The three finalists were selected in accordance with the scores given by independent reviewers in a completely blind reviewing process. The winner and the finalists:

The Young Investigator Award 2018 was presented to:

• Marjory Koller from Groningen for her work on Quantitative Molecular Fluorescence Endoscopy: a new and promising tool to Predict and Evaluate Response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer patients

The further YIA finalists:

• Janette Iking from Munster on In vivo imaging of human monocyte trafficking in a preclinical model of mouse myocardial infarction to study mononuclear cell function in the context of cardiovascular diseases
  

• Markus Seeger from Munich on Hybrid label-free microscopy by means of optical-resolution optoacoustic and non-linear optical modalities

27 thematic poster walks were scheduled with no other competing sessions in parallel. Each of the poster walks was chaired by two chair persons and resulted into an EMIM 2018 poster award.

CONGRATULATIONS to:

Cardiovascular Imaging

Victor Finel “3D mapping of cardiac contraction on isolated rat heart using ultrasound ultrafast imaging"

Alkystis Phinikaridou "Molecular Imaging of Tropoelastin in Aortic Aneurysm"

Data Analysis & Methodology

Prateek Katiyar “Comparison of autoencoders for tissue classification in histopathology images”

Develop: New Tools for Cancer Imaging

Eva Koziolek “A BON-SSTR2 chicken chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) model and imaging portfolio for the analysis of Lu-177-DOTATOC therapeutic effects and sensitizing agents”

Caterina Facchin “Analysis of early PET-UUI biomarkers of anti-angiogenic treatment in a mouse model of paraganglioma”

Discover: Understand Tumour Biology

Mireia Mayoral Safont "FLT PET-CT imaging to determine treatment effectiveness on an Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) patient-derived xenograft (PDX)”

Imaging Immune Disorders

Mohamed Ali Jarboui “Omics profiling of inflammatory immune response in GPI-induced arthritis”

Imaging Infection

Yasemin Töre “Clumping factor A plays important role in initiation of S. aureus-induced infective endocarditis”

Imaging Metabolism

Seth Gammon “Imaging Target Engagement in Collateral Lethality, [18F]FAZA PET Imaging Reveals Pharmacodynamics of IACS-010759, a Novel Complex 1 Inhibitor”

Intra Operative Imaging

Katrin Kleinmanns "Improved cytoreduction of ovarian cancer using CD24-targeted fluorescence image guided surgery in a preclinical murine model”

Microscopy & Optical Imaging Technology

Fernanda Ramos-Gomes "Multimodal Bismuth Ferrite second harmonic nanoparticles for pulmonary macrophage tracking"

MRI and Hyperpolarization Technology

Xinyi Zhou “In Vivo Sensitive and Radiation-Free Ventilation/Perfusion 3D Lung Imaging with Magnetic Particle Imaging”

Neuroimaging | New Methods

Philipp Boehm-Sturm "Toolboxes for Allen brain atlas registration of MR and histology images to study functional recovery after stroke in the mouse"

Neuroimaging | Disease Models

Abraham Martin “In vivo imaging of α7 nicotinic receptors as a novel method to monitor neuroinflammation after cerebral ischemia”

Lydia Wachsmuth "Structural remodeling in a rat model of brain stem ischemia revealed by diffusion tensor imaging"

Brain: Structure, Function, and Networks

Andrea Mendez-Torrijos "Food as a Modulator of Resting State Networks in Rodents and Humans"

New Probes | MRI and Multimodal

Andrea Gálisová "A novel mannan-based probe for multimodal imaging of cancer and inflammation"

Giuseppe Digilio "Biocompatible Materials labelled with Microenvironment Responsive MRI Probes for the follow-up of Cell Transplants"

New Probes | Optical Imaging and Photoacoustic

Giorgia Zambito "Evaluating different luciferase reporter genes combined with novel D-luciferin analogues for bioluminescence imaging"

New Probes | PET/SPECT and Radionuclide

Stef De Lombaerde “Evaluating hepatobiliary transport with 18F labeled bile acids: the effect of radiolabel position and bile acid backbone on radiosynthesis, in vitro and in vivo performance”

Peter Gawne “Oxine (8-hydroxyquinoline) as an ionophore for 52Mn: Exploring applications in cell radiolabelling and liposomal nanomedicine imaging using PET”

New Probes | Synthesis and Enabling Technologies

Wael Al Rawashdeh "Tuning the photophysical properties of small organic fluorophores for cellular microscopy"

Frederik Cleeren "Kit-based labelling of heat-sensitive biomolecules using the inverse electron demand Diels-Alder cycloaddition reaction"

Nuclear Imaging Technology

David Perez-Benito "Design and performance study of quasi-spherical PET scanner"

Oncology | Solutions to unmet clinical need

Pascal Jonker “MET as Potential Target for Molecular Fluorescence Guided Surgery in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma”

Ultrasound and Opto-Acoustics Technology

Antonio Miguel Caravaca Aguirre "Photoacoustic endoscopy with speckle illumination"

X-Ray Imaging Technology

Mónica Abella Garcia "X-Ray scatter correction in 2D radiography using a beam-stopper: a simulation study"