Animal Imaging and Irradiation Shared Resource (AIISR, RRID: SCR_021980)

The major goal of the animal imaging and irradiation program is the establishment of novel imaging and radiation treatment approaches to cancer, inflammation, developmental therapeutics using animal models and imaging endpoints. State-of-the-art imaging facilities are extremely expensive and require advanced technical personnel. All scientific  oversight, protocol development, image analysis, equipment maintenance, quality controls, as well as user training is overseen by Natalie Serkova, PhD (AIISR Director), David Westerly, PhD (AIISR Co-Director)  and Tyler Weiskopf, BA (AIISR Manager Manager).

• If you use Cancer Center shared resources, be sure to acknowledge the Cancer Center Support Grant (P30CA046934) and submit your publications to PubMed Central. Thank you!
• For all MRI-based animal studies, please acknowledge the NIH high-end shared instrumentation grant S10OD023485
• For all BLI/FLI/CT animal studies, please acknowledge the NIH SIFAR shared instrumentation grant S10OD027023
• Please link our AIISR Research Resource Identification (RRID): University of Colorado Cancer Center Animal Imaging  Irradiation Shared Resource Core Facility (RRID:SCR_021980) . When submitting your publication(s) to PubMed Central, please ensure to link the grants to your manuscript and that your publication links to these grants in your NIH Reporter.
  

Our equipment can only accommodate small rodents and our imaging services are for research purposes only. Unfortunately, we cannot perform imaging on companion animals, such as cats and dogs.

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