2026 Symposium on Non-Clinical Ion Beam Research at MedAustron

Name: 2026 Symposium on Non-Clinical Ion Beam Research at MedAustron
Start: 2026-10-07T08:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-07T17:00:00+02:00
Location: FH Wiener Neustadt

Wednesday Oct 7, 2026, 8:30 AM → 5:00 PM Europe/Zurich

Main Auditorium (FH Wiener Neustadt)

Main Auditorium

FH Wiener Neustadt

Johannes Gutenberg-Straße 3, 2700 Wiener Neustadt

Thomas Schreiner (MedAustron)

Description

The symposium on ion beam research at MedAustron aims to bring together all users of the non-clinical research infrastructure at MedAustron and colleagues being interested in the ongoing activities of these groups.

We will review 10 years of non-clinical research at MedAustron, present current research projects and discuss future opportunities for the upcoming research period and beyond.

- 8:30 AM
  
  Registration
- Welcome Address and Keynote Talks
  
  Conveners: Richard Pötter, Thomas Schreiner (MedAustron)
  - 1
    
    Address of Welcome
  - 2
    
    Ten Years of Non-Clinical Research at MedAustron – Frame Conditions
    
    Speaker: Thomas Schreiner (MedAustron)
  - 3
    
    Ion Beam Research at CNAO
    
    Speaker: Dr Marco Giuseppe Pullia (CNAO)
- 10:20 AM
  
  Coffee break
- Applied Particle and Medical Physics
  
  Conveners: Albert Hirtl (Technische Universität Wien), Hermann Fuchs (Medical University of Vienna)
  - 4
    
    Advanced Instrumentation Systems: Cross-Disciplinary Applications in Medical and Particle Physics
    
    Speaker: Felix Ulrich-Pur (Technische Universität Wien)
  - 5
    
    Irradiation Studies for Space Applications at MedAustron
    
    Speaker: Martin Eizinger (FOTEC Forschungs- und Technologietransfer GmbH)
  - 6
    
    Towards Online MR-Guided Ion-Beam Therapy
    
    Speaker: Panagiotis Antypas (Medical University of Vienna)
- 11:50 AM
  
  Lunch break
- Biophysics and Molecular Radiobiology
  
  Conveners: Sylvia Kerschbaum-Gruber (Medical University of Vienna), Markus Zeilinger (University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt)
  - 7
    
    Enhancing Radiotherapy in Pancreatic Cancer and Glioblastoma with PARP7 Inhibitors
    
    Speaker: Dea Slade (Medical University of Vienna)
  - 8
    
    Multimodality Imaging for Non-Invasive Response Assessment in Ion Beam Research
    
    Speaker: Silvia Stocchiero (Medical University of Vienna, University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt)
- Technological Innovations and Clinical Implementation
  
  Conveners: Giulio Magrin (MedAustron), Markus Stock (MedAustron)
  - 9
    
    Towards Clinical Implementation of Microdosimetry
    
    Speaker: Matthias Knopf (Technische Universität Wien)
  - 10
    
    Particle Therapy of Ventricular Tachycardia
    
    Speaker: Ariadna Cherit (MedAustron, Karl-Landsteiner Universität)
- Accelerator Physics
  
  Conveners: Claus Schmitzer (MedAustron), Elisabeth Renner (Technische Universität Wien)
  - 11
    
    Multi-Energy Extraction
    
    Speaker: Katrin Holzfeind (Technische Universität Wien)
  - 12
    
    Mixed He/C Ion Beams for Online Treatment Monitoring
    
    Speaker: Matthias Kausel (MedAustron)
  - 13
    
    Studies for Expanding the Experimental Portfolio at MedAustron
    
    Speaker: Nadia Gambino (MedAustron)
- 3:20 PM
  
  Coffee break
- Outlook
  
  Conveners: Richard Pötter, Thomas Schreiner
  - 14
    
    Non-clinical Research Beyond 2030
    
    Speaker: Dietmar Georg (Medical University of Vienna, University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt)
  - 15
    
    International Advances in Ion-Beam Research
    
    Speaker: Marco Giuseppe Pullia