About COBRA

The Bay Area Community Of Bay area RAdionuclide imagers (COBRA) was originally conceived in 2006 by the late Bruce Hasegawa, PhD, of UC San Francisco, and Ling Shao, formerly with Phillips and current director of algorithms development at RefleXion Medical.

COBRA is a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary group that strives to boost collaborative projects and strengthen our close networks. COBRA provides an incubator for groundbreaking ideas and pushes the boundaries of nuclear imaging by facilitating networking and promoting discussion about the current frontiers in the field.

COBRA Young Investigators Meeting

The Young Investigators Meeting provides an informal venue where researchers can present their work outside their laboratories and common circles. Speakers range from PhD candidates to associate professors in five different academic institutions and other industry partners so that young investigators can learn from a multidisciplinary panel and disseminate their work beyond their usual collaborators at the same time.

The goals for the meetings include:

1. Establishing a network tool for Bay Area researchers interested in nuclear imaging: create a community where individuals can learn about current research related to their fields, find collaborators, and brainstorm new ideas.

2. Boosting interdisciplinary collaboration and publications: Unite researchers of different backgrounds with nuclear imaging as the common ground, creating connections among different departments, institutions, and fields that may otherwise not overlap.

3. More inter-institutional and locally led grants: Generate more multi-collaboration and inter-institutional projects, increasing funding success in local research.

Meetings are typically held annually, rotating between the supporting institutions in the Bay Area. If you are interested in getting involved, visit our Contact Page to reach out.