# Molecular and Translational Imaging Core Facility Shared Resource

> **NIH NIH P30** · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · 2023 · $179,014

## Abstract

ABSTRACT – MOLECULAR AND TRANSLATIONAL IMAGING CORE 
The Molecular and Translational Imaging Core (MTIC) provides Lurie Cancer Center (LCC) members with multi- 
modal imaging capabilities that support their cancer research by enabling users to apply advanced imaging 
technologies to their preclinical and clinical studies. The ability to track injected or engrafted cells, administered 
agents, and tumor growth and metastasis in a non-invasive fashion is an invaluable tool in the development and 
testing of new diagnostic and therapeutic agents that can improve patient care. 
The MTIC has sites on both the Evanston and Chicago campuses. Instrumentation that is available to users at 
one or both sites includes MRI, PET/CT, SPECT/CT, and IVIS (fluorescent, bioluminescent and near infrared 
optical imaging). The MTIC provides expert staff in each of these modalities and allows investigators to apply 
the most appropriate imaging methods to their cancer studies. The MTIC collaborates closely with other LCC 
core facilities, including the Developmental Therapeutics Core, the Flow Cytometry Core, and the Mouse 
Histology and Phenotyping Core. During the most recent reporting period, MTIC scientific and technical staff 
provided support to 45 LCC users, 43 of whom had peer-reviewed funding. The scheduled installation of a 
radiochemistry production facility on the Chicago campus, and plans by the MTIC to offer additional, state-of- 
the-art imaging modalities during the next CCSG cycle, will further increase the value of this facility to Lurie 
Cancer Center members.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10902182
- **Project number:** 4P30CA060553-29
- **Recipient organization:** NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Dong-Hyun Kim
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2023
- **Award amount:** $179,014
- **Award type:** 4N
- **Project period:** 1997-08-15 → 2025-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10902182

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10902182, Molecular and Translational Imaging Core Facility Shared Resource (4P30CA060553-29). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10902182. Licensed CC0.

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