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 consortium consists of up to 30 partner organizations, ranging from hospitals and research institutions to companies from the healthcare sector. The three Tübingen institutions involved in IMAGIO are the Department of Preclinical Imaging and Radiopharmacy (Prof. Dr. Bernd Pichler), the Department of Medical Oncology and Pneumology (Prof. Dr. Lars Zender) and the Department of Nuclear Medicine and Clinical Molecular Imaging (Prof. Dr. Christian la Fougère).

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Habilitation successful:
Congratulations to PD Dr. Nicolas Bézière

Our colleague, Dr. Nicolas Bézière, head of the Infection & Inflammation group, successfully defended his habilitation on 03.07.2023. The topic of his habilitation thesis was "Molecular Imaging of Inflammation" and the topic of the defense talk was "Senescence imaging: a new window into pathologies". Congratulations PD. Dr. Nicolas Bézière!

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). The funding is intended to maintain and further expand the already existing international top-level research in the field of molecular and functional imaging. The funding covers a period of ten years, from 2024 to 2033.

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