Events & Seminars

2025 Spring Seminar Series Schedule Coming Soon!

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    Friday

    13

    December

    2024

    1:15pm

    Ipek Özdemir, Ph.D.

    Instructor in Radiology and Radiological Sciences

    Director, MR Research Division Machine Learning

    John Hopkins School of Medicine

    "Downfield MR Spectroscopic Imaging of the Human Brain"

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     

     


     

    Friday

    22

    November

    2024

    1:15pm

    Zhangyan Yang

    Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering

    Vanderbilt University

    "Advances in High Resolution Functional MRI of Squirrel Monkey Brain at 9.4T MRI"

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     

     


     

    Friday

    8

    November

    2024

    1:15pm

    Todd Constable, Ph.D.

    Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson 

    Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

    Professor of Neurosurgery

    Co-Director MRI Research Center, Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Yale University School of Medicine

    "New Developments in Accessible MRI"

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     

     

    Friday

    15

    November

    2024

    1:15pm

    Charles Caskey, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    "Ultrasound in the Brain and Beyond"

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     

     


     

    Friday

    1

    November

    2024

    1:15pm

    Lori Jordan, MD, Ph.D.

    Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology, and Radiology

    Endowed Directorship in Pediatric Stroke Research

    Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    "Stroke Prevention in Sickle Cell Disease: Global Challenges, Advanced Neuroimaging, & Brain Health"

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     

     


     

    Friday

    25

    October

    2024

    1:15pm

    Jeffrey M. Spraggins, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor, Department of Cell & Development Biology

    Director, Mass Spectrometry Research Center

    Director, VU Biomolecular Multimodal Imaging Center

    School of Medicine

    Vanderbilt University

    "Bringing Human Disease into Focus Through Integrated Multimodal Molecular Imaging"

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     

     


     

    Friday

    18

    October

    2024

    1:15pm

    Mark T. Wallace, Ph.D.

    Louise B. McGavock Chair of Neuroscience

    Professor of Psychology

    Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Hearing & Speech Sciences, Pharmacology, and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

    Vanderbilt University

    "From the Lab to Immersive Environments: Studies of Multisensory Processes in Increasingly Naturalistic Settings"

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     

     


     

    Friday

    27

    September

    2024

    1:15pm

    Katie Van Schaik, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Musculoskeletal Imaging

    Assistant Research Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Assistant Professor of Classic and Mediterranean Studies

    Vanderbilt University 

    "Unveiling the Past to Inform the Future: Assessing Skeletal Trauma and Bone Aging in Historical an Modern Postmortem Cohorts with AI-Mediated and Morphological Methods"

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     

     


     

    Friday

    20

    September

    2024

    1:15pm

    Jonathan Wall, Ph.D.

    Distinguished Professor

    The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

    College of Medicine - Knoxville

    Amyloidosis and Cancer Theranostics Program

    University of Tennessee Medical Center

    "TBA"

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     

     


     

    Friday

    13

    September

    2024

    1:15pm

    Fiona E. Harrison, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor of Medicine

    Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism

    Director, Vanderbilt Neurobehavioral Core

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    "Determining Manganese Exposure and Risk for Neurodevelopmental Disorders"

    View abstract

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220
     

     


     

    Friday

    6

    September

    2024

    1:15pm

    Aize Cao, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor, Biomedical Data Science

    School of Applied Computational Sciences

    Meharry Medical College

    "Patient Characteristics of Pregnant and Postpartum Women with Substance Use Disorders: Insights from a Residential Treatment Program and the NIH All of Us Initiative"

    View abstract

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     

     


     

    Friday

    26

    April

    2024

    1:15pm

    Kristin O'Grady, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor, Radiology & Radiological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    "Imaging the thoracolumbar spinal cord: insights, challenges, and applications in an understudied anatomy"

    View abstract

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     

     


     

    Friday

    19

    April

    2024

    1:15pm

    Tyrone Porter, Ph.D.

    Department Chair, Professor of Biomedical Engineering

    Donald J. Douglass Centennial Professorship in Engineering

    The University of Texas at Austin

    "The diversity of lipid-coated nanoparticles in Biomedical applications"

    View abstract

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     

     


     

    Friday

    12

    April

    2024

    1:15pm

    Derek Archer, Ph.D.

    Research Assistant Professor of Neurology

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    "Large-scale white matter assessment to understand neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease"

    View abstract

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     


     

    Friday

    5

    April

    2024

    1:15pm

    Xinqiang Yan, Ph.D.

