Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

The Fifth International Workshop on Metabolic Imaging

Scientific Program

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Thursday, October 18th, 2018

7:00 – 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 8:10 am
Introductory Remarks
Rahim R. Rizi, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
8:10 – 8:15 am
Welcome Remarks
Mitchell D. Schnall, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Session I: Keynote Lectures
Moderator: Rahim R. Rizi, Ph.D.
8:15 – 8:40 am
Cancer Imaging and Metabolic Therapy
Chi Dang, M.D., Ph.D.
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
8:40 – 9:05 am
Metabolic Oncologic Imaging: Why It Matters
Peter Choyke, M.D.
National Institutes of Health
9:05 – 9:25 am
Probing Metabolic Networks in Human Subjects
Craig Malloy, M.D.
University of Texas, Southwestern
9:25 – 9:45 am
Development and Translation of Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 MRI for Human Cancer and Brain Research
Daniel Vigneron, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
9:45 – 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 – 10:15 am
Break
Session II: Moving Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 into the Clinic – Opportunities & Challenges
Moderator: John Kurhanewicz, Ph.D.
10:15 – 10:35 am
What Hyperpolarized 13C MR Has to Achieve to be Used Routinely in Neurological and Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice
Douglas Rothman, Ph.D.
Yale University
10:35 – 10:55 am
Phospholipid Metabolism in Mutant IDH1 Glioma MRS Studies
Sabrina Ronen, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
10:55 – 11:15 am
Feeding the Failing Heart
Daniel Kelly, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania
11:15 – 11:35 am
Toward Using In-cell HP MRS to Study Metabolism
Kayvan Keshari, Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
11:35 – 11:55 am
Physiologic and Metabolic Imaging of Pancreatic Tumor Xenografts in Mice Imaging Biomarkers to Guide Treatment
Murali K. Cherukuri, Ph.D.
National Institutes of Health
11:55 am – 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 – 1:00 pm
Lunch
Session III: Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Presentations – Part I
Moderators: Jeremy Gordon, Ph.D.
1:00 – 1:10 pm
The Use of Hyperpolarized Imaging for Assessing Lung Transplantation Outcomes in Rats
Sarmad Siddiqui
University of Pennsylvania
1:10 – 1:20 pm
Hyperpolarized Micro-NMR for Sensitive and High-Throughput Analysis of Metabolic Flux in Rare Cells
Sangmoo Jeong, Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
1:20 – 1:30 pm
Mitochondrial Uncoupling Alters Pancreatic Cancer Metabolism
Lotte B. Berterlsen, Ph.D.
Aarhus University, Denmark
1:30 – 1:40 pm
CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Editing to Guide Selection of DNP-13C-MRI Probes Sensitive to Metabolic Heterogeneities in Cancer
Nicholas R. Perkons
University of Pennsylvania
1:40 – 1:50 pm
Dynamic Metabolic Imaging of Co-Polarized [2-13C]Pyruvate and [1,4-13C2]Fumarate Using 3D-Spiral CSI with Alternate Spectral Band Excitation
Maninder Singh, Ph.D.
University of Maryland
1:50 – 2:00 pm
Hyperpolarized 129Xe Imaging in Lung Cancer
Luis A. Loza
University of Pennsylvania
2:00 – 2:10 pm
Break
Session IV: IND and Regulatory Guidelines
Moderators: Jan Henrik Ardenkjaer-Larsen, Ph.D.
2:10 – 2:30 pm
The NCI IND of C-13 Pyruvate: A Resource for the Community
Paula M. Jacobs, Ph.D.
National Institutes of Health
2:30 – 2:50 pm
Unmet Needs, Strategies and Opportunities in Cancer Imaging
Huiming Zhang, Ph.D.
National Institutes of Health
2:50 – 3:10 pm
Production of Filled Pharmacy Kits and Terminal Sterilization for Human Studies
James Slater, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
3:10 – 3:25 pm
Review of the Status and Challenges of Hyperpolarized Imaging
Jonathan Murray
GE Healthcare
3:25 – 3:40 pm
Review of Current Status of Hyperpolarized Agents for Research and Clinical Trials
C.T. Tan, Ph.D.
Millipore Sigma
3:40 – 3:55 pm
Shunt, Don’t Block: A New Approach to Dual Nuclear Coil Design
Matthew G. Erickson, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Florida
3:55 – 4:00 pm
Discussion
4:00 – 4:15 pm
Break
Session V: Technical Advances – Polarization and Probes I
Moderator: Simon Duckett, Ph.D.
4:15 – 4:35 pm
Recent Advances in Dissolution-DNP Polarization
Jan Henrik Ardenkjaer-Larsen, Ph.D.
Technical University of Denmark
4:35 – 4:55 pm
Parahydrogen Derived Polarization for Metabolic Imaging
Eduard Chekmenev, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
4:55 – 5:15 pm
Development of a Preclinical PHIP Polarizer
Shawn Wagner, Ph.D.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
5:15 – 5:35 pm
 
