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XX Bertrand Tavitian – regional MIBI editor for Europe

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XX new Study Groups on Hyperpolarized MR & Standardization of small animal imaging

XX new young ESMI groups in UK and Spain

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XX “Cardiovascular Imaging” – TOPIM 2016 in Les Houches

XX EMIM 2016 in Utrecht 8-10 MARCH

XX "Multiparametric Imaging" – 1st Technology summer school TOPIM TECH 2016 in Crete

JobS, eventS, eU newS

XX Congress/workshop calendar

XX Job vacancies

XX EU: open calls/documents

XX PhD award for excellent thesis – don't forget to apply!

Regional editor MIBIBertrand Tavitian appointed as regional editor for Europe

"I feel very honoured and I definitely will do my best to meet the requirements"

Bertrand Tavitian, Paris – MIBI reginal editor

Regional Editors shall support the Editor in Chief Raymond Gibson in defining the main direction of the journal to further improve the scientific quality of the journal. The European Regional Editor shall also advocate European interests. Further Regional Editors: Dr. Anna Moore (North America), Dr. Mei Tian (Asia).Be encouraged to address any remarks on the journal, suggestions for improvements to Bertrand!

Molecular Imaging and Biology – MIBI published by Springer is the official journal of the European Society for Molecular Imaging and the World Molecular Imaging Society. Publish also your work in imaging science inside the MIBI and benefit from an expedited review for ESMI members!Good to know...the average reviewing time can be divided into two categories: 1) the time for first decision, which is 21 days. This is the point at which you will know if your submission is accepted, needs revision, or is rejected.2) time to final decision, which is 45 days. This is an average time that included time for revisions made by authors and review of the revised manuscript. Once accepted, the average time for the article appears in OnLine First is about 21 days. This is considered the publication date.Once online, the article can be cited used the DOI number and is found by the various iterature search engines. The current impact factor the Molecular Imaging and Biology is 2.774. The MIBI is providing a forum for the discovery of molecular mechanisms of health and disease using imaging techniques.

read more about the journal at www.e-smi.eu/index.php?id=esmi-journal

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new ESMI Study Groups

Hyperpolarized Magnetic Resonance

Standardization of Small Animal Imaging

Interested in joining?

headed by Jan Hoevener and Luca Menichetti

headed by Marc Huisman and Julia Mannheim

ESMI Study Groups shall be established to satisfy a scientific community of interest. Study Group topics are reflecting the interdisciplinary aims of the society and shall be committed to high scientific relevance. Any ESMI member may join a Study Group.

Spin hyperpolarization has become a promising tool to study cellular, molecular and metabolic processes non invasively in vivo using mag-netic resonance imaging (MRI) and spectroscopy (MRS). Biochemical processes can be monitored with hyperpolarized MRS, providing unique information on tissue meta-bolic and enzymatic activity. To date, dissolution-DNP and Parahydrogen techniques have attracted the most interest as methods to hyperpolarize

small biomolecules in solution for potential clinical applications, and have been increasingly exploited for metabolic studies in vivo.The applications of hyperpolarized MR have included studies of cancer and cardiac metabolism, from cell to translational large animal models. The University of California complet-ed a 31-patient study performed by scientists at UCSF (published in 2013), while several sites in Europe and North America are preparing Phase 1

clinical trials using a clinic-ready ver-sion of the DNP hyperpolarizer.The ESMI Study Group “HYPER-MR” is multidisciplinary by nature and aims to encourage joint efforts to advance the state-of-the-art in the field and to bridge the gap between basic re-search in hyperpolarization technol-ogy (DNP, PHIP, hyperpolarised gases) and novel biomedical applications in the field of molecular imaging.