    Research Associate Professor of Radiology & Radiological Sciences, Electrical and Computer Engineering 

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    "Unveiling Recent Innovations in MRI RF Coil: Importance of Customized, Flexible, Low-Cost and Wireless Coils"

    View abstract

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     


     

    Friday

    22

    March

    2024

    1:15pm

    Rupsa Bhattacharjee, Ph.D.

    Associate Specialist in Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Department

    University of California, San Francisco

    "Multi-directional Pieces to the Osteoarthritis Puzzle"

    View abstract

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     


     

    Friday

    8

    March

    2024

    1:15pm

    John Gore, Ph.D.

    Director, VUIIS 

    Hertha Ramsey Cress Chair in Medicine

    University Distinguished Professor, Radiology & Radiological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Physics and Astronomy, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    "Magical Thinking in Magnetic Resonance"

    View abstract

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     


     

    Friday

    1

    March

    2024

    1:15pm

    Daniel Gonzales, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

    Vanderbilt Brain Institute

    Vanderbilt University

    "Neurotechnologies for Combining Optical and Electrical Approaches in Vivo"

    View abstract

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     


     

    Friday

    23

    February

    2024

    1:15pm

    Lucas Sainburg

    Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    "Informing Epilepsy Surgery with Advanced Functional Neuroimaging"

    View abstract

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     

     


     

    Friday

    16

    February

    2024

    1:15pm

    Michael J. Benson, Ph.D.

    Mechanical Engineer, Collection Science and Engineering

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

    "MRI, Engineering, and ORNL"

    View bio

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     


     

    Friday

    9

    February

    2024

    1:15pm

    Audrey Bowden, Ph.D.

    Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips Chancellor's Faculty Fellow

    Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering

    Vanderbilt University

    "A New Look for Bladder Cancer Detection"

    View abstract

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     


     

    Friday

    2

    February

    2024

    1:15pm

    Nate Kelm, Ph.D.

    Medical Student in Medical Innovators Development Program, School of Medicine

    Vanderbilt University

    "Life After VUIIS: Embracing the Unexpected"

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     


     

    Friday

    19

    January

    2024

    1:15pm

    Daniel Moyer, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Computer Science

    Vanderbilt University

    "Invariance-based Harmonization on dMRI"

    Due to weather, this seminar will be held virtually through ZOOM
    Please RSVP to vuiisadmin@vumc.org to receive the link for the meeting.

     


     

    Friday

    26

    January

    2024

    1:15pm

    Imam Uddin, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, School of Medicine

    Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering

    Vanderbilt University

    "Oligonucleotide-based Nanoscale Engineering for Optical Imaging Applications"

    View abstract

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220
  • Friday

    13

    January

    2023

    1:00pm

    Eben Rosenthal

    Professor and Chair, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    "Safety of Antibody Based Molecular Imaging"

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     


     

     

    Friday

    20

    January

    2023

    1:00pm

    Amanda Mejia

    Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics

    Indiana University Bloomington

    "Precise Functional Brain Mapping with Targeted Bayesian Methods for fMRI Data"

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     


     

     

    Friday

    27

    January

    2023

    1:00pm

    Arthur Fleischer, Ph.D. 

    Professor, Radiology & Radiological Sciences - Department of Biomedical Informatics

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    "Theranostic Ultrasound: New and Future Applications"

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     

     

    Friday

    3

    February

    2023

    1:00pm

    Saikat Sengupta, Ph.D.

    Research Assistant Professor, Radiology & Radiological Sciences - VUIIS

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    "Tackling Metallic Needle and Motion Artifacts in MRI: Stories of Inspiration from Life Outside the Lab"

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     

    Friday

    10

    February

    2023

    1:00pm

    Jin Chen, Ph.D.

    Professor of Medicine and Cell and Developmental Biology,

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    "Prime Metabolic Microenvironment for Immunortherapy-contribution of Cancer Cells and Tumor Vessels"

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     

    Friday

    17

    February

    2023

     

    NO LECTURE

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    Friday

    24

    February

    2023

    1:00pm

    Fan Lam, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    "Towards Multiplexed, Multiparametric Molecular Imaging of the Brain"

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     

    Friday

    3

    March

    2023

     

    NO LECTURE


     

    Friday

    10

    March

    2023

     

    NO LECTURE


     

    Friday

    17

    March

    2022

     

    SPRING BREAK - NO LECTURE


     

    Friday

    24

    March

    2023

    1:00pm

    Ivis Chaple, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

    "Nuclear Medicine Imaging: From Benchtop to Bedside" 

    Abstract
    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     

     

    Friday

    31

    March

    2023

    1:00pm

    Xiaoyu Jiang, Ph.D.

