Welcome to the Radiomics Xmas Newsletter!

Dear SPP Colleagues,

As we approach the end of the year, we’re pleased to share important updates and highlight opportunities ahead.

This newsletter covers a look back at the RÖKO Lunch Meeting and the Summer School 2025, recent highlights including a spotlight on AI cancer diagnostics research from Cologne, ongoing opportunities for coaching and support, as well as updates on our internal reports and our new collaboration press release with RACOON.

We also want to take this moment to thank you for your continued engagement throughout the year. We wish you a pleasant and restorative holiday season and a smooth start to a successful new year.

All the best,
Your coordination team

The third SPP Summer School took place on July 24-25, 2025, at the Caritas Tagungszentrum in Freiburg, bringing together fifteen Early Career Researchers for an intensive workshop on "Scientific Communication".

Led by Sven Daniel Gettys, one of the creators of Science Slam, participants explored storytelling techniques, presentation skills, and strategies for making complex research accessible. Highlights included voice and body language training and the entertaining "Worst Talk Contest" to identify common presentation pitfalls. An evening networking event provided the perfect opportunity for participants to connect and exchange ideas.

The workshop equipped our young researchers with enhanced communication skills and valuable connections across different sites.

On May 28, 2025, the SPP coordination project hosted a networking lunch on the sidelines of this year's RÖKO congress. The informal meeting brought together twenty members of our community, including collaborators from RACOON, as well as guests from related and independent networks.
An ideal occasion to connect across projects, explore potential synergies, and strengthen 
existing ties. The lively exchange among participants once again highlighted the value of such informal gatherings for our research community.

Please use the following quotation for publications within the SPP2177 programme:

• Gefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) – Projektnummer(n)* / SPP2177

In foreign language publications, a translation of the DFG into the language of the publication should be added, e.g. in English:

• funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) – Projektnummer(n) * / SPP 2177

* You will find the project number on your DFG award letter or at gepris.dfg.de. If a publication refers to several projects, the project numbers must be separated by semicolons.

More information regarding the SPP2177 Priority Programme you will find on the official project website: