Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Annual Research Conference

May 15th (Monday) – May 17th (Wednesday) 2023
Asilomar Hotel and Conference Grounds

Asilomar Hotel and Conference Grounds

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List of Items to Bring with You:

  • Credit card for sundries, check-in, and kayak/bike rentals
  • Books (for book exchange), cards, or board games.
  • Comfortable clothes, close-toed shoes/boots
  • Layer-able hoodies/windbreakers for weather changes
  • Refillable water bottle, sunscreen, binoculars

Conference Program

Monday, May 15th

  • 1:00 – 3:00 pm  Arrival & Check-in, Coffee & Refreshments
  • 3:00 – 4:20 pm  Welcome & Faculty Presentations  
    • 3:00 – 3:10 pm  Welcoming Remarks (Speakers: Jing Liu and Melanie Morrison)  
    • 3:10 – 3:30 pm  Icebreaker (Leader: Isabelle Remick)  
    • 3:30 – 3:40 pm  Overview of Department Research Enterprise (Speaker: Chris Hess)  
    • 3:40 – 4:00 pm  New Faculty Presentation (Speaker: Melanie Morrison)  
    • 4:00 – 4:20 pm  Senior Faculty Reflections (Speaker: Dan Vigneron)  
  • 4:20 – 4:40 pm  Break  
  • 4:40 – 5:55 pm  Power Elevator Pitches (Moderators: Jeremy Gordon, Tracy Luks)
    Javier Caravaca, Misung Han, Po-hung Wu, Lisa Wilmes, Zehra Akkaya, Matthew Gibbons, Saghi Sadoughi, Sarah Rabbitt, Anil Bidkar, Alexandre Sorlin, Sanghee Lee, Ryan Nillo, Benjamin Sipes, Pierre Nedelec, Samuel Lashof-Regas, Reza Eghbali, Parul Verma, Daren Ma, Radhika Bhalerao, Sanjay Ghosh  
  • 6:00 – 7:00 pm  Dinner with Topic Tables (Leader: Isabelle Remick)  
  • 7:00 – 8:30 pm   Team Trivia & Reception (Leaders: Melanie Morrison, Isabelle Remick)
  • 8:00 – 9:45 pm Bonfire with S’mores (BBQ Area) 

