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Yale University School of Medicine
Electron Microscopy in the Molecular Era: A World Inside the World You See

A Window into the Body

Friday November 30, 2007 1:30 - 3:30 PM

The Anlyan Center Auditorium

300 Cedar Street, New Haven

Molecular imaging research at Yale has taken a major leap forward with the opening of the Positron Emission Tomography Center. Come and hear scientists describe the impressive capabilities of the new, state-of-the-art Yale PET Center and its research vision for the future. Learn about the unique role PET imaging is playing in research areas such as post-traumatic stress disorder, neurodegenerative disease, and schizophrenia. Website:  http://petcenter.yale.edu

Tours will be available immediately following the symposium. Sign-up sheets will be available in the lobby.


 

Opening Remarks

Robert J. Alpern, M.D.
Dean, Yale School of Medicine; Ensign Professor of Medicine


 

Positron Emission Tomography: The Yale Experience

Richard E. Carson, Ph.D.
Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Biomedical Engineering
Director of the Yale PET Center

 

Developing Agents for PET Imaging: A Tango of Chemistry and Biology

Henry Yiyun Huang, PhD
Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology;
Co-Director of Radiochemistry, Yale PET Center

 

Translational Applications of Molecular Imaging with PET

Yu-Shin Ding, PhD
Professor of Diagnostic Radiology;
Director of Yale PET Radiochemistry;
Co-Director of Yale PET Center

 

Trauma, PTSD and Resilience: Insights from PET Imaging

Alexander Neumeister, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry;
Director, Molecular Imaging Program of the Clinical Neuroscience Division

 

Functional Imaging in the Nonhuman Primate: Cerebral Metabolic Markers to Assess Novel Cognitive Enhancers

Stacy Castner, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobiology

 

PET Imaging: A Tool for Viewing Axon Regeneration

Stephen Strittmatter, MD, PhD
Co-Director of the Program in Cellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration and Repair
Vincent Coates Professor, Department of Neurology


REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED

 

SPONSORED BY
Office of the Dean, Yale School of Medicine


About The Dean's Workshops

The Dean's Workshops series brings together physicians and scientists from across the School of Medicine, the Yale medical center and Yale University to address topics of critical importance in advancing biomedical research and patient care. The workshops will serve as a forum for new ideas and collaborations across disciplines.



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