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Imaging Technology in Drug Discovery & Development

 
  April 05, 2006  
     
 
GTCBIO, Silver Spring
April 6-7, 2006


DAY 1

Thursday, April 6, 2006
7:00
Registration & Breakfast

8:00
Opening Remarks/Conference Goals
CONFERENCE CHAIR: Richard Margolin, M.D.,
Senior Director, CNS (North America), i3Research
Visiting Scholar, Laboratory of Molecular Imaging,
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA

8:15 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
Henry N. Wagner, Jr., M.D., Visiting Professor of Radiology, Director, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Vice Chairman for Technology and Business Development, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

9:00 TBA
Barbara Y. Croft, Ph.D., Cancer Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute

SESSION 1 - MODALITIES



9:30
Small Animal Optical Imaging

Umar Mahmood, M.D., Ph.D., Center for Molecular Imaging Research,

Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

10:00
30 MINUTE BREAK
10:30
The Role of PET in Drug Discovery with Focus on P-glycoprotein Functionality

Philip Elsinga, University Medical Center Groningen

11:00
Imaging the Esophagogastric Transit of Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms
Alan Perkins, PhD , FIPEM, ARCP, University Hospital of Nottingham

11:30
Oral Presentations from Selected Abstracts:

In Vivo Assessment of Myocardial Function in Spironolactone Treated Insulin Resistant Rats via Cine Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Shawna Cooper, Sr. Research Specialist,

Department of Internal Medicine-ENDO

Sowers Lab, Harry S. Truman Veteran's Hospital

Imaging of Cancer-Induced Bone Destruction using Micro Computed Tomography

Andreas Evdokiou, The University of Adelaide



12:00
LUNCH


SESSION 2 – APPLICATIONS IN ONCOLOGY & CARDIOLOGY



1:30
Imaging Science and Oncologic Drug Development

G.J. Kelloff, National Cancer Institute

2:00
Optical Tomographic Small Animal Imaging System to Monitor Tumor Growth and Regression
Andreas H. Hielscher, Ph.D., Associate Professor Departments of Biomedical Engineering & Radiology, Columbia University
2:30
Non-invasive Bioluminescence Imaging of Spontaneous Tumorigenesis and Angiogenesis in Mice

Scott K. Lyons, Xenogen

3:00
In Vivo Monitoring of Human Embryonic Stem Cell-derived Graft Function in Living Animals using Optical Bioluminescence Imaging Technologies
Michelle Bradbury, M.D., Ph.D., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

3:30
Refreshment Break

4:00
Tumor Imaging with Small Molecule Inhibitors

Padmaja Yalamanchili, Ph.D.,Bristol Myers Squibb Medical Imaging

4:30
Atheroma: Developments in Imaging Surrogates of Risk

Jonathan Gillard, BSc MD FRCR, University of Cambridge
5:00 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
Strategic Role of Imaging in Drug Development: Structure and Function
Helen Young, Ph.D., AstraZeneca
5:45
NETWORKING RECEPTION


DAY 2

Friday, April 7, 2006
7:00
Registration & Breakfast

SESSION 3– APPLICATIONS IN CNS


8:00 The Preclinical Development of CNS PET Radiotracers

Shailendra Patel, Ph.D., Merck
8:30 The Development of Amyloid Specific Imaging Agents for Application in Alzheimer's Disease

Andrew Lockhart, Ph.D., Neurology Biomarker Group, TMG, GlaxoSmithKline
9:00 PET Imaging of Amyloid Deposition using Pittsburgh Compound-B
Julie Price, University of Pittsburgh
9:30 Refreshment Break

10:00 In Vivo Drug Effects on Dopaminergic System

Bruce Jenkins, Ph.D., Instructor in Radiology, Director of Neurochemical Imaging
Department of Radiology, MGH, Harvard Medical School
10:30 Imaging Techonology: Applications in CNS

Richard Margolin, M.D., UCLA & i3Research
SESSION 4 – BIOMARKERS

11:00 Imaging Biomarkers in Drug Development:

An Overview of Opportunities and Open Issues

Mac Johnson, Millennium Pharmaceuticals
11:30 Unique Challenges in the Discovery of Novel Imaging Agents:

What is an Image-able Biomarker?

Michael Montalto, Ph.D., GE Global Research
12:00 LUNCH

SESSION 5 – CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES

1:30 Utilizing Functional & Molecular Imaging Techniques

Thomas Zeffiro, M.D., Ph.D., Director, GU Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Georgetown University

2:00 Challenges and Opportunities for Positron-emission Tomography in Personalized Medicine

Suzanne V. Smith, Ph.D., Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organization
2:30 Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Awake Mice
Gerard B Fox, Ph.D., Project Leader, Global Pharmaceutical Discovery,
Abbott Laboratories
3:00 Refreshment Break
3:15 Commercialization of Research Tools
Richard Smith, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge
3:45 How Can Imaging Reshape Clinical Research by Accelerating Medical Discovery?

William C. Eckelman, Ph.D. Chief Scientific Officer, Molecular Tracer, LLC
4:15 CONFERENCE CONCLUDES


 
 
Organized by: GTCBIO
Invited Speakers: Shailendra Patel
Imaging Research Department
Merck Research Laboratories


Michelle Bradbury
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center


Mac Johnson
Imaging Sciences,
Millenium Pharmaceuticals


Patricia Cole, Ph.D., M.D. - INVITED
Director, Clinical Imaging Group
Novartis Pharmaceuticals


G.J. Kelloff
Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
National Cancer Institute


Richard Margolin
CONFERENCE CHAIR
Laboratory of Molecular Neuroimaging
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA


Suzanne V Smith
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation


Padmaja Yalamanchili
Senior Research Investigator
Bristol Myers-Squibb Medical Imaging


Andrew Lockhart
Neurology Biomarker Group, TMG
GlaxoSmithKline


Scott K. Lyons
Xenogen


Michael Montalto
GE


Jonathan H. Gillard
Reader/Honorary Consultant Neuroradiologist
Department of Radiology
University of Cambridge


Philip Elsinga
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
University Medical Center Groningen


Umar Mahmood, M.D., Ph.D.
MGH Center for Molecular Imaging Research


Alan Perkins
Professor, University Hospital, Nottingham


Willian C. Eckelman, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer
Molecular Tracer, LLC


Bruce Jenkins
Massachusetts General Hospital


Thomas Zeffiro
Director of the GU Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging
Georgetown University


KEYNOTE PRESENTER
Helen Young
Discovery Medicine Imaging RCS (PET)
AstraZeneca


Gerard B. Fox
Project Leader, Global Pharmaceutical R & D
Abbott Laboratories


Andreas Hielscher
Columbia University


Richard Smith
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge

 
Deadline for Abstracts: March 6, 2006
 
Registration: go to www.gtcbio.com
E-mail: raniah@gtcbio.com
 
   
 
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