Non-invasive in vivo small animal imaging plays a pivotal role in bi-omedical and pharmaceutical re-search areas. This is due to the many key benefits that imaging has over conventional methods: protocols and results are easily translated to clinical studies and diagnosis in pa-tients, longitudinal measurements can be performed on the same animal, one analysis can provide a multiplicity of molecular and func-tional parameters, and the number and stress of the animals can be dra-matically reduced. Unfortunately,

individual imaging procedures are not standardized. Sometimes even within one institution, many results cannot be compared because they depend on different complex factors such as anesthesia, animal handling, physiological parameters, data ac-quisition, and analysis. These factors can greatly influence the outcome of experiments, but are in general con-trollable and thus to a certain degree avoidable. Both the animal well-be-ing, as well as, pharmaceutical and biomedical basic research, would benefit from standardized imaging

protocols. Comparability of results and defined standard operation procedures (SOPs) would prevent duplicate studies and consequently contribute to refinement and reduc-tion. The aim of this study group is to standardize imaging protocols in a way that comparable results can be gained within different labs or pro-vide reference methods that can be used to establish comparable imag-ing protocols.

www.e-smi.eu/index.php?id=hyper-mr

www.e-smi.eu/index.php?id=standard

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Overview of current ESMI Study Groups:Image-Guided Drug Delivery – IGDD

chaired by Twan Lammers and Chrit Moonen

Imaging Mass Spectrometry – IMSchaired by Ron Heeren and Gérard Hopfgartner

Molecular Neuro-Imaging – NEUROchaired by Stefanie Dedeurwaerdere, Louise van der Weerd, Mathias Hoehn

Intra-Operative Imaging – IOIchaired by Alexander Vahrmeijer, Vasilis Ntziachristos, and Go van Dam

Hyperpolarized Magnetic Resonance – HYPER-MRheaded by Jan Hoevener and Luca Menichetti and

Standardization of Small Animal Imaging – STANDARD promoted by Julia Mannheim and Marc Huisman.

++Study Group meetings will be scheduled at the EMIM 2016 in Utrecht++

To either acknowledge the huge interest and recent developments in these fields and support the operation of the Study Groups EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS

are organized by 4 Study Groups (NEURO, HYPER-MR, IOI, and IGDD) in the scope of the EMIM 2016.

The MS and STANDARD group organized educational sessions in 2014 or 2015 but ALL groups will have a study group meeting!!!

Interested in joining a Study Group?

Already an ESMI member? just log-in into your MEMBER PORTAL and

edit your membership details:

Not an ESMI member yet but interested in joining a Study Group? Great – just become a member via www.esmi-insight.eu/membership/

read more at www.e-smi.eu/index.php?id=study-groups

young ESMI groups Thanks for your initiative to create one strong imaging community!

A young ESMI group is part of the ESMI focusing on a country. A young ESMI group is initiated and led by young imaging scientists and open to all (young) members of the ESMI. The aim is to provide (PhD) students an informal entry into the broader imag-ing community and the ESMI in order to strengthen the imaging community in Europe. young ESMI groups should not compete with the ESMI or its ac-tivities, but rather be complementary.

NEW+++NEWyoung Spanish Molecular Imaging Network | ySMIN

young Molecular Imaging Community in the UK | yMICUKThe 2 further young ESMI groups:

French Imaging Network of young Scientists | FINYSyoung Belgium Molecular Imaging Community | BMIC

Next young ESMI activityBMIC AFTER-WORK COLLOQUIUM

in Ghent at 10 November 2015 starting at 18:00h!

Join the next BMIC activity and register via:

www.e-smi.eu/index.php?id=bmicSign-in to a yESMI group via your MEMBER PORTAL and visit

www.e-smi.eu/index.php?id=young-esmi-groups

young Belgium ESMI group – BMIC

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31 Jan. to 5 Feb. 2016 Ecole de Physique des Houches, France

Be warmly invited to join and contribute to the 10th edition of TOPIM - hot topics in MI - on CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING.

CommitteeBertrand Tavitian - Paris CHAIR

Michal Neeman - RehovotKlaas Nicolay - Eindhoven

Vasilis Ntziachristos - MunichMichael Schäfers - Münster

28 October 2015 | Deadline for abstract submission via www.topim.eu

still time to submit your abstract

A new era in CARDIAC IMAGING is showing the heart’s function and anatomy by methods that are com-pletely noninvasive. Long-awaited hardware and software improve-ments allow imaging the beating heart and deciphering cardiac blood flow. Motion correction and resolution recovery algorithms and specific imaging probes opens new avenues for imaging of the complex inflammatory pathology underlying life-threatening coronary events.Major progress in imaging is made through quantification that turns subjective images into objective measurements [...]. All this is hap-pening simultaneously with the

development of implantable artificial hearts and accompanying the change in the management and the progno-sis of cardiovascular disorders, today’s major killer worldwide.During TOPIM 2016 specialists from all fields of imaging sciences will share their expertise on new imaging approaches, confront recent results and discuss future avenues.

