Contrast Agents and Specific Therapeutics Centre
(INSPIRE Platform)
The Centre for Contrast Agents and Specific Therapeutics is part of the INSPIRE Platform (Senate Decision no. 19.20.02.2023), under the scientific-administrative coordination of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in Bio- Nano- Sciences (Senate Decision no. 6/15.01.2024, UBB Rector’s Decision no. 910/22.01.2024).
Director:
CS II Dr. Adriana Lazar
Members:
Prof. Dr. Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu
CS I dr. Ioan Botiz
Conf. Dr. Luiza Găină
Conf. Dr. Raluca Ciceo-Lucacel
Conf. Dr. Iulia Lupan
CS II Dr. Milica Todea
CS II Dr. Magyari Klara Dorottya
Lect. Dr. Mihai Vasilescu
Research topic, current CDI directions
- Synthesis and structural characterization of biocompatible theranostic materials
- Development of new materials for cancer treatment and/or as contrast agents;
- Development of systems based on bio-functionalized inorganic particles for biomedical applications (cancer treatment by chemotherapy and hyperthermia, MRI diagnostics and imaging, etc.)
- Evaluation of the therapeutic and diagnostic properties of different oxide and polymeric biomaterials by in vitro and in vivo studies
Laboratories:
- Laboratory of Biomolecular Interconnectics, coordinated by Prof. Dr. Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu
- Laboratory of In Vitro Testing of Biocompatibility and Bioactivity, coordinated by CS II Dr. Adriana Lazar
- Structural Characterization by MR Spectroscopy Laboratory, coordinated by Lect. dr. Mihai Vasilescu
- Nanostructured Theranostic Agents Laboratory, coordinated by CS II Dr. Milica Todea
Equipment:
The equipment available to the Centre for Specific Therapeutic and Contrast Agents for the planned experimental research are that acquired through Inspire Project:
- 3D Bioprinter
- Complex system for incubation of contrast agents in cell culture
- Automated fluorescent cell imaging system
- Biophotometer
- GOM scanning system
- Previously existing equipment in the laboratories involved
Access to these facilities for potentially interested researchers from outside the Centre is on the basis of projects presented and endorsed at the Centre’s scientific seminars, with the establishment of scientific and financial obligations, depending on the time of use and consumables used, projects subsequently approved by the ICIBNS Scientific Council.
Contact:
militodea@yahoo.com
