Issue 4 of Positron Pulse is out now!
In this issue, we visit @kings-bmeis.bsky.social King’s College London, feature an interview with Professor Tony Gee, and round up the latest news from the UK PET chemistry community.
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✨ Our April Trailblazer is here!
We’re featuring Sergio Dall’Angelo @sdallangelo.bsky.social , Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen.
☢️ His work spans peptides, small molecules & PET radiotracers.
🥼 Read more ↓
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✨ Our March Trailblazer is here!
We’re featuring George Firth, CRUK RadNet City of London Research Fellow,King’s College London.
🥼 Read his profile to learn more!
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February Trailblazer: Mike Fairclough (OxIME, University of Oxford).
Radiolabelling innovation, interdisciplinary PET science, and looking ahead to expanded ¹¹C use with total-body PET.
Have a read of his profile 👇
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Have a community announcement, UK-based equipment you’d like to borrow/lend, or a UK role to advertise?
Email UKPETChemistry-Newsletter@outlook.com
or message us on LinkedIn, to be featured in the next Positron Pulse newsletter.
Our next issue will be with you very soon!
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✨ Our Trailblazers series continues with Austin Craig, Radiopharmacy Site Manager at Alliance Medical Ireland.
🔗 Discover his Trailblazers profile
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#DiagnosticImaging
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📢 Funding opportunity for the PET community
The Peter Horlock Skills Training and Development Award 2025/26 supports UK-based PET radiochemistry technical staff with up to £3,000 for training, travel and conferences.
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📣 UK PET Chemistry 2026 Meeting
📍 University of Oxford / Merton College
📅 16 September 2026
A focused meeting for the UK PET radiochemistry and molecular imaging community.
More information to follow.
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#PETImaging #MolecularImaging
📣 Call for publication highlights!
We’re putting together the next Positron Pulse and would love to feature your 2025 PET chemistry/radiochemistry papers.
DM us your citation so we can include it in the newsletter and on our socials 💛
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🎉 Celebrating our UK PET Chemistry 2025 winners!
🏆 Best Poster: Gavin Brown | 🥈 RU: Holly McErlain
⚡ Best Lightning Talk: Holly McErlain | 🥈 RU: Sebastiano Ortalli
🔬 Best Scientific Talk: Joseph Ford | 🥈 RU: Jennifer Young
Thanks to everyone who contributed! #UKPETChem #PositronPulse
Thanks to our partners, many on-site with demos, who made the day possible: #Comecer, #CuriumPharma, #GE_HealthCare , #LabLogic , #LifeMolecularImaging, #LightMedicalUK, #MedicalResearchFoundation, #SiemensHealthineers, #SouthernScientific, #Xiel. #Glasgow #Radiochemistry
What a fantastic day! 🎓 On 9 Sept 2025, the UK PET Chemistry Meeting; co-organised by the UKPETChem Local Organising Committee and #SINAPSE at the @uofglasgow.bsky.social brought researchers, clinicians & industry together. Share your highlights with #UKPETChem #PositronPulse! #PETChemistry
Positron Pulse - Issue 3 is out!
A UK PET Chemistry field digest with highlights, centre news, and upcoming meetings.
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Tag #UKPETChem #PositronPulse and mention @positronpulse.bsky.social so we can reshare.
UK PET Chemistry Meeting is nearly here—Tuesday, 9 Sept, Glasgow. Join students, ECRs and industry for a one-day exchange of PET chemistry ideas and collaborations. Keynote: Prof Jason Lewis.
📍Sir Charles Wilson Building, University of Glasgow
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🚨 Applications are open for the Peter Horlock Award 2025/26
Up to £3,000 for UK-based PET radiochemistry technical staff to support training, visits & conferences. No fixed deadline www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/grants/peter...
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🚨 Still time to register! 🚨
Join us in Glasgow for the UK PET Chemistry Meeting 2025
📅9 September 2025
📍Glasgow
💰Standard: £80 Students & ECRs: £30.00
🗓 Deadline: 19 August 2025
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🔗 Register now: shorturl.at/h4RF2
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📢 Radiopharmacy Technician – Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is recruiting for a Radiopharmacy Technician (Band 4–5, uplift upon completion of training).
🗓 Closing date: 21 August 2025
📍 Oxford, UK
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🌟 Funding opportunity: Royal Society Partnership Grants
🗓️ Deadline: 2nd December 2025
👉 Learn more: royalsociety.org/grants/partn...
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🚨 Final call! This is the last week to apply for the Peter Horlock Travel Bursary, which supports technical staff in attending the UK PET Chemistry Meeting in Glasgow on 9 September 2025.
Deadline: 12:00 (noon) | 31 July 2025)
www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/grants/peter...
The Positron Pulse team are working together to
curate a useful resource for the PET radiochemistry community. Are you looking for new funding opportunities? Or perhaps you want to learn more about other PET Centres in the UK? Positron Pulse has it all.