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  • 10 September 2025
  • 3:30 EDT

Development of new isotopes for theranostic applications

The theranostic concept where similar or identical radiopharmaceuticals are used for tandem imaging and therapeutic strategies has been paradigm shifting for the field of nuclear medicine. The theranostic isotope pairing in FDA approved radiopharmaceuticals typically consists of two different radionuclides, for example 68Ga for imaging and 177Lu for therapy. A disadvantage of using this pair is that 68Ga and 177Lu are chemically different, which may result in different pharmacokinetics of radiopharmaceuticals labelled with these two compounds.  The ideal theranostic pair would include radioisotopes of the same element (isotope pairs) but with different emissions (i.e., one suitable for diagnosis and the other for therapy). To this end, our group has focused on the production of 43Sc and 47Sc as a true matched theranostic pair for imaging and therapy as well as methods for production of 203Pb as an imaging analogue for the therapeutic isotope 212Pb.   More recent work has focused on imaging analogues of F-block radionuclides including 155Tb and 140Nd, Additional research has developed chemistry to incorporate these radioisotopes into new imaging radiopharmaceuticals for preclinical and eventually clinical imaging studies. 

  • 12 September 2025
  • 2:00 EDT

Carbon Oxygen Shell Mergers in Massive Stars

Carbon oxygen shell mergers in the late evolutionary stages of massive stars play a crucial role in determining their final fate and have a significant impact on the pre supernova and explosive nucleosynthesis. In this talk, I will explore the complex dynamics within carbon oxygen shells, and how these interactions drive the production of intermediate and heavy elements. In particular I will address how stellar models experiencing a carbon oxygen shell merger can efficiently produce odd Z nuclei such as P, Cl, K, and Sc, the alpha elements S and Ar, and some of the heaviest p nuclei. I will then outline how the occurrence of such a merger is necessary already in the early universe to explain Mg, K, and Sc abundances in extremely metal poor stars. View event
  • 12 September 2025
  • 3:00 EDT

Recent Advances and Current Trends in Industrial Accelerators

Although industrial accelerators make up the vast majority of accelerators produced globally, their core designs have seen little innovation in recent decades. Today, however, a wave of emerging applications from advanced non-destructive testing and next-generation security systems to cutting-edge medical, environmental, and food irradiation technologies is driving the demand for a new class of accelerators. These modern needs call for compact, efficient, and more powerful systems that go beyond the capabilities of conventional machines. In this talk, we will overview the current landscape of industrial accelerators, highlight emerging applications and market needs, and discuss the novel developments that are reshaping the future of this industry.
  • 12 September 2025
  • 5:30 EDT

Advanced Studies Gateway Concert by Young Hyun Cho

Program Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31, No. 1 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) I. Allegro vivace II.Adagio grazioso III. Rondo: Allegretto Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, "Tempest" Ludwig van Beethoven  I. Largo Allegro II.Adagio III.Allegretto Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat major, Op. 31, No. 3, "The Hunt" Ludwig van Beethoven Allegro I.Scherzo: Allegretto vivace II.Menuetto: Moderato e grazioso III.Presto con fuoco

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  • 26 September 2025
  • 2:00 EDT

The search for freshly synthesized radionuclides from stellar explosions on Earth

Stars are the element factories of the universe. Stellar explosions distribute freshly synthesized radionuclides in the interstellar medium and lead to the chemical enrichment of galaxies. These cataclysmic events moreover shape the interstellar medium and form large scale structures in the universe.  Live radionuclides ejected by these explosions are the fingerprints of stellar nucleosynthesis. The direct detection of them on Earth and the Moon helps to constrain nucleosynthesis models as well as interstellar medium dynamics near the solar system.  In this presentation, I will give an overview of successful interstellar radionuclide detections on Earth and the Moon using the single atom-counting technique Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS). The investigated radionuclides, 60Fe from core-collapse supernovae as well as 244Pu and 247Cm from the r-process shed light on million year old supernova activity near Earth, recent deposition of stardust on Earth from the Complex of Local Interstellar Clouds (CLIC) and constrain the timing and source of the last r-process event in the Milky Way. Future measurement campaigns for additional radionuclides such as 26Al, 53Mn or 182Hf are foreseen.  Professional Webpage: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominik-koll-ams/ Group Webpage: www.hzdr.de/ams  View event
  • 28 September 2025
  • 1:00 EDT

Public Talks by Laura Greene, chief scientist at the National MagLab

  • 29 September 2025 – 3 October 2025

First Workshop on New Generations of Detector and Data Acquisition Systems for Nuclear Physics (NEXTGENDD)

We hope that NEXTGENDD can be an effective stage for experts to to discuss the status and the future directions of R&D for Nuclear Physics for detectors and data acquisition systems. Ideally, the workshop will be an environment to further strengthen the existing collaborations between FRIB and international laboratories and possibly create new ones. View event
  • 14 October 2025
  • 11:00 EDT

From Hadrons to Quarks: Strong Interaction Matter at High Temperature

I will discuss lattice QCD results on the properties of strong interaction matter at high temperatures. I will show to what extent the properties of this matter can be understood in terms of hadrons up to a certain temperature and how quark degrees of freedom appear as the temperature increases. In a few examples, I will discuss how lattice QCD results help to understand the matter produced in heavy-ion collisions at ultra-relativistic energies and how lattice QCD calculations support the idea of the formation of a nearly perfect fluid in such collisions. View event
  • 26 October 2025
  • 1:00 EDT

Public Talks by Katja Nowack, Cornell University

  • 9 November 2025
  • 1:00 EST

Public Talk by Sophia Economou, Virginia Tech

  • 7 December 2025
  • 1:00 EST

Public Talk by Clifford Jack, Jr.; Neuroradiology, Mayo Clinic