tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49102499365738856212024-02-20T23:35:52.036+02:00Turku PET CentreAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317967420363459979noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910249936573885621.post-35687369547766707922015-06-25T09:06:00.002+03:002015-06-25T09:08:01.137+03:005 year position as senior researcherThe National PET Centre is seeking for a SENIOR RESEARCHER. The duties include<br />
<ul>
<li>development of modelling and analysis of brain PET studies,</li>
<li>independent research,</li>
<li>supervision of theses,</li>
<li>participation in teaching and education,</li>
<li>international collaboration.</li>
</ul>
We require at least a doctoral degree. We appreciate associate / adjunct professorship (docent degree), experience and successful conduct of independent research work and international contacts. Also experience of PET- and MRI-investigations and modeling of brain PET studies are considered as an advantage.<br />
Duration of the post is 5 years. Salary is based on the salary system for universities which is followed by University of Turku, in which the salary is based on the job requirement factors and on personal work performance. For a senior researcher job requirement level 7 and personal work performance level 2-6 = 3972 – 4897 Euros / month.<br />
Please submit application via <a href="http://www.utu.fi/en/university/university-as-an-employer/open-vacancies/Pages/home.aspx">University of Turku</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317967420363459979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910249936573885621.post-31993703153868928082014-05-05T09:54:00.005+03:002014-05-05T09:54:58.043+03:00Neuroplasticity in Medicine in Turku, Finland 11-13th June 2014XXV Paulo Foundation Medical symposium Neuroplasticity in Medicine in Turku, Finland 11-13th June 2014.<br />
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<a href="http://congress.utu.fi/neuroplasticity2014/">http://congress.utu.fi/neuroplasticity2014/</a>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317967420363459979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910249936573885621.post-39757144797201707172014-05-05T09:46:00.000+03:002014-05-05T09:46:31.922+03:00JSRS 2014 conference in Turku 10th Symposium of the Scandinavian Japanese Radiological Society & 13th Nordic Japan PACS Symposium in Turku, 11th-13th June, 2014.<br />
<a href="http://www.jsrs2014.fi/">http://www.jsrs2014.fi/</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317967420363459979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910249936573885621.post-44137275315055202572014-01-14T13:21:00.000+02:002014-01-14T13:21:51.406+02:00Functional Brain Imaging seminarsFunctional Brain Imaging seminars will be organized in <a href="http://www.turkupetcentre.fi/">Turku PET Centre</a> during Spring and Autumn 2014. The course programme will be available in <a href="http://www.utu.fi/fi/yksikot/med/opiskelu/Jatkotutkinto/PGE/Documents/2014/aivokuvantaminen2014.pdf">here</a>.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317967420363459979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910249936573885621.post-8927334357956976212013-06-17T14:15:00.001+03:002014-01-14T13:24:37.213+02:00XIII Turku PET Symposium<p>XIII Turku PET Symposium, in conjunction with the symposia of Nordic Association for Clinical Physics (NACP) and Scandinavian Society of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine (SSCPNM), will be organized on 24-27 May 2014 in Turku, Finland.</p>
<p>This educational event has a tradition of over 30 years and is targeted to all investigators and staff working with cyclotrons, PET radiochemistry, modelling and software development, as well as preclinical and clinical PET imaging.</p>
<p>For researchers interested in image analysis in the field of positron emission tomography, <a href="http://www.idoimaging.com/about">Andrew Crabb</a> will organize a hands-on course, teaching participants to analyze PET studies using free and open source tools.</p>
<p>Please download <a href="http://congress.utu.fi/turkupet2014/turkupet2014_second.pdf">the Second Announcement</a> and remember to mark the dates to your calendar. More information about the Symposium will be updated on the website <a href="http://congress.utu.fi/turkupet2014/">http://congress.utu.fi/turkupet2014/</a></p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317967420363459979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910249936573885621.post-23879055803902804892012-08-23T12:34:00.000+03:002012-08-23T12:38:23.691+03:00Saving clipboard contents in Office 2010<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1e5syz49lVIhA0ee_VSViq7EcxxOZSieWNVzIsGw6Avo">How to save clipboard contents in Office 2010</a>
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1D0TMQWZ_1qcBtDv8YGnGT9w0xe9GzkrkWBgiAb-vwTs">How to save part of Excel 2010 sheet as WMF</a>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317967420363459979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910249936573885621.post-28152165683215555992012-08-23T12:24:00.000+03:002012-08-23T12:24:41.907+03:00Modelling meetingsWeekly modelling meetings have started after the summer break. Meetings is every Tuesday 10:30 in PET seminar room (or in new analysis meeting room, if seminar room is occupied).
