10.30 Coffee
11.00 Welcome and introduction - Professors Dorothee Auer and Alan Perkins
Session 1: Infection and inflammation (Chair Alan Perkins)
11:10 Imaging the lung using nanoSPECT-CT & MRI - Dr Gisli Jenkins Reader in Pulmonary Biology & Honorary Consultant Physician, Nottingham
11:45 Radiopharmaceuticals for imaging infection - Dr Greg Mullen, The Rayne Institute, Division of Imaging Sciences King's College London
12:15 Recent advances in hyperpolarized noble gas MRI at Nottingham - Prof Thomas Meersmann
12:30 Lunch
Session 2: Preclinical Imaging in Nottingham (Chair Dorothee Auer)
13: 30 Introduction to animal based research - Neil Yates, Director of BSU, The University of Nottingham
14:00 Preclinical in vivo imaging facilities in Nottingham - Dr Henryk Faas and Prof Alan Perkins, Radiological Sciences, The University of Nottingham
14:20 Imaging the past with manganese-enhanced MRI - Dr Ian Devonshire, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham
14:40 Imaging stroke with Diffusion Tensor Imaging - Dr Tracy Farr, School of Life Sciences, The University of Nottingham
15:00 Discussion
15:30 Optional tours of the SPOT facility and the preclinical MRI Unit
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