Technological Platforms

The radiochemistry platform includes a radiochemistry lab equipped with 5 hot cells which house automatic-remote controlled synthesis modules (suitable for the preparation of PET and SPECT radiotracers), a shielded laminar flow cabinet and state of the art quality control equipment, including radio-HPLC, radio-GC, radio-TLC and gamma spectrometry. The versatility of the equipments allows the synthesis of a wide range of known PET and SPECT radiotracers, as well as the design of new labelled structures to undertake pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies. The platform, furthermore, includes a fully equipped lab for radioactive metabolite analysis in blood and tissue samples and a cell culture lab for in vitro studies with radiolabelled ligands.