Since 2007 the overall concept of TOPIM has been that experienced, high-level international scientists and younger/less experienced scientists from diverse disciplines are spending one week together at an inspiring place and to provide a "think tank" for knowledge exchange and intensive discussion.

www.topim.eu

Abstract Categories:Cardiovascular Imaging Technology

& Image ProcessingImaging in Cardiovascular Pathology

Imaging Cardiovascular Development

Regenerative Medicine and Interventions

Probes for Cardiovascular Imaging

SpeakersJessica Bastiaansen - Lausanne

Frank Bengel - HannoverPhilip Elsinga - Groningen

Zahi Fayad - New YorkBernd Fleischmann - BonnNico de Jong - Rotterdam

Friedemann Kiefer - MünsterAndreas Kjaer - Copenhagen

Jeanine Prompers - EindhovenVasilis Ntziachristos - Munich

Reza Razavi - LondonKlaus Schäfers - MünsterKarina Yaniv – Rehovot

Invited speakers will give a talk within their field of expertise. The further slots for oral presentations will be filled with your abstract submissions - deadline for submission is 28 October 2015. Two poster sessions are sched-uled. The "best" poster presentations per poster session will be awarded and presented in a talk the next day.

TOPIM 2016 is kindly supported by the Collaborative Research Centre 656 on Mo-lecular Cardiovascular Imaging - Münster

View from the Ecole de Physique into the valley

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EMIM 2016

European Molecular Imaging Meeting 2016

Call for abstracts

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Utrecht MARCH 8-10, 2016 – be invited to the 11th annual meeting of the ESMI!

On behalf of the ESMI President Chrit Moonen it is with great pleasure to in-vite you to Utrecht for the EMIM 2016! Utrecht is the capital and most pop-ulous city in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is the fourth largest city in the Netherlands with a population of

330.772, lively, sprawling, and beauti-ful... only 20 min by train from Amster-dam airport. It's your meeting! Present and share your research, your findings, and your excellence in IM-AGING SCIENCE. Looking forward to meeting all of you in Utrecht!

4 November 2015 │ opening of abstract submission system

2 December 2015 | DEADLINE for Abstract Submission

18 January │ Deadline EMIM travel support application

29 January 2016 | end of early registration rate

With the EMIM 2016 we can just pro-vide you with a platform for inter-disciplinary knowledge exchange in the broad field of IMAGING SCIENCES but the programme is done by you! The more abstracts are submitted in "your" field of research, the more ses-sions will be dedicated to this field. The session topics will be only de-fined AFTER the abstract deadline in accordance with the number and quality of abstracts per category.Read more about topics, submission rules, programme development (...)

It’s all about you!

Deadlines

Jaarbeurs congress center "Supernova", Utrecht

All abstracts must be related to one main category (bold) and one subcategory as listed below.

www.emim.euDeadline for submission is 2 Dec. 2015

CardiologyMyocardium and valvesVessel biology

Imaging Probes, Chemistry & Reporter GenesOptical, acoustic and PET imaging probesNew concepts for multimodality imaging and reporter probesNovel concepts and probes for MRI

Imaging Technology, Methodology & SoftwareMRI incl. HyperpolarizationNuclear and CT ImagingOptoacousticsUltrasoundOptical ImagingMass Spectrometry andMicroscopy Techniques

Immunology/InflammationInflammatory ResponsesCellular Imaging

Infectious Diseases

OncologyVisualization of tumour and the microenvironmentCellular and Subcellular Imaging in OncologyTumour metabolism incl. pH, Apoptosis, Hypoxia, and ProliferationNovel diagnostic and therapeutic imaging strategies in oncology

NeurologyDisease modelBrain: structure and functionNew Methods

Chrit Moonen – ESMI President

Contribute with your work!

