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NexMPI Training Schools

The NexMPI COST Action is committed to strengthening the next generation of researchers by organizing international training schools in the field of Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI).These training events provide:

  • Foundational knowledge of MPI physics, tracers, and system design

  • Practical experience in signal processing, reconstruction, and applications

  • Hands-on sessions with MPI methods and experimental procedures

  • Networking opportunities with leading scientists, clinicians, and industry experts

Training schools are open to PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and early-stage investigators, with a strong focus on supporting Young Researchers and Innovators (YRIs) and participants from Inclusiveness Target Countries (ITCs).

By combining lectures, workshops, and laboratory demonstrations, NexMPI Training Schools ensure that participants not only learn cutting-edge science but also become part of a growing European MPI network.

Past Training Schools

Magnetic Particle Imaging Training School In Prague, June 2025

    Topics presented include:
  • Basic principles of MPI: physics and underlying technology
  • Image reconstruction techniques and algorithms
  • Magnetic nanoparticles: properties and synthesis
  • Pre-clinical and clinical applications of MPI
  • Practical, hands-on sessions in the CAPI lab
Instructors:
  • Luděk Šefc, CAPI, Charles University, Prague
  • Vít Herynek, CAPI, Charles University, Prague
  • Martin Duša, CAPI, Charles University, Prague
  • Ondřej Kaman, Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences
  • Michal Babič, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences
  • Jochen Franke, Bruker, Germany
  • Frank Wiekhorst, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Berlin, Germany
  • Olaf Kosch, PTB, Berlin, Germany
  • David Trease, Magnetic Insight, USA

Final agenda of the workshop

PhD Wprkshop: Designing responsive and advanced materials for nanomedicines in Madrid, September 2025

Topics presented include:
  • Designing Nano-Thermometers based on Rare Earth Nanoparticles
  • Anticancer Activity of Chitosan-Derived Polyoxometalates. Nanocomposites
  • Magnetic Nanoparticles: From Laboratory Design to Applications in Biomedical Imaging and Therapy
  • Molecular Nanospectroscopy
  • NanoTech Solutions: Instrumentation for exploiting Nanomagnetic Applications
Instructors:
  • Prof. Benito Jorge Rubio Retama, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
  • Jaclyn M. Parris, Universität Zürich, Switzerland
  • Dr. Niccolò Silvestri, Instituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
  • Prof. Dawid Lupa, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Poland
  • Dr. Francisco J. Terán, IMDEA Nanociencia, Spain