2nd ProtoTera PhD Students Workshop
Auditorium – Campus Tecnológico e Nuclear, IST - Lisbon
Wednesday, 09 October 2024
09:30 – 11:00 | Opening Session
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09:30 - 10:00 |
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10:00 – 10:30 | Prof. João Seco (U. Heidelberg and DKFZ German Cancer Research Center) Quo Vadis FLASH radiotherapy? |
10:30 – 11:00 | Dr. Paula Alves (IPO Coimbra) Redefinindo a Radioterapia: Avanços e Desafios |
11:00 – 11:30 |
Coffee-Break
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11:30 – 11:50 | Afonso Pinto Time-of-Flight technology implementation in the HadronPET for in-situ proton beam range monitoring |
11:50 – 12:10 | Catarina Magalhães Implementation of a High-Resolution PET Scanner for 3D Proton Beam Quality Assessment |
12:10 – 12:30 | Gonçalo Ribeiro Real-Time Beam Monitoring Device Based On Cherenkov Effect For FLASH RT With Charged Particle Beams |
12:30 – 12:50 | Joana Leitão (online presentation) Partial-volume proton-FLASH |
12:50 – 14:00 |
Lunch
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14:00 – 14:20 | Ana Rita Teixeira Proton therapy for glioblastoma multiforme: preclinical radiobiological studies and evaluation of gold nanoparticles as radiosensitizers |
14:20 – 14:40 | Diana Rodrigues Fully Automated Synthesis of Copper-61-based Radiopharmaceuticals for Prostate Cancer Detection |
14:40 – 15:00 | Joana Antunes Modelling cell survival in AuNP-enhanced radiotherapy using voxelized cell geometries |
15:00 – 15:20 | Victor Merza (online presentation) A Research Approach in Experimental Nanodosimetry for Radiotherapy and Beyond |
15:20 – 15:50 |
Coffee-Break
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15:50 – 16:10 | Carina Coelho Investigating the Potential Benefits of Proton Therapy in the Context of Neurodegenerative Disorders |
16:10 – 16:30 | Francisca Afonso Cancer weapons against neurodegeneration
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16:30 – 16:50 | Rui Fernandez PicoMonitoring: sub-ns FLASH beam monitoring with Si devices |
16:50 – 17:10 | Khaled Katmeh (online presentation) Investigating the Risk of Radiation-Induced Brain Necrosis Based on Ionization Detail (ID) Parameters in Proton Therapy for Skull Base Tumors.
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Thursday, 10 October 2024
09:30 – 09:50 | Cristiana Rodrigues (online presentation) Development of Microdosimetric Detectors for Radiobiology in Hadron Therapy Facilities |
09:50 – 10:10 | Mariana Brás (online presentation) In-vivo dosimetry and range verification: prospects for using gadolinium-based contrast agents to track the treatment plan delivery |
10:10 – 10:30 | Vital Ferreira Filho (online presentation) Improving theranostic properties of SPIONs: surface coating influence |
10:30 – 10:50 | Miguel Molina-Hernández Unlocking radiolysis: gMicroMC’s leap from micro to macro simulations and the B-yield’s key role in CONV vs. FLASH |
10:50 – 11:20 |
Coffee-Break
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11:20 – 11:40 | Rafael Travassos Chemo-radiotherapy versus standard radiotherapy in breast cancer – a computational and biological perspective |
11:40 – 12:00 | Matilde Palmeira Modelling of Prostate Cancer Progression: Integrating Tumor Growth and Angiogenesis |
12:00 – 12:20 | Joana Santos EGFR/SHP2-targeted medicines for colorectal cancer theranostics |
12:20 – 12:40 | Cátia Rosa Radiation and targeted therapy combined approach in metastatic breast and prostate cancers – computational and biological evaluation |
12:40 – 14:00
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Lunch |
14:00 – 14:20 | Tiago Azevedo Modeling the radiobiological effect of radiation using spheroids as an in silico model |
14:20 – 14:40 | Diogo Engrácia Breast and lung cancer spheroids as tools to investigate novel radiotherapeutic strategies |
14:40 – 15:00 | João Lourenço (online presentation) The Stitching FLASH treatment planning method for proton FLASH radiotherapy: Combining FLASH with VMAT for brain and vertebra irradiation |
15:00 – 15:20 | João Canhoto (online presentation) Extending the ionisation cluster size distribution of the Associated Volume algorithm to =0 using Statistical Learning methods |
15:20 – 15:40 | Maria Leonor Rebolo (online presentation) Multi-MeV Gamma Interaction Position Estimation in Large Pure Cherenkov Emitter Crystals for Collimated Prompt-Gamma Imaging |
15:40 – 16:30 | Closing Session and Coffee-Break
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