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 December 11 / 12, 2025 depending upon your local time.  This webinar will be a "Rising Scientists in Therapeutic Ultrasound" special session which is bioeffect themed topics. This series provides postdocs and early career scientists (Asst Prof.) a platform to share their work with our society.

This session will feature AeRyon Kim from University of Virginia, Sara Keller from University of Oxford/University of Oregon and Adrien Rohfritsch from LabTau, France.

This session will be moderated by Professor Yak-Nam Wang from the University of Washington.

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 on Thursday, December 11 / Friday, December 12, 2025:
  • 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)
  • Midnight - 1:00 (China)
  • 1:00 - 2:00 (Korea and Japan), December 12, 2025

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: The road from concept to clinical testing"
  • October 16, 2025: Nobuki Kudo, Ph.D. from Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan presenting: "High-Speed Photography of Cavitation Bubbles: micro- and nanobubbles, and drop chain"
  • December 11, 2025: "Rising Scientists in Therapeutic Ultrasound" Special Session