The ESMI | founded in 2005
The initial aims of creating a multidisciplinary, collaborative European MI society back in 2005 were
- to ensure sustainability of achievements and co-operations resulting from the first large European molecular imaging research projects namely “Diagnostic Molecular Imaging DiMI” and “European Molecular Imaging Laboratories EMIL” and
- to create one strong, science-driven, multidisciplinary community advocating imaging science throughout Europe and beyond.
The coordinators of the two EU-funded research projects (Andreas Jacobs – DiMI, Bertrand Tavitian – EMIL) and the project partners were the founding fathers an driving forces of the ESMI. Bertrand and Andreas became first and second ESMI President.
In 2010 the EC-funded project periods of both networks ended and the ESMI established an independent structure.
ESMI Founding Members
- Silvio Aime – Torino Italy
- Frank Bengel – Hannover Germany
- Harald Carlsen – Oslo Norway
- John Clark – Edinburgh United Kingdom
- Silvana Delvecchio – Napels Italy
- Denis Guilloteau – Tours France
- Arend Heerschap – Nijmegen Netherlands
- Mathias Hoehn – Cologne Germany
- Andreas Jacobs – Bonn Germany
- Clemens Lowik – Rotterdam Netherlands
- Helmut Maecke – Freiburg Germany
- Adriana Maggi – Milan Italy
- Chrit Moonen – Utrecht Netherlands
- Robert Muller Mons-Hainaut Belgium
- David Parker – Durham United Kingdom
- Anna Planas – Barcelona Spain
- Frank Roesch – Mainz Germany
- Bertrand Tavitian – Paris France
- Go van Dam – Groningen Netherlands
- Annemie van der Linden – Antwerp Belgium