Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
Department of Nuclear Medicine
Geert Grooteplein 8
6525 GA
Nijmegen
The Netherlands

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Project leader

Prof. Dr. Martin Gotthardt Coordinator of BetaImage  Phone: +31 24 36 14048  Fax: +31 24 36 18942  Contact

Project staff

Prof. Dr. Wim Oyen Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Otto C. Boerman Head of the Radiochemical Laboratory

Dr. Peter Laverman Radiochemist

Dr. Karolina Andralojc Post-doc, beta-cells, diabetes models, immunohistochemistry

Maarten Brom PhD Student, small animal PET, small animal SPECT, radiolabeling, animal models

Lieke Claessens-Joosten Lab Technician, animal models, labelling, immunohistochemistry, autoradiography

Institute Presentation

The Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre (RUNMC) is a leading Dutch institution for medical research and education hosting around 3000 undergraduate students and 450 graduate students. The five disease oriented research programmes (1. Oncology, 2. Heart/lung/vascular disease, 3. Neurosciences, 4. Infection/inflammation/repair, 5. Genetic/metabolic disorders) are cross-linked via the 3 top-level research institutes of the RUNMC (Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Clinical & Translational Research, Nijmegen Centre for Evidence Based Practice). The research of the Department of Nuclear Medicine is embedded in research programmes 1, 4 and 5 and focuses on development and clinical application of targeted radiopharmaceuticals (antibodies/peptides/non-peptidic ligands) for diagnosis and therapy and on PET imaging (positron emission tomography). This research is funded by the Dutch Cancer Society, the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development, the National Institutes of Health (USA), and the European Commission (FP 7). All major facilities and equipment for small animal molecular imaging are available (radiochemistry laboratory with hot cells (GLP/GMP), animal research facility, small animal and clinical PET/CT scanners, optical imaging etc.).
For patient care, the Department of Nuclear Medicine of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre offers the complete spectrum of modern nuclear medicine imaging and therapy. About 14 000 examinations and treatments are performed per year, including more than 2 500 PETs (positron emission tomography).