EMIM 2025 | Bilbao

Looking back @ EMIM 2025

A heartfelt “THANK YOU” to all who participated! Thanks for sharing your excellent research, for your support, trust, patience, and unlimited dedication for this wonderful, multidisciplinary field of reserach. You have made this 20^th EMIM not only a top scientific event, but also a flagship for collaboration and friendship.

What a Grand Opening!

This 20^th EMIM marks also the 20th anniversary of the ESMI. Special thanks to you, Jordi, you have made it a real anniversary, not only by taking us 20 years back in time, but this is certainly a “must see”:

Programme | PHOTOS | Awardees

• The complete programme incl. abstracts can be accessed via the EMIM App (to access digital posters, pitches, or your notes, login is required)
• or the online programme
• Photos, photos, photos – keep your memories alive
• See all EMIM 2025 Awardees here

Plenary Lectures

• ESMI Award Lecture by BERND PICHLER, Tübingen
• IVAN PENUELAS, Pamplona
  “Nuclear Imaging in experimental animals: Innovating with Basics to Answer Big Questions”
• LINYAN SHI, San Diego
  “Raman Metabolic Nanoscopy for Studying Aging and Related Diseases”
• VALENTIN FUSTER, New York/Madrid
  “Challenges in CV Health and Disease: Imaging & Education”
• NIELS LYNNERUP, Copenhagen
  “Imaging the Dead: The Hidden Insides of Mummies and Bog Bodies”
• RITA GIL, Lisbon (ESMI Award for excellent PhD Thesis)
  “Unravelling spatiotemporal mechanisms of rodent visual function via advanced magnetic resonance imaging”
• + three Young Investigator Award finalists – see right hand side

Parallel Sessions & Titles

30 Parallel Sessions (PS) were filled with your original, unpublished science. Each one started with an introductory lecture (apart from the four late-breaking sessions). These lectures were intended to introduce the topic and serve as a basis for the following shorter talks. – a particular thanks to all intro speakers!

PS 01	Optical, Optoacoustic, Ultrasound | Probes/Reporter Genes
PS 02	Cancer Biology & Tumour Microenvironment
PS 03	Image-guided Drug Delivery & Theranostics
PS 04	Cardiovascular & Pulmonary | Characterisation of Disease
PS 05	In vitro Models
PS 06	Targeted Contrast Agents
PS 07	X-Ray, CT, PET & SPECT Technologies
PS 08	Metabolism
PS 09	Cancer Therapy Response (late-breaking)
PS 10	Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
PS 11	MRI, MPI & Multimodal | Probes/Reporter Genes
PS 12	Multimodal Technologies
PS 13	Brain Metabolism, Function & Perfusion
PS 14	Immune System
PS 15	Cells & Tissue Models (late-breaking)
PS 16	Theranostic Agents | Probes/Reporter Genes
PS 17	Acute & Chronic Brain Disorders (late-breaking)
PS 18	Optoacoustics & Ultrasound Technologies
PS 19	Quantification & Image Analysis
PS 20	Gut & Bone
PS 21	Multimodal & Multiscale Technologies (late-breaking)
PS 22	Cancer Diagnosis
PS 23	Neuroimaging Tools in Disease Models
PS 24	Infection
PS 25	Interventional & Surgical Imaging
PS 26	PET/SPECT, Radionuclide, X-Ray, CT | Probes/Reporter Genes
PS 27	Cancer Therapy
PS 28	(Hyperpolarized) MRI & MPI Technologies
PS 29	Brain (Micro-) Structure, Anatomy & Receptors
PS 30	Cardiovascular & Pulmonary | Treatment Response

Educational Sessions

• ES 01 | PET Technologies & Radiochemistry
  Organized by Roger Schibli, Zurich/Villigen & Willemien Menke van Oordt, Amsterdam
• ES 02 | Imaging the Tumour Microenvironment Across Scales
  Organized by Louise van der Weerd, Leiden & David Thomas, London
• ES 03 | Intraoperative Imaging
  Organized by Twan Lammers, Aachen & Rafael T.M. de Rosales, London
• ES 04 | Quick Guide part 1 – Intravital Microscopy & RAMAN
• ES 04 | Quick Guide part 2 – Magnetic Particle & Mass Spectrometry Imaging

Study Group Sessions

• Chemistry
• Cardiovascular Imaging
• Onco-Immunology & Therapy
• X-Ray/Lung Imaging
• Standardization in small Animal Imaging
• Neuroimaging
• Hyperpolarized-MRI
• Image-Guided Drug Delivery
• Intra-Operative Imaging
• Mass Spectrometry

Learn more about the ESMI Study Groups

EMIM 2025 Poster Sessions

Two Poster Sessions were scheduled with no competitive sessions in parallel. In 47 thematic poster walks, 452 posters were presented. Each of the poster walks was chaired by two chair persons and resulted into an EMIM 2025 poster award – see all awardees here.

Thanks for your participation & support!

EMIM 2025 in Numbers

Young Investigator Award