Utrecht – Gracht

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Plenary Speakers

Educational Sessions

Scientific Speed Dating?!

Gitte Moos-Knudsen – Copenhagen"Multimodality brain imaging of drug interventions"

Willem Mulder - New York/Amsterdam"Nanomedicine and Imaging in Inflammatory

Atherosclerosis"

Sir Peter Ratcliffe – Oxford"The biology of hypoxia signalling pathways."

Mickaël Tanter – Paris"Beating Time and Space Resolution limits in

Biomedical Ultrasound : from fUltrasound Imaging of brain activity to Ultrasound

Localization Microscopy"

Martin K. Schwarz - Bonn“Fluorescent-Protein Stabilization and High-

Resolution Whole-Mount Imaging of Translucent Mouse Brains”

Focus on Study GroupsThe category chairs for education Adriaan Lammertsma and Giannis Zacharakis would either like to acknowledge the huge interest and recent developments in these fields and support the formation and operation of the Study Groups.Four educational sessions are scheduled in Utrecht at 8 March 2016 from 12:00h until 15:00h:• Molecular Neuro-Imaging• Hyperpolarized Magnetic Resonance• Image-Guided Drug Delivery• Intra-Operative Imaging

The Mass Spectrometry and Standardization Study Groups organized educa-tional sessions in 2014/15 but will certainly have study group meetings in 2016!

Not only for young upcoming talents - also for established investigators!The best start into the EMIM: March 8, right before the educational sessions.Have you ever participated in a SCI-ENTIFIC SPEED-DATING event?Get to know the other participants in

5 minutes, tell them what you are do-ing, about your research and visions, and learn more about your counter-part. You may need more time for exchange - there are 3 days left [...]Thanks to the young Belgian ESMI group for the organization!

The best start into the EMIM 2016

Scientific Speed Dating – EMIM 2015

City centre Utrecht by night

EMIM 2016

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People behind

The Category Chair teams (bold) are responsible for "their" category in regards to defining subtopics and recommendation of subchairs, oversee the review process, and shaping the sessions dedicated to their category.The Subchairs are responsible for the selection of competent reviewers per specific subtopic, assignment of abstracts, give advice to the category chairs.

CardiologyFrank Bengel, Johanna Silvola, and Gustav Strijkers,

Fabien Hyafil, René Botnar

Imaging Probes, Chemistry & Reporter GenesRoger Schibli and Dario Longo, Andreas Schmid, Sophie

Laurent, Otto Boerman

Imaging Technology, Methodology & SoftwareJan Hoevener, Paul Lecoq, and Sarah Bohndiek, Ryan Mewis, Markus Plaumann, Christian Morel, Gabor Csucs, Vyacheslav Kalchenko, Srirang Manohar, Roel Deckers,

Richard Goodwin

Immunology/InflammationMangala Srinivas and Manfred Kneiling, Henryk Faas, Laura Mezzanotte, Kerstin Fuchs, Philipp Böhm-Sturm

Infectious DiseaseUwe Himmelreich and Stefan Wiehr, Anna-Maria Rolle,

Greetje Vande Velde, Verena Hoerr

NeurologyStefanie Dedeurwaerdere and Cornelius Faber, Elisabeth

Jonckers, Hans Wehrl, Cindy Casteels, Tracy Farr, Louise van der Weerd, and Jan Klohs

OncologyFrauke Alves and Ferdia Gallagher, Ingrid Hilger, Lucie Sancey, Pierre Bourgeois, and James Hardwick, James

O'Connor, David Lewis, Tim Witney, Dorde Komljenovic, and Wiltrud Lederle, Simon Walker-Samuel, Joanna Napp,

Emmet McCormack, Michel Eisenblätter, and Jeff Bulte, Tony Lahoutte, Bob van der Water, and Paula Foster

EducationAdriaan Lammertsma and Giannis Zacharakis

Programme and category chairs, subchairs and reviewers can support the shaping of the programme

BUT the programme is done by you – submit your work!