Tuesday, May 16th

  • 7:00 – 8:00 am  Early Morning Outdoor Activities  (Early Morning Activities (walking, running, yoga, et al. not guided)  
  • 7:30 – 8:45 am  Breakfast  
  • 8:00 – 8:45 am  Faculty Meeting (Leader: Chris Hess) - Research resources roadmap 
  • 9:00 – 9:20 am  Guided Meditation (Leader: Emma Bahroos)  
  • 9:20 – 10:45 am  RIG/SRG Overview Session (Moderator: Melanie Morrison)  
    • 9:20 – 9:30 am  Overview (Speakers: Chris Hess)  
    • 9:30 – 9:40 am  Cardiac and Vascular Imaging (Speaker: David Saloner)  
    • 9:40 – 9:50 am  Body Imaging (Speaker: Peder Larson)  
    • 9:50 – 10:00 am  Neuroimaging (Speaker: Sri Nagarajan)
    • 10:00 – 10:15 am  Book exchange (Leader: Isabelle Remick), Coffee & Refreshments
    • 10:15 – 10:25 am  Chemistry, Probes & Molecular Therapy (Speaker: David Wilson)
    • 10:25 – 10:35 am  Intelligent Imaging (Speaker: Sharmila Majumdar)  
    • 10:35 – 10:45 am  Advanced Imaging Technology (Speaker: Dan Vigneron)
  • 10:45 – 11:00 am  Break 
  • 11:00 – 12:00 pm  Team Science Challenge (Leaders: Javier Caravaca Rodriguez, Isabelle Remick)  
  • 12:00 – 12:10 pm  Announcement & Group Photo (Leader: Melanie Morrison)  
  • 12:10 – 1:00 pm  Lunch  
  • 1:00 – 4:00 pm  Outdoor & Indoor Activities
    • 17-mile drive (Leader: Anne Bartoletti) 
    • Kayaking, biking (Leaders: Eugene Ozhinsky, Javier Caravaca Rodriguez)
    • Tide pooling, hiking, walking along the shore (Leader: Isabelle Remick) 
    • Board games, cards, Texas hold’em in Fred Farr Forum (Leader: Leighton Hinkley) 
    • Pool in the Lobby (Leader: Jeremy Gordon) 
    • Outdoor frisbees on the beach (Leader: Jing Liu)
  • 3:45 – 4:00 pm  Poster setup; Coffee & Refreshments
  • 4:00 – 5:45 pm  Career Development (Moderators: Leighton Hinkley, Georgios Batsios, Melanie Morrison, Jeremy Gordon)  
    • 4:00 – 4:45 pm  Mock Study Section (Leaders: Sri Nagarajan, Sue Noworolski, Michael Evans, Ashish Raj)  
    • 4:40 – 5:00 pm  Break  
    • 5:00 – 5:50 pm  Catch & Share Experiences: (Leaders: Peder Larson, Andreas Rauschecker, Janine Lupo, David Saloner)  
  • 6:00 – 7:00 pm  Dinner with Topic Tables (Leader: Isabelle Remick)  
  • 6:45 – 8:00 pm  Talent Show & Refreshments (Moderators: Javier Caravaca Rodriguez, Radhika Bhalerao)
    • Carl Frühling trio - opus 40 (Salvatore Torrisi, Misung Han, Peder Larson)
    • Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard - Paul Simon (Michael Hoff)
    • Nothing Else Matters - Metallica (Erik Gosche)
    • Magic Show (Daren Ma)
    • Fly Me to the Moon (Sri Nagarajan, Peder Larson, Javier Caravaca Rodriguez)
    • Variations on Autumn Leaves (Pierre Nedelec, Sri Nagarajan)
    • Open Jam Session
  • 8:00 – 9:45 pm  Poster Session (Moderators: Jeremy Gordon/Tracy Luks)  

Wednesday, May 17th

Hotel Room Check out by 11 AM

  • 7:00 – 8:00 am Early Morning Activities (walking, running, yoga, et al.  not guided)
  • 7:30 – 8:45 am Breakfast
  • 8:00 – 8:45 am Faculty Meeting (Leader: Sharmila Majumdar)
  • 9:00 – 9:20 am Guided Meditation (Leader: Emma Bahroos)
  • 9:20 – 9:55 am Keynote Talk (Speaker: Dr. Ke Sheng; Moderator: David Saloner) 
    What does precision radiotherapy mean to modern medical imaging
  • 9:55 – 10:55 am Hot Topics Session (Moderator: Eugene Ozhinsky)
    • 9:55 – 10:05 am Cardiac and Vascular Imaging (Speaker: Jonas Schollenberger)
    • 4D Flow imaging for Visualizing Hemodynamics and Monitoring the Response to Treatment
    • 10:05 – 10:15 am Body Imaging (Speaker: Galateia Kazakia)
      Virtual Bone Biopsy: Harnessing the power of high resolution skeletal imaging
    • 10:15 – 10:25  Break with Coffee & Refreshments
    • 10:25 – 10:35 am Neuroimaging (Speaker: Janine Lupo)
      Towards Predicting Tumor Pathology with Physiologic and Metabolic MRI and Deep Learning in Patients with Gliomas
    • 10:35 – 10:45 am Intelligent Imaging (Speaker: Yang Yang)
      Inline AI for Quantitative MRI
    • 10:45 – 10:55 am Advanced Imaging Technology (Speakers: Dan Vigneron, Jeremy Gordon)
      Recent Advances in HP MR Molecular Imaging
  • 10:55 – 11:10 am Break
  • 11:10 – 11:40 am Career Development III – Time Management (Leaders: Isabelle Remick and Sharmila Majumdar)
  • 11:40 – 11:50 am Announcement & Closing Remarks (Speakers: Jing Liu, Melanie Morrison)
  • 11:50 – 12:00 pm Poster Takedown
  • 12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch

