Scientific Program
Jeff BulteProfessor of Radiology at the In Vivo Molecular Imaging Center (ICMIC), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
MR Tracking of Magnetically Labeled Cells: First Clinical Applications
Prof. Bulte has many years of experience in developing and using contrast agents for cellular and molecular imaging. These contrast agents include dextran-coated superparamagnetic iron oxides, (PEGylated) magnetoliposomes, magnetoferritin, paramagnetic dendrimers, magnetodendrimers, transfection agent-coated iron oxides, and paramagnetic virus particles. He will present his recently developed method for intracellular magnetic labeling of cells, which can be tracked using MRI following transplantation or systemic administration.
Bernhard Gleich and Jürgen Weizenecker
Philips Research Laboratories,
Hamburg, Germany.
Drs. Gleich and Weizenecker demonstrated recently [Nature 435, 1214-1217 (2005)] the feasibility of a completely new imaging technique called Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI). The idea behind MPI is to produce spatial images by measuring the magnetic fields generated by magnetic particles in a tracer. The two authors will present this novel method and tell us how this method can generate high-resolution images.
Taeghwan Hyeon
Professor at the National Creative Research Initiative Center for Oxide Nanocrystalline
Materials, Seoul National University, South Korea.
Prof. Hyeon will review for us the processes of crystal nucleation and growth processes in the preparation of magnetic nanoparticles. With this knowledge, the preparation of large amounts of monodisperse nanoparticles of MnO, CoO, ?-Fe2O3, MnFe2O4, and CoFe2O4 is possible.
Ed Flynn
Founder of Senior Scientific in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA and former
staff scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Dr. Flynn has been working on SQUID sensors since their inception and applied them to the development of magnetoencephalography (MEG). Recently, he has developed a SQUID-based imaging device and uses it to detect cellular uptake of magnetic particles. He will also tell us about the use of small but very strong magnetic needles for therapeutic applications.
Dirk Schüler
Scientist at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany.
Dr. Schüler and his lab group in Bremen seek an understanding of the biomineralization of magnetosomes in magnetotactic bacteria. He will update us on all facets of these fascinating organisms and provide us with details about magnetosomes, how to grow them, and what they are useful for.
Tutorial on the "Basic Physics
of Magnetic Carriers and Other Small Magnetic Things"
This special feature consists of 3 half-hour lectures every day after lunch about the basic physics everybody in the field of magnetic targeting should know. The lectures will be given by Dr. Robert Shull. He is the group leader of the Magnetic Materials Group at NIST, the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.A. Dr. Shull is not only an exceptional metallurgist and developer of many magnetic spin valve firsts, he is also an authority in the field of the magnetocaloric effect. Dr. Shull has published over 150 papers in this field.
A handout containing all relevant information about this lecture series will be a part of the proceedings.