If you want to receive email reminders, ask Vesa Oikonen to add you to the TPC modelling email list.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317967420363459979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910249936573885621.post-45538549825548193352012-02-13T10:18:00.000+02:002012-02-13T10:20:09.099+02:00WCSB20129th International Workshop on Computational Systems Biology (WCSB)<br />June 4-6, 2012<br />Ulm University, Germany<br /><a href="http://www.cs.tut.fi/wcsb12/">http://www.cs.tut.fi/wcsb12/</a><br /><br />WCSB aims at bringing together the different communities involved in <br />computational systems biology research, e.g. experimental biology, <br />machine learning, signal processing, mathematics, statistics, and <br />theoretical physics. The scientific program includes invited plenary <br />talks as well as regular sessions with contributed research talks and <br />posters.<br /><br /><br />IMPORTANT DATES:<br />Submission deadline for full paper: March 31, 2012<br />Deadline for abstract-only submissions: March 31, 2012<br />Review comments: April 18, 2012<br />Submission deadline for camera-ready paper: May 4, 2012<br />TICSP Copyright Form: May 4, 2012<br />Early bird registration deadline: May 4, 2012Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317967420363459979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910249936573885621.post-42536247045736034052012-02-03T12:49:00.000+02:002012-02-03T12:50:42.998+02:00WikiPET closedOur WikiPET site (wiki.turkupetcentre.net and www.turkupetcentre.fi/wiki) are now closed, because the contents were outdated, and more up-to-date content is already available in www.turkupetcentre.fi.<br /> <br />For researcers in TPC: The backup of WikiPET contents is for the moment stored in S:\groups\Imaging\wikipet\.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317967420363459979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910249936573885621.post-76953320808324320802011-08-29T13:14:00.002+03:002011-08-29T13:17:06.871+03:00PGS seminar: Multiple sclerosis pathogenesisMultiple sclerosis pathogenesis
<br />Turku University PGS seminar 29.9.2011
<br />Mauno Koivisto Center lecture hall, Biocity, Turku
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<br />Programme:
<br />13.00-13.05 Opening words, Laura Airas, University of Turku
<br />13.05-14.00 Professor Tanja Kuhlmann, University of Munster. Pathology of the normal appearing white matter and gray matter in multiple sclerosis.
<br />14.00-15.00 Professor Daniel Anthony, University of Oxford. Animal models in
<br /> studies of CNS inflammation – special emphasis on the focal lesion model.
<br />15.00-15.15 Coffee break
<br />15.15-15.45 Professor Anne Roivainen, University of Turku. How to use small animal
<br />positron emission tomography (PET) in central nervous system (CNS) imaging
<br />15.45-16.15 Professor Juha Rinne, University of Turku. PET in imaging of human CNS inflammation
<br />16.15-16.30 MD Eero Rissanen, University of Turku. Imaging secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS) using PET
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317967420363459979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910249936573885621.post-10867420845577282312011-06-22T08:52:00.003+03:002011-08-23T08:37:57.043+03:00Imaging in Neuroscience: From Molecules to Human InteractionThe Brain Research Society of Finland organizes Neuroscience Finland 2011-symposium in 9th September 2011 in BioCity Turku. The title this year is “Imaging in Neuroscience: From Molecules to Human Interaction”. The detailed program can be found at <a href="http://www.brsf.org/program.htm">http://www.brsf.org/program.htm</a>.