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Awards

Awards and Winners

Power Pitch/Poster Awards: 

  • First place: Ryan Nillo 
    • First in-human studies of the glutamate transporter EAAT2 radiotracer methyl N4-(7- [18F]fluoro-9H-fluoren-2-yl)asparginate (RP-115): radiosynthesis and biodistribution evaluation 
  • Second place: Benjamin Sipes 
    • Identifying Unique and General Network Structures in the Brain 
  • Third place: Saghi Sadoughi 
    • Developing a “virtual bone biopsy” technique for determining total bone turnover in patients with chronic kidney disease 

Bingo Winners: 

  • Daren Ma; Rupsa Bhattacharjee 

Collecting Photos from Asilomar 

Greetings, Conference Participants!

The Radiology Research Conference begins Monday, May 15. We will be covering it on the department’s social media platforms.

If you are attending the Conference at Asilomar, we would like to share as many accomplishments, ideas, and images from the conference as possible. It would be great also to include recreation, such as people enjoying Asilomar, hiking, kayaking, and having fun with their colleagues and teams.

Photos

Send the Communications Team any photos you wish to share from your experience at Asilomar. We have set up a Box link so that participants can upload their photos from the conference: https://ucsf.box.com/s/gfopuo9kh6oodszdl9rjk3qhy0uidahm. We want to collect as many photos as possible. We will share photos that we receive via our social media channels. 

You may also email photos to [email protected]. 

Social Media

Twitter

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Past Research Conferences

2022

Sunday, May 1st

  • 10:00 am - 1:00 pm:  Whale Watching
  • 3:00 - 3:30 pm:  Arrival
  • Hotel Room Check-in after 4 PM
  • 3:30 – 4:30 pm:  Welcome & Faculty Presentations (moderators: Eugene Ozhinsky & Renuka Sriram)
  • 3:30 - 4:00 pm:  Overview of Department Research Enterprise - Chris Hess
  • 4:00 - 4:30 pm:  Senior Faculty Reflections - Nola Hylton
  • 4:30 - 4:40 pm:  Break
  • 4:40 – 5:55 pm:  Power Pitch Session (moderators: Jeremy Gordon & Javier Caravaca)
    • Tanner Nickles, Abhejit Rajagopal, Misung Han, Xiao Gao, Wen Li, Natsuko Yamashita, Shalini Chopra, Kisoo Kim, Hecong Qin, Peng Wen Tan, Niranjan Meher, Kondapa Naidu Bobba, Anil Bidkar, Pierre Nedelec, Alex Beltran, Pooja Prabhu, Jeannette Mathiey, Reza Eghbali, Yijing Gao, Benjamin Sipes, Corby Dale, Keerthi Valluru, Alireza Sojoudi
  • 6:00 - 7:00 pm:  Dinner
  • 7:15 - 8:15 pm:  PhD Faculty Meeting #1: Department Survey
  • 7:45 - 9:45 pm:  Bonfire (S’mores; BBQ Area) & Reception (Wine and Cheese; Chapel)
  • 8:30 - 9:30 pm:  Speed-dating (moderators: Jeremy Gordon & Renuka Sriram)