Category chairs & sub-chairs

Reviewer 2016Hugo AertsIsrat AlamTheodore AlexandrovKurt AndersonJan Ardenkjaer-LarsenCarlos ArtigasMarkus AswendtRaya AtreyaMike AverkiouHeiko BackesAdam BadarTobias BaeuerleAmnon Bar-ShirNicolau BeckmannSylvie BeginMartin BéhéNicolas BeziereSamir BiswasInes BlockxPhil BlowerOtto BoermannPhilipp Böhm-SturmRene BotnarAyache BouakazPierre BourgeoisPenelope BouziotisSusan BrandenburgRickmer BrarenKimberly BrewerPeter BruyndonckxTessa BuckleJeff BulteJosephine BunchNeal BurtonBenoit BusserIrene BuvatHarald CarlsenFrankca CassolCindy CasteelsChris CawthorneSylvie ChalonCatherine ChaponSebastien Couillard-DespresGabor CsúcsClemens CyranChris de KorteRoel DeckersAdam DenesDelphine DenoyerNick DevoogtMarc DhenainJanine DoorduinPhilippe DouekDaniel Robert EngelHenryk FaasTracy FarrMarianna FeketeGiuseppe FerrautoKatie FineganPatrick FlamenUlrich FlögelPaula FosterGilbert FruhwirtKerstin FuchsRita Garcia RibeiroPascal GelebertSimonetta GeninattiCarlos GeraldesDaniel GerlichGhanem GhanemTaly Gilat-SchmidtJürgen GoldschmidtRichard GoodwinAlessandro GozziJan Grimm

Olli GrohnMatthias GunzerAmanda HamiltonHein HandgraafJames HardwickMike HasenbergAlain HendliszGeoff HiggingsIngrid HilgerUwe HimmelreichVerena HoerrFabien HyafilFarouc JafferSébastien JanElisabeth JonckersBenedicte JordanEric KaijzelVyacheslav KalchenkoDörthe KatschinksiMichael KellyMikko KettungenMarleen KeyaertsJan KlohsDorde KomljenovicEline KooiSpiros KotopoulisSebastian KozerkeJacek KoziorowskiStefanie KrämerPaul KubesSijumon KunjachanTony LahouteTwan LammersLuigi LandiniSophie LaurentSylvia Le DevedecWiltrud LederleDavid LewisJason LewisSayuan LiangKai LichaHervé LiebgottIvan LukesVeronika MamaevaSrirang ManoharMick MantleSam MassaAndreas MaurerEmmet McCormackAnna MechlingMaximilian MerzRyan MewisLaura MezzanotteSylvain MirauxPatrice MollardAnna MooreChristian MorelKerstin MuennemannRobert MullerPierre-Jean NacherJoanna NappGil NavonMichal NeemannAndre NevesAnna NilssonJohannes NotniJames O'ConnorMalini OlivoArvind PathakTina PavlinBarbara PedleyJuan PellicoAlkystis PhinikaridouMartine PiccartIddo PinkasAnna Planas

Carlos PlatasMarkus PlaumannChrystelle PoThomas PoeschingerVladimir PonomarevHarish PoptaniManojit  PramanikVincent  PrinzMalcolm PriorWa'el RawashdehFrancesca  ReineriMark  RijpkemaSimon RitSimon RobinsonAnna-Maria RolleJohn RonaldJessica RosenholmPaula SampaioLucie SanceyIsabel  SantosAntti SarasteDennis  SchaartAndreas SchmidLeif SchroederVolkmar  SchulzGiorgo ScitaDisha ShahAdam ShuhendlerYuri SmolykovThomas SnoeksDmitry SolovievSiegfried StapfGabor SteinbachGustav StrijkersNarges TafreshiBertrand TavitanAlexander TaylorVille-Veikko TelkkiMaxim  TerekhovStefan TerjungThomas TheisKris ThielemansVassiliy TsytsarevPeter  VajkoczyPaul van Bergen en HenegouwenWilma D.J. van de BergBob van der WaterLouise van der WeerdRuud van HeeswijkJacco van RhenenGreetje Vande VeldeLadislau VekasMathieu VerdurandDominik von ElverfeldtConstantin von zur MuhlenDanielle VugtsAxel WalchSimon Walker-SamuelConny WaschkiesWolfgang WeberHans WehrlGil WestmeyerMarlene WiartStefan WiehrKaye WilliamsBert WindhorstZena WinemaTim WitneyAnna WuWenfeng XiaXin YuAlfred YuMatteo ZandaMarietta ZilleTimo Zimmermann

further information on speakers, programme, registration fees and accommodation via www.emim.eu

THANKS!

