Development and Application of PET Imaging for Dementia Research │Professor Franklin Aigbirhio

Summary: Molecular imaging using Positron Emission Tomography (PET) has become a major biomedical imaging technology. Its application towards characterisation of biochemical processes in disease could enable early detection and diagnosis, development of novel therapies and treatment evaluation. The technology is underpinned by the use of imaging probes radiolabelled with short-lived radioisotopes which can be specific and selective for biological targets in vivo e.g. markers for receptors, protein deposits, enzymes and metabolism. My talk will focus on the increasing development and application of PET imaging to clinical research in neurodegenerative diseases, for which it can be applied to delineate and understand the various pathological components of these disorders. Speaker Bio: Franklin Aigbirhio obtained a BSc(Hons) in chemistry from the University of East Anglia (UK) followed by a DPhil from the University Sussex (UK). He entered the research field of radiochemistry and biomedical imaging on joining the MRC Cyclotron Unit at Imperial College London in 1991. He then joined the Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre (WBIC), University of Cambridge in 1997 as a founding staff member, help establish its PET programmes and progressed to Co-Director of the centre in 2016. Presently as Professor of Molecular Imaging Chemistry he manages a lab undertaking research programmes in developing novel PET imaging probes and methods and their application to preclinical and clinical research in neuroscience. He is the lead for the Dementia-Platform UK Imaging Network, a Senior Research Fellow at Magdalene College Cambridge and a Director of the International Society of Radiopharmaceutical Sciences. Moderator: Mahmoud Maina, PhD, University of Sussex, UK. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud... Coordinator: Mosab Ali Awadelkareem, Al-Neelain University, Sudan. Society of Neuroscientists of Africa – SONA: https://sonafrica.org/   / sonaorg     / society-of-neuroscientists-of-africa-sona-...      / @societyofneuroscientistsof385   TReND in Africa: https://trendinafrica.org/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/trendin... https://twitter.com/trendinafrica?lan...   / trendinafrica   Worldwide Neuro: https://www.worldwideneuro.com/   / worldwideneuro