Name: 2nd Symposium on new trends in nuclear and medical physics
Start: 2025-09-24T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-09-26T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University

2nd Symposium on new trends in nuclear and medical physics

from Wednesday, 24 September 2025 (08:00) to Friday, 26 September 2025 (18:00)

Monday, 22 September 2025
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Wednesday, 24 September 2025

08:00 Registration & Coffee
Registration & Coffee
08:00 - 09:00

09:00 Opening
Opening
09:00 - 09:15
09:15
09:15 - 10:55
Contributions

09:15 Direct three gamma positronium imaging and cascade gamma chemical imaging - Kenji Shimazoe (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

09:40 Development of a high-quality, energy-tunable positronium beam via photodetachment of positronium negative ions - Koji Michishio (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology - AIST, Japan)

10:05 Application of Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy in Polymer Composites - Ewa Dryzek (Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)

10:20 Prospects for Positronium and Quantum Entanglement Imaging with J-PET - Paweł Moskal (Jagiellonian University, Poland)

10:45 First experimental demonstration of positronium lifetime imaging with the novel radionuclide 52Mn using J-PET scanner - Manish Das (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
10:55 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:55 - 11:30
11:30
11:30 - 13:05
Contributions

11:30 Miniature Scintillating Detectors and SiPMs: a brief Summary and a few Applications - Paolo Finocchiaro (INFN - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Italy)

11:55 Cd(Zn)Te in Medical Imaging: Academic Innovation and Market Transformation - Tuba Conka Yildiz (Fraunhofer IIS, Germany)

12:20 Radiation Damage Monitoring in the Upgraded VELO Detector at LHCb - Saliha Bashir (AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland)

12:35 Simulated Signal Database for Improved Resolution in Position Sensitive Planar Germanium Detector - Priyanka Priyanka (University of Delhi, India)

12:50 Development of high-Z organic scintillators for modern SPECT imaging and theranostic dosimetry - Flaminia Quattrini (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)
13:05 Lunch break
Lunch break
13:05 - 14:15
14:15
14:15 - 15:35
Contributions

14:15 Search for eta'-mesic nuclei with (p,dp) reaction at GSI/FAIR - Yoshiki Tanaka (RIKEN, Japan)

14:40 High Precision X-ray Spectroscopy: from Kaonic Atoms to Societal Applications - Simone Manti (INFN - Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Italy)

15:05 µPPET, a J-PET application: investigating the Muon Puzzle - Alessio Porcelli (Jagiellonian University, Poland)

15:20 Decay Law of Selected Fluorescent Substances - Francesco Giacosa (Jan Kochanowski University, Poland)
15:35 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:35 - 16:05
16:05
16:05 - 17:10
Contributions

16:05 Proton-induced nuclear reactions in the hadrontherapy energy range - Tomasz Matulewicz (University of Warsaw, Poland)

16:30 Fragmentation measurements for particle therapy with the FOOT experiment - Aafke Kraan (INFN - Sezione di Pisa, Italy)

16:55 Plan-Guided Super-Resolution of Dose Distribution - Kamila Kalecińska (AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland)
17:10 Coffee break
Coffee break
17:10 - 17:25
17:25
17:25 - 18:10
Contributions

17:25 Silicon as beam-activated tumour tracer for online proton therapy monitoring – experimental study - Magdalena Kołodziej (University of Lübeck, Germany)

17:40 In-beam PET monitoring during radioactive ion beams irradiation for real-time dose discrepacies and anatomical change detection - Martina Moglioni (GSI, Germany)

17:55 Treatment and online PET imaging of a mouse tumor with radioactive ion beams - Daria Boscolo (GSI, Germany)
Thursday, 25 September 2025
09:00
09:00 - 10:35
Contributions

09:00 Extracellular vesicle flow cytometry: what’s possible and what’s next? - Edvin van der Pol (Amsterdam University Medical Center, The Netherlands)

09:25 EVs as a non-invasive approach to diagnose and monitor metabolic diseases - Ewa Stępień (Jagiellonian University, Poland)

09:50 Lipid Remodelling in Extracellular Vesicles from β-Cells under Hyperglycemic Stress - Multimodal Mass Spectrometry Approach - Magdalena Skalska (Jagiellonian Univeristy, Poland)

10:05 Development of a millifluidic platform for slow positron beam studies of biological samples - Raffael Ferragut (Polytechnic of Milan, Italy)

10:20 Perspectives on Preclinical Molecular Imaging Research at the Radiopharmacy Centre, Medical University of Bialystok - Anna Gromotowicz-Popławska (Medical University of Bialystok, Poland)
10:35 Conference photo & Coffee break
Conference photo & Coffee break
10:35 - 11:05
11:05
11:05 - 12:40
Contributions

11:05 Nanobrachytherapy of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer and Glioblastoma Multiforme Using Auger Emitters - Agnieszka Majkowska-Pilip (Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Poland)

11:30 Preclinical Ac-225 Imaging for Targeted Alpha Therapy: Accelerating Cancer Therapeutics - Biswajit Das (University of California & Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)

11:55 30th anniversary of the Heavy Ion Laboratory of the University of Warsaw and its contribution to the production of medical radioisotopes - Jarosław Choiński (Heavy Ion Laboratory, University of Warsaw, Poland)

12:10 Impact of the Midkine expression on the uptake of [18F]FDG and [18F]FET in chicken chorioallantoic membrane glioblastoma models - Daniel Guendel (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany)

12:25 The 103Pd and 109Pd Bisphosphonate Complexes for Auger Electron Therapy of Bone Metastatic Tumor Cells - Monika Łyczko (Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Poland)
12:40 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:40 - 13:45
13:45
13:45 - 15:00
Contributions

14:00 Fluorescence-Guided Analysis of EV Behavior in 3D Breast Cancer Spheroids: Toward PET-Compatible Theranostics - Kriti Awasthi (Jagiellonian University)

14:02 Developing efficiency maps for double isotope studies with J-PET - Ermias Beyene (Jagiellonian University)

14:04 Graph-based event reconstruction for segmented detectors: SiFi-CM case study - Philippe Clement (Jagiellonian University)

14:06 Characterization of optical photon transport in Long Plastic Scintillators - Neha Gupta (Dyal Singh College, University of Delhi)

14:08 Study of Total-Body J-PET sensitivity as a function of the Ring Number - Sharareh Jalali (Jagiellonian University)

14:10 Automated Simulation Workflow for 3D-Printed Scintillator Phantoms in Radiotherapy Planning - Jakub Hajduga (AGH University of Science and Technology)

14:12 First Laboratory Tests of the SABAT Project Sensor with a D-T Neutron Generator - Mateusz Kaczmarek (Jagiellonian University)

14:14 Design and construction of Cross-Staged Gantry System of Total-Body J-PET/CT Scanner for Motion Artifact Free anatomic and metabolic imaging - Tevfik Kaplanoglu (Jagiellonian University)

14:16 Optical properties and time-of-flight resolution of plastic scintillators for total-body J-PET scanner - Łukasz Kapłon (Jagiellonian University)

14:18 Studies of the absorption parameter 3γ/2γ in positronium decays - Kamila Kasperska (Jagiellonian University)

14:20 Normalisation Strategies in ToF-SIMS Analysis of Liver Tissue - Critical Impact on Comparative Molecular Profiling in a Diabetic Rat Model - Michalina Kazimierczak (Jagiellonian University)

14:22 Can decay gammas from radioactive ion beams enhance prompt gamma imaging? - Monika Kercz (Jagiellonian University)

14:24 Titanium–Scandium Radionuclide Generator: A New Approach for Sustainable Isotope Production - Aleksander Khreptak (Jagiellonian University)

14:26 MERMAID – prototype PET scanner for small aquatic animals - Magdalena Kołodziej (University of Lübeck)

14:28 Usage of DL-based portal dose images for treatment error detection with transit dosimetry in radiotherapy - Aafke Kraan (INFN Pisa)

14:30 Ex-Vivo Positronium Lifetime Imaging with 44Sc Using J-PET Scanner - Karol Kubat (Jagiellonian University)

14:32 Mirror matter: towards precise measurement of ortho-positronium lifetime - Justyna Mędrala - Sowa (Jagiellonian University)

14:34 Quantification of Nanoscale Free Volumes in Human Plasma Clots Using Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy - Simbarashe Moyo (Jagiellonian University)

14:36 Towards feasibility study of Positronium yield in proton beam therapy - Wiktor Mryka (Jagiellonian University)

14:38 Enhancement of Biological PET Imaging via Quantum Entanglement using GAGG-SiPM pixel ring detectors - Koki Nakamura (University of Tokyo)

14:40 Determination of annihilation vertex of antihydrogen using modular J-PET detector - Piyush Pandey (Jagiellonian University)

14:42 Towards the development of an iterative algorithm for positronium lifetime imaging using 44Sc with the modular J-PET - Anand Pandey (Jagiellonian University)

14:44 Extracellular Vesicles and How to Find Them - Maciej Słotwiński (Jagiellonian University)

14:46 Towards Charge conjugation symmetry test in Electromagnetic Interaction using J-PET - Pooja Tanty (Jagiellonian University)

14:48 SiPM Performance Characterization for Total-Body J-PET: Hamamatsu vs. Onsemi - Keyvan Tayefi Ardebili (Jagiellonian University)

14:50 A Feasibility Study of Using Detector-Scattered Photons for Attenuation Map Generation in J-PET Scanner - Satyam Tiwari (Jagiellonian University)

14:52 Developing analysis criteria for studies of CP symmetry with photons From o-Ps decay and Compton scattering with the Modular J-PET Detector - Kavya Valsan Eliyan (Jagiellonian University)

14:54 Time-Based Separation of Scattering and Capture Processes in NAA Based on Monte Carlo Simulations in Geant4 toolkit - Wiktor Zantowicz (Jagiellonian University)
15:00

15:00 - 18:00

19:30 Conference dinner in Galicyjska Restaurant
Conference dinner in Galicyjska Restaurant
19:30 - 22:00
Friday, 26 September 2025
09:00
09:00 - 10:20
Contributions

09:00 Development of Advanced PET Technology for Scientific and Clinical Applications - Qiyu Peng (Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, China)

09:25 Modern Data Correction Approaches in Positron Emission Tomography - Reimund Bayerlein (UC Davis, USA)

09:50 Direct imaging of the three-photon annihilation process beyond PET - Macoto Fujimoto (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

10:05 Optimizing the event selection of the total-body J-PET scanner with a brain PET insert: a simulation study - Martin Readler (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
10:20 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:20 - 10:50
10:50
10:50 - 12:40
Contributions

10:50 Tomasz Sowiński: Theoretical untangling of photon entanglement detection in positronium annihilation processes - Tomasz Sowiński (Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)

11:15 Preliminary tests of positronium gathering in microcavities connected to nanochannels - Sebastiano Mariazzi (University of Trento, Italy)

11:40 Para-positronium and beyond: probing two-photon annihilation in bound states - Milena Piotrowska (Jan Kochanowski University, Poland)

12:05 Constraining CP Violation in Ortho-Positronium Decays at 7 Tesla with NeuroSphere PET Modules - Magdelena Allen (MIT, MGH Martinos Center, USA)

12:20 New precision limits on CPT symmetry test in positronium with J-PET - Neha Chug (Jagiellonian University, Poland)

12:30 Measuring the degree of entanglement in matter using a plastic-scintillator PET scanner - Deepak Kumar (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
12:40 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:40 - 13:50
13:50
13:50 - 15:20
Contributions

13:50 Personalization of radioligand therapy through dosimetry: Clinical opportunities and challenges - Marta Opalińska (University Hospital in Krakow, Poland)

14:15 In vivo radiation sensing using phase-change ultrasound contrast agents - Bram Carlier (KU Lueven, Belgium)

14:40 High-Resolution Intravital Imaging: Novel On-Chip PET and iQID Camera for Personalized Radiopharmaceutical Therapy and Microdosimetry - Narendra Radhod (University of Bern, Switzerland)

15:05 Range Monitoring in Proton Therapy Using the J-PET Scanner: First Experimental Insights - Szymon Niedzwiecki (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
15:20 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:20 - 15:50
15:50
15:50 - 17:05
Contributions

15:50 Probing nuclear structure using lifetime measurements - Rudrajyoti Palit (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India)

16:15 Cold Neutron Interferometry for Fundamental Physics Experiments - Luca Povolo (LHEP - University of Bern, Switzerland)

16:40 Scientific Computing: Remote Access, CNN Segmentation, and SARS-CoV-2 Dynamics - Udai Singh (DESY, Germany)
17:05 Closing
Closing
17:05 - 17:25