GUEST: Bernd Pichler, Tübingen
In this episode we learn how a new lensless microscope, costing just $100 (!), can be used to evaluate radiotracer retention in cells, and discuss potential applications for this revolutionary new technology with our famous guest Bernd Pichler. We discuss how this, and other technologies, could be used to assess the heterogeneous cell populations of the tumour microenvironment and identify cell senescence using new radiotracers developed in Bernd’s lab.

Selected Publication: "Development of a Lensless Radiomicroscope for Cellular-Resolution Radionuclide Imaging" published in Journal of Nuclear Medicine by the authors Justin S. Klein, Tae Jin Kim and Guillem Pratx (Physical Oncology Lab at Stanford  Medicine).

Publication reference: Justin S. Klein, Tae Jin Kim and Guillem Pratx. Development of a Lensless Radiomicroscope for Cellular-Resolution Radionuclide Imaging. J Nucl Med 2023 Mar; 64(3):479-484. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.122.264021. Epub 2022 Sep 15.
https://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/64/3/479

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