FLASH Workshop 2025: The Role of Oxygen in FLASH Radiation Therapy

Welcome

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The FLASH Workshop 2025 from July 1st until July 3rd 2025 in Heidelberg at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) brings together medical physicists, biologists, clinicians and scientists to discuss the impact of oxygen in FLASH radiotherapy (FLASH-RT).

The FLASH effect has been shown to be influenced by the amount of oxygen presence in the medium within the tissue. Increased tissue oxygen has been shown to reduce the protective nature of FLASH in healthy tissue. The underlying mechanism by which oxygen influences the FLASH effect is still unknown.

The FLASH workshop will allow for an open discussion of the ideas of how oxygen impacts FLASH-RT. Talks by our invited speakers will be supplemented by talks and posters of attendees. Therefore, we are really looking forward to your abstract if you want to actively participate in the workshop.

Program, Invited Speakers and Poster

Download the current program and list of invited speakers here. as of today

Download the poster here. Version as of December 2024

Registration, Fees and Abstracts

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Registration

Start of registration: January 13th 2025

NEW EXTENDED Early bird registration deadline: closed!

NEW EXTENDED Abstract deadline: closed!

Confirmation of abstracts: mid of May 2025

Final program online: end of May 2025

NEW EXTENDED Regular registration deadline: closed!

Fees

Early Bird Fee: € 200

Regular Fee: € 300

Student's Fee: € 50

Abstracts:

As indicated on the program there are several sessions dedicated to oral presentations of attendees. Furthermore, we also have poster sessions. Oral presentations and posters will be selected by the scientific committee based on abstracts. Therefore, we encourage everyone to submit an abstract to present your scientific work during the workshop.

Go to Registration and Abstract Portal here.

Scientific Committee

The image features two professional individuals. On the left, a man in a lab coat smiles confidently, while on the right, a woman with short hair and glasses gazes thoughtfully. Both individuals appear to represent expertise in their respective fields. — Prof. Joao Seco (left) & Prof. Iuliana Toma-Dasu (right)

Prof. Dr. DABR. Joao Seco (Host)

Head of the Division BioMedical Physics in Radiation Oncology (E041), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)

Professor at the Physics Faculty, Heidelberg University, Germany
http://www.dkfz.de/en/medizinische-physik-radioonkologie

Prof. Dr. Iuliana Toma-Dasu

Head of the Medical Radiation Physics Division at Stockholm University, Sweden, affiliated to the Department of Oncology and Pathology at Karolinska Institutet

Professor in Medical Physics at the Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Sweden
https://www.su.se/english/profiles/iuda0736-1.187652

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Prof. Dr. Marie-Catherine Vozenin

Head of the radiobiology sector of Geneva University Hospital
Head of the LiRR Laboratory of innovation in radiobiology applied to radiotherapy, Invited Professor, Geneva University
https://www.unige.ch/medecine/crtoh/members/vozenin-marie-catherine

Prof. Dr. Emanuele Scifoni

Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications (TIFPA-INFN) & Department of Physics, University of Trento, Italy
https://webapps.unitn.it/du/en/Persona/PER0189384/Didattica