Hyperpolarized 13C MR Using Photo-induced Nonpersistent Radicals
Arnaud Comment, Ph.D.
GE Healthcare
5:35 – 5:55 pm
 
New Approaches in SABRE: Cleavable Metabolic / pH-Sensing "Double Agents", and Preparation of Purified Agents via Heterogeneous Catalysis and Catalyst Immobilization
Boyd Goodson, Ph.D.
Southern Illinois University
5:55 – 6:15 pm
 
Para-hydrogen Induced Hyperpolarization for Quantitative NMR Analysis at Sub-Micromolar Concentrations
Marco Tessari, Ph.D.
Radboud University, Netherland
6:15 – 6:35 pm
 
New Developments on Obtaining Molecular Structure and Dynamics from Transient Hyperpolarization
Christian Hilty, Ph.D.
Texas A&M University
6:35 – 6:55 pm
 
Hyperpolarization Chemistry and Spin Physics for Next Generation Biosensing
Thomas Theis, Ph.D.
Duke University
6:55 – 7:10 pm
Discussion
 

Friday, October 19th, 2018

7:00 – 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
Session VI: Keynote Lectures II
Moderator: Chi Dang, M.D., Ph.D.
7:50 – 8:15 am
Clinical Development Strategy for Hyperpolarized MR Imaging Techniques 
Mitchell D. Schnall, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
8:15 – 8:40 am
Role of Metabolism in Supporting Cancer Proliferation
Matthew G. Vander Heiden, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
8:40 – 9:05 am
Current Status of Hyperpolarized 13C MR of Prostate Cancer Patients
John Kurhanewicz, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
9:05 – 9:15 am
Discussion
9:15 – 9:30 am
Break
Session VII: Technical Advances – Polarization and Probes II
Moderators: Rahim R. Rizi, Ph.D. and Warren S. Warren, Ph.D.
9:30 – 9:50 am
Scaling Up SABRE Variants to Clinically Useful Levels with Biologically Interesting, Long-Lived Agents
Warren S. Warren, Ph.D.
Duke University
9:50 – 10:10 am
Using SABRE to Hyperpolarize Pyruvate, Urea and Nicotinamide: Progress Towards In vivo Assessment
Simon Duckett, Ph.D.
University of York, United Kingdom
10:10 – 10:30 am
In Vivo and in Cells Metabolic Studies Using PHIP-SAH Hyperpolaried [1-13C] Pyruvate
Silvio Aime, Ph.D.
University of Torino, Italy
10:30 – 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 – 10:50 am
Break
Session VIII: Maximizing the Information Harvest
Moderator: Matthew Merritt, Ph.D.
10:50 – 11:10 am
A Dual Metabolomics/Hyperpolarization Approach Identifies Profound TCA Cycle Disruption as a Consequence of B-Lapachone Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer Cells
Matthew Merritt, Ph.D.
University of Florida
11:10 – 11:25 am
Development of Hyperpolarized 13C Metabolic Biomarkers of Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness – from Cells to Patient Derived Tissues
Renuka Sriram, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
11:25 – 11:40 am
Methods for Examining Perfused Cancer Cells with Hyperpolarized Substrates Under Hypoxic Conditions
Anthony Mancuso, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
11:40 – 11:55 am
Excitation and Encoding in Hyperpolarized 13C MRI
Charles Cunningham, Ph.D.
Sunnybrook Research Institute, Canada
11:55 am – 12:05 pm
Discussion
12:05 – 1:00 pm
Lunch
Session IX: Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Presentations – Part II
Moderator: Cornelius von Morze, Ph.D.
1:00 – 1:10 pm
Metal-Free Hyperpolarized Metabolites Produced via Rapid Catalyst Capture
Danila Barskiy, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
