Tours, Workshops & Training.
Three ways to engage with MIRF — hands-on workshops in preclinical PET, SPECT and CT, personalized image-analysis sessions for active research projects, and on-site lab tours for biotech and industry partners exploring a collaboration.
Learn
Foundational training and prerequisites — the formal courses MIRF and UBC offer before students begin their imaging projects.
Analyze
Group workshops and individual sessions for visualizing, quantifying, and reporting your imaging data — ROIs, TACs, SUVs, and publication-ready figures.
Visit
Guided on-site tours of CCM and the MIRF lab for biotech, radiopharma, and industry teams considering a collaboration.
Hands-on Training for Different Needs.
An introductory module taught yearly as part of UBC's PHAR518 graduate course, and a dedicated imaging data analysis workshop offered by request to research groups.
PHAR518 · Yearly module Introduction to Preclinical Imaging
A foundational module covering small-animal molecular imaging, taught yearly as part of UBC PHAR518. Designed for graduate students entering preclinical imaging work — this is the course that prepares students to start their own imaging projects in the MIRF lab.
- The Drug Discovery Process
- Why Preclinical Imaging Matters
- The Tracer Principle
- Tracking Drug Distribution
- The Physics of SPECT
- Multi-pinhole Collimators
- Research Applications
By request · per research group Imaging Data Analysis Workshop
A hands-on workshop in image visualization and quantification — how to evaluate image quality, run analyses, and produce figures publishable in peer-reviewed papers. Run as a multi-session course for small research groups.
- 2D and 3D data visualization techniques
- Preparing movies and quality figures for publication
- Time activity curves (TACs) and biodistribution analysis
- SUVs and %ID/g quantification
- Complete dataset analysis as a capstone exercise
One-on-one data sessions.
When you need someone to sit down with you and your data — whether to troubleshoot an analysis, prepare cinematic movies for a talk, or polish figures for a paper — we offer individual sessions tailored to your project.
Bring your data. Leave with publication-ready visuals.
Two-to-three sessions, scheduled around your timeline — with direct hands-on help from the MIRF team.
These sessions are designed for researchers who want personalized support beyond the group workshop format. Bring your own imaging dataset and we'll work through it with you — from raw data to publication-ready outputs.
Visit the lab. See what we can build together.
For biotech, radiopharma, and industry partners exploring a potential collaboration — MIRF runs guided tours of the Centre for Comparative Medicine and the imaging lab to show the scanner, walk through current and past projects, and discuss how we could support your program.
Bring your team. Tour the lab. Map the partnership.
Typically 60–90 minutes on-site at UBC — Centre for Comparative Medicine
An informal but substantive visit for companies considering working with MIRF. See the VECTor/CT scanner, the radiochemistry bench, and the supporting instrumentation — then sit down to discuss a portfolio of projects MIRF can run with industry partners and how that maps to your drug development, theranostics, or nanomedicine program.
UBC-mandated animal courses.
In addition to MIRF workshops, all students handling animals in the lab must complete UBC's standard lab rodent training.
UBC Animal Care Services — Lab Rodent Courses
UBC ACS offers six online lab rodent courses that are mandatory for any student handling animals in the lab. These are separate from MIRF's preclinical imaging workshops, but most lab members complete them in parallel.
Who attends, and how.
Who it's for
Graduate students, postdocs and visiting researchers — PHAR518 attendees plus external collaborators, biotech partners and trainees from partner labs.
How sessions run
Small-group, in-person sessions in the MIRF lab. A mix of lectures, scanner walkthroughs and hands-on exercises — scheduled around lab availability and student cohorts.
How to register
Email MIRF or use the contact form to express interest — we'll coordinate timing with your project and let you know about the next PHAR518 offering or set up a group workshop.
Ready to start your imaging project?
The fastest path is to email us with your project background — we'll match you to the right workshop track and the right person on the team.
Get in touch