Centre for Imaging Research - CIR
CIR is a joint venture of Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, and Region Stockholm, providing state-of-the-art imaging of all organs and systems in vivo, in humans and various animal models. The centre gathers a unique set of core facilities for structural, functional, and metabolic imaging, with a special focus on translational brain imaging. CIR serves academic, clinical, and industrial users with imaging facilities and services of the highest standard.
About CIR
CIR supports academic, clinical and industry users with access to imaging facilities and related services at the highest international level.
Contact CIR
The Centre for Imaging Research is based in Stockholm, Sweden and normally operates on office hours CET.
Core Facilities
Autoradiography Core Facility - ARG
The Autoradiography Core Facility (ARG) is a core facility for radioligand binding and autoradiography, critical components in pharmacology and cellular signaling research, as well as for development of ligands for usage in positron emission tomography (PET).
Karolinska Experimental Research and Imaging Centre - KERIC
KERIC is a core facility that offers imaging analyses in experimental systems in combination with experimental surgery in large animals like swine as well as in rodents. We offer advanced imaging services in MR, PET and CT and a fully equipped facility for experimental surgery with four full size operation units equipped with ventilators.
The Brain Molecular Imaging Centre (BMIC)
The Brain Molecular Imaging Centre (BMIC) is a Core Facility (CF) for molecular imaging of the brain using Positron Emission Tomography (PET). Our aim is to provide expertise and competence for brain imaging PET studies in human subjects and non-human primates (NHPs). BMIC supports research studies in psychiatric disorders, neurodegenerative disorders and neuropsychopharmacology, as well as a range of studies on other diseases and normal process in the brain or outside.
The MR Center
The MR Center is a core facility that aims to catalyze novel and translatory research using MRI. We offer services for academia, clinicians, clinical trials and industry in close collaboration with the Department of Neuroradiology at Karolinska University Hospital. We support all types of MRI studies in humans, ranging from small single-center projects to large-scale international multi-center studies. We also offer specialized services for large animal models as well as ex vivo imaging. A special focus is on offering MRI suitable for multi-modal integration such as CT, PET, EEG and MEG.
NatMEG Core Facility
NatMEG is a core facility as well as national facility and is the first and only research laboratory in Sweden for whole-head measurements of neuronal brain activity using magnetoencephalography (MEG). The lab was inaugurated in October 2013, and is one out of only 200 active MEG labs worldwide. As a national facility, NatMEG is available for researchers from all across Sweden.
Radiopharmacy Core Facility - RCF
RCF is a joint core facility of Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital and . Our purpouse is to facilitate and promote the use and development of radiotracers in translational research, from preclinical to clinical applications within different areas. The development of novel radiotracers at RCF can be broadly applied for imaging research, for example in oncology, psychiatry, neurodegeneration, inflammation and cardiovascular diseases.