Date/Time
Date(s) - 07/04/2022
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Title: Automated analysis of radioactive drugs

Date: Thursday, April 7, 2022

Time: 1:30-2:30

We are offering this seminar in hybrid format.

Room: ABB 162

Zoom: please email chemgrad@mcmaster.ca for Zoom details.

 

Abstract: Adventures in startup science

 

This presentation will give a new perspective on the analysis of radioactive pharmaceutical products. Positron Emission Tomography(PET) is a clinical imaging method that relies on short-lived radioactive tracers. 10-hour expiry time of PET tracers created a unique set of challenges in the routine production of these products. The final analysis of the product is particularly frustrating because it involves manual handling of highly radioactive material.

 

A small start-up turned this problem into an opportunity to improve the manufacturing process. Along the way, the company developed some counterintuitive analytical techniques: radioactivity was measured without a radiation detector and a colorless compound was quantified with colorimetric analysis .

 

Join us for the talk about positrons, statistics, and coordination chemistry.