Medical Imaging Meetings IBILI/ICNAS

Group meetings are held weekly on Fridays at 12.00 noon.

Location: Auditorium 1, Central Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra

Please contact Inês Violante (iviolante@fmed.uc.pt) for more information or to suggest a speaker.

Schedule for 2012

20 January

JJ Pedroso Lima 

Emeritus Professor of Biophysics of the University of Coimbra

Title: Modelos cinéticos em Medicina Nuclear

17 February

João Pereira
Invited Auxiliary Researcher, IBILI, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra

Auditorium 2, Subunit 1, Faculty of Medicine

Title: Statistical methods applied to MR and PET image- Back to Basics

24 February
Carlos Geraldes
Professor of Life Sciences Department of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra
Title: Estudos de nanosistemas para Imagem Molecular Multimodal
2 March

Miguel Castelo-Branco

Professor of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra, Scientific Coordinator of IBILI and Director of ICNAS

Title:  How to write a scientific paper

9 March

Marieke Van Asselen

Auxiliary Researcher of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra

João Castelhano

PhD Student of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra

Title: Eye tracking in basic and clinical research - Back to Basics

16 March

Maria Ribeiro

Invited Auxiliary Researcher of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra

Monika Intaite

Pos Doctoral Investigator of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra

Title: TBA (EEG) - Back to Basics

29 March

Prof. Kevin Brindle 

University of Cambridge and Cancer Research UK

Title: Hyperpolarized 13C-labeled substrates for metabolic MR imaging of pathologies

20 April

Antero Abrunhosa


Researcher at ICNAS, University of Coimbra


Title: PET Radiochemistry and Radiopharmacy - Back to Basics

27 April

Ricardo Faustino

Researcher at ICNAS, University of Coimbra

Title: The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans: an emerging model in biomedical research

4 May

Gil Cunha

Researcher at IBILI and ICNAS, University of Coimbra


Title: Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) applied to clinical studies - Back to Basics

11 May
José Rebola

PhD Student of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra

Title: (fMRI) TBA - Back to Basics
18 MayRicardo Faustino

Researcher at ICNAS, University of Coimbra

Title: The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans: an emerging model in biomedical research

22 May
Dr. André A Neves

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, Cambridge, U.K.

Title: Molecular Imaging of Glycosylation in Cancer
1 June
Ana Pina, Filipa Júlio, Inês Almeida, Inês Bernardino, Raquel Lemos

Researchers and PhD students at IBILI

Title: Neuropsychological Assessment: Why bother?

Why are Lab meetings important and what can you earn by enrolling?

Some points from Badali, M. (2002). The lost art of lab meetings. Psynopsis: Canada’s Psychology Newspaper, 24(4), 14 are listed below:

Lab meetings provide:

· an opportunity to share your own research as well as learn more about what your colleagues are doing.

· a venue for practicing presentation skills and providing and receiving constructive feedback in a supportive environment.

· a forum for communication about current progress, upcoming events and collaborative efforts.

In lab meetings, you can:

· gain exposure to interesting research findings, theories, methodologies, etc.

· discuss recent articles, which promotes critical thinking and helps students to understand difficult concepts

· work through issues aloud and use colleagues as “sounding boards”

· receive feedback on one’s own research

· capitalize on the unique strengths of individuals in your lab (one member may be theoretically inclined while another is a stats wizard)