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<br />Deadline for registration and abstracts is August 31, 2011.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317967420363459979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910249936573885621.post-23405096241805226982011-06-10T09:25:00.002+03:002011-06-10T09:33:43.092+03:00Challenges of Live Animal Imaging Facilities, Turku, Sep 26-27, 2011Nordic Seminar on Practical in vivo Imaging, "Challenges of Live Animal Imaging Facilities", will be held in Turku 26th - 27th September, 2011. <br /><br />Registration is free. More information in the <a href="http://www.norimm.org/First_announcement_Imaging_seminar.pdf">first announcement (pdf)</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317967420363459979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910249936573885621.post-88276973417323592032011-02-03T16:24:00.002+02:002011-02-03T16:31:04.057+02:00Software sessions in XII Turku PET SymposiumThe <a href="http://www.turkupetcentre.net/PET_symposium_XII_software_session/">programme of software sessions</a> of XII Turku PET Symposium is now ready! Also the <a href="http://congress.utu.fi/turkupet2011/abstract.php">abstract submission page</a> is opened.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317967420363459979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910249936573885621.post-82476509940587261462010-12-31T09:52:00.002+02:002010-12-31T09:55:37.182+02:00Carimas 2.0 has been releasedCarimas 2.0 has been finally released, and can be downloaded in <a href="http://www.turkupetcentre.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=230&Itemid=37&lang=en">Turku PET Centre web pages</a>.<br />Please contact Sergey Nesterov (@tyks.fi) in case of any questions or comments.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317967420363459979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910249936573885621.post-89660577337232521922010-11-11T07:38:00.001+02:002010-11-11T07:40:08.333+02:00Carimas in YouTubeWatch Carimas videos in YouTube, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/CarimasTeam">http://www.youtube.com/user/CarimasTeam</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317967420363459979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910249936573885621.post-39025427871394126052010-07-22T12:58:00.005+03:002010-08-19T08:21:36.053+03:00Turku PET Symposium 2011The XII <a href="http://congress.utu.fi/turkupet2011/">Turku PET Symposium</a> is going to be held on 28 – 31 May 2011.<br /><br />Note that there will be special sessions for software developers and technologists!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317967420363459979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910249936573885621.post-51423860796651898042010-05-21T14:15:00.002+03:002010-05-21T14:20:36.713+03:00New SW releases because of new Allogg blood samplerNew Allogg ABBS (automatic blood sampling system) has a different file format and its own calibration constants. Therefore the programs and scripts that process ABSS data files need to be updated. At the moment, program blo2kbq is updated to version 3.8.0, and all scripts using blo2kbq should be updated to call this version.<br /><br />Scripts that are already updated are:<br />water_input.vbs<br />PK11195_input.vbs<br />TMSX_input.vbs<br />DEP-D_input.vbsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317967420363459979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910249936573885621.post-78314278783009139152010-05-17T12:06:00.002+03:002010-05-17T12:20:20.732+03:00Lecture by Prof Dirk Duncker on May 26Professor of Experimental Cardiology and Director of Cardiovascular Research School COEUR in Rotterdam Medical School, Dirk Duncker, MD, PhD, will give us a talk about "<span style="font-weight:bold;">Left Ventricle<br />Remodelling after Myocardial Infarction: The Effects of Exercise Training</span>" on Wednesday 26th of May. The lecture will be held in the seminar room of Turku PET Centre starting at 15 o'clock.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317967420363459979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910249936573885621.post-46217863952155612662010-01-08T14:06:00.002+02:002010-01-08T14:09:54.482+02:00PET Basics - course 2010Dates: 8.3-9.3.2010<br /> <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Venue: Auditorium of the department of Internal Medicine, Building 6, first floor, Turku University Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, Turku.</span> For a map see http://www.tyks.fi/fi/805<br /><br />Organiser: Turku PET Centre<br /><br />Language: English<br /><br />Please register latest 19.2 to Mirja Jyrkinen, mirja.jyrkinen@tyks.fi; fax 02 2318191 <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">8.3.2010 PET physics, radiochemistry and preclinical imaging </span><br /><br /> 9.15 - 9.30 Juha Rinne Opening and housekeeping<br /> 9.30 -10.00 Juhani Knuuti Introduction <br />10:00 -10.30 Mika Teräs Physics of radiation <br /> Break, Coffee<br />11.00-11.30 Olof Solin Production of radionuclides for PET <br />11.30-12.00 Olli Eskola PET radiuocgemistry<br />12.00-12.30 Mika Teräs PET instrumentation<br /> Lunch <br />13.30-14.00 Jarkko Johansson Image acquisition and reconstruction <br />14.00-14.30 Vesa Oikonen How to get numbers – principles of modelling for PET <br />14.30- 15.00 Jarmo Hietala Investigators view on radiotracer modelling<br /> Break, Coffee <br />15.15-15.45 Pirjo Rautiainen GMP in PET-tracer production<br />15.45-16.30 Visit to RK2 Olli Eskola, Jörgen Bergman <br />16.30-17.15 Visit to PET cameras Mika Teräs, Jarkko Johansson<br /> <br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">9.3.2010 PET in research and diagnostics</span><br /><br />8.30-9.15 Merja Haaparanta-Solin Preclinical evaluation of new PET tracers <br />9.15-9.45 Tove Grönroos Small animal imaging with emphasis on PET-CT imaging<br />9.45-10.15 Heikki Minn PET in oncological research<br /> Break, Coffee <br />11.15-11.45 Pirjo Nuutila PET in metabolic research <br />11.45-12.15 Juhani Knuuti PET in clinical cardiology <br />12.15-12.45 Juha Rinne PET in clinical neurology<br /> Lunch <br />13.45-14.15 Sami Kajander Multimodality imaging <br />14.15-14.45 Marko Seppänen Diagnostic PET imaging in Turku PET Centre <br />14.45-15.00 Juha Rinne ClosingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317967420363459979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910249936573885621.post-42981691531771837802009-12-07T14:07:00.001+02:002009-12-07T14:11:50.955+02:00International Master´s Programme in Biomedical ImagingInternational Master´s Programme in Biomedical Imaging starts in<br />Turku, Finland in September 2010. The programme is jointly administrated by<br />the <a href="http://www.utu.fi/">University of Turku</a> and <a href="http://www.abo.fi">Åbo Akademi University</a>.<br />Close cooperators are the national Turku PET Centre, Turku Center for<br />Disease Modeling, Turku Centre for Biotechnology and Turku University<br />Hospital.<br /><br />Application period for the programme will be December 1, 2009 -<br />February 26, 2010. For more details, see the programme pages at:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.med.utu.fi/bioimaging">http://www.med.utu.fi/bioimaging</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.abo.fi/bioimaging">http://www.abo.fi/bioimaging</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317967420363459979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910249936573885621.post-38931344182180587882009-10-11T16:00:00.001+03:002009-10-13T12:04:15.527+03:00Animal Imaging Workshop & 3D Optical Imaging demonstrations in Turku 5.11.2009<a href="http://www.nordic-imaging.net/">Nordic Imaging Network</a> will arrange an Animal <br />Imaging Workshop in Turku on the 5th of November, <br />2009. <a href="http://www.nordic-imaging.net/index.php?page1=8&page2=23">Visit NINs homepage for more information and registration</a>.<br /><br />As part of this workshop, the VisEn Medical company will demonstrate <br />their 3-D optical imaging device (FMT 250) during the 4th and 5th of <br />November.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317967420363459979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910249936573885621.post-15612785341020310622009-10-11T14:51:00.000+03:002009-10-11T14:52:56.605+03:00Head of the Cell Imaging Core / Group Leader positionHead of the Cell Imaging Core / Group Leader position at the Turku Centre for Biotechnology (the Centre), BioCity Turku, Turku, Finland for the period of January 1, 2010 – June 30, 2013.