In Vivo applications of Magnetic Resonance (MR) continue to grow owing to technical advancements in several key domains of MR technology, including ultra-high magnetic field instrumentation, gradient and radio-frequency coils, image processing algorithms as well as contrast agents. All these advancements further promote MR as the most powerful single imaging modality to study living systems, spanning from anatomy and metabolic functions to detection and characterization of disease processes, and on spatial scales from individual cells to whole organs. The research field of in vivo MR is inherently interdisciplinary, bringing together scientists with backgrounds in physics, chemistry, engineering, biology and medicine. This conference focuses on the latest developments in both MR methodology and applications, providing a unique venue for exchanging ideas and developing collaborations. Young investigators and students are particularly encouraged to apply. In addition to the invited talks and poster presentations, the Hot Topics presentations - selected from the submitted abstracts - provide for inclusion of late-breaking developments. Topics to-be-covered include, but are not limited to: novel approaches for creating, detecting, and localizing the MR signal; applications of in vivo spectroscopy in disease and basic studies of metabolism; physical, chemical and biological mechanisms that affect the MR signal in vivo; development of new agents and approaches for manipulating the MR signal and contrast; functional MRI to study activation, blood flow and metabolism; and cellular function, from metabolism to gene expression to migration.

Hot Topics Submission Deadline: June 18, 2010

The In Vivo MR 2010 GRC program includes a Hot Topics session that will feature, in total, eight 15-minute oral presentations (10-min talk, 5-min discussion). Hot Topics oral presentations will be chosen from among the abstracts that are submitted directly as an email attachment to GRC Poster Coordinator Joel Garbow. The deadline for submission of an abstract to be considered for a Hot Topics presentation will be June 18, 2010. Please submit the Hot Topics abstract as a single PDF file and limit its length to one page, including figures and images. Text should employ Arial 11-point font with one inch margins on all sides. Hot Topics competition abstracts not meeting these standards will be returned. It is assumed that each entry submitted for the Hot Topics competition will also be presented at the GRC in poster format

Student Stipend Application Deadline: July 7, 2010

As in the past, GRC stipend/travel awards will be provided to graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. (Award amounts will depend upon our success at fundraising.) Applicants for junior scientist GRC stipend/travel awards should send a letter as an email attachment to GRC Vice Chair Greg Stanisz no later than Wednesday, July 7, 2010. The letter should very briefly summarise the applicant's education and training background and the research and training program in which he/she is currently engaged. A statement from the applicant's mentor confirming the status of the applicant should be included. (Submission of support letters via email attachment is strongly encouraged.)