29.04.2021

New diagnostic procedure for pulmonary aspergillosis

For people with a weakened immune system, invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, a fungal infection of the lungs, poses a great danger. Diagnosing the infection is often difficult and inaccurate, and the highly invasive procedures are uncomfortable for already weakened patients. In search of a new diagnostic procedure, the University Hospital of Tübingen has therefore joined forces with the University of Duisburg-Essen and the College of Life & Environmental Sciences at the University of Exeter to investigate a new antibody-guided imaging technique. The study of the procedure was carried out in the mouse model and is to be used to research a clinical approach. The study is currently published in the renowned journal Nature Communications.

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WSIC receives funding in the European IMAGIO research consortium

The European research consortium IMAGIO "Imaging and Advanced Guidance for workflow optimization in Interventional Oncology" is funded with 24 million euros by the Innovative Health Initiative (IHI). The Department of Preclinical Imaging and Radiopharmacy (Prof. Dr. Bernd Pichler) is part of this consortium.

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New Horizons - Symposium in honor to Prof. Dr. Mikhail Shapiro and workshop

On 25.10.-26.10.2022, a symposium on "New Horizons in Precision Medical imaging and Therapy" will take place. Keynote speaker will be Prof. Dr. Mikhail Shapiro, Caltec, USA. On 27.10.2022, a demonstration workshop on "Gene-encoded Gas Vesicles for Molecular Focused Ultrasound Imaging in Cells" will follow.

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WSIC receives 18.4 million euros in funding from the Werner Siemens Foundation

The Werner Siemens Imaging Center (WSIC) at the Radiological University Hospital Tübingen and the Medical Faculty of the University of Tübingen is pleased to announce that it has received a total of 18.4 million euros in funding from the Swiss Werner Siemens Foundation (WSS)

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Annette Widmann-Mauz visits the Werner Siemens Imaging Center

Mrs. Annette Widmann-Mauz (MdB), Minister of State and Tübingen CDU constituency representative, visited the WSIC for a roundtable discussion on the topic of the planned regional light rail system.For the largest infrastructure project in the Neckar-Alb region, the WSIC would have to change its current location.

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Innovative method to improve cancer immunotherapy

The Preclinical Imaging and Radiopharmacy Department of the University Hospital Tübingen and ImaginAb, a global market leading biotech company, are cooperating in the field of cancer immunotherapy making Tübingen Europe's first center for the production of radiolabeled CD8 minibodies.

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TheranosticValleySTR project outline reaches 2nd round of BMBF "Clusters4Future" call

TheranosticValleySTR (STR= Research and Economic Region Stuttgart, Tübingen, Reutlingen) represents the concept for an innovative future cluster to fundamentally improve diagnosis and therapy of cancer, infectious and neurological diseases. The main drivers of this concept, the University of Tübingen, MPI Tübingen-Stuttgart and the NMI Reutlingen, are among the 15 chosen conceputal clusters (out of 117 applicants) to hand in a full concept.

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Biologicals Development Center becomes new RegioWIN lighthouse project

Ministers of the state of Baden-Württemberg announced the funding of the Biologicals Development Centre with the NMI in Reutlingen and the Werner Siemens Imaging Centre (WSIC) of the University and University Hospital of Tübingen as the responsible project promoters at the award ceremony for RegioWIN projects. The goal of the partners is to design, produce, functionalise and test biotechnologically produced proteins, so-called biologicals, in cooperation with academic groups and companies and to quickly bring them into use.

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New National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) site in Tübingen

With the National Decade against Cancer, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is strengthening cancer research by expanding the two existing sites of the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) by four additional locations - one of those located in Tübingen.

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Radiology researcher receives Humboldt Foundation Sofja Kovalevskaja Award

Dr. André Martins is one of this year's recipients of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's Sofja Kovalevskaja Award. This award, one of the highest endowed science awards in Germany, honors talented early-career international researchers.

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Professor Bernd Pichler elected as new Dean of the Medical Faculty

Professor Bernd Pichler is the new Dean of the Medical Faculty at the University of Tübingen.

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EU funding to improve immunotherapies

The Tübingen Radiopharmacy develops new immune cell tracers:

The University Hospital of Tübingen is participating in a Europe-wide research project on immune imaging.

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Successful application for Cluster of Excellence (iFIT)

The Image-Guided and Functionally Instructed Tumor Therapies (iFIT) Cluster of Excellence succeeded in the application for a seven years funding period.

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K.H. Eberle-Innovation Award for Tübingen Research Project

The K.H. Eberle Foundation award was granted for the first time at the University Tübingen – The award goes to natural scientists and physicians developing alternative methods in animal research

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Professor Bernd Pichler new member of the Leopoldina

Professor Bernd Pichler, radiologist at the University Hospital of Tübingen and head of the Werner Siemens Imaging Center (WSCI), was elected a member of the Leopoldina in July. The membership is an award for his scientific achievements.

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2nd edition of "Small Animal Imaging" published

This textbook is a practical guide to the use of small animal imaging in preclinical research that will assist in the choice of imaging modality and contrast agent and in study design, experimental setup, and data evaluation.

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OpenMS featured in the Sustainable Software Institute's blog

The article is part of the SSI series 'A day in the software life,' in which researchers from all disciplines discuss the tools that make their research possible.

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Prof. Bernd Pichler admitted to the National Academy of Science and Technology

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