The programme of the Symposium will include plenary lectures given by the most esteemed international experts from different PET disciplines. Free papers are welcome for oral and poster presentations during the meeting. In addition, the Symposium programme will include parallel workshops and user meetings.
Turku PET Symposium 2025 | 6-9 June 2025 | Turku, Finland
Programme
Symposium programme
15:00–16:00 |
Turku PET Centre Site Visit, Group 1 |
16:00–17:00 |
Registration opens at the symposium venue, Turku City Theatre |
17:00 |
Get-together |
8:00 |
Registration |
8:30–10:15 |
Radiochemistry |
| 8:30–9:00 | Imaging DNA damage and radionuclide therapy Bart Cornelissen, University of Groningen/Oxford University, The Netherlands/United Kingdom |
| 9:00–9:30 | Radiochemical syntheses of 18F- and 11C- labeled aminopyridines for brain imaging of demyelination
Pedro Brugarolas, Gordon Center for Medical Imaging of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, United States |
| 9:30–9:45 | Free oral presentation |
| 9:45–10:00 | Free oral presentation |
| 10:00–10:15 | Free oral presentation |
10:15 |
Coffee & exhibition |
10:45–12:30 |
Preclinical imaging |
| 10:45–11:15 | Imaging inflammation and active fibrosis in multiple organs with Positron Emission Tomography Adriana Tavares, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
| 11:15–11:45 | PET in cell replacement therapy for diabetes Väinö Lithovius, Helmholtz Munich, Germany |
| 11:45–12:15 | Free oral presentation |
| 12:00–12:15 | Free oral presentation |
| 12:15–12:30 | Free oral presentation |
12:30 |
Lunch & exhibition |
13:15–14:30 |
Poster session I |
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Radionuclide production, Radiochemistry, Modelling, Instrumentation, Preclinical imaging |
14:15 |
Coffee & exhibition |
14:30–16:00 |
Instrumentation session |
| 14:30–15:00 | ENHANCE.PET: Past, Present and Future Lalith Kumar Shiyam Sundar, Medical University of Vienna, Austria |
| 15:00–15:30 | Biological Multiplexing with PET: Methods to interrogate multiple disease biomarkers in a single PET imaging session Craig S. Levin, Stanford University, United States |
| 15:30–15:45 | Free oral presentation |
| 15:45–16:00 | Free oral presentation |
16:00–17:15 |
Early-career researchers’ session |
| 16:00–16:25 | My clinical academic path in cardiovascular research and molecular imaging Jason Tarkin, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| 16:25–16:50 | An academic journey in metabolism: How PET became my career partner Guillermo Sánchez Delgado, Universidad de Granada, Spain |
| 16:50–17:15 | Career choices of a PET researcher: From academia to industry Iina Laitinen, Antaros Medical, Sweden |
18:00 |
Cultural experience |
8:30–10:30 |
Neuroimaging & Emotions |
| 8:30–9:15 | The self-regulation of pain and emotion: A view from neuroimaging Tor D. Wager, Dartmouth College, United States |
| 9:15–10:00 | Pharmacology of the glymphatic system: implications for CNS clearance and drug delivery Tuomas Lilius, University of Helsinki |
| 10:00–10:15 | Free oral presentation |
| 10:15–10:30 | Free oral presentation |
10:30 |
Coffee & exhibition |
11:00–13:00 |
Molecular imaging in cardiovascular diseases |
| 11:00–11:30 | Molecular imaging in cardiovascular diseases – new targets James Thackeray, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Germany |
| 11:30–12:00 | The future of clinical nuclear cardiology Frank Bengel, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany |
| 12:00–12:30 | Total body perfusion in patients with chest pain Juhani Knuuti, Turku PET Centre, Finland |
| 12:30–12:45 | Free oral presentation |
| 12:45–13:00 | Free oral presentation |
13:00 |
Lunch & exhibition |
13:45–14:45 |
Poster session II |
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Neurology, Beta cell imaging, Cardiology, Oncology |
14:45 |
Coffee & exhibition |
15:15–17:30 |
PET Radiochemistry 50th anniversary |
| 15:15–15:30 | Opening Anu Airaksinen, Turku PET Centre, Finland |
| 15:45–16:15 | 50 Years of Radiochemistry in Turku Olof Solin, Turku PET Centre, Finland |
| 16:15–17:00 | Creating the Future of Neuroinflammation PET Imaging Michelle L. James, Stanford University School of Medicine, United States |
| 17:00–17:30 | Gadolin lecture |
19:00 |
Congress banquet |
8:30–10:30 |
Cancer imaging |
| 8:30–9:00 | AI in cancer PET imaging analysis Elin Trägårdh, Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Sweden |
| 9:00–9:30 | Challenges in treatment response assessment in theranostic era Andrei Gafita, John Hopkins, United States |
| 10:00–10:30 | Prospects of Clinical Alpha Therapy Kalevi Kairemo, Finland |
10:30 |
Coffee & exhibition |
11:00–13:00 |
Metabolism |
| 11:00–11:45 | PET-imaging of gut microbiota and its metabolic interaction Patricia Iozzo, National Research Council (CNR), Pisa, Italy |
| 11:45–12:30 | The effects of exercise on whole body beyond skeletal muscle Jarna Hannukainen, Turku PET Centre, Finland |
| 12:30–12:45 | Free oral presentation |
| 12:45–13:00 | Free oral presentation |
13:00–13:20 |
Closing of the symposium |
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Juhani Knuuti – Chairman of the Organising Committee |
13:30–15:00 |
Turku PET Centre Site Visit, Group 2 |