We are excited to continue the ISTU On-Air webinar series in 2025. These webinars are designed to promote knowledge of Therapeutic Ultrasound and increase discussion among the ISTU community. The Education Committee, led by Tanya Khokhlova, Ph.D., is actively working on the programming for the webinar series.
Our next webinar will be held on September 25 / 26, 2025 depending upon your local time. This webinar will feature Adam Maxwell, Ph.D. from Virginia Tech presenting "Burst wave lithotripsy".
This session will be moderated by Robin Cleveland, Ph.D. from the University of Oxford.
Registration for this event is required. The Webinar Series will be recorded and available to members for later review. Confirmation of your registration and the Zoom Conference Link Info will be emailed to all registered attendees prior to the meeting.
This webinar will be broadcast live at the following local times:
- 8:00 - 9:00 (West Coast, USA/Canada)
- 11:00 - Noon (East Coast, USA/Canada)
- 16:00 - 17:00 (UK)
- 17:00 - 18:00 (Continental Europe)
- 23:00 - Midnight (China)
- Midnight - 1:00 (Korea and Japan), Friday, September 26, 2025
Virginia Tech
Dr. Maxwell is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics at Virginia Tech. His research career spanning 20 years has centered on therapeutic ultrasound technologies including lithotripsy and high-intensity focused ultrasound. His doctoral work investigated the physical mechanisms of histotripsy and its application for thrombolysis. His postdoctoral work at University of Washington included the invention of burst wave lithotripsy, where he led most of the preclinical and technological development of this modality as part of a large multi-institutional team. In 2024, he joined the Therapeutic Ultrasound Lab at Virginia Tech to expand his research into new areas of focused ultrasound.
About the Moderator
Robin Cleveland is Professor of Engineering Science and Tutorial Fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, carried out at post-doc at the University of Washington in Seattle, spent 14 years on the faculty of Boston University in Mechanical Engineering, before being appointed at the University of Oxford in 2011. His research is focused on therapeutic uses of ultrasound including: shock wave and laser lithotripsy, transcranial ultrasound neuromodulation, disruption of bacterial biofilms, ablation of soft tissue, and ultrasound mediated drug delivery. He was the scientific co-chair of the 19th ISTU in Barcelona, was on the organising committee of the 20th ISTU in Korea and the 5th ISTU in Boston, and is a past ISTU board member.
2025 Webinar Schedule
- January 15 / 16, 2025: Ying Meng, M.D., Ph.D. from Sunnybrook Research Institute and the University of Toronto presenting: "Sonobiopsy: Using Focused Ultrasound to Aid in Diagnosis and Disease Monitoring"
- February 27 / 28, 2025: Maxime Lafond, Ph.D. from LabTAU, Inserm presenting: "Ultrasound Therapy in the Eye"
- March 20, 2025: James Choi, Ph.D. from Imperial College London presenting: "Microbubble Dynamics in Brain Microvessels — Insights into how ultrasound-driven microbubbles alter the blood-brain barrier permeability"
- April 17, 2025: "Rising Scientists in Therapeutic Ultrasound" Special Session
- May 15, 2025: Christy K. Holland, Ph.D. from University of Cincinnati presenting "Sonothrombolysis"
- September 25, 2025: Adam Maxwell, Ph.D. from Virginia Tech presenting: "Burst Wave Lithotripsy"
- October 16, 2025: Nobuki Kudo, Ph.D. from Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan presenting: "High-Speed Photography of Cavitation Bubbles"
- December 11, 2025: "Rising Scientists in Therapeutic Ultrasound" Special Session