2026 Symposium on Non-Clinical Ion Beam Research at MedAustron

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