The WMIC proudly recognizes the outstanding commitment to research and endeavor of the next generation of researchers. Honoring distinction in his work based on the quality of the science, the clarity of presentation and the ability to answer questions about the abstract, the 2014 Young Investigator Award was presented to Florian C. Maier, Werner Siemens Imaging Center, Department of Preclinical Imaging and Radiopharmacy, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany for his work entitled “Quantification of cerebral β-amyloidosis and rCBF with PET/MRI at 7 T and high-resolution µMRI at 16.4 T in APP23 mice”.
Florian commented, “I hope that I can show that cooperation on an intercontinental scale is important and fruitful. One institute can never cover all scientific imaging fields at an expert level, so in my opinion, this type of collaborative work should be fostered in the future. I believe that my work demonstrates that the future of non-invasive imaging is situated in utilizing multimodal and multifunctional imaging – and also in applying new, advanced data analysis techniques. While the cross-correlation of the in-vivo data to gold-standard, ex-vivo methods like immunohistochemistry remains crucial.”
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The winner of the WMIC 2014 Young Investigator Award ($2000 USD) was:
Florian C. Maier
Werner Siemens Imaging Center, Department of Preclinical Imaging and Radiopharmacy, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany
Title: Quantification of cerebral β-amyloidosis and rCBF with PET/MRI at 7 T and high-resolution µMRI at 16.4 T in APP23 mice
Authors: Florian C. Maier1, Marianne D. Keller2,3, Daniel Bukala1, Ian Brereton2, Graham Galloway2, Bernd J. Pichler1
Institutions:
1. Werner Siemens Imaging Center, Department of Preclinical Imaging and Radiopharmacy, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany
2. The University of Queensland, Centre for Advanced Imaging, Brisbane, Australia
3. South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia
Emphasis and Category: Preclinical in vivo Studies/ Neurology
The two runners-up ($500 USD each) were:
Ines R. Violante
IBILI, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Title: GABA alterations in patients with Neurofibromatosis type 1: a multimodal 11C-Flumazenil PET and MRS study
Authors: Ines R. Violante1, Miguel Patricio3, Ines Bernardino1, Jose Rebola1, Antero J. Abrunhosa2, Nuno C. Ferreira2, Miguel Castelo-Branco1, 2
Institutions:
1. IBILI, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
2. ICNAS, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
3. Laboratory of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, IBILI, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Emphasis and Category: First-in-Human & Clinical Studies/ Neurology
Olga Volotskova
Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
Title: Cerenkov Radiation Energy Transfer (CRET) by Gold Nanoclusters as a Novel Strategy for Tumor Imaging and Delineation
Authors: Olga Volotskova1, Conroy Sun1, Ai Leen Koh2, Guillem Pratx1, Lei Xing1
Institutions:
1. Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, Stanford University , Stanford, CA, United States.
2. Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University , Stanford, CA, United States.
Emphasis and Category: Chemistry & Imaging Probes/ Optical Imaging