Category: WP4 – Radiobiology

First clonogenic assay using silver-111

In October 2024, the ISOLPHARM collaboration successfully performed the first clonogenic survival evaluation using silver-111 on cancer cells. In particular, the UMR-106 rat osteosarcoma cell line was tested. This result represents a first important experimental milestone reached by the ISOLPHARM radiobiology community, which includes groups from the Universities of Pavia (with the LENA facility), Padova,…
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Four ISOLPHARM master students graduated

Four master students of the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Padova graduated in September with theses projects developed within the ISOLPHARM project. Nicola Zancopè analyzed and interpreted CLI and DRI images in view of a Ag-111 biodistribution experiment. Vittoria Pavanello studied the performance of the novel 2D imaging beta detector of…
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Special Mention for ISOLPHARM at SIF 2022

ISOLPHARM earned a Special Mention at the 108th Congress of the Italian Physical Society (SIF) thanks to the communication “Radiobiological model for β-emitter radiopharmaceutical therapy in dynamic cell cultures in the framework of the ISOLPHARM project”, presented by Alberto Arzenton. The contribution, that was included in the Biophysics and Medical Physics section, has been published…
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