Facilities
Preclinical Facilities
Equipment
- PET/SPECT/CT Tri-Modality Scanner (Sequential Imaging)
- 7T MR/PET Dual-Modality Scanner (Simultaneous Imaging)
- Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) with CT and Bioluminescence Imaging
- Imaging Chambers with Anesthesia and Monitoring Systems (Minerve and SAII)
- Motorized Stereotactic Frame (Robot Stereotaxic, Neurostar)
- Upright and Inverted Microscopes
- Cryostat Sectioning (Leica CM1950)
- Autoradiography (BeaQuant) (simultaneously imaging alpha, beta minus and beta plus emitters)
- Gamma Counter (2480 Wizard2, PerkinElmer)
- CO2 Incubator (Heracell™ VIOS 160i)
- Dose Calibrators (Comecer)
- Centrifuges, bench top, ventilated/refrigerated (Mega Star 1.6R)
- Operation Benches (Anesthesia and Monitoring Systems integrated)
- Lead L-Block (LEMER PAX)
- Drying Oven (temperature programmable, fan speed adjustable)
Infrastructure
- Preclinical Core Facility (The Infrastructure)
- Animal Housing (Mice and Rats)
- Cell Lab
- Analysis / Chemistry Lab
- Microscopy / Autoradiography Lab
Chemistry Facilities
Clinical Facilities
- 2 PET/CT (with time-of-flight (TOF))
- PET/MR
- 2 SPECT/CT
Facility Collaboration Network
Preclinical Core Facility (The building)
Image source: University Hospital of North Norway (UNN)PET/SPECT/CT Tri-Modality Scanner (Sequential Imaging)
equipped with a microvolumetric beta counter
7T MR/PET Dual-Modality Scanner (Simultaneous Imaging)
Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) with CT and Bioluminescence Imaging
Upright and Inverted Microscopes
Image source: Carl Zeiss
Cryostat Sectioning (Leica CM1950)
Image source: LeicaMotorized Stereotactic Frame (Robot Stereotaxic, Neurostar)
Cyclotron
The cyclotron is a 16.5/8.4 MeV PETtrace 800-series cyclotron with dual extraction. Targets for 18F, 11C (CO2 and CH4), 13N and 15O are available, generating a wide range of possibilities in terms of radiolabelling. In addition, the solid target unit Alceo (Comecer) will make possible the production of metal radionuclides such as 64Cu and 89Zr and 45Ti.
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Radiopharmaceutical Development Unit
- Radiosynthesis lab
- 2 MIP shielded cells (Comecer)
- TRACERlab FxC (11CO2 and 11CH3I/TfO)
- TRACERlab FxN (18F)
- Safety bench for manual radiosynthesis intended for 99mTc and α-emitters (225Ac)
- Cold precursor synthesis at the Dept. of Chemistry, UiT
- Radioanalysis lab
- High resolution UHPLC-QToF-MS including DAD detection (6530 model) and metobolomics analysis software (Agilent)
- Semi-preparative HPLC-Radioflow-DAD (Agilent/Lablogic)
- Analytical HPLC/UHPLC fitted with DAD and radioflow beta coincidence detection (Agilent and PosiRam detector from Lablogic) for pharmacokinetic studies (together with our HR-QtoF MS)
- Head-Space-GC-FID for residual solvent determination (Agilent)
- High-purity Germanium MCA (gamma spectrometry)
- RadioTLC (Lablogic)
- Dose calibrator
- Rotavapor, centrivap, refrigerated centrifuge, osmometer, etc.
GMP Radiopharmaceutical Unit
In the GMP radiopharmaceutical production area, eight BSS series shielded cells and two Talia dispensing shielded cells are available for further product development into clinical application.
PET/CT (Siemens Biograph Vision Flow)
Image source: SiemensPET/CT (Siemens Biograph mCT)
Image source: SiemensPET/MR (Siemens Biograph mMR)
Image source: SiemensSPECT/CT (GE Discovery NM/CT 670)
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