Edinburgh Imaging

23 Sep 22. PET synaptic imaging materials

A Wellcome Trust Technology Development Award awarded to Dr Adriana Tavares for PET synaptic imaging is now open to applications for material access.

Dr Adriana Tavares, Reader in PET imaging, together with Professors Andrew Sutherland and Seth Grant, were awarded funding through the Wellcome Trust Technology Development Award (TDA) scheme. The grant was created for researchers who wish to develop new technologies and tools.

The project, “Enabling advance imaging of synaptic function in living males and females over the course of the lifespan with Positron Emission Tomography (PET)” will run from the 1st October 2020 to 30th September 2025.

One of the project goals is to share resources with the wider imaging community, namely new materials and new datasets.

 

The new materials are available now - precursors and standards for radiolabelling of [18F]MNI1126.

These can be requested by completing the application form below. T&Cs described in the application form.

 

You can click on PET synaptic imaging resources to find out more.

 

We asked Dr Adriana Tavares her thoughts on the applications for new materials being open to the public.

“With support from the Wellcome Trust TDA we will be able to share materials for radiosynthesis of [18F]MNI1126, also known as [18F]SDM-08 or [18F]SynVesT-1, with the PET imaging community.

We are committed to an open science policy and eager to work with other PET sites looking to use this promising PET radiotracer for imaging synaptic function in vivo and non-invasively.”

 

 

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