BIRC NEWS
Two Western U researchers receive grants to find solutions for arthritis
2023 Imaging Conferences
Seminar Series presentation slides available
June 3rd, 2022 Seminar Series: Dr. Mohammad Mehrmohammadi's presentation titled "Light and sound work together to enable the next generation of intellingent theranostic systems" slides are now available HERE
Events
BIRC Newsletter 2023 - Issue 9
BIRC Seminar Series
Dr. Munitta Muthana will be giving a talk titled "Nanobugs as Drugs: Bacterial Derived Nanomagnets Enhance Tumour Targeting and Oncolytic Activity of Cancer Killing Viruses" on April 4th, 2023 at 11am in MSB 148 At Western. The presentation will take place in person. To join via Zoom please contact westernubirc@uwo.ca
PeMS Seminar Series
Dr. Patrick Veit-Haibach will be giving a talk (title TBD) on April 14th, 2023 at 12pm in Shuttleworth Auditorium at SJHC. The presentation will take place in person. To join via Zoom please contact westernubirc@uwo.ca
Dr. Patrick Veit-Haibach is a dual-certified Radiologist and Nuclear Medicine Physician. His research interests focus on multi-modality molecular imaging strategies, particularly combined PET/MRI and PET/CT, perfusion- and hypoxia-imaging. Current projects involve clinical and preclinical molecular imaging research in esophago-gastric cancer, hematological and lymphomatous malignancies, breast cancer, HCC, sarcoma and ENT cancer as well as hybrid-modality hypoxia imaging and machine learning endeavors in PET
PRECLINICAL IMAGING CONSORTIUM
The 6th annual Preclinical Imaging Consortium (formerly Midwest Preclinical Imaging Consortium) will take place on Wednesday, May 10 through Friday, May 12, 2023 at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
Registration HERE and more information HERE
Job opportunities
Lawson Health Research Institute (London, Ontario) in association with Siemens Healthcare Limited are offering a three-year Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PDF) involving the application of MRI and PET/MRI for detecting microbiome bacteria. The project will focus initially on MRI, but will provide an opportunity for the applicant to gain knowledge and skills in PET/MRI.
Job descriptions and qualifications HERE
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