The 10th GCB Summer School for Medical Physics
The 6th GCB Summer School for Molecular Biomedical Science and Diagnosis
Survey Results Report
7 Sep 2023
Global Center for Biomedical Science and Engineering
This year, the 10th GCB Summer School for Medial Physics and the 6th GCB Summer School for
Molecular Biomedical Science and Diagnosis (formerly Summer School for Molecular Biomedical
Science and Engineering) were conducted from 21 to 25 August 2023 allowing overseas participants
to attend face to face for the first time since Covid-19 pandemic. Unlike the online event, the number ofparticipants that can be accommodated onsite is rather limited, making the screening process morecompetitive and difficult than in the past few years. Of those who passed the highly competitive
screening process, this year’s summer school welcomed 6 participants in Medical Physics and 12
participants in Molecular Biomedical Science and Diagnosis from 10 countries (namely, Australia,Bangladesh, Canada, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and USA).
During the five-day intensive programs, lectures on a wide range of topics were given not only bylectures from Hokkaido University, but also by world renowned researchers invited from home andabroad including Stanford University, Bogazici University, National Institutes for Quantum Science andTechnology, Kyoto University, and Hitachi, Ltd. Some lecturers who had difficulty coming to thecampus gave live lectures remotely, but they were able to communicate interactively with theparticipants via zoom and the lectures proceeded smoothly.
A survey was conducted during the final chapter of the programs. Overall, positive feedback wasreceived, and many participants were especially pleased that the summer school, which had been held
virtually for the past several years, was finally being offered in a face-to-face format. In terms ofcontent, the hands-on trainings and the proton beam therapy facility tour were particularly wellreceived, with many commenting that they were able to have a valuable experience that they rarely getto have. For more details, please see the graphs and comments below. We would like to thank once
again all the participants and all those who provided constructive feedback and we will use thefeedback received for the next edition of the summer school.

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LECTURES & MATERIALS34. Please tell us about the lecture that was most impressive to you and explain why.
Fractionation based on dose distribution and classical radiation biology (Prof. MashahiroMizuta), It like my first time to think about radiotherapy in filed of Math and Prof. also explain inthe easy way.

RTRT and Proton because it's a new experience for meActually, the Symposium is the most impressive one with frontier knowledge.

Learn about advance method of Medical Physics field and gain a lots of knowledge. Speciallydeep learning, Geant 4, AI lecture was very impressive for me.

the experiment part is most impressive to me, seldom to have hands-on experience aftergraduation; also, the research topics of HU is awesome.

Most impressive ones were by Dr. Sair and Dr. Kalbasi. They were new topics for me and I wasreally intrigued to learn about it.

Hand on exercise on MRI, nuclear medicine, and biology. The activity gives a good practice foreveryone.

Dr.Rodney ,Dr.Anusha Kalbasi, Dr.Haris Sair

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Resting state MRI. Take the technological parts to explain clear.

hand-on training, can join real work practically.

The most impressive lecture to me was on oncolytic virus and engineering viruses that canselectively kill tumors. I find that concept scientifically amazing! I also enjoyed Dr. Tha’s lectureon radiomics.

Chapter 4 was the best for me. The topic was amazing, and the lecturer did a very great job
explaining something very complicated.

Proton therapy Center tourEmerging Trends for Radio-Immunotherapy in Solid Tumors. The presenter gave the mostcomprehensive and informative lecture about how RT + immunotherapy improved control
tumor both irradiated and abscopal sites. Furthermore, there were a lot in terms I learned
during this session.

The most impressive lecture to me is the "overview of radiation therapy” because it makes me
more clearly to understand the basic of radiation biology and to apply it clinically.

Boron Neutron Capture Therapy and its measurement device development, I have always hada keen interest in this treatment modality as it is not often mentioned as frequently as its
Proton or Photon counterparts. Through Dr Ishikawa's detailed explanation of BNCT, I havedeveloped a better grasp of the challenges and benefits of this treatment method.

Production of radioisotopes. I seldom learn about it before and felt interested in it during thelesson.

45. Please tell us about the practical training/tour that was most impressive to you and explain why.
4DRT (hand-on) because we have the opportunity to see and study with the own Hokkaido
software and phantom.

