Anschutz Health Sciences Building. Photo courtesy of ZGF Architects © Connie Zhou
“Imaging Behind The Barrier, And Beyond — A Life In A BSL Facility”
May 29-31, 2024
CU Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, CO
Hosted by the University of Colorado Cancer Center Animal Imaging Shared Resources
Organizers: Dr. Natalie Serkova, Jenna Steiner, and Dr. Soudabeh Kargar
Pre-Conference PET/MR Workshop on the morning of May 29th
(more details will be announced soon)
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Is this your first time attending the Preclinical Imaging Consortium (PIC)? Below is a brief description of the format. Please revisit this page as we continue updating the details of the event. You will see “To Be Announced (TBA)” for the details that will be updated soon.
The conference will held be at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical campus in Aurora, Colorado.
Registration is free for attendees from non-profit organizations, thank you to the generous support of our sponsors. Registration materials will be available from 14:00 on Wednesday, May 29, in the lobby of the Anschutz Health Sciences Building (AHSB).
We will hold a gala dinner, location TBA, but will be within walkable distance from the conference location and your hotels.
Posters and vendor “booths” are in rooms next to the conference and the site of Thursday’s evening reception. Unlike large conferences like WMIC, ISMRM, and RSNA, the vendors do not have enough space for demo equipment. This conference is designed to be smaller and more intimate. All attendees, including vendors, can participate in the talks. Academic attendees are encouraged to talk to the vendors during the breaks. Therefore, the vendors should be near their tables during breaks (though this is not required).
There are three types of posters: Industry, Research, and Facility.
Industry posters can be strictly marketing or follow a more traditional conference scientific communication approach.
The research posters are intended to communicate a research project that has a significant imaging component that was conducted in an imaging center. This year the Industry and Research poster sessions are combined during lunchtime on Thursday, and during this session, all presenters except those with facility posters should attend their posters.
The facility posters are intended to communicate what equipment and services are available in each imaging facility. The facility poster session will be held Thursday evening, and facility poster presenters should attend their posters for at least part of the evening. You will be able to vote for your favorite Research and Facility posters.
Each host of PIC has the opportunity to showcase their facilities. This year, you will have the option to tour the Animal Imaging facility and other T.B.A. Cancer Center Cores located at the Anschutz Medical Campus.
The exit meeting is intended to facilitate the transfer of information from the current host to the next host, and to initiate planning for the next year’s meeting. If you are interested in hosting PIC in the future, contact Jenna Steiner, jenna.steiner@cuanschutz.edu ,for information about the Program Committee Exit Meeting.
Speakers: Please check the program for the time of your talk. A PC will be available along with a widescreen projector. For Mac users, an HDMI cable with various adapters is available. PowerPoint slides are encouraged. Please give your PowerPoint slides to the AV staff during registration material pick up. It is recommended that you also bring any videos as separate files. All presentations are 25 minutes + 5 minutes discussion.
PIC attendees may present two types of posters: Facility posters and scientific posters. Facility posters are intended to describe the equipment available, and the type of research conducted in your preclinical imaging center. Scientific posters are intended to highlight a specific preclinical imaging project.
Poster dimensions: TBA
Sponsors will be assigned a table (all), and space for one or more large posters (Gold and Platinum). Vendors may participate in the Industrial Innovations session, to be announced, where they will present a 5-minute overview of their products or announce new equipment. The goal of the power pitch is to make attendees aware of which vendors they may be interested in speaking with in more depth during the conference. Time limits will be strictly enforced! Slides can be used, but they must be provided to the host before May 10.
Aurora can be reached by flying into Denver International Airport (DEN).
Taxi/Uber/Lyft: from the airport to campus or hotel will cost ~ $25-$45.
Rental car: several rental companies at the DEN airport
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hyatt House Denver / Aurora.
Hyatt Regency Aurora-Denver Conference Center
13200 East 14th Place
Aurora, CO 80011, USA
(720) 925-5314
Complimentary parking is available for hotel guests.
The Benson Hotel and Faculty Club
13025 E Montview Blvd
Aurora, CO 80045
(720) 627-5958
Anschutz Health Sciences Building
1890 N Revere Ct
Aurora, CO 80045
The 7th annual Preclinical Imaging Consortium (formerly Midwest Preclinical Imaging Consortium) will take place on Wednesday, May 29, through Friday, May 31, 2024, at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado.
Last updated: 4/02/2024
Final agenda will be available on April 15th
12:00 pm - Pre-Symposium on multimodal molecular imaging (sign-up):
Molecular FLI/CT (Revvity, 45 min + 15min Q&A)
PET/CT, PET/MRI and SPECT/CT (Mediso, 45 min + 15min Q&A)
Advanced MRI and PET/MRI (Bruker, 45 min + 15min Q&A)
4:00 pm - Opening Remark
4:15 pm - “Keynote Lecture: Building an Animal Imaging Facility in the BSL2+ Environment”
Gordon Robble (Fred Hutch Cancer Center) and Jori Leszczynski (CU AMC)
5:00 pm - Session #1: High-Resolution MRI in Cancer Animal Models
Erik Shapiro (MSU, 35 min + Q&A)
Natalie Serkova (CU AMC, 35 min + Q&A)
6:30 pm - Reception and Faculty/ Student Posters
7:45 am - Networking and Breakfast
8:30 am - Session #2: Molecular Imaging in Cancer and Infectious Disease Models
Federica Piscanesci (UT Houston, 25 min + Q&A)
Zhongliang Zu (Vanderbilt, 25 min + Q&A)
Pavithra Viswanath (UCSF, 25 min + Q&A)
Kristine Glunde (JHU, 25 min + Q&A)
10:30 am - Session #3: High-Resolution CT Imaging on Lung, Bone and Fibrosis Models
Elizabeth Redente (National Jewish Health, 25 min + Q&A)
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12:30 pm - Vendor Round Table with Vendors and Lunch
Table #1: Ultrasound
Table #2: Photoacoustic
Table #3: Animal Monitoring
Table #4: Image Analysis
Table #5: Service contract
2:00 pm - Keynote Lecture: NIH Funding Opportunities for Preclinical Cores Margazata Klosek (NIH ORIP)
3:00 pm - Session #4: Vascular Imaging and Photoacoustic
Arvind Pathak (JHU, 25 min + Q&A)
Ralph Mason (UT Southwestern, 25 min + Q&A)
Tim McKinsey (CU AMC, 25 min + Q&A)
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5:00 pm - Session #5: Image-guided interventions in animal models and companion animals
Keara Boss (CSU, 25 min + Q&A)
Scott Echols (Salt Lake City, 50 min + Q&A)
6:30 pm - Reception and Vendor Posters
You can view programs from previous PIC meetings from the list below:
2023 PIC Hosted by Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 2023
2019 MPIC Hosted by Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 2019
MPIC Hosted by Washington University, St. Louis, MO 2018
MPIC Hosted by Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 2017
MPIC Hosted by University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 2016