1:10 – 1:20 pm
Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations to Explore the Limits of SABRE
Jacob R. Lindale, Ph.D.
Duke University
1:20 – 1:30 pm
Hyperpolarized 13C Imaging of Treatment Responses on Prostate Cancer Patients Using 3D Dynamic CS-EPSI Techniques
Hsin-Yu Chen, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
1:30 – 1:40 pm
Hyperpolarized MRI Visualizes Warburg Effects and Predicts mTOR Inhibitor Treatment Response in Patient-Derived ccRCC Xenograft Models
Roozbeh Eskandari, Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
1:40 – 1:50 pm
Parametric Measurement of Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Large Preclinical Model – Metabolism and Perfusion Quantified
Esben S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Aarhus University, Denmark
1:50 – 2:00 pm
Monitoring Lung Cancer in Rodents Using Hyperpolarized Carbon-13
Tahmina Achekzai
University of Pennsylvania
2:00 – 2:10 pm
Break
Session X: Cancer Detection and Monitoring with PET
Moderator: David Mankoff, M.D., Ph.D.
2:10 – 2:30 pm
NCI’s Vision/Initiatives Funding Opportunities in Cancer Biology
Nancy Boudreau, Ph.D.
National Institutes of Health
2:30 – 2:50 pm
Translating PET Cancer Metabolism Imaging to Patients: Beyond FDG
David Mankoff, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
2:50 – 3:10 pm
 
 
PET Tracers to Guide Metabolically-targeted Therapy
Charles Manning, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
3:10 – 3:30 pm
Fluoroglutamine PET/CT: First in-Human Trial
Mark Dunphy, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
3:30 – 3:50 pm
Imaging Cancer Glutamine Metabolism by PET and MRI
Rong Zhou, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
3:50 – 4:00 pm
Discussion
4:00 – 4:15 pm
Break
Session XI: Metabolism and Pathways – Part I
Moderator: Douglas Rothman, Ph.D.
4:15 – 4:35 pm
 
Multi-scale Platform for Combined Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Optical Imaging of Metabolism in 3D Cell Cultures
Sean B. Fain, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin, Madison
4:35 – 4:55 pm
Hyperpolarized 13C MRI and Biomarkers of Androgen Signaling in Castrate-resistant Prostate Cancer
Mark Titus, Ph.D.
University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
4:55 – 5:15 pm
 
Deuterium Metabolic Imaging (DMI) A Novel MR-based Method to Map Metabolism in 3D
Robin de Graaf, Ph.D.
Yale University
5:15 – 5:35 pm
 
Effects of B1 and Slice Profile Inhomogeneities on Dynamic HP 13C MRI
James Bankson, Ph.D.
University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
5:35 – 5:55 pm
Cardiac Carbon: Coils, Code and Challenges
Jack Miller, Ph.D.
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
5:55 – 6:15 pm
Quantitative Imaging of Brain Energy Metabolisms and Neuroenergetics at Ultrahigh Field
Wei Chen, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
6:15 – 6:35 pm
Metabolic Modeling of 13C Hyperpolarized Data for Studying Brain Metabolism and Neurotransmission 
Graeme Mason, Ph.D.
Yale University
6:35 – 6:50 pm
Discussion
 

Saturday, October 20th, 2018

7:00 – 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
Session XII: Advances in Acquisition Strategies
Moderator: Kayvan Keshari, Ph.D.
8:00 – 8:20 am
Hyperpolarized Functional and Metabolic Kidney Imaging
Christoffer Laustsen, Ph.D.
Aarhus University, Denmark
8:20 – 8:40 am
 