Proton facility tour, we don't have that in my country.

Proton tour is still the most impressive one to see the top treatment device.

Yes. As a student I learn a more about radiotherapy machine and planning. It helps me to better
understand.

I would say the MRI training, the pineapple is cute!!!

The proton therapy centre visit. It was my first time seeing a proton facility and it blew my mind.
Wonderful experience!

Everything is exceptional. I enjoyed the MRI and biology the most. It is very helpful to my future
experiments and career.

Biology practical. This is first time seeing the radiation results by microscope.

MRI hand-on. Although we know the strong magnetic, but never validate it. Really see thepower of magnetic field.

Through workflow, we can understand how to do and why.

The practical training was an amazing experience. The instructors were incredible! I wish thepractical training of MRI/PET was supplemented with in-depth lecture of the physics of how MRIand PET scanners actually work. That would be even more useful and maybe how we candevelop the next generation of scanners.

I really enjoyed the wet lab portion and the proton center tour. However, I wished we were able
to irradiate the cells during the wet lab and maybe had a lecture on proton therapy.

Proton therapy Center tour, because we can see synchrotron in person, if we could take somephotos to share with our co-workers that will be great.

Hands-on Practical Training on Radiobiology. The training provided us a comprehensive andpractical skills on immune staining. I have learned so much from this course, where we are able
to learn how to culture cells, staining in direct method, and also visualize the double-strand
break and nucleus between irradiated and non-irradiated cells using confocal microscope. Also,
the lecturers are very approachable and patient with us while doing the activity. It was a funlearning experience!

The facility tour is the most impressive because we can seldom see how a proton machine work
during our daily work.

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Hands-on Practical Training: 4DRT, The SyncTrax system is native to Japan and as such is notexported overseas to my knowledge. As such, Dr Miyamoto's hands on training session has
given me a better understanding of the innerworkings of system.

The facility tour is impressive. I had been to any other proton beam center before. Usually, wehad simple lectures and went to see the building. We are not allowed to visit the “real” machine
behind the treatment room. And we were unable to see the gantry nor the table moving. It isreally a nice trip for me.
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3. Please write your comment freely below. (Requests, Advice to improve the summer school,Complaints, etc.,)
I think the committee of the summer school should present this event in many information
resource. I think it's very benefit to participants to get knowledge and share experiment witheach other.

There are no complimentary drinks

Thank you all for organize such a wonderful meeting.

It was very impressive and advance course for me. I am satisfied.

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thank you a lot for holding this activity. I definitely would suggest my colleague to attend next
year. and I visited the AI lab of Prof Kudo, we may have chance to cooperate in the future! theNorie and is very responsible. all professors prepare their lecture with heart, they areenthusiastic about teaching, and about their research.

6I am really grateful for this opportunity. I enjoyed this school very much. It was a wonderfullearning experience. I found the lectures were of great quality. I learned a lot. I wish we had anorganized excursion too, as part of the school to interact more with everyone. I would love tocome back and attend this again.

I would love to attend the winter school next time here in Sapporo.

Kindly keep the Travel support as it is. Most participants will get the benefit of Hokkaido
University advanced lectures.

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1. The screen is too small that we can't see very clear from back of classroom
2. Some speakers don't provide teaching materials and it's so pity.

This was an incredible experience! Thank you so much for inviting me! I made lifelong
memories and lifelong connections! I want to share special praise for Norie Yamada and Eba
who were with us every step of the way and they made the whole process so smooth for us!

I think the arrangement of lectures could be better. Some lectures were more advanced thanothers. The more basic lectures could have been done earlier to give the students some morebackground knowledge. Lectures in the same topic could’ve be done on the same day (AI,radiation biology, etc.). That way each day has a specific topic of focus.

It's a very very great experience for me, I can't wait to see the photos taken for us :)Overall, the summer school program is very helpful for a early career researchers andstudents. It helps us to be update with the research trends and improve the cancer research.
This is great learning experience! Congrats to the organizers and lecturers!

Thanks for the project of the summer school and I learned a lot and had a good time during theweek.

Although it's unfortunate that Sapporo is currently enduring an extremely hot and humid
summer, overall, I couldn't have asked for a better experience here in Hokudai.

ありがとうございました！またね！^^

It is very good.

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