ANSTO's research capabilities, led by the OPAL nuclear research reactor and associated instruments provide access to users investigating areas as diverse as materials, life sciences, climate change and mining/engineering.
Publications and Conference Presentations 2010
Peer-reviewed papers
Arlicot, N., Petit, E., Katsifis, A., Toutain, J., Divoux, D., Bodard, S., Roussel, S., Guilloteau, D., Bernaudin, M., Chalon, S. Detection and quantification of remote microglial activation in rodent models of focal ischaemia using the TSPO radioligand CLINDE. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2010, 37(12): 2371-80
Bottlaender, M., Valette, H., Delforge, J., Saba, W., Guenther, I., Curet, O., George, P., Dollé, F., Grégoire, M-C. In vivo quantification of monoamine oxidase A in baboon brain: a PET study using [C-11]befloxatone and the multi-injection approach. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2010. 30(4): 792-800.
Chen, J., Huang, X. F., Katsifis, A. Activation of signal pathways and the resistance to anti-EGFR treatment in colorectal cancer. J Cell Biochem. 2010, 111(5): 1082-6
Dalton, V. S., Zavitsanou, K. Cannabinoid effects on CB1 receptor density in the adolescent brain: an autoradiographic study using the synthetic cannabinoid HU210. Synapse. 2010, 64(11):845-54.
Dalton, V. S., Zavitsanou, K. Differential treatment regimen-related effects of cannabinoids on D1 and D2 receptors in adolescent and adult rat brain. J Chem Neuroanat. 2010, 40(4): 272-80
Delzescaux, T., Lebenberg, J., Raguet, H., Hantraye, P., Souedet, N., Gregoire, M-C. Segmentation of small animal PET/CT mouse brain scans using an MRI-based 3D digital atlas. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2010, 2010: 3097-3100
Denoyer, D., Greguric, I., Roselt, P., Neels, O. C., Aide, N., Taylor, S. R., Katsifis, A., Dorow, D. S., Hicks, R. J. High-Contrast PET of melanoma using F-18-MEL050, a selective probe for melanin with predominantly renal clearance. J Nucl Med. 2010, 51(3): 441-447.
Dunne, N., Ormsby, R., McNally, T., Mitchell, C. A., Martin, D., Halley, P., Nicholson, T., Schiller, T., Gahan, L., Musumeci, A., Smith, S. V. Nanocomposite bone cements for orthopaedic applications. J Biomech. 2010, 43(S1): S53
Eberl, E., Katsifis, A., Wen, L., Bourdier, T., Henderson, D., Loc'h, C., Mohamed, A., Greguric, I., Pham, T., Fulham, M. Quantitative analysis of the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor ligand [11C]PBR170 in baboons with PET. J Nucl Med. 2010, 51(S2): 33
Fuchs, A. M., Greguric, I., Roe, G. Evaluation of radioisotope quality aspects for preparation of high specific activity [Ga-68]-NOTA-AnnexinA1 . Nuc Med Biol. 2010, 37(6): 692
Kilburn-Watt, E., Banati, R., Keay, K. A. Altered thyroid hormones and behavioural change in a sub-population of rats following chronic constriction injury. J Neuroendocrinol. 2010, 22(8): 960-70.
Lin, H. Q., Katsifis, A., Meriaty, H. Tumour response to Gefitinib is associated with EGF- and Gefitinib- but not radiation-modulated EGFR expression. Anticancer Res. 2010, 30(12): 4899-905
Lin, J., Kench, P. L., Gregoire, M-C., Meikle, S. R. Projection process modelling for iterative reconstruction of pinhole SPECT. IEEE Trans Nucl Sci. 2010, 57(5): 2578-2586
Liu, Y. R., Cardamone, L., Hogan, R. E., Gregoire, M-C., Williams, J. P., Hicks, R. J., Binns, D., Koe, A., Jones, N. C., Myers, D. E., O'Brien, T. J., Bouilleret, V. Progressive metabolic and structural cerebral perturbations following traumatic brain injury: an in vivo imaging study in the rat. J Nucl Med. 2010, 51(11): 1788-95
Musumeci, A. W., Schiller, T. L., Xu, Z. P., Minchin, R. F., Martin, D. J., Smith, S. V. Synthesis and characterization of dual radiolabeled layered double hydroxide nanoparticles for use in in vitro and in vivo nanotoxicology studies. J Phys Chem C. 2010, 114(2): 734-740
Musumeci, A. W., Xu, Z. P., Smith, S. V., Minchin, R. F., Martin, D. J. Layered double hydroxide nanoparticles incorporating terbium: applicability as a fluorescent probe and morphology modifier. J Nanopart Res. 2010, 12(1): 111-120
Naidoo-Variawa, S., Lehnert, W., Kassiou, M., et al. Attenuation correction for the large non-human primate brain imaging using microPET. Phys Med Biol. 55(8): 2351-2363.
Naik, R., Wen, G., Dharmaprakash, M. S., Hureau, S., Uedono, A., Wang, X., Liu, X., Cookson, P. G., Smith, S. V. Metal ion binding properties of novel wool powders. J Appl Polym Sci. 2010, 115(3): 1642-1650
Van Camp, N., Boisgard, R., Kuhnast, B., Thézé, B., Viel, T., Grégoire, M-C., Chauveau, F., Boutin, H., Katsifis, A., Dollé, F., Tavitian, B. In vivo imaging of neuroinflammation: a comparative study between [F-18]PBR111, [C-11]CLINME and [C-11]PK11195 in an acute rodent model. Eur J Nuc Med Mol Imag. 2010, 37(5): 962-972.
Verdurand, M., Dalton, V. S., Zavitsanou, K. GABA(A) receptor density is altered by cannabinoid treatment in the hippocampus of adult but not adolescent rats. Brain Res, 2010, 1351: 238-45.
Wen, G., Naik, R., Cookson, P. G., Smith, S. V., Liu, X., Wang, X. G. Wool powders used as sorbents to remove Co2+ ions from aqueous solution. Powder Technol. 2010, 197: 235-240
Xiao. D., Zahra, D., Bourgeat, P., Berghofer, P., Tamayo, O. A., Wimberley, C., Gregoire, M-C., Salvado, O. An improved 3D shape context based non-rigid registration method and its application to small animal skeletons registration. Comput Med Imag Grap. 2010, 34(4): 321-332.
Zavitsanou, K., Wang, H., Dalton, V. S., Nguyen, V. Cannabinoid administration increases 5HT1A receptor binding and mRNA expression in the hippocampus of adult but not adolescent rats. Neuroscience, 169: 315-324.
Zavitsanou, K., Dalton, V. S., Wang, H. Q., et al. Receptor changes in brain tissue of rats treated as neonates with capsaicin. J Chem Neuroanat. 2010, 39(4): 248-255.
Conference Proceedings
Asad, A. H., Jeffery, C., Smith, S. V., Price, R. I., Chan, S., Cryer, D. Production of No-carrier- added 64Cu from a natural Ni target. The 13th International Workshop on Targetry and Target Chemistry. Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, 26-28 July 2010, Roskilde, Denmark.
Callaghan, P., Wimberley, C., Rahardjo, G., Berghofer, P., Pham, T., Jackson, T., Zahra, D., Bourdier, T., Wyatt, N., Greguric, I., Mattner, F., Loch, C., Gregoire, M. C., Katsifis, A. Comparative assessment of two novel 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO) ligands 18F-PBR111 and 18F-PBR102 after excitotoxin-induced acute neuroinflammation. World Molecular Imaging Conference, September 8-11, Kyoto, Japan.
Dalton, V. S., Walker, A., Hodgson, D. M., Zavitsanou, K. (2010) Cannabinoid impact on serotonin receptors in an animal model of prenatal psychosis-related susceptibility. Oral presentation, Australasian Schizophrenia Conference, 22-24 September 2010, Sydney, Australia.
Xiao, D., Zahra, D., Bourgeat, P., Berghofer, P., Acosta Tamayo, O., Wimberley, C., Gregoire, M-C., Salvado, O. An improved 3D shape context registration method for non-rigid surface registration. SPIE, Medical Imaging 2010, Vol. 7623, pages 76232Q, 2010.
Xiao, D., Zahra, D., Bourgeat, P., Berghofer, P., Acosta Tamayo, O., Wimberley, C., Gregoire, M-C., Salvado, O. A non-rigid registration method for mouse whole body skeleton registration. SPIE, Medical Imaging 2010, Vol. 7626, pages 76261N, 2010.
