Abour the Shared Resource
The Radiation Biology Shared Resource maintains and operates equipment and facilities to deliver ionizing radiation for research use.
Contact
For questions and service requests, please contact Dr. Kimberly Krager, Core Manager, at KJKrager@uams.edu, Dr. Rupak Pathak, Co-Director, at RPathak@uams.edu, or Dr. Marjan Boerma, Co-Director, at mboerma@uams.edu.
Overview
The core can deliver X- and γ-rays at a broad range of dose rates and radiation field sizes for a variety of purposes, such as:
- Irradiation of cell cultures;
- Small animal whole-body or partial-body irradiation;
- (Image-guided) irradiation of animal tumor models; or
- Irradiation of other biological specimens or sample types.
Services
- Maintenance of radiation equipment
- Radiation dosimetry to confirm equipment output and absorbed dose
- Consult in the design and development of new animal and cell culture radiation models
- Perform irradiation of animals, cells in culture, or other specimens or sample types
Equipment
- γ-ray irradiator (J.L. Shepherd)
- X-Rad 320 X-ray cabinet (Precision X-Ray)
- Small Animal Radiation Research Platform for CT-guided localized X-rays (Xstrahl)