    Research Assistant Professor, Clinical Radiology & Radiological Sciences

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science  

    "Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Pathological Changes in Liver Microstructure: Characterization, Validation, and Clinical Implications"

    Abstract
    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     

    Friday

    7

    April

    2023

     

    NO LECTURE


     

    Friday

    14

    April

    2023

    1:00pm

    Ashley Stokes, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor, Department of Translational Neuroscience

    Barrow Neurological Institute

    "Assessment of Structural and Functional Changes in Neurodegenerative Disease Using Multiparametric MRI"

    Abstract
    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     

    Friday

    21

    April

    2023

     

    NO LECTURE


     

    Friday

    28

    April

    2023

    1:00pm

    Heather Whitney, Ph.D.

    Research Assistant Professor, Radiology

    University of Chicago

    Abstract

    "AI of Medical Imaging: Aspects in Repeatability, Robustness, and Analysis at Scale"

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     

    Friday

    5

    May

    2023

    1:00pm

    Pai-Feng Yang, Ph.D.

    Research Assistant Professor, Radiology & Radiological Sciences

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    "Optogenetic Stimulation Elicits Robust Electrophysiological and fMRI Signals in the Primate Brain" 

    Abstract
    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

    Friday

    8

    September

    2023

    1:00pm

    Changho Choi, Ph.D.

    Research Professor, Radiology and Radiological Science

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    "Proton MR Spectroscopy in the Human Brain"

    AbstractMRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     


     

    Friday

    15

    September

    2023

    1:15pm

    Keith Sudheimer, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences

    Southern Illinois University

    "Neuroimaging-Based Targeting Algorithms for Personalized Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation"

    Abstract

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     


     

    Friday

    22

    September

    2023

    1:15pm

    Alicia Cronin

    Ph.D. Candidate

    Western University in London Ontario Canda

    "Can Biomarkers of Recovery be Determined Non-Invasively Using MRI in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy Patients?"

    Abstract

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     


     

    Friday

    29

    September

    2023

    1:15pm

    Adam Rosenberg, Ph.D.

    Research Assistant Professor, Radiology & Radiological Sciences

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    "Automation of Molecular Imaging Agent Manufacture in a cGMP Regulated Environment"

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     


     

    Friday

    6

    October

    2023

    1:15pm

    Xiaohong Joe Zhou, Ph.D.

    Professor of Radiology, Neurosurgery, and Bioengineering

    The University of Illinois at Chicago

    "Probing Tissue Heterogeneity Using Diffusion MRI"

    Abstract

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     


     

    Friday

    20

    October

    2023

    1:15pm

    Kim Sandler, MD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology and Radiological Science

    Vanderbilt University

    "Advancements in Clinical Implementation and Machine Learning Utilization in Lung Cancer Screening"

    Abstract

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     

    Friday

    27

    October

    2023

    1:15pm

    Elizabeth Hutchinson, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

    The University of Arizona

    "Microstructural MRI Using Diffusion in Pre-Clinical Models of TBI and AD"

    Abstract

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     

    Friday

    3

    November

    2023

    1:15pm

    Christos Constantinidis, Ph.D.

    Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Stevenson Chair, Neuroscience, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

    Vanderbilt University 

    "Adolescent Cognitive Development in a Non-Human Primate Model"

    Abstract

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     

    Friday

    10

    November

    2023

    1:15pm

    Allison Payne, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences

    University of Utah

    "Treating Breast Cancer with Imaging and Sound"

    Abstract

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     


     

    Friday

    17

    November

    2023

    1:15pm

    Tony Phipps, Ph.D.

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    "Targeting and Safety for MR Guided Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation"

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

    Friday

    1

    December

    2023

    1:15pm

    Chase Mu

    Graduate Student, Biomerdical Engineering

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    "Multi-parametric MRI and PET Imaging of Rat Spinal Cord Injury"

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

     

  • Friday

    9

    September

    2022

    1:00pm

    Jonathan Martin

    Graduate Student

    Vanderbilt University

    RF Pulse Design at the Edges: Using Inhomogeneous Transmit Fields at 7T and 47.5mT

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220


    Friday

    16

    September

    2022

    1:00pm

    Benjamin Hardy

    Graduate Student

    Vanderbilt University

    Probing the limits of resolution, signal, and time for MR Microscopy at 15.2T and the experimental demonstration of diffusion's effects in tiny voxels ( Δx < 10 µm)

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220


    Friday

    23

    September

    2022

    1:00pm

    Seth Smith, Ph.D. 

    Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering and Ophthalmology

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Lessons in Spinal Cord Imaging at 7T

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220


    Friday

    30

    September

    2022

    1:00pm

    Anirban Sengupta, Ph.D.

    Research Fellow

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Resting State Functional Connectivity in non-human primates

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220


    Friday

    7

    October

    2022

    1:00pm

    Shanshan Jiang, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences

    John Hopkins

    Amide Proton Transfer Weighted MRI to Visualize Active Tumor and Genetic Markers in Glioma

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220


    Friday

    28

    October

    2022

    1:00pm

    Jared Cobb, Ph.D.

    Director of Population Health and Patient Engagement Technologies

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center

     

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220


    Friday

    4

    November

    2022

    1:00pm

    Mandy Mejia, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Statistics

    Indiana University

     

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220


    Friday

    11

    November

    2022

    1:00pm

    Meaghan O'Reilly, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor, Medical Biophysics

    University of Toronto

     

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220


    Friday

    2

    December

    2022

    1:00pm

    Desmond Campbell, Ph.D.

    Program Manager, Collaborative for STEM Education and Outreach

    Vanderbilt University

     

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220


    Friday

    9

    December

    2022

    1:00pm

    Henry Ong, Ph.D.

    Program Manager, Department of Biomedical Informatics

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center

     

    MRBIII Lecture Hall Room 1220

  • Friday

    07

    January

    2011

    1:00pm

    William Grissom

    GE Global Research, Munich, Germany

    Monitoring Temperature in Moving Organs using MRI

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

     

    Friday

    14

    January

    2011

    1:00pm

    Brian Welch

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    Body Composition Imaging

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

     

    Thursday

    20

    January

    2011

    12:00pm

    Lori Arlinghaus

    Vanderbilt University

    Old  tricks for a new dog: Translating quantitative MR techniques from imaging of the brain to imaging of the breast at 3T

    cancerImaging_seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room 1220)

     

     

     12:00pm

    Dewei Tang

    Vanderbilt University

    TSPO related 

    cancerImaging_seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room 1220)

     

     

    Friday

    21

    January

    2011

    1:00pm

    Bruce Damon

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    NIH 101 

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

     

    Friday

    28

    January

    2011

    1:00pm

    David Smith

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    Applications of Compressive Sensing MRI

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

     

    Monday

    31

    January

    2011

    1:00pm

    Stephen Bruehl

    Vanderbilt University

    Pain, Anger, and Endogenous Opioid Mechanisms

    Neuroimaging Seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

     

     

    Thursday

    03

    February

    2011

    12:00pm

    Joint CIG-ICMIC Seminar

    Desmond Cambell

    Vanderbilt University

    Advancing Nuclear Breast Imaging with High Purity Germanium Detectors

    cancerImaging_seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

     

     

     

    12:00pm

    Eliot McKinley

    Vanderbilt University

    High Throughput Screening for TSPO Ligand Discovery

    cancerImaging_seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

     

     

    Friday

    04

    February

    2011

    1:00pm

    Ash Jayagopal

    Vanderbilt Dept. of Chemistry

    Nanoscale Probes for Optical Imaging of RNA in Disease

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

     

    Friday

    11

    February

    2011

    1:00pm

    Anuj Srivastava

    Florida State University

    Statistical Shape Analysis of Parametrized Curves and Surfaces with Applications to Anatomical Objects

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

     

    Monday

    14

    February

    2011

    1:00pm

    Baxter Rogers

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    Funtional Connectivity Profile of the Human Hippocampus

    Neuroimaging Seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

     

     

    Thursday

    17

    February

    2011

    12:00pm

    Matthew Hight

    Vanderbilt University

    Microfluidic Production of Novel 18F labeled TSPO Binding Ligands

    cancerimaging_seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

     

     

     

    12:00pm

    Lindsay Johnson

    Vanderbilt University

    A Radiation Dose-Based Comparison of PET and SPECT for Imaging Bone Metastases

    cancerimaging_seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

     

     

    Friday

    18

    February

    2011

    12:00pm

    Lindsay Johnson

    Vanderbilt University

    A Radiation Dose-Based Comparison of PET and SPECT for Imaging Bone Metastases

    cancerimaging_seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

     

     

