The field of molecular imaging has revitalized many areas of scientific exploration by advancing our understanding of biology and medicine through novel noninvasive in vivo investigation of cellular molecular events involved in normal and disease processes. The 2005 Summer Education Series on Molecular Imaging explored current research efforts including:

• Nanotechnology applications in Molecular Imaging
• Targeted drug delivery: A multidisciplinary approach
• Combining Imaging and Tissue Analysis for Studying Systems Biology
• Genetically encoded reporters for imaging signal transduction and protein-protein interactions in vivo
• Coordination Chemistry  – focused on paramagnetic chelates:  New chemical strategies
• The Dynamics of Proteins at the membrane during exo- and endocytosis
• Preview of quantum dots for studying metastasis
• Inherent detector sensitivity and the limitations of molecular imaging
• Dynamic Imaging of heart motion and fluid forces in developing embryos utilizing confocal Microscopy
• Magneto Fluorescent Particles for tumor margin delineation

DATE	TITLE	SPEAKERS
July 5, 2005	Introduction to in vivo Molecular Imaging Combining Imaging and Tissue Analysis for Studying Systems Biology	Ralph Weissleder, MD, PhD, Professor, Harvard Medical School; Director, Center for Molecular Imaging Research and Attending Radiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital King Li, MD, FRCP(C), MBA, Associate Director, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center for Radiology and Imaging Sciences
July 12, 2005	Spying on Cancer with Genetically Encoded Reporters Coordination Chemist – Focused on Paramagnetic Chelates: New Chemical Strategies	David Piwnica-Worms, MD, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine Thomas Meade, PhD, Northwestern University
July 19, 2005	Dynamics of Proteins at the Cell Surface During Exocytosis and Endocystosis Inherent Detector Sensitivity and Limitations of Molecular Imaging	Sanford Simon, PhD, Rockefeller University John Frangioni, MD, PhD, Attending Physician, Hematology/Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
July 26, 2005	Dynamic Imaging of Fluid Forces and Heart Motions in Developing Embryos Magneto/fluorescent Nanoparticles For Tumor Margin Delineation	Mary Dickinson, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine Lee Josephson, PhD, Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Harvard Medical School

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