IASNM Radiant Flashpoints Educational Web-Series – September 6, 2025
Speaker: John Ronald, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Medical Biophysics
Director, Imaging Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
Western University
London, ON Canada N6A 5B7
Topic: Molecular – Genetic Imaging Technologies for Cancer and Genome Therapies
Objectives
📌 Explain how reporter gene technologies are developed to enable integrated imaging across both preclinical and clinical platforms.
📌 Describe applications of reporter genes for tracking cancer cells in preclinical models and monitoring cellular immunotherapies in patients.
📌 Discuss how genome editing tools (e.g., CRISPR) are poised to revolutionize medicine, and how imaging can facilitate their development, optimization, and clinical translation
