CAFACHEM 2024 Presentation Awards

The SRS extends our congratulations to the CAFACHEM 2024 presentation winners. These individuals have demonstrated dedication and talent in their respective fields, and we are proud to honor their accomplishments. Congratulations to all our winners!

To learn more about the presentations and the winners, please explore the detailed abstracts and bios linked to each presentation HERE.

ORAL PRESENTATION WINNERS

1st Prize Winner: Greg Bowden, University of Michigan
O-19 / Combining High-Throughput Radiochemical Experimentation Techniques with “Design of Experiments” (DoE) to Accelerate the Radiosynthesis Optimization of Novel Radiopharmaceuticals

2nd Prize Winner: Catherine Dickmann, University of Cambridge
O-03 / Development of two potential fluorine-18 radiotracers for imaging of mutant huntingtin fibrils in Huntington’s Disease

3rd Prize Winner: Taylor Johnson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
O-28 / Preliminary investigation of production and purification of [77Br]-bedaquiline

Honorable Mentions:

Sarandeep Kaur, Helmholz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e. V.
O-10 / Protodeboronation: A major challenge in copper-mediated radiofluorination

Tanpreet Kaur, University Of Michigan
O-15 / Radiosynthesis of Primary Amides through 11C-Carbonylation by [11C] Carbon Monoxide using GE FX synthesis modules

Hong Beom Lee, University of Wisconsin – Madison
O-24 / Exploration of Radiosynthetic Routes for Production of Novel Theranostic Radiopharmaceutical 3-[76Br/77Br]bromo-pHPG

BEST POSTER PRIZE WINNERS

Pritam Roy, Wayne State University
P-10 / High-yielding Radiosynthesis of [18F]FCPPC for Microglia PET Imaging

Marine Steffann, Institut Curie, Paris
P-13 / How to design new processes for radiofluorination