am-11:00am
Title: Oxygen Images of Tumors in Living Animals from Mice to Rabbits and Beyond
Speaker: Professor Howard Halpern, MD, PhD, Center for EPR Imaging In Vivo Physiology,
Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology,
University of Chicago
Details: Mission Bay, Byers Hall 212
Date/Time: November 27 – December 2, 2011
Title: RSNA 2011 Presentation - Basic Principles of Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy
Speaker: Michael Ohliger, MD, PhD
Details: RSNA Conference; Space Number: LL-MIE2453
Date/Time: November 27 – December 2, 2011
Title: Educational Exhibit - Visualization and Analysis of Dynamic MRSI and Perfusion MRI Using the Open-Source SIVIC Software Framework
Details: RSNA Conference; Space Number: LL-INE1174
Date/Time: Monday, July 18, 2011, 4:00pm-5:00pm
Title: High Frequency Dynamic Nuclear Polarization in Rotating Solids -- Amyloid and Membrane Proteins
Speaker: Professor Robert Griffin, PhD, Director, Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Details: Mission Bay, Byers Hall 212
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Other Events
Date/Time: Monday, June 26, 2017, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Event: Exit Seminar
Title: Development & Translation of 3D Dynamic Hyperpolarized 13C MR Metabolic and Perfusion Imaging From Mice to Patients
Speaker: Dr. Hsin-Yu Chen, Bioengineering Graduate Group
Details: Mission Bay, Byers Hall 212 Hosted by: Dr. Dan Vigneron, PhD
Date/Time: Monday, December 12, 2016, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Event: Exit Seminar
Title: Rapid & Robust Non-Cartesian Magnetic Resonance Imaging Methods
Speaker: WenWen Jiang, Graduate Student
Details: Mission Bay, Genentech Hall N-114/Winsley Room Hosted by: Drs. Peder Larson (UCSF) & Michael "Miki" Lustig (UC Berkeley)
Date/Time: Thursday, February 23, 2012; 4:30pm
Publications Featured: 1) Lau AZ, Chen AP, Hurd RE, Cunningham CH. Spectral-spatial excitation for rapid imaging of DNP compounds. NMR in Biomedicine. 2011. doi:10.1002/nbm.1743 2) Mansson S, Petersson JS, Scheffler K. Fast metabolite mapping in the pig heart after injection of hyperpolarized (13)C-pyruvate with low-flip angle balanced steady-state free precession imaging. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2012. doi:10.1002/mrm.24183 3) Wiesinger F, Weidl E, Menzel MI, Janich MA, Khegai O, Glaser SJ, Haase A, et al. IDEAL spiral CSI for dynamic metabolic MRI imaging of hyperpolarized [1-(13)C]pyruvate. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2011. doi.10.1002/mrm.23212
Details: Mission Bay, Byers Hall 209
Date/Time: Thursday, January 19, 2012; 4:30pm
Publications Featured: Witney TH, Kettunen MI, Brindle KM. Kinetic Modeling of Hyperpolarized 13C Label Exchange between Pyruvate and Lactate in Tumor Cells. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2011; 286(28): 24572-24580.
Details: Mission Bay, Byers Hall 209
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