Optimum Acquisitions for Hyperpolarised Metabolic Imaging
Rolf Schulte, Ph.D.
GE Healthcare
8:40 – 9:00 am
 
Imaging of Treatment Refractory, Latent Cellular Domains in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Terence Gade, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
9:00 – 9:20 am
In Vivo Hyperpolarization Transfer in a Clinical MRI Scanner
Cornelius von Morze, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
9:20 – 9:40 am
Probing Lung Inflammatory Injury Using Hyperpolarized 13C MRI
Mehrdad Pourfathi, M.S.
University of Pennsylvania
9:40 – 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 – 10:10 am
Break
Session XIII: Metabolism and Pathways – Part II
Moderator: Christoffer Laustsen, Ph.D.
10:10 – 10:30 am
Imaging Superoxide Levels in Tissues with PET
Robert Mach, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
10:30 – 10:50 am
Applications of Deuterium Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Gliomas     
Henk de Feyter, Ph.D.
Yale University
10:50 – 11:10 am
Applications of Hyperpolarized 13C MRI in Traumatic Brain Injury
Dirk Mayer, Ph.D.
University of Maryland
11:10 – 11:30 am
Extending Volumetric Coverage Using 3D Hyperpolarized C-13 EPI with Calibrationless Parallel Imaging
Jeremy Gordon, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
11:30 – 11:50 am
13C Hyperpolarization in Nanodiamonds: Applications to Spectroscopy and Imaging
Ashok Ajoy, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
11:50 am – 12:10 pm
Noninvasive Evaluation of Metabolic Flexibility in Heart and Contracting Skeletal Muscle
Timothy R. DeGrado, Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic 
12:10 – 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 – 1:10 pm
Lunch
Session XIV:  Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Presentations – Part III
Moderators: Mehrdad Pourfathi and Sarmad Siddiqui
1:10 – 1:20 pm
Multimodal Molecular In Vivo Imaging Reveals Tumor Microenvironments from Integrating Hyperpolarized 13C MRI, 18F-FDG PET, and EPR Imaging in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Kazu Yamamoto, Ph.D.
National Institutes of Health 
1:20 – 1:30 pm
Quantifying Glutamine Metabolism in Pancreatic Cancer
Ilana Kotliar
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
1:30 – 1:40 pm
Iterative Joint Spatial-Spectral Reconstruction for Hyperpolarized 13C Imaging with Prior Knowledge
Minjie Zhu
University of Maryland
1:40 – 1:50 pm
Increasing 13C Relaxation Times with D2O Solvation
Andrew Cho
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
1:50 – 2:00 pm
Terminal Diazirines Enable Reverse Polarization Transfer from 15N Singlets
Guannan Zhang, Ph.D.
Duke University
2:00 – 2:10 pm
Design of Molecular Probes with Long T1 for Hyperpolarized MRI
Yohei Kondo
University of Tokyo, Japan 
2:10 – 2:20 pm
Break
Session XV: Metabolism and Pathways – Part III
Moderator: Jerry Glickson, Ph.D.
2:20 – 2:40 pm
Taking Advantage of Orthogonal Metabolic Pathways for Targeted Infection Imaging
Mark Sellmyer, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania 
2:40 – 3:00 pm
Metabolic Imaging of Targeted Therapy in Preclinical Cancer Models
Sui Seng Tee, Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
3:00 – 3:20 pm
Stable Isotope Tracing and Quantification of Compartmentalized Metabolism
Nathaniel Snyder, Ph.D.
Drexel University
3:20 – 3:40 pm
13C Tracer Studies Using MIMOSA A New Window on Quantitative Fluxomic
Richard Kibbey, M.D., Ph.D.
Yale University
3:40 – 4:00 pm
Metabolic Network Analysis in Cancer: Quantification of Flux
Alexander Shestov, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
4:00 – 4:10 pm
Final Remarks
Stephen Kadlecek, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania