Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH-AIT

2444 Seibersdorf

Austria

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Project Leader

Doz. Dr. Oliver Langer Phone: +43-(0)50-550-3496  Fax: +43-(0)50-550-3473  Contact

Project Staff

Dr. Claudia Kuntner microPET imaging  Phone: +43-(0)1-40400-2981  Fax: +43-(0)1-40400-2998  Contact

Mr. Aiman Abrahim PhD student, radiotracer development  Contact

Mr. Johann Stanek Research technician, radiotracer development  Contact

Ing. Thomas Wanek Research technician, microPET imaging  Contact

Institute Presentation

Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) is the largest non-university research and technology organization in Austria. The AIT Group currently employs a total of 995 staff members, with a total of 522 researchers working in ten different innovation areas, including the divisions of Life Sciences, Biogenetics, Biomedical Research and Health Physics. The Department of Radiopharmaceuticals & microPET Imaging at AIT is fully equipped for all aspects of PET radiochemistry (cyclotron, hot-cells, radiochemical synthesis systems for 18F and 11C-chemistry) and has over 10 years experience in the preparation of radiopharmaceuticals that are presently used clinically in different hospitals all over Austria. The Department of Radiopharmaceuticals & microPET Imaging operates a small-animal imaging facility which is equipped with a Siemens microPET Focus 220 scanner. For animal studies, the department has access to state-of-the-art ISO 9001-certified animal laboratory facilities at AIT.

Selected references

Jens P. Bankstahl, Claudia Kuntner, Aiman Abrahim, Rudolf Karch, Johann Stanek, Thomas Wanek, Wolfgang Wadsak, Kurt Kletter, Markus Müller, Wolfgang Löscher, Oliver Langer. Tariquidar-induced P-glycoprotein inhibition at the rat blood-brain barrier studied with (R)-[11C]verapamil and PET. The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, in press.