Faculty of Physics, Astronomy
and Applied Computer Science

Professor Qiyu Peng is a leading expert in PET instrumentation and a former Career Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He contributed to the OpenPET and EXPLORER total-body PET projects and currently leads the development of next-generation PET technologies at Shenzhen Bay Laboratory.
Professor Peng visited the J-PET laboratories and became familiar with the latest advances in the J-PET project, including the design of total-body PET scanners based on plastic scintillator technology. The visit provided an excellent opportunity to exchange scientific ideas, discuss recent advances in PET instrumentation, and explore opportunities for future collaboration between Shenzhen Bay Laboratory and the J-PET research team.

Seven members of the J-PET group and the Department of Medical Physics participated in the European Society for Molecular Imaging meeting, EMIM 2026, which took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from March 24-27, 2026 (https://e-smi.eu/meetings/emim/2026_ljubljana).

As every year, over 1,200 scientists from Europe and around the world presented their achievements in cutting-edge molecular imaging techniques and their applications in preclinical and basic research.

Professor Paweł Moskal and Dr. Aleksander Khreptak gave two oral presentations, and we had six posters in total.

Oral presentations:
• First Application of PALS to Human Thrombi: Nanoscale free volume Characterization
  • Session: Quantification & Analysis
  • Authors: Simbarashe Moyo, Karol Kubat, Jakub Stępniewski, Grzegorz Kopeć, Paweł Moskal, Ewa Stępień
• Towards a Long-Lived 44Ti/44Sc Generator for PET and Positronium Imaging
  • Session: PET, SPECT, Hybrid Nuclear Technologies
  • Authors: Paweł Moskal, Aleksander Khreptak, Jarosław Choiński, Pete Jones, Ihor Kadenko, Agnieszka Majkowska-Pilip, Rudrajyoti Palit, Anna Stolarz, Rafał Walczak, Ewa Stępień

Poster presentations:
• Developing Positron Range Correction for Beam Monitoring with J-PET System in Proton Beam Therapy
  • Session: PET/SPECT, Hybrid Technologies
  • Authors: Wiktor Mryka, Szymon Niedźwiecki, Ewa Stępień, Paweł Moskal
  • Mr. Wiktor Mryka won the Best Poster Award for this poster.
• Double Isotope Studies with Mouse Phantom (J-PET)
  • Session: Quantification & Analysis
  • Authors: Ermias Yitayew Beyene, Bartosz Leszczyński, Łukasz Kapłon, Paweł Moskal, Ewa Stępień
• CT-less Attenuation Correction via ML Reconstruction
  • Session: Acquisition & Processing
  • Authors: Satyam Tiwari, Sushil Sharma, Ewa Stępień, Paweł Moskal
• Iterative Reconstruction for Positron Lifetime Imaging (44Sc)
  • Session: Acquisition & Processing
  • Authors: Anand Pandey, Sushil Sharma, Manish Das, Ewa Stępień, Paweł Moskal
• First Ex-vivo Positronium Imaging with J-PET (44Sc)
  • Session: Acquisition & Processing
  • Authors: Karol Kubat, Manish Das, Łukasz Kapłon, Bartosz Leszczyński, Rafał Walczak, Paweł Moskal, Ewa Stępień
• A new microCT-supported human WM-266-4 melanoma model in SCID mice
  • Session: Tumour Metabolism, Acidosis & Redox Biology
  • Authors: Bartosz Leszczynski, Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, Birger Tielemans, Ewa Stępień, Greetje Vande Velde

The program can be found at: https://www.eventclass.it/emim2026/scientific/online-program/search?search=moskal

Profesor Ewa Stępień gościła w odcinku podcastu Bio-Phi-Cast pod tytułem Teranostyka: Przyszłość Medycyny - Gdy Diagnostyka Spotyka Terapię.

Dr hab. Magdalena Skurzok gościła w odcinku podcastu Bio-Phi-Cast pod tytułem Polska Innowacja w Obrazowaniu Medycznym J-PET .

Profesor Paweł Moskal gościł w odcinku podcastu Bio-Phi-Cast pod tytułem J-PET zza kulis.

Physics World publishes interview with Prof. Paweł Moskal entitled: Towards quantum PET: harnessing the diagnostic power of positronium imaging

Science highlights our pioneering research on Positronium Imaging in the article entitled: New twist on PET scans unlocks hidden signals for diagnosing disease

Portal Polityka Zdrowotna poinformował o otrzymaniu grantu ERC przez prof. Pawła Moskala w artykule J-PET zamiast biopsji? Prof. Paweł Moskal chce zrewolucjonizować diagnostykę raka - otrzymał już grant ERC.