Oslo University Hospital research seminar January 11th Medical imaging in cancer biology and personalized therapy

Welcome to the next Oslo University Hospital (OUH) research seminar entitled "Medical imaging in cancer biology and personalized therapy".

Time: Monday, January 11th, 2016, at 14:30 – 16:00.
Place: Blue Auditorium, Rikshospitalet, Sognsvannsveien 20, Oslo.

Speakers: Kjell-Inge Gjesdal, Kyrre Eeg Emblem, Tord Hompland, Endre Grøvik, Siri Heck and Eirik Malinen.

Program:

14:30 Introduction
Kjell-Inge Gjesdal, Director, Sunnmøre MR-klinikk / Senior Scientist, Akershus University Hospital

14:40 Can measuring the size of blood vessels help design better cancer therapies?
Kyrre Eeg Emblem, Senior Scientist, The Intervention Centre, Oslo University Hospital

15:00 Functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and tumor hypoxia
Tord Hompland, Postdoc, Department of Radiation Biology, Institute for Cancer Research,
Oslo University Hospital

15:20 Multiparametric MRI of the tumor microenvironment
Endre Grøvik, MRI Physicist and PhD Candidate, The Intervention Centre, Oslo University Hospital and Department of Physics, University of Oslo

15:35 MRI biomarkers in the Prevention of Cardiac Dysfunction during Adjuvant Breast Cancer Therapy (PRADA) trial
Siri Heck, Radiologist and PhD Candidate, Department of Radiology, Akershus University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo

15:50 Perspectives on medical imaging in personalized therapy
Eirik Malinen, Professor in Medical Physics, Department of Physics, University of Oslo and Department of Medical Physics, Oslo University Hospital

Meeting’s organizer and chairwoman: Kathrine Røe Redalen, Department of Oncology, Akershus University Hospital

Everybody is welcome!

Forthcoming OUH research seminar in 2016:
15.02 Microbiome
07.03 Immunotherapy for Cancer
09.05 Chemical Biology

Meeting announcements and information

On behalf of the organizing committee for OUH research seminars,

Alexandre Corthay (committee leader)