10 to 15 July 2016 in Chania, Crete

MULTIPARAMETRIC IMAGING

1ST EDITION OF THE TECHNOLOGY SUMMER SCHOOL

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The success of the ESMI’s winter school in the French Alps – TOPIM an-nually held at the Ecole de Physique des Houches – drove the society towards the south and the warmth of the Mediterranean Sea. The idea of a complimentary summer school purposefully named TOPIM TECH, is realized for the first time in 2016.

It will be held annually in the beauti-ful city of Chania in the island of Crete. TOPIM, which is held in the Chamonix valley, is focussing on biology related issues in Imaging Science, while the aim for TOPIM TECH is to start a series of high level summer conferences fo-cussing each year on one hot topic in Imaging Technology.

TOPIM TECH CommitteeBernd Pichler - Tübingen (Chair)

Giannis Zacharakis - Crete (Chair)Sarah Bohndiek – Cambridge

Kevin Brindle – CambridgeSimon Cherry – Davis

Franco Garibaldi – RomeJan Bernd Hoevener – Freiburg

Paul Lecoq – GenevaVasilis Ntziachristos – Munich

Jorge Ripoll – MadridMarkus Rudin - ZurichMickael Tanter – Paris

Imaging modalities such as MRI, CT, PET, SPECT, US, optical and optoacoustic imaging that provide information on anatomy, physiology, metabolism, and molecular events have become indispensable tools in biomedical research fields such as oncology, neurology, immunology or cardiology. The ability to study the intact organism under normal and pathological conditions using non-invasive imaging strategies is of high value for basic researchers, drug developers, and also facilitates clinical translation.

The complexity of a biological system can hardly be captured by assessing a single characteristic but rather requires the assessment of multiple tissue parameters providing complemen-tary information. Correspondingly, multiparametric imaging solutions are becoming increasingly important. These advanced imaging procedures require multilevel synergies including (i) hardware, (ii) imaging protocols and workflows, (iii) data acquisition and storage, (iv) data analysis and (v) data interpretation.

The first TOPIM TECH Summer School will specifically target the interdis-ciplinary field of modern Multimo-dality Imaging bringing together engineers, physicists, computer scientists, bio-informaticians and biologists to define state-of-the-art instrumen-tation and methodology, discuss current trends in contrast generation and showcase emerging applica-tions that require or are catalyzed by multimodal imaging approaches.

DEADLINE for abstract submission 13 April 2016

www.topim-tech.eu

Contribute with your work!

Chania, Crete

Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania MAICh

Aerial photograph of MAICh

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eventS congresses & workshopsOct. 17-21, 2015 Society for Neuroscience 2015 in Chicago, USAOct. 19-20, 2015 WORKSHOP Biomaterials & -applications in San Sebastián, SpainOct. 31- Nov. 7, 2015 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference in San Diego,

USANov. 2-4, 2015 WORKSHOP - PET and SPECT radiopharmaceutical development: Regulatory Topics

in AmsterdamNov. 2-5, 2015 WORKSHOP - Radiochemistry and tracer development in AmsterdamNov. 9, 2015 SYMPOSIUM on Preclinical Nuclear Imaging (PNI) in London, UKNov. 9-13, 2015 WORKSHOP - Multimodal Molecular Imaging: from high resolution in vitro towards

in vivo imaging in Goettingen, GermanyNov. 10-12, 2015 WORKSHOP - Molecular Imaging 2015 in San SebastianNov. 24-27, 2015 WORKSHOP - Translational Imaging: From mouse to man in Rotterdam, NLJan. 31 - Feb. 5, 2016 10th ESMI Winter Conference "TOPIM 2016" on CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING in

