Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Department of Radiology

Key figures / Profile

• experimental and clinical research in the field of imaging sciences as well as clinical imaging based diagnostics and minimal invasive therapy
• R&D of nanoscale compounds for use as imaging agents and for therapeutic use, e.g.:
  • VSOP (very small superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles) for use as blood pool contrast agent in MR angiography and for detection of inflammation
  • C-PAM (Charité phosphate adsorbing maghemite) for use as oral drug to control inorganig serum phosphate in patients with chronic kidney disease

We offer

• Pharmaconkinetic studies in rodents
• Safety pharmacology in rodents
• Analytics of nanomaterials
• Histology (HC, IHC, fluorescence, paraffin, cryo)
• Supply with various types of iron oxide nanoparticles for experimental use.