    Friday

    25

    February

    2011

    1:00pm

    Roman Shchepin

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    Synthesis of Hyperpolarized Tracers for RealTime Metabolic MRI of Breast Cancer

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

     

    Monday

    28

    February

    2011

    1:00pm

    Francesca Bagnato

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    Neuroimaging Seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

     

     

    Thursday

    03

    March

    2011

    12:00pm

    Gennifer Goode

    Vanderbilt University

    Knockdown of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Altered Tumorigenic Properties of Human Breast Carcinoma Cell Lines

    cancerImaging_seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

     

     

     12:00pm

    Jennifer Whisnant

    Vanderbilt University

    Functional and Molecular Imaging of Treatment Response in a murine model of HER2+ breast cancer

    cancerImaging_seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

     

     

    Friday

    04

    March

    2011

    1:00pm

    John Gore

    VUIIS

    Bogus Science 

     

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

     

    Monday

    07

    March

    2011

    1:00pm

    No Meeting - Spring Break

    Neuroimaging Seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

     

     

     

     

    Friday

    11

    March

    2011

    1:00pm

    No Seminar - Spring Break

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

     

     

     

    Friday

    18

    March

    2011

    1:00pm

    Seth Smith

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    The fewer the facts, the stonger the opinion - Arnold Glasgow. Why go small in MRI?

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

     

    Monday

    21

    March

    2011

    1:00pm

    James Blair

    Vanderbilt University

    PAICOD STUDY - Peri-Anesthetic Imaging of Cognitive Decline. Imaging What and How?

    Neuroimaging Seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

     

     

    Wednesday

    23

    March

    2011

    12:00pm

    Emily Hewett

    PerkinElmer Inc.

    Interrogating a Broad Range of Oncology Biomarkers using Novel In Vivo Imaging Agents
    Note: Time Change - 2-3pm, AA-1119

    cancerImaging_seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

     

     

    Thursday

    24

    March

    2011

    12:00pm

    Richard Baheza

    Vanderbilt University

    Breast microcalcification detection using MRI

    cancerImaging_seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

     

     

     

    12:00pm

    Jack Virostko

    Vanderbilt University

    Optical Imaging of Radionuclides

    cancerImaging_seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

     

     

    Friday

    25

    March

    2011

    1:00pm

    Mark Does

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    Probing white matter microstructure with MRI

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

     

    Monday

    28

    March

    2011

    1:00pm

    Uma Rao

    Meharry Medical College

    Reward Systems and Decision-making in Adolescents

    Neuroimaging Seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

     

     

    Friday

    01

    April

    2011

    1:00pm

    Nkiruka Atuegwu

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    Incorporation of DW-MRI Data into a Simple Model of Tumor Growth: Preliminary Results

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

     

    Monday

    04

    April

    2011

    1:00pm

    Tricia Thornton-Wells

    Vanderbilt University

    The neural basis of heightened empathy in Williams syndrome: an fMRI study of the auditory mirror neuron system

    Neuroimaging Seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

     

     

    Thursday

    07

    April

    2011

    12:00pm

    Joint CIG-ICMIC Seminar
    Stephanie Barnes

    Vanderbilt University

    Modeling the effect of diffusion on DCE-MRI parameterization
    and Investigating imaging biomarkers of treatment response
    in a preclincial model of human breast cancer

    cancerImaging_seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

     

     

     12:00pm

    Pierre P. Massion

    Vanderbilt University

    Glutamine and cholesterol transport as targets for molecular
    imaging in lung cancer

    cancerImaging_seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

     

     

    Friday

    08

    April

    2011

    1:00pm

    Amanda Buck

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    Imaging cardiovascular and muscle biomechanics

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

     

    Monday

    11

    April

    2011

    1:00pm

    Aize Cao
    Jenni Blackford

    Vanderbilt University

    Amygdala volume and shape

    Neuroimaging Seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

     

     

    Friday

    15

    April

    2011

    1:00pm

    Jeffery Ankar

    Clemson University

    Chemical and biophysical sensing with magnetic and X-ray excited optical luminescence probes 

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

     

    Monday

    18

    April

    2011

    1:00pm

    Laurie Cutting

    Vanderbilt University

    Learning and communication

    Neuroimaging Seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

     

     

    Thursday

    21

    April

    2011

    12:00pm

    Jacob Fluckiger

    Vanderbilt University

    Aspects of PET-MRI in breast cancer

    cancerImaging_seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

     

     

     

    12:00pm

    Samantha Soebbing

    Vanderbilt University

    Noninvasive In Vivo Detection of MMP Activity using Novel Proteolytic Solubility-Switch SPECT Probes

    cancerImaging_seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

     