Delzescaux, T., Lebenberg, J., Raguet, H., Hantraye, P., Souedet, N., Grégoire, M-C. Segmentation of small animal PET/CT mouse brain data using a 3D MRI-based digital atlas: Application in neuroinflammation study on EAE mouse model. 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. August 31 – September 4, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Eberl, S., Katsifis, A., Wen, L., Bourdier, T., Henderson, D., Loc'h, C., Mohamed, A., Greguric, I., Pham, T., Fulham, M. J. (2010). Quantitative analysis of the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor ligand [11C]PBR170 in baboons with PET. 57th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, 5-9 June, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Fong, N., Musumeci, A., Guagliardo, P., Williams, J., Martin, D., Smith, S. V.. Clay Particles for Drug Delivery - Potential of Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy (PALS) for studying interlayer spacing. 12th International Workshop on Slow Positron Beam Techniques. 1-6 August 2010, Magnetic Island, Australia.
Fuchs, A. Evaluation of radioisotope quality aspects for preparation of high specific activity [68Ga-NOTA]-Annexin I. International Symposium for Technetium and other Radiometals, 8-11 September 2010, Bressanone, Italy. (2010)
Kench, P., Lin, J., Gregoire, M-C., Meikle, S. Design and validation of a baffle for multiple pinhole small animal SPECT. World Molecular Imaging Conference, September 8-11, Kyoto, Japan. (2010)
Mattner, F., Pham, T., Berghofer, P., Howell, N., Bourdier, T., Rahardjo, G., Kench, P. L., Zahra, D., Gregoire, M-C., Katsifis, A. (2010). Pharmacological evaluation of the Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptor radioligand [123I]-CLINDE in a breast tumour model. 57th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, 5-9 June, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Mume, E., Uedono, A., Mizunaga, G., Lynch, D. E., Smith, S. V. The role of Positron Annihilation Lifetime Studies and nuclear sensors for characterising porous materials. 12th International Workshop on Slow Positron Beam Techniques. 1-6 August 2010, Magnetic Island, Australia.
Pham, B., Guagliardo, P., Williams, J., Smith, S. V. Investigating the effect of particle size on Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy measurements. 12th International Workshop on Slow Positron Beam Techniques. 1-6 August 2010, Magnetic Island, Australia.
Selliayan, S., Smith, S. V., Hughes, T., Miller, T., Jenkins, D. R., Uedono, A. Understanding the effect of nanoporosity on optimizing the performance of self-healing materials for anti-corrosion. applications . 12th International Workshop on Slow Positron Beam Techniques. 1-6 August 2010, Magnetic Island, Australia.
Smith, S. V. Designing 64Cu complexing agents for use in molecular imaging and personalised medicine. 39th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, 25-30 July 2010 Adelaide, Australia. (2010)
Smith, S. V. Nuclear sensors for probing chemistry of nanopores - optimizing the engineering of the next generation of nanomaterials. 39th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, 25-30 July 2010 Adelaide, Australia. (2010)
Szabo, A. A comparison of fluorothymidine uptake versus sigma-2 receptor expression as a marker of cell proliferation in vitro. Sydney Cancer Conference 2010
Towson, J., Mattner, F., Katsifis, A., Verschuer, J. D., Eberl, S. Radiation dosimetry of [123I]-CLINDE. 57th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, 5-9 June, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. (2010)
Verdurand, M., Nguyen, V., Stark, D., Zahra, D., Gregoire, M-C., Greguric, I., Zavitsanou, K. Feasibility of imaging the ontogeny of CB1 receptors in adolescent and adult rats in vivo with [18F]MK 9470 and PET. Foundation Meeting for the Biological Psychiatry Australia, 6 September 2010, Melbourne, Australia.
Verdurand, M., Nguyen, V., Stark, D., Zahra, D., Gregoire, M-C., Greguric, I., Zavitsanou, K. Feasibility of imaging the ontogeny of CB1 receptors in adolescent and adult rats in vivo with [18F]MK 9470 and PET. Australasian Schizophrenia Conference, 22-24 September 2010, Sydney, Australia.
Zavitsanou, K., Dalton, V. S., Verdurand, M. Cannabinoid effects in adolescence and adulthood: looking at the underlying neurochemistry using animal models. Oral presentation, Australasian Schizophrenia Conference, 22-24 September 2010, Sydney, Australia. (2010)