Les Houches, FranceFeb. 15-19, 2016 WORKSHOP - 5th PET/MR Workshop in Tübingen, GermanyMar. 8-10, 2016 11th European Molecular Imaging Meeting - EMIM in Utrecht, The NetherlandsMar. 21-23, 2016 WORKSHOP - PET: Technology and Application in London, UKApr. 19 - 22, 2016 9th International Symposium on Neuroprotection and Neurorepair (9th ISN&N)Jul. 2-6, 2016 10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience in Copenhagen, DenmarkJul. 10-15, 2016 MULTIPARAMETRIC IMAGING - 1st Technology Summer Conference in Chania,

CreteJul. 21 - 25, 2016 12th International Congress of Cell Biology (ICCB) Prague 2016

for details please visit the “congress /workshop calendar” at www.e-smi.eu/index.php?id=event-calendar

eU newS open calls & documentsOct. 15, 2015 ERC ERC Consolidator Grant - open call

Oct. 14, 2015 Marie Sklodowska-Curie The European Researchers' Night - open call

Oct. 14, 2015 Marie Sklodowska-Curie ITN Innovative Training Networks - open call

Oct. 13, 2015 H2020 EC work programmes 2016/17 published - new documents

Oct. 6, 2015 IMI Innovative Medicines Initiative – IMI 2 Call 6 - open call

Jul. 29, 2015 ERC ERC Starting Grant - open call

Jul. 28, 2015 ERC Adopted ERC Work Programme 2016 - new document

Jun. 30, 2015 ERC Indicative statistics ERC Advanced Grants 2014 - new document

for further information, deadlines, and continuative links please visit the “EU NEWS” section at www.e-smi.eu/index.php?id=eu-news

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JobS open positionsOct. 15, 2015 University Lecturer in Biological Physics in Cambridge, UK

Oct. 14, 2015 PhD position Ultra-high resolution biomedical tomography in Delft, NL

Oct. 14, 2015 postDoc or PhD position on Hyperpolarized MR in Tübingen, Germany

Sep. 29, 2015 Professor of Experimental Neuroimaging in Nijmegen, NL

Sep. 25, 2015 postDoc position on IGDD in Toronto, Canada

Sep. 25, 2015 Junior group leader position in pre-clinical PET/MR imaging in Glasgow, UK

Sep. 24, 2015 PhD student position on Bioorthogonal tools in Seibersdorf, Austria

Sep. 15, 2015 postDoc position high resolution MRI in Bordeaux, France

Sep. 4, 2015 postDoc position on therapeutic Ultrasound in Utrecht, NL

Sep. 1, 2015 Permanent position in molecular imaging in Orsay, France

Aug. 31, 2015 PhD students and postDocs in Tubingen, Germany

Aug. 28, 2015 postDoc position radiotracers for cancer imaging in London, UK

for details visit the “VACANCIES” section at www.e-smi.eu/index.php?id=vacancies

ContactEuropean Society for Molecular ImagingDoris Krachtoffice@e-smi.eu+49 (0) 221 78966180www.e-smi.eu

We would like to invite all young scientists working in the broad field of Imaging Science to apply for the ESMI Award for excellent PhD thesis : there is one ESMI award per year; applications can be submitted throughout the year!

Award Committee• Emmanuelle Canet-Soulas - Lyon,

France Chair• Kevin Brindle - Cambridge, UK• Giuseppe Digilio - Alessandria,

Italy• Jan Klohs- Zurich, Switzerland• Twan Lammers - Aachen, Germany• Jorge Ripoll - Madrid, Spain• Albert Windhorst - Amsterdam,

The Netherlands

Successful candidates• you are invited to present your

research within a Plenary Lecture at the EMIM 2015

• your excellent work will be acknowledged with 1000€

• you will be acknowledged at the “winner” page of the ESMI website

• the winners will be announced within the ESMI magazine

• you’ll receive a free one year ESMI membership incl. subscription to the MIB journal

submission deadline 31 December 2015ESMIAward for excellent PhD thesis 2015

read more about eligibility criteria, application, and former winners at www.e-smi.eu/index.php?id=esmi_phd_award

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Don't forget to apply!