This talk is an activity from the FEBS Junior Section, an initiative set up by students and young researchers from some of the FEBS Constituent Societies. Each month members of the FEBS Junior Section organize an online event on either a research or a career topic. This talk was coordinated by the junior section of the German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM).

• Speaker’s name and affiliation: Dr. André F. Martin - Werner Siemens Imaging Center, University of Tübingen, Germany
• Title:  "Once upon a time… Metabolic Imaging!"
• Date/Time (CET) of the talk: 14 May 2026, 17:00 (CET)
• Link to register: 

  https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_k1k7wxnHRDe6Upiy6Oyu6g#/registration 

Participants will have the opportunity to stay for an after-talk hangout to have an informal chat with the speaker, members of the FEBS Junior Section, and other participants.

Abstract

This talk will provide a perspective on the role of international experience in shaping a career at the interface of molecular imaging, chemistry, and biomedical research. Drawing from training across multiple research environments, I will discuss how exposure to different scientific cultures, infrastructures, and interdisciplinary approaches enabled the development of multimodal strategies to study tissue physiology in vivo.

Biosketch

André F. Martins (PhD) has led the advancement of accurate hybrid metabolic imaging to unravel relevant paradigms in human pathology and physiology non-invasively. His team specializes in highly translational molecular and quantitative metabolic imaging to explore the role of metabolism in personalized medicine in vivo. This multidisciplinary research intersects oncology, biomedical imaging, and fundamental sciences, including biophysics, biochemistry, and chemistry. The team's innovative efforts are also directed toward developing the next generation of non-invasive hybrid metabolic sensors for precision imaging. As a Sofja Kovalevskaja Awardee and a PI at the iFIT Excellence Cluster (DFG), Dr. Martins' research is focused on multimodal/hybrid imaging-guided immunotherapies in the tumor microenvironment, tumor metabolic profiling, heterogeneity, and aggressiveness. The team utilizes advanced hyperpolarized metabolism and functional quantitative imaging with engineered hybrid sensors to guide and predict diagnosis at an early stage.

The FEBS Junior Section

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