MEDICIS-Promed Specialised Training on Radioisotope ProductionLa Foresta, Blanden, Belgium 5-8 September 2017

MEDICIS-Promed MEDICIS-PROduced radioisotope beams for MEDicine

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For more information https://medicis-promed.web.cern.ch/

MEDICIS-Promed research

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Personalised medicine

Production & mass

separation of new

radioisotopes

Theranostic

radiopharmaceuticals

imaging & treatment

11C PET-aided hadron therapy

Production

Cross sections, radiochemistry, purity, …

Properties

Half-lives, decay branches, decay energies, …

Planning

Treatment planning, dosimetry validation,

…

MEDICIS-Promed trainings

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• Feb 2016: Kick-off week in CERN and in the Alps

• Sept 2016: General Training on Advanced Materials in Manchester

• June 2017: Summer School on PET-aided hadron therapy in Pavia

• Sept 2017 Specialised Training on Radioisotope production in Leuven

• March 2018: Specialised Training on Radio-Imaging in Geneva/Lausanne

• June 2018: Summer School on Radioisotopes for Medicine in Lisbon

MEDICIS-Promed Label

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• Offer a label to PhD candidates participating in our events and sharing our interest ‣ Strong research programme in a topic of interest to the

members and partners of MEDICIS-Promed ‣ Secondment to a different type of institution (minimum 3

months) ‣ Participation at events recognised by the Training Office ‣ Career Development Plan in line with MEDICIS-

Promed, including academic training and transferrable skills

• Several students already subscribed or expressed interest

For more information, contact Thomas Cocolios: thomas.cocolios@kuleuven.be

Specialised Training 2017 Leuven, 5-8 September 2017

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For more information, https://indico.cern.ch/event/622564/overview

Lectures: radioisotopes from target to use

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• Intro lecture by Piet Van Duppen (KU Leuven)

• Target materials by Thierry Stora (CERN) & Joao Pedro Ramos (CERN)

• Ion beam manipulation by Pierre Delahaye (GANIL)

• Large-scale and industrial solutions by Jean-Michel Geets (IBA), Bernard Ponsard (SCK•CEN), & Lucia Popescu (SCK•CEN)

• Radiobiology in space by Sarah Baatout (SCK•CEN)

• Nanobodies for cancer treatment by Matthias D’Huyvetter (VUB)

Trainings: practical skills of all kinds

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• Patenting: a how to by Margaret Mackett (Gevers)

• Collective problem solving: introductory concepts and practical sessions with Fiona Reed (UCL)

• Getting into outreach: a discussion panel with PhD student-bloggers Inés Dawson (Oxford) and Daniel Perez (KU Leuven)

• Lab session: Laser ionisation in the ABU, accelerating beams from the Pelletron, or measuring activity with a Ge γ-γ coincidence setup at the experimental facilities of IKS

Social and discovery events

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• Tuesday: Networking cocktail at Café De Hoorn

• Wednesday: Visit of the facilities at SCK•CEN

• Thursday: Kayak trip on the Dijle river

• Lounge space in the basement to relax and discuss in an informal setting

• Bikes are available to go to town (6.5km to Oude Markt)

This research project has been supported by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network Fellowship of the European Commission's Horizon 2020 Programme under contract number 642889 MEDICIS-PROMED

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Enjoy the training!

Fabienne, Simon, Kristof, and myself are at your disposal during the whole week…