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: Thursday September 28th, 9am PT
Zoom Details: 
Meeting ID: 862 0844 6107
Passcode: 482130

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: Thursday September 28th at 9am PT

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 Dates April 4-5th, 2024 with Pre-Meeting Events April 3rd Afternoon

Workshop

 2024 Workshop in April 

The April 2024 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.
 

Details to be released December 2023

 

 

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Workshops

Upcoming Workshops

HMTRC 2024 Workshop

Dates:
Workshop Dates April 4-5th, 2024 with Pre-Meeting Events April 3rd Afternoon

Workshop

2024 Workshop in April. 

The April 2024 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.

Details to be released December 2023


2023 Workshop - Recordings & Agenda

Date/Time: April 13-14th, 2023
Description:  The April 2023 Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 MRI Technology Development Workshop includes academic & vendor 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.

2023 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: Thursday September 28th, 9am PT
Zoom Details: 
Meeting ID: 862 0844 6107
Passcode: 482130

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: Thursday September 28th at 9am PT

 


2023 Seminars

Date/Time: Tuesday July 11th, 2023
Title: HMTRC Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Hosted Seminar 
Details: Virtual Meeting, Hosted by: Dr. John Kurhanewicz PhD, Professor, UCSF

The presentation on July 11th 2023 was titled "Development of Advanced 13C and 15N Molecular Probes for Hyperpolarized MRI Studies" by Shinsuke Sando, PhD, Professor from the Department of Chemistry & Biotechnology, University of Tokyo. 

  

 


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.

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.

       

 

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