<br /><br />The Turku Centre for Biotechnology is a joint department of the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University. Our mission is to promote high quality research and to develop and provide key state-of-the-art research platforms and methods in life sciences.<br /><br />We are seeking an ambitious senior scientist / group leader to head the Cell Imaging Core (CIC) at the Centre. The responsibilities include leading a successful research group in molecular and cellular biology, managing the day-to-day operation of this key core facility and further developing it and contributing to graduate and undergraduate education. Successful applicants are expected to have a Ph.D, expertise in cell imaging and relevant experience for leading a research group.<br /><br />The salary is in accordance with the State’s salary system (Universities) for teaching and research personnel level 6-8 (Senior Researcher), where the work specific salary component is between 3 064 – 4 268 €/month. In addition, there is a share increase based on the personal performance, which is, at most, 46% of the base salary.<br /><br />Please send your CV, list of publications, a brief statement of your research interests, contact information for three references and an outline for your plan to develop and operate the core facility unit to: Minttu Jaakkola, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, Tykistökatu 6B, 20520 Turku, Finland.<br /><br />Closing date for the applications is October 30, 2009 at 3.15 pm.<br /><br />For further information please contact Eleanor Coffey, e-mail: eleanor.coffey (at) btk.fi<br />For more information about the Centre: www.btk.fi<br />CIC: cic.btk.fi<br />Turku biomedical science community: www.biocity.turku.fiAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317967420363459979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910249936573885621.post-90682657179297700552009-09-30T16:35:00.001+03:002009-10-12T10:28:32.276+03:00Carimas2 beta version is releasedCarimas2 is a package for general medical image processing, it is not ONLY for cardiac study any more. Using Carimas2, you can visualize PET, CT and MRI image data, you can draw ROI manually, you can extract tissue-activity curves based on your defined ROIs, you can perform further analysis such as modeling. A heart module is implemented Carimas2. Using heart module, users can analyze cardiac PET study data in similar way such as in Carimas v1.0.<br /><br />If you want to join our testing team, please contact Chunlei Han. The download link is<br /><a href="http://www.turkupetcentre.net/carimasturku/files/carimas_200.exe">http://www.turkupetcentre.net/carimasturku/files/carimas_200.exe<br /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317967420363459979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910249936573885621.post-47401260975718421862009-09-04T13:23:00.002+03:002009-09-04T13:36:03.132+03:00Turku PET Centre web pages are reshapedOfficial Turku PET Centre web pages are modernized, and can be found in the familiar place,<br /><a href="http://www.pet.fi">http://www.pet.fi</a> and <a href="http://www.turkupetcentre.fi">http://www.turkupetcentre.fi</a>.<br /><br />Responsibility for keeping the pages up-to-date is shared to research groups. If you have suggestions or questions regarding the page contents, please contact the group manager instead of the IT group.<br /><br />Software downloads and most of the modeling contents are not yet moved to the new pages, but are still found in <a href="http://www.turkupetcentre.net">http://www.turkupetcentre.net</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317967420363459979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910249936573885621.post-63446264403911327392009-08-20T11:05:00.004+03:002009-09-01T12:12:13.517+03:00Firefox in Turku PET CentreUsing Firefox in TUH is prevented by default, because Medbit requests that only Explorer 6 to be used in the TUC network (and PET Centre as well). However, because the academic research work in Turku PET Centre is dependent on modern, safe, standard complying browsers, Firefox is restored to those who have requested that. Firefox then installed and and updated automatically as managed software.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317967420363459979noreply@blogger.com0