Basque Country Technology Park and APTE organise the first guided tour open to the public of the Molecular Imaging Platform of CIC biomaGUNE, one of the most advanced scientific infrastructures in Europe
The open day is part of the ‘Innovation Spaces’ initiative, promoted by APTE to raise awareness of the State’s Singular Scientific and Technical Infrastructures (ICTS).
On 7 November the visits will be dedicated to companies and organisations, while on Friday 8 the Platform, located on the Donostia Campus of the Basque Country Technology Park, will be open to the general public, subject to prior registration.
The Basque Country Technology Park, in collaboration with the Association of Science and Technology Parks of Spain (APTE), will offer society -on 7 and 8 November- the opportunity to get to know one of the most advanced scientific infrastructures in Spain: the CIC biomaGUNE Molecular and Functional Imaging Platform, located on the Donostia Campus of the Basque Country Technology Park.
This initiative, which will provide access for the first time to anyone interested to one of the most advanced scientific facilities in Europe, is part of the Innovation Spaces programme, promoted by APTE to provide first-hand knowledge of the State’s Singular Scientific and Technical Infrastructures (ICTS).
The agenda includes two days of guided tours. On Thursday 7 November, the platform will be open to companies and organisations, while on Friday 8 November it will be the turn of the general public. Anyone interested in getting to know this cutting-edge scientific infrastructure in the field of biomedicine should book a place by filling in a form on the website www.parke.eus.
The Molecular and Functional Imaging Platform is a European benchmark in preclinical molecular and functional imaging technology. This facility is the largest biomedical imaging technology platform that has been created to date, not only in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country but also in Spain. The sum of its experimental techniques – Radiochemistry, Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT), Computed Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Optical Tomography (OT), together with the animal facility – which has AAALAC international quality accreditation – have positioned this facility as one of the most important scientific references at European level.
Among other activities, the imaging unit allows in vivo testing of nanomaterials. The animal facility, the cyclotron for creating radioactive isotopes, the reactors for transferring these isotopes to the molecules or nanoparticles to be studied and the equipment for performing tomography based on radiochemistry, X-rays and magnetic resonance are integrated within a few metres of each other.
CIC biomaGUNE carries out cutting-edge research at the interface between chemistry, biology and physics with a special focus on the study of the properties of biological nanostructures at the molecular scale and their biomedical applications. In seventeen years of existence, CIC biomaGUNE has established itself as a leading centre on the Spanish and international scientific scene as a knowledge-generating agent in the area of biomaterials, which translates into scientific publications, patents, collaborations with international organisations and institutions, and the availability of its technological equipment and scientific staff at the service of the scientific community and the business community.