     

    Friday

    22

    April

    2011

    1:00pm

    Bennett Landman

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    Capturing Structure in MRI by Working Together: Techniques for Label Fusion

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

     

    Monday

    25

    April

    2011

    1:00pm

    Corinna Haenschel

    Vanderbilt University

    Schizophrenia

    Neuroimaging Seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

     

     

    Friday

    29

    April

    2011

    1:00pm

    Ted Towse

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Function in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

     

    Friday

    06

    May

    2011

    1:00pm

    Swati Rane

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    Cerebral Blood Volume Measurement with functional MRI

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

     

    Friday

    20

    May

    2011

    1:00pm

    Imam Uddin

    Dalhousie University

    Design and Synthesis of Receptor-Targeting C-Ring Functionalized Prodigiosenes for the Treatment of Cancers & Utilities of N-Heterocycles in C-C and C-heteroatom Bond-forming Reactions 

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

     

    Thursday

    01

    September

    2011

    12:00pm
    Joint CIG-ICMIC Seminar

    Andrej Lyschik

    Vanderbilt University

    Clinical Applications of Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound

    cancerImaging_seminar, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

     

     12:00pm

    Zhaozhong Han

    Vanderbilt University

    Imaging tumors with recombinant peptides

    cancerImaging_seminar, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

     

  • Friday

    12

    March

    2010

    1:00pm

    Richard L. Ehman

    Mayo Clinic

    Magnetic Resource Elastography: A New Touch in Medical Imaging

    Founder Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

    Friday

    21

    May

    2010

    1:00pm 

    Paul A. Dayton

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering

    Advances in Technology for Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging

    Founder Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

    Friday

    02

    September

    2006

    12:00pm 

    Ed Donnelly

    Vanderbilt University

    Clinical Cancer Imaging Overview

    cancerImaging_seminar, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

    Friday

    10

    September

    2006

    1:00pm 

    Charles Manning

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    Molecular Probes for Cancer Imaging: Discovery and Validation 

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

    Friday

    16

    September

    2010

    12:00pm

    Joe Roland

    Vanderbilt University

    The Epithelial Biology Center Imaging Resource

    cancerImaging_seminar, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

    Friday

    16

    September

    2010

    12:00pm

    Jessica Clark

    Vanderbilt University

    Pediatric Radiation Doses from CT Studies

    cancerImaging_seminar, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

    Friday

    17

    September

    2010

    1:00pm 

    Melissa Skala

    Vanderbilt University Biomedical Engineering

    Multi-Functional Optical Imaging of Cancer in Pre-Clinical Models

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

    Friday

    24

    September

    2010

    1:00pm 

    Jianhui Zhong

    University of Rochester Medical Center

    Longitudinal DTI Studies: Approaches and Challenges

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

    Friday

    30

    September

    2010

    12:00pm 

    Joint CIG-ICMIC Seminar

    Rob Barry

    Vanderbilt University

    Review of Functional Neuroimaging of Chemotherapy-Induced Cognitive Dysfunction ("Chemobrain")

    cancerImaging_seminar, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

    Friday

    30

    September

    2010

    12:00pm 

    Michelle Beckler

    Vanderbilt University

    EGFR Ligands in Exosomes 

    cancerImaging_seminar, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

    Friday

    1

    October

    2010

    1:00pm 

    Lori Arlinghaus

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    Translating quantitative MR techniques from the brain to the breast

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

    Friday

    4

    October

    2010

    1:00pm 

    Bennett Landman

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    The Quality Assurance Conundrum with Diffusion Weighted Imaging: Noise, Distortion and (eventually) Signal

    Neuroimaging Seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

    Friday

    8

    October

    2010

    1:00pm 

    Greg Karczmar

    University of Chicago

    Detection of early breast cancers with MRI

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

    Monday

    11

    October

    2010

    1:00pm 

    Calum Avison

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    Dopamine, Insulin signaling and obesity - how the fast food industry hijacks your brain

    Neuroimaging Seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

    Tuesday

    12

    October

    2010

    12:00pm 

    Mike Olive

    Vanderbilt University

    Improving the Surgical Treatment of Cancer with Optical Imaging 

    cancerImaging_seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

    Thursday

    14

    October

    2010

    12:00pm 

    Dave Smith

    Vanderbilt University

    Improving Cancer Imaging with Compressed Sensing MRI

    cancerImaging_seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)
     1:00pm 

