Top Thesis Webinar Series

This is a series of short webinars highlighting the outstanding work of the finalists of the ESMI Award for Excellent PhD Thesis from 2021 to 2024. Since 2025, all finalists are invited to present their outstanding work at a dedicated plenary lecture at the EMIM.

Webinar Editions 2021-2024

Enjoy recordings of former editions – click here!

Edition 2025

#1/25 | Laura Kist de Ruijter, Groningen – 89Zr-PET imaging for clinical insights into the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors

#2/25 | Federica De Lorenzi, Aachen/Nijmegen – Exploring the Tumor Microenvironment of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer for Developing Drug Delivery Strategies and in Vitro Vascularized Tumor Models

Edition 2024

#1/24 | Nikita Sushentsev, Cambridge – Clinical and biological validation of hyperpolarised MRI of prostate cancer

#2/24 | Ravian L. van Ineveld – A panoramic view of the phenotypic landscape of healthy and tumor tissues–Multispectral 3D microscopy of intact tissues

Edition 2023

• #1/23 | Anna Pees, Toronto (formerly Amsterdam) – [18F]Fluoroform – a Versatile Building Block for PET Tracer Synthesis
• #2/23 | Mandy van Leent, New York – Employing Nanomedicine in Inflammatory Diseases
• #3/23 | Cristina Barca, Hannover (formerly Muenster) – Multimodal Molecular Imaging of modulated neuroinflammatory response in experimental stroke

Edition 2022

#1/22 | Nicole Barth, Edinburgh – Development of a novel imaging platform for the detection of apoptotic cells
#2/22 | Doreen Lau, Cambridge – Imaging Biomarkers of Response to Immune Checkpoint Inhibition in Melanoma