Monday, May 2nd

  • 7:00 - 8:00 am:  Early morning Outdoor activities
    • Walking/hiking/running and Scavenger Hunt (Melanie Morrison)
  • 7:30 - 8:45 am:  Breakfast
  • 9:00 - 10:15 am:  RIG/SRG Overview Session (moderators: Tracy Luks & Pavithra Viswanath)
  • 9:00 - 9:15 am:  Overview: Chris Hess
  • 9:15 - 9:25 am:  Cardiac and Vascular Imaging: David Saloner 9:25 - 9:35 am  - Body Imaging: Peder Larson
  • 9:35 - 9:45 am:  Neuroimaging: Sri Nagarajan
  • 9:45 - 9:55 am:  Chemistry, Probes & Molecular Therapy: David Wilson
  • 9:55 - 10:05 am: Intelligent Imaging: Sharmila Majumdar
  • 10:05 - 10:15 am:  Advanced Imaging Technology: Dan Vigneron
  • 10:15 - 10:30 am:  Break
  • 10:30 am - 12:00 pm:  Team Science Discussion (moderators - David Wilson & Peder Larson)
  • 12:00 - 1:00 pm:  Lunch
  • 1:30 - 4:00 pm:  Outdoor Activities
    • Walking/hiking (Eugene Ozhinsky)
    • Running (Kisoo Kim)
    • Beach volleyball (Renuka Sriram)
    • Shooting pool (Jeremy Gordon)
    • Kayaking (Javier Caravaca)
  • 4:00 - 4:15 pm: Poster Session Setup
  • 4:15 - 5:55 pm: Career Development Panel Discussion (moderator: Nola Hylton)
    • Duan Xu, Melanie Morrison, Corby Dale, Janine Lupo, Galateia Kazakia, Srikantan Nagarajan, Pingni Wang (GE Healthcare), and Laura Bell (Genentech)
  • 6:00 - 7:00 pm:  Dinner
  • 7:15 - 8:00 pm:  Keynote Speaker: Matthew Lungren (moderator: Sharmila Majumdar)
    • Imaging AI translation and overcoming the ‘day 2 problem’
  • 8:00 - 9:00 pm:  Bingo (moderators: Tracy Luks & Melanie Morrison)
  • 9:00 -10:00 pm:  Poster Session

Tuesday, May 3rd
Hotel Room Check out by 11 AM

  • 7:00 - 8:00 am:  Early morning Outdoor activities
    • Walking/hiking/running and Scavenger Hunt (Melanie Morrison)
  • 7:30 - 9:00 am:  Breakfast Buffet
  • 8:00 - 9:00 am:  PhD Faculty Meeting #2: Flywheel
  • 9:15 - 10:45 am:  Hot Topics (moderators: Pavithra Viswanath & Huiming Dong) 9:15 - 9:30 am    Matt Amans (Cardiac and Vascular Imaging)
    • Improved Guidance for Neurovascular Treatment: Insights from Non-invasive Imaging
  • 9:30 - 9:45 am:  Renuka Sriram (Body Imaging)
    • Co-Clinical Quantitative Imaging of Small Cell Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer Using Hyperpolarized (HP) 13C MRI
  • 9:45 - 10:00 am:  Kamalini Ranasinghe (Neuroimaging)
    • Electrophysiological Biomarkers of Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • 10:00 - 10:15 am:  Henry VanBrocklin (Chemistry, Probes & Molecular Therapy)
    • Searching for the Reservoir: Imaging HIV infection
  • 10:15 - 10:30 am:  Duygu Tosun-Turgut (Intelligent Imaging)
    • Autopsy-informed Integrated Clinical and Imaging Models for Prediction of Comorbid non-AD Pathology in AD: Enriching Clinical Trials in Sporadic AD For ClinicalProgression
  • 10:30 - 10:45 am:  An Vu (Advanced Imaging Technology)
    • 7T MRI Developments
  • 10:45 - 11:00 am:  Break
  • 11:00 - 11:45 am:  Impact of COVID-19 (moderators: Renuka Sriram & Jingwen Yao)
  • 11:00-11:30 am:  Scientific Contribution – David Wilson
  • 11:30-11:45 am:  Wellbeing - Andrew Parker (zoom)
  • 11:45 am - 12:00 pm:  Awards Announcement and Closing Remarks: Yan Li & Jing Liu
  • 12:00 - 1:00 pm:  Lunch Buffet
  • 1:00 pm:  Poster Takedown & Departure
  • 1:00 - 4:00 pm:  Point Lobos National Reserve

2022 Poster Session Winners

1st place power pitch - Pierre Nedelec "Automated Fetal Brain Volumetry on Clinical Fetal MRI Using Deep Learning"
2nd place power pitch - Abhejit Rajagopal  "Federated Learning with Research Prototypes for MRI-based Detection of Prostate Cancer with Diverse Histopathology"
1st place poster - Tanner Nickles "Spatiotemporal Denoising to Improve Image Quality in Large Coverage Abdominal Hyperpolarized [1-13C]Pyruvate Studies"
2nd place poster - Hecong Qin "Deuterium Metabolic Imaging of Bacterial Infection"
Bingo Award - Umama Ali Scavenger Hunt - Marisa LaFontaine

2022 RAD Research Conference Committee 

  • Renuka Sriram, PhD
  • Kisoo Kim, PhD
  • Pavithra Viswanath, PhD
  • Melanie Morrison, PhD 
  • Jingwen Yao, PhD 
  • Tracy Luks, PhD
  • Huiming Dong, PhD
  • Jeremy Gordon, PhD
  • Javier Caravaca, PhD
  • Eugene Ozhinsky, PhD 
  • Pierre Nedelec, MS, MTM
  • David Wilson, MD, PhD

2021

May 10-14, 2021

Day 1 - May 10, 2021

Time Slot Activity Presenter(s)
2:00 - 2:10

Welcome/Instructions
Dr. Ashish Raj
2:10 - 2:40

Strategic Overview (Team Science & Moonshots) and Research Infrastructure Restructuring
Dr. Sharmila Majumdar, Vice Chair for Research, UCSF Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Dr. Jane Wang, Associate Chair, Strategic Planning T32 Program Associate Director
2:40 - 2:55 Break (slideshow with music) MB Team

Scientific Session:  Imaging
Session Moderator:  Dr. Renuka Sriram
2:55 - 3:15 MR-Guided Ultrasound Hyperthermia and Ablation Dr. Eugene Ozhinsky
3:15 - 3:35 Development of an Astroglial Glutamate Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 2 (EAAT2) Neurological PET Imaging Agent Dr. Henry van Brocklin
3:35 - 3:55 HR-pQCT Imaging New Generation and Applications Dr. Galateia Kazakia and Dr. Andrew Burghardt
3:55 - 4:15 Updates on radiopharmaceutical development projects from the Evans lab Dr. Mike Evans
4:15 - 4:35 Break (slideshow with music) MB Team
4:35 - 6:00

Poster Session I
Session Moderators: Dr. Ashish Raj and Dr. Renuka Sriram

Day 2 - May 11, 2021

Time Slot Activity Presenter(s)
1:00 - 1:10

Today's Agenda + Montage

 Dr. Ashish Raj

RIG/SRG Overview Session (Recap of Accomplishments and Upcoming Plans to include Moonshots)
Session Moderators
1:10-3:10PM:  Dr. Ashish Raj
3:25-4:35PM:  Dr. Jason Crane
1:10 - 1:25

Welcome and Overview:  Dr. Chris Hess, MD, PhD
Alexander R. Margulis Distinguished Professor and Chair,  UCSF Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
1:25 - 1:40 Cardiac and Vascular Imaging Dr. David Saloner
1:40 - 1:55 Body Imaging Dr. Peder Larson & Dr. John Kurhanewicz
1:55 - 2:10 Break (Slides + Music) MB Team
2:10 - 2:25 Neuro Imaging Dr. Sri Nagarajan & Dr. Sabrina Ronen
2:25 - 2:40 CPMT Dr. David Wilson
2:40 - 2:55 Intelligent Imaging Dr. Sharmila Majumdar
2:55 - 3:10 Advanced Imaging Technology Dr. Dan Vigneron
3:10 - 3:25 Break (Slides + Music) MB Team
3:25 - 4:25

Computational Core
Moderator:  Dr. Jason Crane

 Dr. Jason Crane
3:25 - 3:35 CRC Data Sharing and DEID Support Comp. Core Team
3:35 - 3:45 AIR Comp. Core Team
3:45 - 4:05 Scientific Computing Services - services and SCS solicitation "winners" Comp. Core Team
4:05 - 4:25 ci2 Computational Core - services, current projects and "winners" of intake solicitation Comp. Core Team
4:25 - 4:35 3DLab Comp. Core Team
4:35 - 4:50 Break (Slides + Music) MB Team
4:50 - 5:50 Happy Hour Jenny and Corey Rosen

