TERACHEM 2026 Summer School

September 21-26, 2026
Seminario Maggiore/Accademia Cusanus, Bressanone, Italy

INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL

Innovating Cancer Care: Next-Gen Theranostic Radiopharmaceuticals 
from Lab to Clinic for Best Investigational Practices

ORGANIZERS 

  • Prof. Maria Cecilia Giron (Pharmacology, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, Italy) 

  • Prof. Diego Cecchin (Director of Nuclear Medicine Clinical Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Italy) (TBC) 

  • Prof. Roger Schibli (Head of the Center for Radiopharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ETH Zurich, Switzerland) 

  • Prof. Cathy S. Cutler (Director of Medical Isotope Research & Production Program (MIRP), Brookhaven National Laboratories, Upton, NY, USA) 

IN COLLABORATION WITH
the SOCIETY OF RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES (www.srsweb.org) 

Class Dates: 21-26 September, 2026 

The course will be accomplished in one week and will be carried out on: 

  • 21-23 September with Lectures in classroom with world experts @ Accademia Cusanus in Bressanone (BZ), Italy.  

  • 23-26 September with attendance at TERACHEM 2026 and social interactions with world-renowned experts @ Forum Brixen, Bressanone (BZ), Italy.  

Goals:  

  • Stimulate interest and excitement in radiopharmaceuticals' potential as diagnostic and therapeutic agents 

  • Provide fundamental training on how to design and characterize and translate new theranostic radiopharmaceuticals to PhD students, residents, and young investigators for implementing precision medicine 

  • Encourage students to network with their peers and senior scientists in the field 

Number of students:  35 PhD students, PostDocs or young investigators from all over the world. 

Prerequisites: Graduates from relevant fields of Life Sciences, such as Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Technology, Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering, Medicine and Veterinary Medicine are eligible to join the summer school 

Eligibility 

  • Either the trainee or mentor must be a current member of the SRS or willing to become a member by subscribing 

  • The trainee is a pre-doctoral graduate student or a postdoctoral fellow within three years of being awarded a graduate degree. 

  • The trainee must be the presenting author of an accepted abstract (oral or poster). 

Procedures 

Submit Abstract for review by March 31, 2026 

  • Select the “Travel Award and Summer School” button on the registration page also by date to be determined. 

  • Send to cecilia.giron@unipd.it the following documents as one, single PDF file by date to be determined: 

  • Your completed Travel Award Application Form 

  • Your CV/resume 

  • Letter of support from mentor that includes basis for financial need and statement of importance of attendance to education/research. 

  • Simple document detailing five, single-sentence reasons you wish to attend the Summer School 

  • Student travel award applicants will be notified within 10 days after notification of abstract acceptance. 

  • Summer School applicants will be notified within 21 days after notification of abstract acceptance. 

Apply to Attend Summer School

General Information

Selection criteria: CV, motivation letter, geographical and educational balance and gender equity. 

Evaluation module: Evaluation will be based on attendance (40%), participation, assignments (40%), and final report (20%). 

Attendance: This is a must in order to receive full credit of the course. 

Final report: The students will submit a final report at the end of the Summer School during Saturday afternoon on 26 September 2026 at the end of TERACHEM 2026 

Certificate of attendance: University of Padova, DSF and SRS 

Registration fee for the Summer School is additional to TERACHEM 2026 registration: 
  Student & Postdoc SRS members and non-members: € 240,00 (VAT included) 

Registration fees for TERACHEM 2026:  

  Student & Postdoc SRS members: € 350,00 (VAT included) 

  Student & Postdoc Non members: € 420,00 (VAT included) 

Online registrations before June 15, 2026  

After the acceptance of your admission to the Summer School, you will receive the link to register. 

Registration fee includes: 

  • 2 and 1/2 days of lectures with world-renowned experts 

  • Booklet with bibliographic materials and lecture presentations 

  • 3 nights in single room or in double shared room (from Sept. 20 to Sept. 23) at the Accademia Cusanus (or Seminario Maggiore) including breakfast. Please remember to book the additional 4 nights on the on-line registration form, selecting Student Accommodation (or Hotel, if you prefer to move to a hotel for the additional nights) 

  • Attendance to all TERACHEM 2026 Scientific Sessions and congress events (a separate Registration Ticket for TERACHEM 2026 is required) 

  • TERACHEM 2026 Program Booklet 

  • Coffees and Lunches throughout Summer School & Symposium  

  • Symposium Trip and Dinner 

For additional information please contact: cecilia.giron@unipd.it or lc@lccongressi.com  

Participants of our 2022 Summer School

PRELIMINARY summer school AGENDA

September 21, 2026

08.00 - 08.30 Registration

08.30 - 09.00 Welcome & Introduction

09.00 - 10.30 Theranostic Radionuclides Production
Cathy S. Cutler (BNL, USA)

10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break

11.00 - 12.30 Metal-Based Theranostic Radiopharmaceuticals: Where Are We? 
Carolyn Anderson (University of Missouri – Columbia, USA)

12.30 - 14.00 Lunch

14.00 - 15.00 Imaging and Therapy with Bio-Orthogonal Chemistry 
Raffaella Rossin (Tagworks, The Netherlands)

15.00 - 17.00 Workshop I: Professional Development 
Presenters TBD (at least one from each unique aspect of the field)

17.00 - 19.00 Workshop II: Scientific Writing
Presenters TBD

September 22, 2026

08.30 - 10.30 Principles of Pharmacokinetics, Basics of Pharmacology & Medical Statistics
M. Cecilia Giron, Sara De Martin (University of Padova, Italy)

10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break

11.00 - 12.30 Theranostics: In Vitro & In Vivo Studies
Cathy S. Cutler, Carolyn Anderson & Roger Schibli

12.30 - 14.00 Lunch

14.00 - 15.30 SPECT/PET Non-Clinical Studies and Kinetic Modeling
Henry VanBrocklin (UCSF, USA)

15.30 - 15.45 Coffee Break

15.45 - 17.30 Workshop III:  Development of Theranostic Agent
(small molecules or macromolecules)
Presenters TBD

September 23, 2026

08.30 - 09.30 Bringing Radiotracers from Bench to Bedside
Julie Sutcliffe (UC Davis, USA)

09.30 - 10.30 Quality Control and Radiochemical/Chemical Purity and Formulation
Roger Schibli (Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland)

10.30 - 10.45 Coffee Break

10.45 - 11.30 Theranostics Potential in Clinical Practice
Diego Cecchin (University of Padova, Italy)

11.30 - 13.00 Preparation of Workshop III Presentations

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch

14.00 - 14.30 Presentation and Feedback Workshop III
C. Anderson, C.S. Cutler, R. Rossin, R. Schibli, H. VanBrocklin, T. Quinn

14.30 - 20.00 Attendance @ TERACHEM 2026 Opening Ceremony & Symposium Lecture 

September 24th, 2026

08.30-18.00 Attendance @ TERACHEM 2026 & Group Breakout Sessions with 
C. Anderson, C.S. Cutler, R. Schibli, H. VanBrocklin, S. De Martin 

September 25th, 2026

08.30-18.00 Attendance @ Terachem 2026 & Focus Time with the Instructors
R. Rossin, J. Sutcliffe, M.C. Giron, D. Cecchin

September 26th, 2026

08.30-12.00 Attendance @ Terachem 2026 & Focus Time with the Instructors
C.S. Cutler, R. Schibli, M.C. Giron, H. VanBrocklin, R. Rossin, J. Sutcliffe, D. Cecchin,
S. De Martin

14.00-16.00 Final Test & Student Satisfaction Survey