9th Cancer Imaging Symposium
UT Southwestern in vivo Cancer Cellular and Molecular Imaging Program
T. Boone Pickens Biomedical Building
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Innovations in Optical Imaging of Cancer
Thursday, November 12, 2009

8:15 AM    Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:45 AM    Welcoming Remarks

Ralph P. Mason, Ph.D., CSci, CChem
Professor, Department of Radiology
UT Southwestern Medical Center

9:00 AM    A Dual Biotherapy for Elimination of the Last Cancer Cell

Christopher Contag, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Co-director, Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS)
Stanford University School of Medicine

10:00 AM    Refreshment Break

10:30 AM    Dynamic Bioluminescent, Fluorescent and Chemiluminescent Imaging: Insight Into Vascular Disrupting Agents and Transgene Expression

Li Liu, Ph.D.
Instructor, Department of Radiology
UT Southwestern Medical Center

11:00 AM    Whole Body Optical Imaging and Its Applications In Stem Cell Differentiation and Tumor Progression and Metastasis: Translation Into the Clinic

Clemens W.G.M. Löwik, Ph.D.
Professor, Head Molecular Endocrinology and Molecular Imaging
Leiden University Medical Center
The Netherlands

Noon           Lunch and Poster Session

1:00 PM      Multiplexed Fluorescence Molecular Imaging for Cancer Detection

Hisataka Kobayashi, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Scientist, Molecular Imaging Program/Center for Cancer Research
National Cancer Institute/National Institutes of Health

2:00 PM       Biodegradable Theranostic Polymeric Biomaterials for Cancer Imaging and Treatment

Jian Yang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering
UT Arlington

2:30 PM        Selected Short Presentations

3:15 PM        Break

3:30 PM        In vivo Optical Imaging of Brain Tumors

Dawen Zhao, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
UT Southwestern Medical Center

4:00 PM        Near-infrared Fluorescence Imaging in Humans: The First Applications

Eva Sevick, Ph.D.
Professor and Cullen Chair in Molecular Medicine
Director, Center for Molecular Imaging
The University of Texas Health Science Center –Houston

5:00             PM Cocktail Reception 14th Floor

For more information and to register, visit www.UTSouthwestern.edu/CIPSymposium