Results of the ENCITE Hands-On "Small Animal Optical Imaging" Workshop
Indeed, the European Network for Cell Imaging and Tracking Expertise (ENCITE) recently supported a three days training course for researchers from 21-23 May 2012 with a very successful outcome. There was a great demand for the course: With 13 participants, it was fully booked and more than 10 persons were waitlisted. Students and scientists involved in bio imaging with a focus on cancer research showed high interest in the key topics such as state-of-the-art preclinical bioluminescence & fluorescence and multimodality imaging. Through the benefits of small animal imaging, users had direct access to novel technology for cancer research. It was hosted by the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), the Netherlands, and especially by the Knowledge Center For Experimental Molecular Imaging with the team under Prof. Clemens Lowik. Whole body preclinical optical imaging is an emerging field that has important implications in how we could utilise the use of light in drug therapy, diagnostics and during surgical intervention in our quest to tackle many different diseases such as cancer, brain diseases, cardiovascular disease, etc. The premise of such an approach is that if we can visualise pathological processes then we can more easily manage diseases by tracking its behaviour optically. Training researchers and clinicians in these new techniques form part of an ongoing initiative by ENCITE to educate and to prepare for eventual translation into the clinics. It is anticipated that development of optical tools and hardware for whole body optical imaging, in conjunction with already established clinical imaging modalities, MRI, x-ray, CT, ultrasound and PET, will form an important part of our approach to healthcare within the next decade. Details on the latest news: www.encite.org For further information please contact: European Institute for Biomedical Imaging Research (EIBIR), Project Coordination Neutorgasse 9, 1010 Vienna (AT) Phone: +43-1-5334064-20 office@eibir.org www.eibir.org www.encite.org Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Gabriel P. Krestin, ERASMUS MC, ehaas@eibir.org
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