    Raul Colon

    Vanderbilt University

    Kinetics of Para/orthohydrogen Conversion for Hyperpolarized MR Applications

    cancerImaging_seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

    Friday

    15

    October

    2010

    1:00pm 

    Ha-Kyu Jeong

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    High Resolution diffusion-weighted Imaging at 7T

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

    Monday

    18

    October

    2010

    1:00pm 

    Aize Cao

    Carissa Cascio

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    Reducing head movement during fMRI using real-time feedback training in the mock scanner

    Neuroimaging Seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

    Friday

    22

    October

    2010

    1:00pm 

    Armando Manduca

    Mayo Clinic

    Nonconvex Compressive Sensing Methods for Highly Accelerate 4D MRA

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

    Monday

    25

    October

    2010

    1:00pm

    Mariam Eapen

    Elizabeth Stringer

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    7T Series: High spatial resolution fMRI

    Neuroimaging Seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

    Monday

    25

    October

    2010

    12:00pm

    Adam Smith

    Vanderbilt University

    Effect of BRAF Inhibition of thymidine kianse regulation: Implication for FLT uptake

    cancerImaging_seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)
     12:00pm

    Natanael Semmineh

    Vanderbilt University

    Expiremental and Theoretical Investigation of DSC-MRI Signal Behavior in Magnetically Inhogeneous Media 

    cancerImaging_seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

    Friday

    29

    October

    2010

    1:00pm

    Sam Nolting

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    NonInvasive In Vivo Detection of MMP Activity Using Novel Proteolytic Solubility- Switch SPECT Probes

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

    Monday

    01

    November

    2010

    1:00pm

    Allen Newton

    Jascha Swisher

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    7T Series: Pulse sequences for fMRI

    Neuroimaging Seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

    Friday

    05

    November

    2010

    1:00pm

    Reed Thompson

    Vanderbilt University Neurosurgery

    7T Series: Pulse sequences for fMRI

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

    Monday

    08

    November

    2010

    1:00pm

    Limin Chen

    Arabinda Mishra

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    7T Series: Functional Connectivity at High Spatial Resolution

    Neuroimaging Seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

    Thursday

    11

    November

    2010

    12:00pm

    Joint CIG-ICMIC Seminar

    Nikiruka Atuegwu

    Vanderbilt University

    Proliferation values from DW-MRI for predicting tumor growth

    cancerImaging_seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)
     12:00pm

    Jason Buck

    Vanderbilt University

    Targeted TSPO Probes for Cancer Imaging

    cancerImaging_seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

    Friday

    12

    November

    2010

    1:00pm

    Bruce Damon

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    Professional Expectations of Individuals in the Academic Environment

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

    Monday

    15

    November

    2010

    1:00pm

    Pierre-Louis Bazin

    John Hopkins University

    Brain Image Segmentation with Statistical and Topological Constraints on Anatomy

    Neuroimaging Seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

    Friday

    19

    November

    2010

    1:00pm

    John Oshinski

    Emory School of Medicine

    Georgia Institute of Technology

    Can MRI Play a Role in Patient Selection for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy?

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

    Thursday

    02

    December

    2010

    12:00pm

    Xia (Lisa) Li

    Vanderbilt University

    Georgia Institute of Technology

    Quantitative assessment of tumor treatment response in human breast cancer

    cancerImaging_seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room 1220)
     12:00pm

    Diana Smith

    Vanderbilt University

    NMR Polarization Transfer Experiments using INEPT and Imaging Application

    cancerImaging_seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room 1220)

    Friday

    03

    December

    2010

    1:00pm

    Laurie Cutting

    Vanderbilt University Kennedy Center

    Neurobiological Effects of Different Training Approaches on Word Learning 

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

    Monday

    06

    December

    2010

    1:00pm

    Neil Woodward

    Vanderbilt University

    Resting-State Connectivity Disturbances in Schizophrenia

    Neuroimaging Seminar, VUIIS Classroom (Room AA1119)

    Friday

    10

    December

    2010

    1:00pm

    Manus Donahue

    Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

    Understanding brain function in health and disease through development and application of new functional MRI approaches

    VUIIS Friday Seminar Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)
  • Friday

    27

    March

    2009

    1:00pm

    Terry Peters, Ph.D.

    Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario

    Virtual Reality Assisted Therapy of the Brain and Heart

    Founder Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)
  • Friday

    25

    April

    2008

    1:00pm

    Tuan Vo-Dinh, Ph.D.

