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Aigbirhio group member made Co-chair of the NeuroImaging Study Group of 'European Society for Molecular Imaging - ESMI'.

8 September 2021

Many congratulations to Dr Selena Milicevic-Sephton who has recently been elected as a Co-chair of the Neuroimaging study group as part of the European Society for Molecular imaging. This is great recognition of the work that Selena does here at the MICL and we are sure that she will excel in this position. Well done...

Latest publication from the MICL team, preclinical evaluation of a novel TSPO radiotracer [18F]GE387

18 August 2021

Our latest paper, "Preclinical evaluation of (S) -[ 18 F]GE387, a novel 18-kDa translocator protein (TSPO) PET radioligand with low binding sensitivity to human polymorphism rs6971" has just been published in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular imaging. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00259-...

Prof Franklin Aigbirhio amongst the new Fellows announced by the Academy of Medical Sciences for 2021

17 May 2021

Prof Franklin Aigbirhio has been elected as one of the 50 scientists inducted into the academy of Medical Sciences in 2021. Professor Dame Anne Johnson, President of the Academy of Medical Sciences, said, "The new Fellows have been selected for their exceptional contributions to the advancement of medical science through...

Latest publication, focussing on imaging Tau pathology.

16 April 2021

Our most recent paper has been published, "Synthesis and Assessment of Novel Probes for Imaging Tau Pathology in Transgenic Mouse and Rat Models". This is a multi Cambridge group collaboration project which has been published in ACS Chemical Neuroscience. Abstract: Aggregated tau protein is a core pathology present in...

Latest addition to the MICL team

3 February 2021

This month we welcome our newest addition to the MICL team, a electric Renault Kangoo van. This will be used to transport our radionuclides around the research campus to support our ongoing PET projects whilst minimising decay and being environmentally friendly.

First-in-Human Clinical Trial for Primary Aldosteronism

14 September 2020

The first clinical study involving a First-Time-in-Human trial of an Investigational Medicinal Product performed under the auspice of the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit has recently been initiated by a project team led by Franklin Aigbirhio (WBIC) and Mark Gurnell (Institute of Metabolic Science) and researchers from...

ChemMedChem Hot Topics: Imaging & Radiopharmaceuticals

27 July 2020

Our publication on Chemistry of novel TSPO radiotracer GE387 developed in the group has been selected for Special Collection of ChemMedChem journal on Imaging and Radiochemistry and will be available as open access until the end of August from the ChemMedChem website. This work was started through graduate studies of our...

Statement from the University BAME Network regarding Black Lives Matter protests

17 June 2020

Please find below a link to a statement from the University BAME Staff Network regarding Black Lives Matter protests: https://www.cam.ac.uk/notices/news/statement-from-the-black-asian-and-minority-ethnic-staff-network

ARUK Pilot Project Grant Funded

18 May 2020

Dr Stephen Thompson and Dr Nisha Kuzhuppilly Ramakrishnan have been awarded a Pilot Project Grant by Alzheimer’s Research UK’s East Network. They will be investigating new methods for getting PET radiotracers into the brain, in an effort to expand the range of agents which can be used to understand neurodegenerative...

Paper Accepted in RSC Chemical Science Journal

11 May 2020

Dr. Yanyan Zhao and MICL former member Dr. Ole Tietz have recently had their manuscript accepted for publication in RSC Chemical Science. The work features new tau oligomeric fluorescent imaging probe pTP-TFE (OT049) developed at the MICL . The new probe has great potential as a PET imaging agent for early stages of...

Aigbirhio group member made Co-chair of the NeuroImaging Study Group of 'European Society for Molecular Imaging - ESMI'.

Latest publication from the MICL team, preclinical evaluation of a novel TSPO radiotracer [18F]GE387

Prof Franklin Aigbirhio amongst the new Fellows announced by the Academy of Medical Sciences for 2021

Latest publication, focussing on imaging Tau pathology.

Latest addition to the MICL team

First-in-Human Clinical Trial for Primary Aldosteronism

ChemMedChem Hot Topics: Imaging & Radiopharmaceuticals

Statement from the University BAME Network regarding Black Lives Matter protests

ARUK Pilot Project Grant Funded

Paper Accepted in RSC Chemical Science Journal

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