Join us on our forthcoming showcase event as part of the opening of the new Imperial College Clinical Imaging Facility (ICCIF) on Wednesday 20 November at Imperial’s Hammersmith Campus (W12 0NN).
There will be guided tours of the facility starting from 4:00pm. Please arrive in time for one of the scheduled tours (which do not need to be booked) and will be 20 minutes in duration.
- 4pm
- 4:25pm
- 4:50pm
The tours will start from ICTEM reception. We advise that you arrive 10 minutes before the start of the tour.
There then be talk in the lecture theatre from 5.30-6.30pm, followed by a reception in the Wolfson Education Centre with refreshments – where you will have the opportunity to meet leading academics and view the wider facilities.
The talk will touch on a range of advance imaging science taking place in the Imperial Clinical Imaging Facility. Prof. Paul Edison will speak about his work investigating positron emission tomography (PET) studies of Alzheimer’s disease, including the role of inflammation in the aetiology of the condition. Dr Pete Lally will outline cross Faculty links with Bioengineering, including work developing new magnetic resonance imaging sequences. Dr Tara Barwick will update on the development of new PET approaches to investigating cancer. Finally, Prof. David Sharp will discuss advanced imaging approaches to the study of traumatic brain injury and how neuroimaging can be used to guide the development of new treatments. Dr Kate Godfrey will also share updates on how the CT PET scanner imaging is used in our psychedelic research.
We hope you are able to join us for what will be a really interesting occasion. Please RSVP via our Qualtrics form.