Day 3 - May 12, 2021

Time Slot Activity Presenter(s)  
1:00 - 1:10 Today's Agenda + Instructions for Breakout Sessions (discuss team science & moonshots)
Dr. Yan Li		  
RIG Team Science Session #1
Session Moderator:  Dr. Yan Li
1:10 - 2:10 Body Imaging Dr. Peder Larson 2:20PM-2:50PM: 
Concurrent Wellness Session
Emma Bahroos and Kathryn Wold-Murphy
2:10 - 2:20 Break (Slides + Music) MB Team
2:20 - 3:20 Cardiac and Vascular Imaging Dr. David Saloner

SRG Team Science Session #2
​Session Moderator:  Dr. Yan Li

  
3:20 - 4:20 Intelligent Imaging Dr. Sharmila Majumdar 3:00PM-4:30PM: 
Indoor Recess
Jenny and Corey Rosen
4:20 - 4:30 Break (Slides + Music) MB Team  
4:30 - 5:30

Poster Session #2 
Moderators: Dr. Raj Ashish and Idonnah Hipolito

 Various  
5:30 - 6:00

New Faculty Talk - Cardiovascular Imaging & Clinical Translation: 2, 5, 10 Years Out
Moderator:  Dr. Jing Liu

 Dr. Dimitrios Mitsouras  

Day 4 - May 13, 2021

Time Slot Activity Presenter(s)  
1:00 - 1:10 Today's Agenda + Check-In Dr.Yan Li  
RIG Team Science Session #2
​Session Moderators:  
1:10-2:10PM: Dr. Yan Li
2:10-5:15PM: Dr. Ashish Raj		    
1:10 - 2:10 Neuro Imaging Dr. Sri Nagarajan  
2:10 - 2:20 Break (Slides + Music) MB Team  
2:20 - 3:20 CPMT Dr. David Wilson 2:10PM - 2:40PM
Concurrent Session:  Scavenger Hunt
Tracy Luks, Emma Bahroos, Melanie Morrison

SRG Team Science Session #2
​Session Moderator:  Dr. Ashish Raj

    
3:20 - 4:20 Advanced Imaging Technology Dr. Dan Vigneron  
4:20 - 4:30 Break (Slides + Music) MB Team  
4:30 - 5:15

Keynote Speaker:  Dr. William Jagust
Professor, Public Health and Neuroscience, UC Berkeley

Moderator:  Dr. Ashish Raj

  
5:15 - 6:00

10 Things Everybody Should Know About Wine

 Coach and Cork  

Day 5 - Friday, May 14, 2021

Time Slot Activity Presenter(s)
2:00 - 2:10 Today's Agenda  Dr. Melanie Morrison
2:10 - 3:10

Diversity Session
Session Moderator:  Dr. Melanie Morrison

 Darius White & Deonna Smith 
3:10 - 3:20 Break (Slides + Music) MB Team
3:20 - 3:30

Industrial Partner (Nvidia) project: GPU-accelerated dMRI Tractography
Session Moderator:  Dr. Melanie Morrison

 Dr. Pablo Damasceno
3:30 - 3:40

Fast MRI
Session Moderator:  Dr. Melanie Morrison

 Dr. Valentina Pedoia
3:40 - 3:50

Team Data Repositories TownHall: ADNI, HCP, ABCS, CanTab, …
Session Moderator:  Dr. Melanie Morrison

 Dr. Sri Nagarajan and Dr. Ashish Raj
3:50 - 4:00 Break (Slides + Music) MB Team
4:00 - 4:20

Reflections from a Senior Faculty
Session Moderator:  Dr. Pavithra Viswanath

 Dr. Sabrina Ronen with Dr. Pavithra Viswanath and Dr. Janine Lupo
4:20 - 4:40

Townhall about the Department Mentoring Program
Session Moderator:  Dr. Pavithra Viswanath

 Dr. Sri Nagarajan
4:40 - 5:00

Closing Ceremony, Awards & Closing Remarks
Dr. Ashish Raj and Dr. Yan Li
5:00 - 6:00 Social:  Gather.town Dr. Pablo Damasceno

Poster Session Winners:  

Melanie Morrison
Leighton Hinkley
Aniket Tolpadi

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