    Duke University

    Nanosensors and Nanoprobes: Challenges and Potential at the Frontiers of Biomedical Photonics

    Founder Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

    Friday

    30

    May

    2008

    1:00pm 

    John Boone, Ph.D.

    University of California, Davis

    Breast Computed Tomography as a Platform for Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Cancer

    Founder Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

    Friday

    26

    September

    2008

    1:00pm 

    Martin G. Pomper, MD, Ph.D.

    John Hopkins Medical Institutions

    Translational Molecular Imaging

    Founder Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

    Friday

    03

    October

    2008

    1:00pm 

    Bruce R. Rosen, MD, Ph.D.

    Harvard Medical School

    Director, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General

    Hospital

    Multimodal Neuroimaging of the Brain

    Founder Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

  • Friday

    19

    January

    2007

    1:00pm

    Robert L. Sah, MD, Ph.D.

    University of California, San Diego 

    Bioengineering Articular Cartilage and Synovial Joints

    Founder Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

    Thursday

    3

    May

    2007

    1:00pm 

    Harvey R. Herschman, Ph.D.

    University of California, Los Angeles

    Non-invasive Imaging of Tumor Progression, Targeting, and Therapy 

    Founder Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

  • Friday

    24

    February

    2006

    1:00pm

    Jeffrey Evelhoch, Ph.D.

    Director of Imaging in the Medical Science Department Amgen, Inc. 

    Imaging as a Biomarker for Development of Human Therapeutics

    Founder Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

    Friday

    31

    March

    2006

    1:00pm 

    Zaver Bhujawaller, Ph.D.

    John Hopkins University

    MR Molecular and Functional Imaging of Cancer

    Founder Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

    Friday

    15

    September

    2006

    1:00pm 

    Barry Horwitz, Ph.D.

    National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders, NIH

    Using Neural Modeling and Functional Neuroimaging to Study the Neural Basis of Auditory and Visual

    Object Processing

    Founder Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

    Friday

    13

    October

    2006

    1:00pm 

    Bruce J. Tromberg, Ph.D.

    Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic, University of California

    Medical Imaging in Thick Tissues Using Diffuse Optics

    Founder Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

    Friday

    15

    December

    2006

    1:00pm

    Keith D. Paulsen, Ph.D.

    Thayer School of Engineering Dartmouth College

    Imaging the Breast with Alternatives to Standard Practice

    Founder Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

  • Friday

    25

    February

    2005

    1:00pm

    Peter Burns, Ph.D.

    University of Toronto

    Imaging Angiogenesis with Ultrasound and Microbubbles

    Founder Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

    Friday

    29

    April

    2005

    1:00pm 

    David Piwnica-Worms, MD, Ph.D.

    Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO

    Imaging Signal Transduction and Protein-Protein Interactions In Vivo with Genetically Encoded Reporters

    Founder Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

    Friday

    23

    September

    2005

    1:00pm 

    Felix Wehrli, Ph.D.

    University of Pennsylvania

    Structural NMR Imaging: from Submillimeter to Micrometer Resolution

    Founder Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

  • Tuesday

    2

    March

    2004

    1:00pm

    Richard Hargreaves, Ph.D.

    Merck, Inc.

    Imaging in Neuroscience Drug Discovery and Development

    Founder Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

    Friday

    26

    March

    2004

    1:00pm 

    Carl Jaffe, Ph.D.

    National Cancer Institute

    Quantitative Imaging in Cancer Drug Trials

    Founder Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

    Friday

    23

    April

    2004

    1:00pm 

    Jeff Alger, Ph.D.

    Diffusion and Perfusion MRI Studies of Human Stroke

    Founder Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

    Friday

    7

    May

    2004

    1:00pm 

    Sharmila Majumdar, Ph.D.

    University of California, San Francisco 

    Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Articular Cartilage and Bone

    Founder Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

  • Friday

    31

    January

    2003

    1:00pm

    Seong-Gi Kim, Ph.D.

    High Resolution fMRI at High Magnetic Fields

    Founder Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

    Friday

    28

    March

    2003

    1:00pm 

    Michael Welch, Ph.D.

    Washington University

    Advances in PET Imaging: From Mouse to Man

    Founder Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

    Friday

    25

    April

    2003

    1:00pm 

    Rod Pettigrew, MD, Ph.D.

    Director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

    Founder Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)

     

    Friday

    23

    May

    2003

    1:00pm 

    Robert Gillies, Ph.D.

    University of Arizona

    Causes and Consequences of the Hostile Tumor Microenvironment

    Founder Series, MRB III Lecture Hall (Room 1220)